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ID 366437

Iman Jalali

Investor

Founder TicketLab • President at @trainsignal until acquired in 2013
http://www.imanjalali.com

ID 33793

Phillip Herrejon

French Press coffee loving R.E. Investor turned Tech Startup Pro/Non-Profit Advocate/Social Entrepreneur. LIFE LESSONS: Fail fast, live humbly, pay it forward.
https://plus.google.com/112561773071530065274/posts

ID 486639

Adam Taylor

Michigan BA, Media planner and operations guru, customer service oriented, worked at interCLICK, acquired by Yahoo

ID 58873

Jason Stulberg

COO Fooda • Previously CEO Lightswitch; startup at Redbox; Wind Point; Bain. Engineering at UMichigan, Kellogg

ID 134972

Peter Sellis

Investor

Product Manager, Analyst, INTP. Work at @science. Past at @ustream, @lek-consulting • Studied at @university-of-chicago, @massachusetts-institute-of-technology

ID 162950

Ryan Graves

Investor

Head of Operations @uber Board of Miami University Institute for Entrepreneurship Biz Dev @foursquare

ID 205111

Adam Sidney

Investor

2nd employee at @bonobos now at Trumaker. Operations, leadership, and creative background honed at one big old company and a few seed stage start ups.

ID 37190

Bo Patel

Investor

Venture Capital/Angel Investor looking to help a multitude of start-ups....

ID 132977

Eli Gratz

Former Co-Founder & Director of #CustDev at walk.by, Former GE management program grad looking to build culture changing procuts
http://eligratz.com

ID 217637

Liz Thompson

Product Manager; product development and operational strategy for two start-ups; Business degree from University of Kansas.

ID 56007

Eli Rosenberg

COO of @food-genius; Managed Search at @norvax and @smg-search; Director of Operations, Sales at Qualtex Corp; Graduate of @depaul-university University, Computer Science.

ID 33720

Vince Leung

Founder (@mentormob). Comp Eng @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign at 20yrs old, Eng/Mgr at @hewlett-packard and @motorola, core team original RAZR phone, 5 patents awarded/pending

ID 37975

John Affourtit

Exec @sparkcentral . Entrepreneurial mind set. Action oriented!

ID 183993

Michael Walsh

Founder @cariloop, @healthsparx and Health 2.0 Dallas, Advisor, @purdue-university University alum, living in Dallas, TX.
http://healthsparx.com

ID 24940

Alen Malkoc

@northwestern-university. Co-Founder @optyn; Co-Founder @dealster-3 (Sold); Co-Founder @chitown-deals (Sold); @half-off-depot; National Champion & All-American (Soccer). Avid Chess Player. Love creating new products.
http://www.alenmalkoc.com

ID 10774

Jordan Dalton

Angel Investor
http://N/A

ID 74935

Brian Curliss

Entrepreneur. Cofounder of @maillift #500Strong (Batch 007) Once Solo-Bootstrapped to $20k/mo in 6mo Specializes in SEO, pricing, analytics, users, and growth.
http://www.BrianCurliss.com

ID 80007

Andy Narayanan

Investor

Strategy and bus. dev executive with over 15 yrs exp in consumer web services, fintech, payment and data analytics. Worked at Booz, dealigee. Chicago Booth MBA
http://www.venturegabble.com

ID 105919

Joe Pensinger

Investor

COO of Community Capital Investment. Managing Director and Principal of Emercor Partners. Active angel investor. Formerly of Allston Trading.

ID 246281

Noah Ney

Currently @farshore-partners Past work @zaarly • Studied Automotive Technology at @pittsburg-state-university University :::Web and Mobile Development Consulting

ID 237177

Amber Porter Telfer

Investor

Partner leader at Lithium. Agency background. Digital and social strategy experience: BofA, Coca-Cola, etc. Product development at a dot com. U.S. Army Veteran

ID 7821

Satish Kodukula

Co-Founder of Groupcharger, @nabthedeal and TheLunchDeal.Strong product development, technical strategy,operations and business development.2 startups sold.

ID 104995

Allison Hannon

Founder @root3-technologies • Studied at @columbia-university, @university-of-chicago Worked at The Climate Group, Argonne Nat'l Labs Herman Fellow UChicago Booth

ID 72214

Garrett Buxton

Experienced venture capital associate, tech startup operator, strategist, advisor. Love to build things, namely products and organizations of awesome people.

