Guglielmo Fonda

Community builder and cohort operator for founders: Guglielmo organizes events and runs admissions and cohort programming at ODF (San Francisco), and previously co‑founded Arrayah, a founder‑house in the MENA region. He runs in‑person community programming (runs, rides, late‑night coffeeshop meetups) to connect early founders and cultivate teams. luma+2

Hands‑on mechanical design and prototyping background: trained in mechanical engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi, completed senior capstone and contributed to Project Mjolnir as Lead Design Engineer in 2023 — demonstrating applied design, prototyping and systems thinking skills. nyu+1

International, project‑focused education fueling founder work: his path includes UWC Adriatic (IB/physical sciences), NYU Abu Dhabi (Mechanical Engineering) and the Silicon Valley Fellowship — a trajectory that combines global perspective, technical training and exposure to the Bay Area startup ecosystem. uwcad+2

Early‑stage founder support and regionally focused acceleration: through Arrayah he helped run cohorts and accelerate early deep‑tech founders in MENA, and at ODF he now focuses on sourcing, curating and scaling founder cohorts in San Francisco — a blend of regional and global accelerator experience. ilsole24ore+1