Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Chicago.
principal @ @lightbank - scrabble master - indie music aficionado - yoga enthusiast - cheese lover - physics buff
Partner at @lightbank
Co-Founder and Partner of Chicago Ventures. Founder of @Twin Capital and active angel investor. Former @doubleclick / @performics exec.
Founder/CEO of @techstars. Investor in Amazing Startups. Geeky to the bone.
http://www.davidgcohen.com
http://www.davidgcohen.com/
Analyst at lightbank, former management consultant, born and raised midwesterner, always eating, Michigan and Detroit sports fanatic
Founder/CEO-BringIt (Cross Platform Engagement as a Service Through Games),
Founder-InStadium, Founder-Riverbank Capital. JD-Chicago Kent, BA-Wisconsin
Founder & CEO at @okcupid.com
Managing Partner @promus-ventures, @masters-capital-nanotechnology-1 • Worked @Masters Capital (hedge fund), @merrill-lynch (M&A)
http://mikecollett.com
Principal, @lightbank Ventures;
Founding member @peacock-equity-fund (NBCUniversal); @comcast-ventures
Former Co-Founder of FeedBurner and Google Product Manager, Mobile and Advertising. Current: Blinkfire Analytics
http://steveobd.blogspot.com
Managing Director of @HydeparkVP and @HydePark Angels, Professor at University of Chicago @BoothThinking School of Business, and former partner at RK Ventures
Managing Director @techstars • Co-founder @slicehost (acq by @rackspace)
Founder, Investor or Advisor in companies including @lifecrowd, @shift-3, RetentionScience, @muckerlab, GradientX, Eventup, TheReceivablesExchange & @zynga (via Prism)
Founder @belly • Worked at @lightbank • Studied at @university-of-wisconsin-madison
Founder @valor-equity-partners, @harris-associates
Troy Managing Director of Techstars in Chicago & founder of @surepayroll
Entrepreneur. Founder & CEO @obaz. Former EIR & Investor @lightbank.
Co-founder and Managing Partner of @lightbank
former CTO of @obama-for-america , former CTO of @threadless and Advisor at @sandbox-industries.
http://www.nata2.org
Managing Director RPM Ventures
http://greatlakesvc.com
Angel; Founder: @rivs, InnFlux, iEstates, IrishAngels. @NotreDame, MBA @Kellogg
Director and Board Member Techstars Chicago; Advisor Hyde Park Venture Partners; Member FireStarter Fund
Founder @listen board member @raise, branding expert, creative storyteller investing time and money to turn ideas into brands.
Worked at @dell-computer, @procter-gamble-2 • Studied at @washington-university-in-saint-louis
VC: @lightbank;
@lehman-brothers , @barclays-capital , @ICICI Venture ; Sweat: @benchprep ; High-Performance Computing @inria, Studied CS @cornell-university , Chicago Booth MBA
Founder, CEO, @raise - Founder, @coupontrade
Entrepreneur - Investor - Technologist
Appetite for Big Markets & Hungry Entrepreneurs
COO @500px | Formerly at @extremestartups @relay-ventures @chegg. @netflix. @thomas-weisel-partners. @goldman-sachs. @accenture. | @ChicagoBooth @university-of-california-berkeley.
Founder @thump-games •Chief Architect at @jaxtr, Sr Director @skyfire ( Acquired by Opera ), Hacker/Data Nerd, BS/MS @purdue-university , MBA @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business
General Partner, Apex Venture Partners
Chicago Angel, CEC, Xoogler, New World Ventures
CEO of @picturelife. Founder of @omgpop.
http://www.setpixel.com
Growth & Customer Acquisition specialist. Former EIR @trinity Ventures, Co-Founder of @boundless, @viximo.
http://www.brianbalfour.com
Managing Director at Hyde Park Venture Partners. Big fan of fast growth.
Founder of @opentable (NASDAQ:OPEN); Chairman at @grubhub
COO @contextmedia, Partner @jumpstart-ventures
Vice President at @lightbank, former consultant @duff-phelps , @university-of-illinois-at-urbana-champaign Engineering, born and raised in @chicago
Partner, @new-world-ventures & @dfj-portage
http://www.vcconfidential.com/
Vice President at @new-world-ventures
VC at @atlas-venture. Co-founded @grandbanks-capital. Believe in service-based approach for entrepreneurs.
@princeton-university graduate.
Angel Investor; BS/MS Computer Engineering, @carnegie-mellon-university University; CIO Top 100/InfoWorld Top 25 CTO
http://www.hubrix.com
Partner at New World Ventures
Board Member Techstars Chicago
Founder of Voomly: Founded DaytradeTeam (Sold in 2007), founded mytrade (Sold to TD Ameritrade).
http://www.andyswan.com
ND Finance / Duke MBA
Founded 3 Companies - Medical Devices, Online Real Estate, Retail Wireless
Enjoy web 2.0 plays as well as med tech.
General Partner at @oca-ventures. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at @booth-school-of-business.
Founder AvantCredit, SpringCoin • Worked at @enova-financial • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign
CFO @ Castle Hill. Angel Investor @HPA. MBA 2011 @Babson. BS Mechanical Engineering 2003 @UVA
CTO at eSpark Learning, where I manage the engineering team building the next generation of personalized learning using iPads.
http://disruptedstudent.org
Founder @blue-flower-llc • Worked at @bank-of-america-merrill-lynch • Studied at @new-york-university
Founder @thinkequity-partners, @global-silicon-valley-advisors • Worked at @jp-morgan, @merrill-lynch
chief of staff @groupon; former associate @lightbank, consultant @bain
Managing Partner, RangeLight
VC @Pritzker Group Venture Capital (f.k.a. New World Ventures)
Investor @trunk-club
Professional Trader, Genetic Algorithmist, Managing Partner @purvi-capital LLC.
Angel Investor; Entrepreneur; Was Principal at Pangea Properties REIT; Ex-CIO, Co-Founder at @cashnetusa-com
Principal at Anderson Pacific Corp., entrepreneur, angel investor with a focus on telecom, media, SaaS or any great idea backed by a strong management team.
Investor in @brighttag, @ycharts, @sittercity, @viewpoints, @ifbyphone.
Co-Founder and Chairman, Timelines, Inc
General Partner at @new-enterprise-associates leading seed & early stage. Chairman of @harvard University Experiment Fund. Forbes Midas List.