ID 36111

Rahul Panchal

Founder @ www.prometheussprings.com, former advertising creative from Crispin Porter, Weiden Kennedy and Young & Rubicam
http://www.rahulpanchal.com

ID 15385

Jordan Wolf

Aspiring serial entrepreneur.

ID 215590

Aaron Robinson

@zockster and @parametric • Worked at @google (public policy, HR tech), @obama for America (operations) • Studied at @Wash U (economics)

ID 290660

Alex Smith

Worked at @gtrot, @benchprep, @kapture, @wavve

ID 78092

Zach Supalla

CEO of @spark. Business + engineering + design. Alumnus of @mckinsey-company and @groupon. @Kellogg MBA and Northwestern MEM 2012, @dartmouth-college BA 2007.
http://blog.sparkdevices.com

ID 116389

Chris Campbell

Fan of making dollars and spending pesos. Entrepreneur. Hustler. World Traveler. Life Hacker. Vagabond. Chaser of Dreams & Endless Summers- CEO @ReviewTrackers
http://www.chrisrcampbell.com/blog/

ID 10044

Benjamin Wasson

Founder of @orderbolt BA in CS and an MBA from @southern-illinois-university-carbondale; Certified in International Business, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation Management from GGSB

ID 6660

Mark Michuda

TextHub & CallOnTheGo

ID 174010

Nicole Staple

Founder @brideside. Tech investor @silicon-valley-bank. Strong business background (Monitor Group, @ubs-investment-bank). Kellogg MBA '12, Wellesley College '06

ID 235052

Mark De Avila

Currently @quarterly, Previously bizdev @12society, consultant @nbcuniversal, strategy consultant @joneslanglasalle

ID 8504

Karthik Chandramouli

Rare combo of mobile tech startup + world-class ops, supply chain, and strategy at @toyota, @motorola, @palm. @harvard-university Kennedy School @university-of-louisville

ID 22029

Doug Bobenhouse

President / Co-Founder of Synchology. Payments disruptor.

ID 133883

Ashley Elsner

VP Operations of Greenshoe. JD/MBA candidate Kellogg-Northwestern.

ID 11178

Mohammad Gaber

Co-founder @beebillion acquired 08/11. Strong Biz Dev, Customer Acquisition and eComm background.
http://www.gaber.me

ID 35573

Jonathan Pasky

Principal & CEO, Pasky IP Law LLC. Patent Attorney. Founder, @data-2-0 (DeveloperWeek, DataWeek, API World) & @techweek. Mentor, @techstars, @healthbox
http://dataweek.com

ID 320248

Abtin Hamidi

Experienced in growing sales teams for early stage and hyper-growth tech companies

ID 123990

Andy Person

Investor

Director at Urban Outfitters. Consumer growth operator/investor/advisor. Significant experience working and investing in growth stage to public companies.

ID 100691

Kunal Parbadia

Co-Founder @BetterWeekdays; @georgia-institute-of-technology Engineer; Worked @accenture, Product Development and User Experience; Love growth hacking

ID 110132

Kunal Kalro

Founder @outtrippin. Speaks 4 languages. Lived on 4 continents. 2 time travel-tech entrepreneur. Former mgmt consultant. Travel nerd with a business background.
http://kckal.tumblr.com

ID 145990

John Ciecholewski

CEO of SUNN, Strong Operations, Sales & Marketing Skills. Cornell MBA in Entrepreneurship & Innovation, MEng in Systems Eng.

ID 487201

Connor Regan

Northwestern undergrad, coffee lover, Netflixer.

ID 10799

Josh Saunders

Busy disrupting the hospitality & beverage industry. Past experience in startups related to sustainability. Have held senior roles in operations mgmt & biz dev.
http://www.joshuasaunders.com

ID 485300

Zach Finley

4 years of operations & leadershp experience at Groupon, management consulting, Stanford MBA

ID 52098

Bob Zukis

CEO, Board Member & Advisor. Hyde Park Angel, UChicago, Hoopster & Author - never at the same time.

ID 133573

Ian McCreadie

Investor

Former Lower Middle Market Banker, Current Screening and Diligence Team Member @private-capital-alliance
http://privatecapitalalliance.blogspot.com/

ID 91405

Cyprian Francis

VP of Marketing at @power-tower

ID 30415

Ben Reid

Business Development at Orbitz. Founder of Foodie Registry. Startup Leadership Program Fellow. Derivatives trader. Chicago Booth MBA 2010.

