Mentors

Guidance from product and technical mentors

LBS AI Lab mentors help teams define problems, make product decisions, build with AI-assisted tools, evaluate outputs, and iterate toward useful products

Academic lead

Academic lead

Kostis Christodoulou

Academic lead

Kostis Christodoulou

Clinical Professor of Management Science and Operations; Academic Director (MBA, MAM, EMBAG)

Kostis supports the academic direction of the Lab, connecting participant teams with rigorous AI, analytics, decision-making, and product learning

Mentors

Mentors

Teams are supported by product and technical mentors through build sessions, product reviews, implementation guidance, and feedback cycles

Akshay Nagpal

Technical Mentor

Akshay Nagpal

Technical reviews, implementation choices, and AI product shipping.

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Ramakrishnan Lokanathan

Technical Mentor

Ramakrishnan Lokanathan

Agentic engineering, prototype architecture, and build velocity.

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Rhea Bisaria

Product Mentor

Rhea Bisaria

Product strategy, customer insight, and launch readiness.

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Zara Mogadasi

Product Mentor

Zara Mogadasi

Product discovery, user feedback loops, and clearer positioning.

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Mentor a future batch

Mentor a future batch

LBS AI Lab welcomes product, technical, and industry mentors who can help teams shape better AI products, navigate adoption, and build with confidence

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