VC at @PritzkerVC, Founder/CEO of VentureUP.info
Serial entrepreneur. Cofounder/COO/CTO at @sittercity. Director of Development at @obama-for-america. Social enterprise investor.
http://www.danratner.com/
General Partner Georgetown Angels. Author (McGraw Hill July 2013) The Entrepreneurial Bible to Venture Capital
http://georgetown-angels.com/blog/
CoFounder/COO @raise We are changing the conversation in the discount and incentive marketing industries. Give yourself a raise!
http://blog.coupontrade.com/
Founder, StrategyLab, Inc.; Lecturer, Kellogg School of Management; Limited Partner, TechStars Chicago
http://www.andrewrazeghi.com/blog
Turns Concepts into Profits. Advisor, Connector, Co-Founder of @hydeparkangels, Angel Investor, Independent Trader, @pointsnfigures
http://www.pointsandfigures.com
Founder @exe-technologies
Founder/CEO, Vertere Group. Past Founder/MD Mediabrands Velociter (IPG). Past Founder/MD Denuo/VivaKi Ventures (Publicis Groupe); 20+ year ad/media veteran
Founded and sold @feefighters to @groupon. Bootstrapped @tss-radio to Inc500. UChicago MBA and undergrad. Previously worked at BCG and Longworth VP.
http://feefighters.com/blog
Creating, developing, and investing in new businesses
Managing Partner at Pebble Creek Partners
Entrepreneur, investor, coach. Delighting customers and inspiring people.
Director of Product Management at @groupon
quantitative trader in Chicago
BoD @rivs, Founder: Sumo Capital, Victory Networks Investor: @tradingview-2, @techstars, @qoin, @archively @ginkgotree, Row One. Member @irishangels. MBA @kellogg-school-of-management currently, graduated Cum Laude @university-of-notre-dame 2001
313 Ventures LLC
@getco
Trading Technologies, Inc
fredlabs, inc
@apple
CEO @spartz (OMG Facts, GivesMeHope, Smartphowned) Founded MuggleNet.com, the #1 Harry Potter site, at age 12.
http://spartzmedia.com
Business Designer. Previously UX Designer + Innovation Strategist. Former @adaptive-path + @nike consultant.
@appolicious.com, AndroidApps.com
http://www.participate.com
Head of Platform Applications at Tradeshift. Creator of Box's developer platform. B.S. Computer Science from Illinois, MBA from Carnegie Mellon.
Partner at Serra Ventures. Mentor to seed stage start ups and accelerators.
http://www.robschultz.com
Investor in @docusign, @ifbyphone, @epropertydata-com, @sentrilock, @ziplogix, @move-inc.
VP & Dir Northern Tech Intn'l Corp ($57M-$120M - 5 yrs; NASDAQ NTIC); Co-founder Dot Com Infoway-Top5 mobile app co in India; B.E.Guindy; MBA UMich, Ann Arbor.
Owner, Guren Capital Management, LLC
Founder @wedeliver • Worked at @apple • Studied at @columbia-college-chicago
Co-founder @lob. Worked at @aws, @citigroup, @google , @motorola • Studied at @university-of-michigan
CEO of Apptimize • @y-combinator • @getco • @massachusetts-institute-of-technology Math with CS
http://nancyhua.com
CEO and Co-Founder of TechShop. Launched 3 Fortune 500 websites: Avery, Kinkos (ecommerce), & HealthNet's benefits ASP. Author, Speaker, MBA, Green Beret.
Rewards and travel wonk. Built @groupon Rewards to 4k merchants, 2M consumers. Grew @united-airlines Mileage Plus to $1BN+ revenue. @stanford-university GSB.
CEO of @tempodb. Co-founded 3 startups (two bootstrapped, current funded). Strong technical background (Computer Engineer, Motorola).
http://ajcronk.com
M&A and capital markets attorney and registered CPA. Worked at @citigroup, @sidley-austin, @deloitte-touche • Investor @drchrono, @sendhub, @true-co • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign
Co-Founder & CEO of @ycharts • Vertical Manager at @google • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign
founder, author, advertising, social media, appssavvy
Investor in @groupon, @sprout-social, @watermelon-express, @mediabank.
VC @chicago-ventures Young Entrepreneur @foundation-capital
Chicago Booth MBA, @KauffmanFellow
SVP/GM Americas MediaMath. Formerly CEO Omnicom Media Group Digital, Founder @resolution-media
Co-Founder, @tempodb. UX Design at @grubhub, Marketing at @kraft-foods. Design & Business at U of Michigan.
http://justindelay.tumblr.com
CEO & Co-founder Tech Cocktail a media company focused on tech startup news, research & events. Former developer turned product development at @aol & @tribune-interactive.
http://tech.co
Director at @digital-news-ventures
Founder TicketLab • President at @trainsignal until acquired in 2013
http://www.imanjalali.com
Senior Vice President at Pritzker Group
Co-founder & CEO @morsel, Co-founder & CTO @betterfly-1 (acq. @takelessons) , Founder & CEO @dealsgoround-1 (acq. @betterfly-1). Past IBM & PwC Tech Consultant. 26.2.
http://krispetersen.com
Worked at @coupons.com , @microsoft, @indiahomes • Studied at @haas-school-of-business School of Business, @IIT-Delhi
Venture Partner at OCA Ventures
http://dwyerlab.com
Currently focusing on consulting and investments. Formerly, CTO of GETCO.
Former sw entrepreneur; invested in 34 companies over past 8 years. Run 2 early stage funds: BELLE Capital USA, LP & Phenomenelle Angels Fund.
http://laurenslens.net
Designer/technologist, former CTO at @groupon, investor/advisor to @desktime, investor in Seaborn Networks, investor/partner at City Winery Chicago.
Founder @total-attorneys
http://edscanlan.com
Co-Founder/CEO of @rant-media-network which owns and operates: Rant Sports, Rant Finance and Rant Creative.
Into craft beer, delicious food, and innovative technology. Partner and code ninja at @sproutsocial (http://sproutsocial.com). Normally found in Chicago.