ID 210852

Adam Scott Riff

Investor

Senior executive and entrepreneur with 13 years of experience in marketing / comms, digital media, strategy, product management and operations.

ID 135396

Nima Elyassi-Rad

Marketplace Ops @recruitloop. All things Capital Markets and Music considered. Startup junkie. Aspiring VC. Left handed & footed. @IansFrancesSt & @groupon alum
http://paisleypattern.tumblr.com

ID 330848

Nikki Rostollan

Math Nerd, Director of Manufacturing Operations @maillift

ID 85282

Arun Sivashankaran

Clean energy & technology entrepreneur. CEO @kiwi-solar, founder @entessa (Sold 2010).

ID 99721

Rich Levy

Founder Beamboard • Studied at @indiana-university-bloomington

ID 454610

Brad Romney

BCG Project Leader; artist, programmer, business developer, lawyer. JD/MBA from Chicago. Experience in strategy, ops, sales and marketing, and M&A.

ID 112570

John Krebsbach

Co-Founded @relify-1. Hustler & operator. @theironyard '12. Worked at Anheuser-Busch, Lehman Brothers, Aileron.

ID 264745

James Adams

Investor

Managing Partner, M4; Sold PE-backed company to (NASDAQ: ABFS) for $180M. Proven GM, Sales Exec in B2B, B2C and B2G. MBA, U of Chicago, '98; BSME, UIUC, '91.

ID 70086

Gauri Sharma

CEO of @lab42. Kellogg MBA. Contributor on @forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gaurisharma/

ID 157846

Daniel Rezko

Founder @yella • MBA @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business, VP Ops at $300 mm fund

ID 433959

Jay Alter

Investor

Entreprenuer looking for next opportunity. 14 years at last venture with successful exit. Stanford BA, University of Chicago Booth MBA.

ID 324042

Max Talbot-Minkin

VP of Strategy and Design, TodayTix. Designer, strategist, tech nerd, MBA. Love building companies. Columbia University and IIT Institute of Design grad.

ID 217589

Anthony Marnell

Currently BD & Sales @mailjet Formerly @techstars NYC and @ubs • Studied at @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business, @university-of-kansas
http://www.vacationanthony.com

ID 215675

Blake Bible

Investor

Former Tech/Media Investment Banker; Founder/Owner @GrassFedSteakhouse and Founder @startingbloc; Strong Operational / Finance / Biz Dev skills in FOOD & MEDIA
http://www.grassfedpartners.com

ID 300948

Peter Mantas

President & CEO ► Problem Solver ► Analytics Expert ► Mentor/Advisor

ID 495025

John Hancock

Founder Visual Information Technologies, inc. • Worked at @boeing • Studied at @thunderbird-school-of-global-management, @letourneau-university

ID 210922

Tasos Chatzakis

Investor

Managed and directed a diversified business in tourism and real estate over the last 10 years. I am currently working in the USA. I am not a US citizen.

ID 42728

Cl. Alex. Chien

Inventor, "Med-Surg Onshoring" (pat. pend.). Project leader $50MM ILEC COs. Leading Wall St. analyst Cable-Modem 1.0. MBA, UNC-Chapel Hill. U-Mich. award.

ID 23750

Tim Kearney

Entrepreneur with ~15 years of experience at small, profitable startups. Software development background, Kellogg MBA, jack of all trades Internet biz leader.

ID 163316

Darren Marshall

Co-founder @Doejo, Digital Agency of the year 2012, Advisor,
http://mapofthedead.com

ID 292929

David D. White, J.D.

Founder @careerstarter.com. Committed web-tech attorney with experience in IP, HR and Data. Indiana Maurer School of Law graduate and economics fellow.

ID 441982

James Valadez

Operations, Warehouse and People Mgmt. McMaster-Carr Supply Mgmt. Alum. Dartmouth College & IMSA grad. Interested in tech startups and entrepreneurship.

ID 345802

John T. Karantonis

Entrepreneur, innovative digital media and technology executive. Formerly CoFounder of a leading location-based digital media network (now part of RMG Mall Media). Worked at various telecom, media and technology companies. Loyola University Chicago.

ID 85882

Adam Hirsen

Adam has spent his career learning to build companies. Before co-founding SparkReel, Adam spent 5 years with a Chicago-based private equity firm.

ID 136560

Raj Naik

Vice President, Ops & Strategy at uKnow.com; Specialize in taking companies from idea to profitability. 1st software startup out of college sold to Oracle.

