OUR TEAM
Rick neff
Director, Entrepreneur-in-residence
As the EIR, Rick assists students, faculty and alumni with creating and validating business models, developing entrepreneurial skills, and launching new ventures. He is also a mentor for the Capital Region NSF I-Corps Site program and member of the Accelerate 518 academic consortium. Rick has previously served as a New Ventures Consultant for the New York State Technology Enterprise Corporation (NYSTEC) where he developed and launched IgniteU NY, an early accelerator program focusing on customer discovery and business model validation.
sANJAY Goel
PI, pROGRAM dIRECTOR, dIGITAL FORENSICS MAJOR
Dr. Goel is a champion for Blackstone LaunchPad to the greater UAlbany community. Dr. Goel also provides opportunities for entreprenuerial students thorugh his network of contacts in the digital forensics industry.
Contact:
goel@albany.edu
Gabe Bissel
Marketing and Communication Ambassador
Gabe is a member of the class of 2024. His interests are in Marketing and Entrepreneurship. Gabe supports our outreach to the UAlbany community and creates our bi-weekly newsletter.
Carson Weng
Events Management Ambassador
Carson is a member of the class of 2025. His interests are in Marketing, Business Management and Entrepreneurship. Carson supports planning and managing our events and competitions, as well as ideas for creating new events and programming.