Co-Founder & CEO of @shiftgig;General Partner OCA Ventures; Co-founder of Us Empowered & Chicago SVP; 2010 Crain 40U40; 2011 Chicago United BLC
http://www.eddielou.com
CEO of @retrofit
Designer. Husband. Friend to startups. Maker of things. Avid fan: scary movies, loud music. Work: CXO @betable. Past: @threadless, @digg, @simplegeo.
http://www.callmejeffrey.com
Lead Software Engineer @caredox • Lead Developer of archon.org, an award-winning archival information software • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign
Director of Marketing @playerize. Co-Founder, Advisor at @foodtree & @donde . Advisor at 20 Something Bloggers. @stanford-university Soccer Captain.
http://dshan.me/blog/
Co-Founder & President @ Pear, Co-Founder @ Brand Accelerator, Board Member @ Worthee, Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center Advisory Board, former ibanker.
Founder & Managing Partner @cornerstone-angels
Co-Founder @ WeDeliver.us • Entrepreneur • Jill of all trades • Mihaylo School of Business CSUF 2011' • edtech Product Marketer @symbalooedu.
http://socialskoop.com/blog/
I build products that run on browsers, iPhones, & Macs @polymathic. @angelpad W'10 founder alum @cloudbot. DePaul CS. My dog Rue and are Chicago-based.
Founder at @chasm-io. Former writer for @adage-com and @fastcompany. Former Adman. Passionate about the future of collaborative influence.@angelpad Alum.
https://plus.google.com/116963236140044523988/posts
Co-founder, President of @giveforward. TechStars (Excelerate Labs) Emory University, JD American University. Burritos.
http://ethansaustin.com
Founded Trimmer Capital Management, Aurapoint Asset Management, and True Adventures. Rock climber, sailor, mountain biker, skier, mountaineer, world traveler.
Founder Striking.ly • Worked at @yahoo, @goldman-sachs, @morgan-stanley
COO of Community Capital Investment. Managing Director and Principal of Emercor Partners. Active angel investor. Formerly of Allston Trading.
Founder & CEO of caremerge. 20 years Tech; 12 years with GE, 8 with GE Healthcare IT in Global Leadership roles; Booth MBA; 6 Sigma Black Belt.
Angel Investor. M&A, IPO, financial analysis background. Passionate for bright investment opportunities. Investor @havoc @descomplica @onthego-platforms
Co-founder @aisle50, New York Times Bestselling Author of 2 books, Forbes columnist, Y Combinator Alumnus
http://blogs.forbes.com/christophersteiner
@stagebloc founder. UX / UI and product obsessed. Past multiplatinum artist manager. Biomedical researcher. Science Teacher. Coach. Hip surgery guinea pig.
Investor/Startup Advisor & Social Investor
Founder @gener8tor, @granite-med-systems • Investor @eatstreet • Studied at @university-of-wisconsin-milwaukee
Founder @simplerelevance • Worked at @ibm, Founding Team @icontact • Studied at @kellogg-school-of-management, @university-of-north-carolina-chapel-hill. Patent in Data Optimization & experience closing 9-figure deals.
http://blog.simplerelevance.com
Head of Operations @uber
Board of Miami University Institute for Entrepreneurship
Biz Dev @foursquare
Investor CEO of MiGym: Experience in successful startups including Betfair and The Coupons App & corporate experience at US Cellular and Allstate; Kellogg MBA
@stagebloc Co-Founder, Founder @mirrorgram / Lead Developer, Object Orienter, Git Pusher, Apple Lover, College Dropout, Life Lover
Founder @parkwhiz • Worked at @ibm • Studied at @northwestern-university
Studied at @new-york-university, @indiana-university-bloomington
Crittercism, previous @wishery CTO/Co-Founder (AngelPad S11). @microsoft, founder @prefiat-llc: security, arch, cloud computing consultancy. MS ECE UIllinois.
CRO at the EchoSystem, with over 10 years of experience growing businesses and most recently leading the digital charge at PHD/Omnicom
CEO and Co-Founder at @groovebug
http://integratedmarketing.tumblr.com
Former CMO of @restaurant-com with experience on client and agency side. Start-up experience as an employee, advisor and investor w/ a passion for learning.
Co-Founder at @whittl. Ex-Yahoo. Sold previous startup. Carnegie Mellon & Cornell.
CEO at @upcity-formerly-diyseo
Managing Partner at Stonebridge Wealth Management
Founder Gremln.com (135K users).
Director, Costa Rican Software Firm (sold).
Computer Science. 15 years
http://blog.gremln.com
Portfolio Manager at Ronin Capital, LLC
Problem Solver. I like bouldering, building, coding, and winning. Co-Founder @keen-io-1 . 4+ years technical product experience at @salesforce. UIUC Engineering.
http://blog.keen.io
Founder & CEO @SpotHero Inc.
http://blog.spothero.com
@stagebloc co-founder. Technical lead at The Uprising Creative. Formerly at Vice, Nintendo, and EA. Bar and record label owner.
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.
Investor in @tynt, @divshare.
CEO/Co-Founder of @power2switch-acquired-by-choose-energy. Excelerate Class '11. Engineer. U of C Booth MBA 2010. Electricity/Energy Efficiency Expert. Persistent Intellectually Honest.
http://Seyifabode.com
CEO + Founder @red-tricycle. Strong consumer background ( @meredith and @reed-elsevier ) Start-up experience includes Breathe Media and SFLodgings.com.
Designer, developer, builder, entrepreneur, mentor. First designer at @groupon. Currently Head of Platform Experience @quirky
Co-Founder at @wedeliver. Worked at @uwi, Parity Systems and founded Coral Designs Ltd. Engineering graduate of @uwi
http://kirklashley.com
Venture Capital Analyst at Sandbox industries.
Co-Founder & CTO at @adyapper
Co-Founder, EVP New Business & Corporate Strategy / Exec. Director, focused on new strategic growth opps., biz/dev, marketing, fund-raising, operations
VP, @groupon Now! at @groupon; CMO at @vast.com; GVP, Alliance Marketing at @orbitz Worldwide, Inc.
Previously at @square , @cloudbot , @azadi-incorporated • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley and @depaul-university University • Founder of @tedx at DePaul University • @impact-engine alumnus
Formerly product at Twilio. Currently working on my own projects.
http://future-bits.com
DRW Trading, University of Chicago - Booth, Boston College
Founder/CEO @fooda • President at @echo-global-logistics, CFO/COO @innerworkings
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
Founder @gmm-nonstick-coatings • Investor @tred • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign , @kellogg-school-of-management-1
Sandbox Industries
Co-Founder of gener8tor, a Wisconsin-based accelerator.