ID 244788

Josh Liss

Over 1 million people use products I've lead teams in creating. Strategy consulting and bus dev experience with Fortune 50. Written about in the WSJ. UChicago
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/weclickd-social-network-things-wedding-110000224.html

ID 205648

Jeff Pittelkow

Experience E-commerce Rockstar with a development and technology background and a degree in Marketing and a pedigree in business management

ID 120000

Rob Sayre

Executive Vice President CNC Strategy. Experienced strategic problem solver on cost and revenue side in various industries including consulting.
http://robsayre.resumeconnect.com

ID 181557

Isaac Kohn

Startup & Growth Executive. Strategy, execution, operations, product management, build winning teams, international experience. Co-founded Vigilant Europe Ltd.

ID 101520

Elizabeth Rogers

Entrepreneur, Ops, Strategy, Process and People Pro

ID 68477

Rashad Abdul-Salaam

Co-founder of HappyHealth. Also Founded @skinclick. Extremely passionate about healthcare technology with 6 years clinical experience and a Healthcare MBA.

ID 232711

Ashish Suri

Kellogg MBA; Experienced Product Manager; founded job search site for experience professions; 5+ years of business consulting experience

ID 377263

Brian D. Shields

Digital Strategy & Business Development Consultant | Startup Advisor

ID 265453

Nauzad Dustoor

Worked at @orango @Coinstar/Redbox @McKinsey & Company • Studied at @university of Michigan

ID 485732

Collette Mahmood

Experienced operations and people manager, 10+ years experience

ID 63237

Debbie Arora

CMO/Founder @hunybe-labs, Inc.

ID 476785

Panos Karouzos

Senior Vendor Manager @amazon • Co-Founded @officefab, Former MD @rocket Internet • MBA @Kellogg, Economics @Bocconi University

ID 147982

Jared Fisher

Commercial Real Estate Professional. Marketing Expert. Deal Maker. Entrepreneur. Ideator. Thinker. Executer.

ID 387450

Katie Swartz

Experienced Management Consultant. Strong finance, operations, strategy & M&A background. BBA - University of Notre Dame, MBA - University of Michigan.

ID 507379

Joshua Nickell

Threadless Optimization Manager and International Markets Manager; Strong business background; MA Johns Hopkins International Economics 2011

ID 376329

Doc Kane

Communicator, author & operations guy. Researcher for the History Channel's "Vietnam in HD"

ID 13910

Timur Eligulashvili

VP of Commercial Products @uShip. Previously Founder at Loadio, and Director of Product Management at Echo (IPO 2009), from 20 to 900 employees

ID 58876

Chris Sherrill

Manager of New Business & Digital Product at MNML Product Design. Successful restauranteur and interactive advertising web startup cofounder. Masters of Eng. in Product Design & Development - Northwestern University '12. Vanderbilt University '01.
http://www.lunatik.com

ID 230979

Mike Gunville

Sr. Manager/Architect. Extensive management and technology consulting (Deloitte, Cognizant). Notre Dame MIS, Chicago Booth MBA (Entrepreneurship, Strategy).

ID 128835

Daniel Kamerling

Sr. Consultant with IBM with focus on operations with industrial companies. Advanced technology background, adaptable, with a Kellogg MBA in 2011.

ID 477587

Dennis Zhao

UChicago undergrad, founded 2 companies (one seeded, one sold), lots of startup work experience, looking for PM/Data/Design role this summer

ID 358053

Sean McDonnell

Entrepreneurial Minded Hustler: Founded Small Companies, Worked for Groupon and BrightTag.

ID 473824

Niraj Dave

Duke MS; Med Device focus; PLM consultant; Worked at PTC, Boston Scientific, Cleveland Clinic

ID 194791

Ivo Dimitrov

COO of @georama. Worked at @ibm, @the-world-bank. MBA 2012 @depaul-university. Background: Entrepreneurship, Operations, Business Development

ID 324122

Alex G Valvassori

Hustler, Relationship and Account Management Specialist, Problem Solver

ID 98393

Julie Hauldren

Data-driven product, engineering and customer support services for startups and like-minded pioneers. Looking to thrive, big time.

ID 44861

Jakub Antkiewicz

Currently working on @chicagohour @denverhour (Networking and Happy Hours for entrepreneurs) and @startuptradeup a site for startups to barter with other co's.

ID 463572

Nguyen Nguyen

Founding principal of N2TV Studio, LLC Architecture and Design firm.

