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Mary Deren
As Gen Y, Mary joined GenKloud as a Project Management Consultant in 2021 bringing her unique Millennial perspective to drive projects that create opportunities for global connection. After graduating business school from Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts she landed a position with one of the largest e-commerce websites, Wayfair, as a Merchandising Specialist. She learned the vast world of e-commerce by working with white-label suppliers to help improve the SEO of their SKU’s through backend data capture.
Mary also spent 12 years working in live music production- a passion that brought her many opportunities managing and networking with new artists of varied backgrounds and nationalities at some of the biggest music festivals in the United States. “A large concert is an experience, to me, where strangers come together to unite and connect under one universal language - music.” She continues as a freelancer to engage and work with the Live Nation concerts seasonally. Earlier this year, Mary accepted a position as a Mental Health Worker in Boston, MA at a local state hospital. She was able to use her business skills but more importantly understand the complexities of mental health, types of treatments, the system and their impact on our society. In her downtime- when Mary’s not working on GenKloud or big concerts- she enjoys spending her time with her family, spending time in nature, watching crime-investigation TV shows, and relaxing with her cat (or as she says “fur child”) Swayla
Loic Assobmo
A Gen Y, Loic's career began as an Intern for the Robert R. Taylor Network Inc. (RRTN), a nonprofit organization based out of MIT. Within the organization, Loic moved from Intern to Chief of Ventures within 4 years, where he worked with global partners such as IBM Lotus and MIT to implement the company’s Global Node Network for providing technology and technology literacy to underserved communities in the Caribbean and Africa. Loic led the development of 9 technology labs at universities, schools, and community centers in the Caribbean and Africa.
Loic went on to incorporate, the Global Enterprise for Medical Advancement (GEMA), a nonprofit organization based in Massachusetts, whose mission is to bring cognizance and solutions to African healthcare issues. Through GEMA, Loic received letterhead invitations from African District Hospitals and travelled to Cameroon in order to volunteer with 6 doctors at 2 district and private hospitals while assessing local public health practice and needs. As a result, Loic developed a strategy for implementing World Health Organization (WHO) disease prevention suggestions in Cameroon. GEMA reached several Cameroonians through a 3-month intensive public health education and disease prevention campaign via public service announcements broadcasted on local TV stations 3 times a day. Loic continues to further the mission of GEMA through strategic initiatives aimed at creating long-lasting impact on the continent of Africa. Loic graduated with a Masters of Science in Nursing at Boston College and is currently a practicing Nurse Practitioner who provides primary care to adults and geriatric patients in an underserved community.
Beatrice Lo
A Gen Z, with a Master's degree in International Management Studies focused in Organizational Behavior/Human Resources and a Global Business undergraduate degree focused in Finance from the University of Texas, Beatrice has a passion for helping people on a global level. Having lived in Malaysia, Japan, Canada and USA, coupled with her human resource skills and current position as a Sales & Marketing Rotational Engineer at McAfee, Beatrice brings a worldly view of Gen Z's diverse working needs to YZ-Scopo.
Henrietta Afari, MD
A Gen Y, Dr. Henrietta Afari, born and raised in Accra, Ghana, represents the best of Gen Y. She attended the United World College of the Atlantic in Wales, UK, and thereafter completed a BA degree (magna cum laude) in Social and Cognitive Neuroscience with a secondary field in Global Health and Health Policy at Harvard College.
Dr. Afari received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School. She is currently an Attending Physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and a COVID19 frontliner. She is fluent in Twi (Ghanaian language) and proficient in French.
Brian K. Mazanti
A Gen Y, Brian earned a degree in International Affairs from the University of Colorado and has since traveled to more than 30 countries in 5 continents for both work and pleasure. His extensive travel experience has taught him to appreciate the similarities of people everywhere, but also to study cultural nuance to form lasting relationships, both personal and professional.
Brian thrives when connecting with people, loves to solve problems creatively, and possesses an enduring entrepreneurial spirit. He has continually leveraged his passion and experience to lead premier brands to significant growth domestically and abroad.
R. Tyler Engelmann
A Gen Z, Tyler has developed international connections through his lifetime experience in the competitive online gaming environment. Graduating from Georgia State University with a major in Computer Science, merging his education in application development with in-depth streaming and MMO expertise.
He has participated in worldwide events including The Race to World First, and competitive tournaments in Activision-Blizzard titles with broadcast viewership to millions. Tyler leads the Tuvuga’s team as Head of Gamification to enhance application activities, systems, and services, and provide users with an engaging interactive experience. Balancing the complexity of metrics, user retention, and legality of healthy gaming practices to an ever-expanding audience and evolving field, with morality and ethics held to the highest regards.
GenKloud Mentor Advisors
Ted Lim
Tim Deren
Tim Deren
Independent creative consultant and one of AdWeek’s global creative leaders, Ted Lim has over three decades of award-winning experience in advertising and marketing. The recently retired Dentsu Regional Chief Creative Officer for Asia-Pacific worked with 30 offices from China to Australia and believes marketing in the experience economy has to move people to move business. “Data tells us where the customer is. Media gets us there. What we do when we are face-to-face with the customer, that’s creative.” Positioning Dentsu as a provider of “Innovative Business Solutions”, Ted spearheaded work in the experiential, digital and social space that gets people to stop, stare and share; work that is different and makes a real difference from engagement to transaction. With such immense global insights, Ted is an invaluable board member to help YZ-Scopo achieve the tuvuga vision and mission.
Tim Deren
Tim Deren
Tim Deren
Tim Deren is a Senior Director at Red Hat Inc., a $1.5 Billion multinational software company. In his current position he has responsibility for Red Hat’s strategy and route-to-market with global systems integrators as well as direct responsibility for a number of the company’s largest partnerships in the consulting and systems integrator market. Prior to his current role, Tim was responsible for establishing Red Hat’s public cloud sales organization. During his tenure his group formalized partnerships with more than 75 of the largest global cloud service providers. From 2008 to 2011, Tim led Red Hat's worldwide hardware OEM business. In this role he managed the Red Hat alliance teams overseeing the partnerships with the company's largest OEM partners such as Cisco, Dell, Hewlett Packard, IBM and others. Tim joined Red Hat in 2004. Prior to Red Hat he ran Strategic Alliances for several enterprise ISV's and was a Director of Marketing for a national computer remanufacturer. Tim began his career with IBM. During a 10-year period there he held several positions including as a Client Executive for U.S. federal research customers.