Product Designer @weebly. Formerly at @backplane and @viatask.
Founder @smartnames • Worked at @transunion, @trymax • Investor @evoapp, @showingtime • Studied at @university-of-north-carolina-chapel-hill
Founded Shoutlet, Inc. Liquidated position in March 2013. Currently running Spendship, LLC (mobile commerce) and Halo, LLC (a tech sales consulting firm).
http://www.jasonweaver.com
Former CEO/CTO of DVDPlay (Redbox techn./acq by NCR), founded X1, Ensemble, Opengrid, MXGO, worked at Sun, LSI, Siemens, Coinstar.
Founder and lead frontend dev @picturelife
http://jacobd.com
Founder and COO of KapowEvents.com. Providing a more efficient way for business to book corporate events through a curated marketplace of local event packages.
Founder @catapult-chicago-1 • Lawyer at @foley-lardner-llp
Founder of Spyglass
Managing Director of @sandbox-industries, led a buyout of The NutraSweet Company and served as CEO
IT Consultant, Studied Economics @university-of-chicago and investor with @kewpie-associates.
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
Serial entrepreneur in financial technology. Trusted Insight, largest platform for LPs and GPs, and SkyRank, patented hedge fund rating, sold IP to Morningstar.
http://www.josephomansky.com
#innovator #entrepreneur #technologist #founder at Toodalu (acquired by Spring Marketplace)
Worked at @yahoo, @ixl
Latent human potential pisses me off. So I'm working on decentralizing education. Trying to be a great father, husband, son, believer, and squirrel.
http://nuts.redsquirrel.com
Product Designer @quirky. Co-founder of Paid, an iPhone app to manage your Stripe account. Formerly of @groupon
VP of Product at @grubhub.com. 10 years in online travel (@expedia, Site59, Travelocity) in product management, business development, and commercial roles.
Worked at @belly, @campus-explorer, @redbox, Galt & Company
IT Management Consultant. Passion for solution development. Self-driven. Values integrity and accountability. Worked at @adobe-systems, @transunion
Chief Evangelist at @tracky PR. Social Media Correspondent. Animal lover. Birthed @twitter industry chats. #journchat #commentz [email protected]
http://sarahsfav.es
Strong business, marketing, UX/design chops. Experience agency & client side. Kellogg MBA 2013.
Investment banker focused on providing merger & acquisition advice and raising capital for growing consumer & retail companies.
CEO of @mobilex-labs - Simplified Mobile App Creation Platform For Brands & Businesses, $2M/YR Elekteks Inc. as a H.S. Senior, Kelley School of Business 2011
http://TheFoundersDesk.com
Startup jack of all trades, former bulge bracket financial analyst. Self-starter, fast learner, and ready to hit the ground running
Former Biglaw, Big4, GC and Executive. Assisted in sale of Weather Central to Weather Channel; 1st Place in WI Business Plan Contest-IT Category. MACC and JD.
Venture Capital/Angel Investor looking to help a multitude of start-ups....
Platform/API Engineer @SproutSocial; Co-founder @farehelper.com; Past life @motorola IC designer for wireless; UMich; Musician; Derivatives Investor
http://www.tekphile.com
COO at Crate and Barrel
VC Fund Investor at Northern Trust. VC Professor at University of Maryland.
http://lp2lp2vc.blogspot.com/
Founder (BigGroups.com, @catapult-chicago), BizDev (@halcyon-sequencing ), Lead Developer (ISWS), BS Biology (@university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign )
Currently: Co-founder at digit.co. Previously: MyZeus acquired by Groupon, 2011.
http://patrickalgrim.me
CEO of @styleseek. NASA Space Shuttle Engineer
2x e-commerce exits. @massachusetts-institute-of-technology MBA, @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign MSE/BSE
CTO of Raise Marketplace Inc. Consultant to startups through Fortune100's. You conceive "it"; I build it, and the team around it.
Sr. Software Engineer @chooseenergy
Databases, big data, high performance.
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.
CEO & Founder @Ticket Scalpr. @groupon Senior Sales (Top 1%) - Founder @UndieRun - Director of Sales @Gourmet Ads - UW-Madison
Partner Skadden Arps and Angel Investor
Founder and president at Govoni Dentistry PC, Brushin'on Belmont. Board certified pediatric dental specialist.
Founder of Resolution Media
Associate @techstars
CEO/Founder of @babbaco. Ready to rock my second consumer startup. Kellogg MBA. @brown-university University. Kraft brand management.
http://www.babbaco.com/blog
Partner at Origin Ventures - early stage venture firm in Chicago focused on e-commerce, software, and digital media. Ex-Feedburner, Ex-Google, Ex-Twitter.
VC at @Hyde Park Venture Partners. Caught the startup bug at Techstars and Tapjoy.
Venture Capitalist @OCAVentures and Founder of @MouseHouseApp
technology finance and operating executive, former technology investment banker, former COO/CFO of ClearTrial (sold to Oracle in April 2012), Harvard MBA
Currency & Interest Rate Portfolio, DRW Holdings.
Exec @sparkcentral . Entrepreneurial mind set. Action oriented!
CTO of @mercaris
Marketer & entrepreneur. Previously co-founded Wellthy & @leap. Former associate at @lightbank,
Inventory Management at Raise.com • Worked at @coupontrade, @european-commission • Founder Blueshift Innovations Inc • Northeastern University JD 2003, Harvard University ALB 1999
An average guy, living an awesome life.
Founder @tenantify, @dezzia and @bloominous. Strong business background (@mckinsey-company, @enova-financial, @google). Coder and MBA @kellogg-school-of-management-1.
http://www.husonghua.net
Head of Solutions Eng at @shift-3. Helped close multi-MM deals with F100 brands & top agencies. Tech/Product Builder. Entrepreneur. Tech Advisor. Get-it-done-er.
http://blog.mikekhristo.com
CEO of Striking.ly; Co-founder of Moneythink; Director of ECSEL; @university-of-chicago
Currently @farshore-partners Past work @zaarly • Studied Automotive Technology at @pittsburg-state-university University :::Web and Mobile Development Consulting
Creative Director at @coupontrade
Product Manager, Analyst, INTP. Work at @science. Past at @ustream, @lek-consulting • Studied at @university-of-chicago, @massachusetts-institute-of-technology
eCommerce and retail consultant, product manager
Angel Investor
http://N/A
entrepreneur. co-founder or early employee of 5 startups. 2 IPOs. Founded Media Chaperone pivoted business in '12 to @group-gift-service
Kellogg MBA/Northwestern MEM. McKinsey consultant, Capital One & SimpleTuition alum. Strong background in marketing/analytics, budding Rails/HTML/CSS/iOS dev.
