10 entrepreneurs in residence
Entrepreneur in residence roles take very different shapes here: seats at MIT, Harvard Business School, Yale Ventures and Argonne National Laboratory, corporate seats at Centene Corporation and in Lenskart.com's CEO's office, and roles at 1848 Ventures, Idealab, JumpStart Inc. and Techstars. That spread helps an organization deciding whether its EIR should build a new company, commercialize research, coach founders or test products for the core business.
Professionals to explore
Alex Cree
LinkedInExperience: Entrepreneur in Residence · Idealab
Co-Founder of BAOZZA! (2016-2025) and Vice President at Transworld Capital Group (2009-2014), Alex Cree has been Entrepreneur in Residence at Idealab and Advisor, Strategy & Operations at Crave Robotics since 2025. That makes Cree a useful contact on what a long-time co-founder brings into an EIR seat at Idealab.
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Carlos Reines
LinkedInExperience: Entrepreneur in Residence · Harvard Business School
Carlos Reines has been Entrepreneur in Residence at Harvard Business School since 2023 and was President & Co-Founder of RubiconMD (2013-2024). Reines was also a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum (2019-2023) and Head of Transformation Projects - Global CTO at Telefonica S.A. (2011-2012), so questions on bringing a co-founder's experience into a business school EIR role fit.
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Chris Heivly
LinkedInExperience: Former EIR - Entrepreneur in Residence · Techstars
Twice a Techstars EIR, Chris Heivly held EIR - Entrepreneur in Residence (2017-2018) and EIR since 2025, and was SVP Ecosystem Development at Techstars (2019-2021). Heivly is also Co-Founder & Chairman of Raleigh-Durham Startup Co. since 2019 and Managing Director of Build The Fort since 2016, a fit for questions on accelerator EIR roles and startup ecosystems.
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David J. Neff
LinkedInExperience: Entrepreneur in Residence · Argonne National Laboratory
Commercializing national lab work is the clearest topic for David J. Neff, Entrepreneur in Residence at Argonne National Laboratory and Professor at The University of Texas at Austin since 2025. Neff describes being a former VC and serial entrepreneur, and was Partner at Ecliptic Capital (2022-2025) and VP of Consulting at Clearhead Acquired by Accenture (2016-2022).
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Macauley Kenney
LinkedInExperience: Entrepreneur In Residence · Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
Running an EIR role inside a university program fits Macauley Kenney, Entrepreneur In Residence at the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship since 2022 and Principal Lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management since 2026, after Lecturer there (2023-2026). Kenney names venture strategy and product development as focus areas and was Chief Operating Officer at SurgiBox Inc. (2020-2023).
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Mark Cochran
LinkedInExperience: Entrepreneur in Residence · Yale Ventures
At Yale Ventures, Mark Cochran has been Entrepreneur in Residence since 2023, working with faculty on commercialization ideas. Cochran is also Chairman Of The Board at iFabric Corp. since 2020, Member Board of Directors at Neuro-Innovators, Inc. since 2022 and Board Member at Microbix, a record suited to questions on turning faculty research into companies.
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Mike Wetle
LinkedInExperience: Entrepreneur In Residence · Centene Corporation
Mike Wetle has held two EIR titles: Entrepreneur In Residence at Centene Corporation since 2017 and at RGAX (2016-2017). Wetle describes helping B2B, insurance, healthcare and high tech companies create and validate new products, has been a Principal at Independent Management Consultant since 2002 and was Co-Founder and Advisor at yurbuds (2010-2014).
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Nat Brogadir
LinkedInExperience: Former Entrepreneur in Residence · 1848 Ventures
What an EIR at a firm like 1848 Ventures works on is a fair question for Nat Brogadir, who joined 1848 Ventures as Entrepreneur in Residence in 2025 after President at Adentro (2022-2025). Brogadir was Chief Business Officer (2019-2022) and VP of Business Development & Finance (2017-2019) at delivery.com, and describes being a commercial leader, business builder, investor and board member.
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Rishav Singh
LinkedInExperience: Entrepreneur in Residence-CEO's Office · Lenskart.com
Scaling 0-1 and 1-10 products and new category creation are part of the innovation work Rishav Singh drives as Entrepreneur in Residence-CEO's Office at Lenskart.com since 2023. Singh was Founder of Boriya Bistar (2016-2022) and Revenue Head at OYO LIFE India (2019-2020), a good contact for questions on an EIR seat inside a CEO's office.
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Roy Hodge
LinkedInExperience: Entrepreneur In Residence · JumpStart Inc.
Roy Hodge has been Entrepreneur In Residence at JumpStart Inc. since 2019, providing business coaching, mentoring and technical-assistance services to technology startups and small business owners. Hodge has also been Chief Executive Officer of REH Systems Solutions since 2015 and was Manager, Business Partner Sales at T-Mobile (2014-2015), so founder coaching questions suit Hodge.
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Choose the right perspective
For commercializing research or teaching, Macauley Kenney, Mark Cochran, Carlos Reines and David J. Neff hold EIR titles at universities or Argonne National Laboratory. Corporate EIR questions suit Mike Wetle at Centene Corporation and Rishav Singh in Lenskart.com's CEO's office, while Nat Brogadir, Alex Cree, Roy Hodge and Chris Heivly hold EIR titles at 1848 Ventures, Idealab, JumpStart Inc. and Techstars, where Heivly has held the title twice.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What should the first 90 days of an EIR term produce, and how does the host decide whether to fund what comes out of it?
- 02How does an EIR role inside a corporation differ from one at a venture studio or a university when it comes to who owns the new venture?
- 03How much access to customers, data and budget does an EIR need from the host before an idea can be tested properly?
About this directory
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