ID 472540

Harsha Dronamraju

Kellogg MBA, Developed growth strategy with several ed start-ups. Built investment portfolios for $1B+ endowments at Cambridge Associates

ID 209613

Scott Palmer

Sales and marketing professional, specialize in customer acquisition & business operational growth through the use of data analysis & implementation of process

ID 373211

Neil Scott Tenzer

All-around business athlete seeking opportunity to take ownership and build a robust enterprise in a driven, collaborative culture. AT Kearney, Oxford, Indiana

ID 220872

Varun Kanotra

Persistent. Patient. Big Thinker. Disruptive entrepreneur.

ID 495520

Scott Dudek

Senior Sales Engineer, Kellogg MBA 2014, Illinois Engineering

ID 405847

Christine Wendy

Marketing Evangelist and Mindful Competitor

ID 37712

Yuan Geng


ID 248480

John J. Kacinas

Investor

Over 27 years of third party debt collection experience running operations for well known national agencies. Expertise in government and student loan debt, including United States Department of Education.

ID 46314

Ro Srey

Co-Founder and Partner at NextRound Consulting. Business Development & Strategic Partnerships at multiple Fortune 100 companies

ID 108482

Shuchi Sharma

Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer @bennett-day-school. Strong business start-up background. IESE MBA, 2010.
http://bennettday.tumblr.com/

ID 466219

Jacqueline Wu

MBA candidate at Kellogg School of Management • Worked at @gap Piperlime.com, @williams-sonoma

ID 206445

Birju Kadakia

Experienced launching products from beta to thousands of users. Management Consultant. University of Illinois Engineer.

ID 74108

Brendan Herron

Startup, VC and emerging companies attorney at Silicon Legal Strategy.

ID 252655

Peter Cook

Successfully launched multiple new positions within Groupon. Helped Groupon stabilize new merchant-facing products. Freelance analytical (Excel) projects.

ID 460020

Aakash Negandhi

MSU BS 2008, Finance; UMICH MS 2010, Human Computer Interaction. Strong business and technical background. Currently advisory consultant at EY.

ID 447732

Kevin Lee

strategy, project management, aviation

ID 141749

Emmanuel Ramirez

Worked at @bottlenotes • Studied at @yale-university

ID 316885

Mike Cerny

Founder @donotrent-1.com

ID 325171

Dustin McQuary

Client service superhero meets digital ad ops guru; Worked at Google

ID 378935

Steven Baumgartner

Executive level Sales & Marketing leader; owner of Blossom Growth Services; worked at Mercer, Alvarez & Marsal, and PR Newswire; Mentor to start ups and 1871

ID 426273

Alessandra Hernandez

Specialized in the technology and finance industries in New York in both human resources and commercial real estate analysis. Worked for @appnexus.

ID 387033

Ken Putman

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Economics, Project Manager for Illinois Business Consulting, Led consulting project for small chemical software startup

ID 479004

Lindsay Verstegen

Known for helping high-growth companies achieve their hiring goals
http://www.lindzsays.com

ID 489502

Stephanie Delaney

SDA Bocconi School of Management; UC Berkeley BA; background in global health; interned for CHAI; interested in working with startups

ID 505773

Aaron Hans

Michigan BBA. Consultant at PwC. Freelance Nonprofit Consultant.

ID 199051

David Schacht

Multi-lingual exec, worked at @gerson-lehrman-group, @corporate Executive Board • Studied @university-of-chicago, @johns-hopkins-university • Strat - Ops - Research Leadership

ID 280396

Sumeet Kale

IIT Engineering, MBA Kellogg, Worked with McK, Co-founder intern with OfficeYes,Passion for startups,working with portfolio company of a PE fund while at school

ID 369424

Brian Foy

Founder/Owner of Left Field Management/Freeze Our Youth. 1/3 Attorney 1/3 Management 1/3 TBA

ID 502609

Laura M Levy

Project manager and analyst with technical background looking to make the world better. Obsessive organizer. Ruthless minimalist. Highly opinionated about maps.

ID 305379

Brenda Desino

University of Chicago Booth School of Business MBA 2103; Strong relationship, business development, and operations background (C.H. Robinson and PepsiCo)

ID 502231

Anna Draft

Program and project manager with experience in: entrepreneurship and product creation, account management and team leadership, project planning from resource allocation, cost and schedule management, to long-term forecasting.

ID 424186

Adam Porcase

CRM technical with a seasoned business background that includes internet start-ups and consulting.

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