Senior Vice President, Global Marketing and Corporate Development & Chief Marketing Officer at Hill-Rom
@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
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
Founder @notelog, @athletepreneur • Worked at @tred, @coursemodo • B.S. & M.S. Economics & Sport Management at @FSU
Investments for @hvf and @mlevchin.
Marketing and Business Development at @simplerelevance ; Worked at Bank of America; Furman (BA 2006), Vanderbilt (MBA 2012)
Founder TicketFire • Worked at @cloudera, @belly • Studied at @ohio-state-university
Worked at @hft-quant-hedge-fund, @ibm. Studied Physics at UT: Dallas. 1st startup in high school. Solid technical background.
CEO at @buzz-digital, Inc. Former biz dev guy at @nextwave-media and Angie's List.
Musician and peanut butter connoisseur.
Founder @inventables • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign
http://blog.inventables.com
Co-Founder of @technori and @insuranceagents-com
http://blog.sethkravitz.com
Entrepreneur, startup advisor and TMT executive
Software Developer at @SproutSocial, Amateur Philosopher, Maker of Things... Young Punk
Life is a game of sales, so don't sell yourself short. 24. Indiana University- Kelley School of Business. Sales Manager @raise. Chicago.
MS in Product Design & Development Management @northwestern-university. Design, product, research and business focus.
Worked at @belly, @groupon • Studied at @university-of-kansas
Co-founder of @styleseek, BizDev at @v2green (acquired 2008), VC at @highland-capital-partners, Analytics Lead at @accenture, 2 Patents, BSEE @UIUC, @MIT MBA.
PhD dropout, MS Operations Research; Data Scientist, Risk I/O
http://blog.risk.io
Product Manager; product development and operational strategy for two start-ups; Business degree from University of Kansas.
Founder CEO @traity-1.
MBA (HHons) @booth-school-of-business. MEng in EE.
Previous experience in strategy, product management, sales
http://traity.com/blog
Leading teams that create & deliver data-driven strategies and solutions for some of the world's leading brands @circle-media @bazaarvoice @accenture .
Full stack marketer specializing in early-stage and growth startups
VP of Product @mantra-1 • Founder @agrowculture • First hire @Mouth Foods • B.Sc and M.Sc @Cornell • Graphic and UI design, Product Developer
http://www.nickmcevily.com
Founder @DailyDigital. Full service agency, for startup founders, that want to turn their product ideas into a growing, profitable company, in less than a year.
Founder @pawngo, @bodyshopbids • Worked at @lightbank • Studied at @university-of-pennsylvania
Michigan BA, Media planner and operations guru, customer service oriented, worked at interCLICK, acquired by Yahoo
Advanced Media Sales at Comcast Spotlight
Current: Co-founder @optyn; Past: @dealster-3, CRP, Acuity, COO @ecommlink ; COO @first-data-corporation , EPG; SVP, @general-electric; SVP, @barclays-bank
Founder and CEO of Kumbuya (kumbuya.com).
Co-Founder @dynamic-signal, live in Chicago area, early @ @comscore & @adify. Interests: Movies, Politics, NFL, Consumer Behavior, Social Media & Brand Marketing
http://larrison.blogspot.com
ceo/co-founder of @sqord . worked five years in financial services in sales and management. caught startup bug founding Dore Duds. studied at @vanderbilt-university, @university-of-north-carolina-chapel-hill
Founder @shortlist, @leasabl • Excelerate Labs 2011 • Pulitzer Prize 2008
CEO & co-founder of @pictarine Love growth hacking, mobile and wine. Techstars Chicago Alum.
CEO & co-founder @sideqik • I manage, advise & fund disruptive companies @nokia, @navteq, @vitrue • 12 US & international patents • Certified alligator handler
http://www.southerntechnologyleaders.com
CEO/Co-founder of @sweepio-1. Start-up Guy, three startups, two successful exits, one IPO. Dad of 2, husband of 1.
http://fatboylabs.com
Partner and tech lead at Centup. My peers call me lots of things: Consultant, Manager, Strategist, Marketer Technologist and Designer.
Founder of FindIt. Former Publisher of The Harbus, worked at General Mills, Kimberly-Clark, and Kraft Foods. Harvard Business School MBA 2013.
http://www.getfindit.com/blog
Director of Product, Strategy and Operations: @DiscoveryComm. Former Director of Mobile Product: @carsdotcom & 2011 @ExcelerateLabs (now TechStars Chicago).
http://odower.com/
Director of Products, Stats & Finance Guru @ycharts. Studied at Chicago Booth (MBA) , UW-Madison, and @stanford-university.
http://www.nathanpinger.com
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
UX Researcher at Mozilla
Co-founder of @buzz-digital, Co-founder of Element Bars.
Managing Director at O'Keefe
Consultant and interim management in Change Management.
Angel investor and mentor to internet and mobile technology companies.
CEO at @homefinder-com. Director of Product at @orbitz.com. Founder AccentTraining.net, EasyUsability.com.
Director of Engineering @ Obama for America.
Previously @threadless, @crateandbarrel.
I'm a big fan of the internets.
Seed investor via @ConfluenceCap, @kidblog @at-scene-llc Founder @boomboom. @university-guide (sold) . MBA @university-of-colorado-boulder, Carlson @university-of-minnesota-twin-cities
Fueling more vacations with Rocketmiles. Former consultant at Navigant. University of Texas McCombs School of Business Finance / Accouting grad.
COO Fooda • Previously CEO Lightswitch; startup at Redbox; Wind Point; Bain. Engineering at UMichigan, Kellogg
New England transplant living Chicago style. Senior Talent Manager at @sprout-social. @boston-college and @northwestern-university alum. Passionate about people.
Web Developer at @spartz . Writing code, crunching data, and moving forward.
