Forrest Hardy

VP Curriculum

Forrest has ten years of professional experience in the entrepreneurial space as a prior founder and founding employee at four tech startups as well as impactful roles at three diverse venture capital firms. He has also served as an advisor at two startup accelerators in Texas and Florida, advised multiple independent startups, and is now pursuing his MBA at The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business. For this program, he is a recipient of the Presidential Endowed Scholarship, the Hicks, Muse, Tate, & Furst Center for Private Equity Finance Scholarship, and the MBA Scholarship Fund.

Forrest’s expertise is concentrated in software product management, entrepreneurship, and social enterprises. He is passionate about solving unique business and societal problems through both for-profit and nonprofit solutions, and previously founded Snapgood, a B2B SaaS platform connecting corporate employees with nonprofits to power local volunteering. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in International Engineering with Summa Cum Laude and University Honors from the University of Central Florida.

Pre McCombs Career: Startup Founder & Founding Employee

Venture Fellows Spring 2024 Internship: Seaplane Ventures