Worked at @heyzap
Seed investor. ClientVoice founder. Brought social networking to legal. Worked at LexisNexis. NYU Law JD. Harvard Business School CEU.
Product Manager,@sharethrough @wikia; Associate PM at @bump-technologies, Consultant, CGI Federal; IT Advisory Intern, @kpmg; B.B.A. Computer Information Systems, @james-madison-university.
Experienced codecrafter with a liberal arts flair.
Founder @centup - Digital Marketer - Writer - Expert at Nothing.
Extensive Senior Management Experience (C Suite positions), over 30 years in a variety of Casino Gaming companies.
Founder Versity (sold), @hireology, @UrbanBoundCo & @Homescout. Studied at @university-of-michigan.
http://thehungryentrepreneur.com/
Chief Growth Officer @mightynest. Former CMO @threadless. Search / social marketing exec @vivaki / @performics. Product and marketing strategy and execution.
Founder of eSpark, which helps schools leverage iPads and the vast ecosystem of educational apps to personalize learning, engage students and raise achievement.
Former Co-Founder & Director of #CustDev at walk.by, Former GE management program grad looking to build culture changing procuts
http://eligratz.com
Technical Co-Founder @sidewalk. Previously Technical Co-Founder @pinweel. Hacking on startups for 5+ years. Computer Eng @university-of-maryland-college-park
http://tonyamoyal.com
Proven business leader that has built and managed $mm sales, marketing and service teams, monetized products, formed strategic partnerships and raised capital.
Founder @cariloop, @healthsparx and Health 2.0 Dallas, Advisor, @purdue-university University alum, living in Dallas, TX.
http://healthsparx.com
CFO - Finance, Marketing and Sales at @ycharts. Studied @chicago booth, worked @homefinder-com.
Builder. Formerly a co-founder of Technori, Adams Gilbert Co., @cloudbot
Worked at @tempodb, @braintree-1
Co-Founder/CEO of Hireology. Serial entrepreneur with 14 years of technology and HR-related start-up experience. MBA from @depaul-university University.
http://www.BetterHiringToday.com
Founder of @rentstuff. Strong business background (@merrill-lynch). @princeton-university BA 2004 (Economics w/ honors).
Founder of @orderbolt
BA in CS and an MBA from @southern-illinois-university-carbondale; Certified in International Business, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation Management from GGSB
Co-Founder and CEO @bucketfeet. Former Banker / PE guy. World traveler. Northwestern University.
http://blog.bucketfeet.com/
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
Chicago Startups | Online Marketing | @google Adwords PPC | p. 773.888.ELAN
Start-up Junkie who connects the dots, creates results, and plays well with others.
http://www.buchar.net
CEO @socialcrunch. Strong finance, business development & product launch skills. Brit in Chicago. 1 exit so far.
http://blog.alexgriffiths.info
Worked at @sprout-social, @groupon • Studied at @university-of-miami
Co-founder of @goshi in Chicago. Drummer of In Threes.
EVP, Sales & Marketing - Nu-B-2B
@ibm Sys. Integration, Proj. Mgmt, Instructor (Retired)
B.S. Business, @Purdue
M.A. Education
MBA @texas Woman's University
http://[email protected]/pub/robert-brown/1/337/23b
Investor in @chromatin, @theranos, @plum-choice, @navicure, @divergence, @launchcyte, @darkstrand, @apt, @referme, Callisto, @tlcontact, @healthcare.
Founder @scout • Previously founded @foodini.co • worked at @sandboxind, @lab42 , @jpmorgan-chase • Studied at @miami University BSA in Computer Science
IUPUI Bioinformatics; Worked at Northwestern University
Founder ClaraStream • Worked at @best-online-universities-llc, @eretailing • Studied at @ohio-state-university, @depaul-university
Co-founder @beebillion acquired 08/11. Strong Biz Dev, Customer Acquisition and eComm background.
http://www.gaber.me
CEO at @akta. Investor at @socialcrunch. Active angel, speaker and traveler.
Creative Director at Visually; freelance designer
Founder: @tourist-records
Co-Founder: ActiveFam
Past gigs: @the-active-network @eteamz-com @rollingnote @teamsnap @weplay @zaadz
Contemporary Pianist
Dad of 2
Founder of Opternative, which helps individuals gain greater accessibility in eye care, through unique technological innovations.
Founder & CEO @thoughtly Juris Doctor @loyola-university-chicago BBA in Finance @southern-methodist-university
http://thoughtly.co/blog
Founder+CEO PaletteApp 25 years in design and manufacturing. Created PaletteApp to disrupt the current system of introducing product to architects and designers
Co-Founder @paletteapp • 20+ years in design and marketing. Strong design sense and marketing experience to the design industry.
Cofounder @buycentives, Founder @greatfamilyrentals-com. CMO @intrago.
MBA Marketing Michigan (Ross).
Also @frog-design, @leo-burnett, @jwt, and Saturn.
http://www.google.com/patents/US20100280700
Serial Entrepreneur. Into parking and technology. Lover of people, business and life.
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/doug_moe/article_5f92b3e2-badb-11df-b741-001cc4c002e0.html
Co-founder of @learnmetrics real-time analytics for education. Obsessed with the power of education to change lives.
http://julianmiller.tumblr.com
Co-Founder/VP of Sales at ClickQuoteSave, LLC. Worked at The American Medical Association; Managed complete sales process of Medical Coding Solutions
Author of Design for Hackers (Debuted at #18 on @amazon) Mentor at 500 Startups. Changing the way you see design.
Co-founded TradingView (COO), previously worked at MultiCharts (COO) and Canada Revenue Agency.
http://blog.tradingview.com
co-founder at walk.by • Studied at @NU
Co-Founder and COO @goodpeople
Founded @public-good-software, Director of UX & Product @obama-for-america, founding team @the-point, early UXer @orbitz, founder @fuzzy-math.
Founder @brideside. Tech investor @silicon-valley-bank. Strong business background (Monitor Group, @ubs-investment-bank). Kellogg MBA '12, Wellesley College '06
Founder-in-Residence at Wavetable. Previously Co-Founder of HaveMyShift.com and PwC's Emerging Technology Lab.
Co-founder and CEO of TradingView.
Co-founder of 900dpi. Entrepreneur and full-stack developer of eight years. @university-of-wisconsin-whitewater
http://www.aap.bz
Co-founder of @styleseek. Consumer market analyst; serial entrepreneur; brand developer; consumer, social and marketing strategist in fashion merchandising.
http://styleseekprivate.wordpress.com/
Founder ClaraStream • Studied at @ohio-state-university Founded & bootstrapped e-commerce company into IR Magazine Top 1,000. 10 years technology sales & marketing experience.
Worked at @gtrot, @benchprep, @kapture, @wavve
Current: RVP, Sales - North America at @ringcentral. 12 years SMB Sales/Marketing experience - Loudcloud, WebEx, SuccessFactors, @ringcentral
Have built several companies. 1st big win- ecom company 1996, recently- Cenoplex- new mobile technology, current- My WetRock- big environmental impact product.
http://stephenmeade.wordpress.com/
First BD role was on behalf of the Mosaic browser from Spyglass, and roles at RollingStone.com, Napster (v1), CNET, Audible & Thumbplay (now Clear Channel)
VP of Product, co-founder at @gridium. Co-founder of @terrapass. Product and engineering at @tellme, @trilogy. @wharton-school MBA, @stanford-university BS.
Builder. Fixer. Thinker. Rocker.
http://derek.broox.com
Lead Developer @styleseek. Passion for building and shipping elegant web products.
Lead Platform @clover-technologies-group • Founder & CEO @yourenew (sold to Clover in '12) • Board Member @yale-university Entrepreneurial Institute
http://bobcasey.me
CTO and co-founder of @whimseybox. Previously co-founded @bestfriendbox, worked at @gowalla, @amd, @vaynermedia
Founder of @introfly, former attorney, Inventor & Founder of Gentleman's Vice Golf & Cigar Accessories.
http://blog.introfly.com
Founder @stathat-2 • First CTO @okcupid • BA Computer Science @columbia-university in NYC.
Founder & CEO @cookitfor-us | Founder, MonksOfInvention.com | Founder, InnovationCenter.com | Intrapreneur - @american-express, GE Capital, @kraft-foods
http://blog.CookItFor.Us
In search of full-time role while currently freelancing & volunteering. Marketing/Jack-of-all trades at @olapic , @dropgifts , and @parse-ly. BA Econ UConn
PhD at @northwestern-university. Generalist: software/web development, data analytics, and communication.
CEO Placebo Effect. Eight years leading philanthropic tech orgs. Relationship builder. One exit. Media magnet. BA Williams College.
Founder of @digital-innovations, @neuros-technology and @sonr-labs. Inventor of consumer products totaling $350M in revenue.
CTO of @silvrspoon, Y Combinator Alum, Carnegie Mellon CASOS PhD researcher & MSIT grad, entrepreneur
http://georgekorsnick.com
Founder yikes
Chief Operating Officer @storymix-media. Mech. Engineering w/ Honors, Stevens Tech. @apple Certified FCP & Motion Graphics. Engine Design and Field Service Engineer @ford-motor
http://storymixmedia.com/weddings/blog
VP Operations and Co-Founder at cleverbridge
http://www.buildingkeystones.com
Design Director of Bloc.io, Lead Designer for High Gear Media. Founder of Made by Munsters.
Serial entrepreneur 13 years. Currently obsessed with helping lead buyers buy smarter. Founder of @legitlead, FounderSensei.com & mentor @techstars Chicago.
http://legitlead.com/
Blue Tide Founder // @parkwhiz Front-End // Love a good API // Design // JS // CSS // UI/UX // Optimism // SharkWeek // From Indianapolis, IN
http://blog.iamzachreed.com/
Founder and CEO of @couponcabin.com; director of The Kluth Family Foundation
http://www.couponcabin.com/blog
Software Engineer @stacksocial • 1st employee @lasso • Studied at @madison
Worked at @parkwhiz, @red-foundry • Studied at @dartmouth-college, @kellogg-school-of-management
Co-Founder / CEO @tapfwd | Frmr VP @rapleaf (acquired) and Co-Founder @measy (Webby Award) | Kellogg MBA
Investor & Health Tech Entrepreneur, focused on Finance & Business Development
http://positiveventures.blogspot.com/
Investor in @tagnetics, @10x-technology, @advanced-diamond-technologies, @jiminy and @autonomic-materials Inc.
http://www.independence-equity.com
Web & Mobile Software Engineer. CTO: @venyooz. Previously at @mahalo, @spire-io, @the-starter-league, & @recsolu. B.A., Honors in Philosophy.
http://cardoni.net
Co-founder & CEO of Upscale Resale @moxiejeankids, @ExcelerateLabs class of '12, adviser @theImpactEngine #collcons #mom #startup
http://www.builtinchicago.org/member/sharonschneider
Founder and CEO - Future Simple Inc (futuresimpleinc.com) passionate about design, UX, entrepreneurship and management
CEO of Delightful. Kauffman Fellow (Class 18). Founder and Board Member of Quantitative Insights. Former: GM of OkCupid Labs. MBA from University of Chicago.
Growing @openairplane Professional pilot, husband, father, nerd. Passionate about user experience + aviation. Find me on a computer, or in a cockpit.
http://blog.aopa.org/opinionleaders/category/authors/rod-rakic/
Principal & CEO, Pasky IP Law LLC. Patent Attorney. Founder, @data-2-0 (DeveloperWeek, DataWeek, API World) & @techweek. Mentor, @techstars, @healthbox
http://dataweek.com
Founder @lost-crates • Studied at University of Michigan
Founder Ticket Scalpr, @bistro-studios
Co-Founder of @elicit, Inc.
CTO @weplann. Hacker-Software eCommerce guru. 13+ years @ebay & @intacct building solutions used on over 10,000 websites doing over $1 billion in transactions.
Founder @we-created-it-1 • Worked at Telenav, V-Vehicle (KPCB & GV startup), @venrock • Product & Marketing Background • @stanford-university MBA
Suzanne is a trained Interaction Designer who has over 15 years as a practioner applying the methodology of Design Thinking and Human-Centered Design to various projects across industries in healthcare, financial services, automotive, telecommunicatio
CEO and Co-Founder @getafive, I like to think creatively and operate leanly. A dozen years in corporate America pre-start up will do that to ya.
CEO of Birdsong Ventures, a collective of Angels, Advisors & Marketers focused on introducing brands to disruptive tech and investing in seed stage companies.
Information Security Engineer at Google, OSCP.
Security Halls of Fame: Google (4x), eBay, Yahoo!, Nokia, Opera, Mailchimp, Shopify.
http://miki.it/blog
I build global businesses. Founded knockknock (funded by 500 startups). Cloud, mobile, NoSQL, connected devices,(Kellogg MBA, @wharton-school BSE, @amazon-web-services, @accenture Strategy)
Founder & CEO of WebCurfew
https://www.webcurfew.com/parentalcontrols/DigitalLoitering.aspx
VC at @cue-ball-capital
CCO at @sproutel | Co-founder & National Board Advisor at @design-for-america | @Northwestern Alum | "15 Women to watch in Tech 2012" by Inc
Co-founder @r7-partners. Investor @bloom-energy, @tabula, @socialcrunch. Former board observer @wayport @amyris-biotechnologies @ooma @magnum-semiconductor.
Founder Monarc Brand
Online brokerage: Barron's best for options trading, GM of research & marketing arm. Knowledge@Wharton advisor. IT & online media: CNET News.com, year 1.
http://www.gainline.us
Disrupting status quo from forefront of innovation in biomedical informatics with @jcsilverstein and the HealthGrid.org team. I blog for @imedicalapps.
http://www.imedicalapps.com/author/brian-edwards/
A former FeeFighter who likes online marketing and finance
http://www.hadleycapital.com/blog/author/133
Co-founder, VP Application at @elicit
VP of @kitchin. MBA/MSA student at Loyola Quinlan GSB. Summer quarter student at @the-starter-league. Worked at @edelman in Biz Dev, Marketing, PR and Finance.
Founder Moxie Jean
CEO and Co-Founder Cancer IQ • Worked at @mckinsey-company, @credit-suisse @UChicago Medical Center • Studied at @wharton-school
Senior Developer at @caremerge. Working on @node-js, @ios-development @ruby-on-rails-1 & @backbone-js ..a true full-stack engineer. Studied at @university-of-york
Co-founder & CMO at @cartavi
http://cartavi.com/blog/
Business Development Manager at Merchant Atlas: Fully Automating Sales, Masters at Hult International Business School, Venture Scholar at G51 Capital
http://merchantatlas.wordpress.com/
Worked at @ribbon, @mobile-captain • Studying EECS at @university-of-california-berkeley. Web developer. Rails specialist.
I'm the Director of Communications for @doggyloot. Worked at domu and the Chicago Sun-Times. M.A. in journalism from @depaul-university University.
Founder CancerIQ, CancerIQ • Worked at @aqr-capital-management • Studied at @harvard-university, @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business
Currently @quarterly, Previously bizdev @12society, consultant @nbcuniversal, strategy consultant @joneslanglasalle
Designer and Developer based in Chicago
Ruby on Rails Engineer
CEO @storymix-media. Aerospace Eng Deg U of Mich; System Eng at @ford-motor: worldwide sales presentations, Options Trader in Chicago: 5+M trading profits
Has previously worked at two startups. Looking to help Raise take their Loyalty Platform to the next level. Eager to get back in the startup world of Chicago.
Co-Founder and CEO @blitsy
Founder @procured-health-1 • Worked at @citadel-investment-group • Studied at @yale-university
Worked at @cakestyle • Studies at @yale-university
Worked @anyperk • Studied @marquette
Advisor of Fast Air Buy LLC, co-chair Heartland Mobile Council's Summit 2012, former digital strategy consultant at Chicago Fire Soccer Club. UC @university-of-california-berkeley MBA.
http://www.mitchellposada.com
SVP at @parkwhiz. Serial entrepreneur and global market maker driving $400+ million in revenue that created $4+ billion in market capitalization.
Entrepreneur & early stage investor. President @alameda Holdings, LLC, Co-Founder @tribal-technologies • Worked at @motorola, @lucent-technologies • Studied at @the-wharton-school
Econ/finance background: Angel investing and micro-lending. Operating side at venture backed Power2Switch as business analyst. Previously in politics in D.C.
https://medium.com/@klillie7
VP Solar Operations @kiwi-solar • Project Manager @grosolar • NAPCEP Certified Solar PV Installer
Seeking new startup position • Worked at @food-genius • Studied at @miami-university • Interned @ Tap.me • Co-founder of Alpine Children's Charity
Worked at @parkwhiz • Studied at @university-of-illinois-chicago
CTO at @pear-formerly-apparel-media-group. Entrepreneur, advisor, technologist. Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign.
CEO of Pangea. Prepaid, Telecom, Finance and Start-up experience. Investor and media background (Cerberus, Time Warner). BA, UPENN. MBA, Chicago Booth.
Led product. Developed high-freq trading platform, risk mgmt platform. BSMS Physics, EE
http://jasonngan.com
Developer @modest-inc Helped to found @belly out of high school. Previously @lightbank. School during the day.
Founder & CEO of @georama. Ex-Program Manager at @microsoft. Also was at @google. Digital Marketing Guru - Search, Display, Social. Entrepreneur, Visionary, Techy.
Team member of @cakestyle.
Marketing Manager at @good-co. Former Senior Account Manager at @socialkaty. @depaul-university-1 and @american-intercontinental-university Alumni.
http://blog.good.co
David, I received your email intro via angle.co and am encouraged by your progress thus far. I would be happy to speak with you via phone or over coffee.
Feel free to email me at [email protected] or [email protected]
Sincerely,
Joh
Founder CamFind, Studied @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign computer science and mathematics, Founded the search engine - JRank.org and StateUniversity.com Helicopter Pilot for a hobby
Founder @monthlys-1, @mantra-labs-2 • Worked at @lightbank, @benchprep
Techstars mentor, start-up advisor. Currently @razorfish. Acquity Group and gravitytank alum. Experience design, mobile, omni-channel focus.
UI at @alltuition and brilliant.org. Contributed to @food-genius and @betterfly. UChicago economics grad. Loves product, IxD, and brands that span the digital and the physical.
Operations Analyst at CakeStyle with a strong background in writing.
Chicago Native. Young Professional. Tech Enthusiast. Lifelong Learner. First hire @LogisticalLabs Worked @mantra-1 @fooda @lightbank
CEO and Co-Founder of iMedia.fm's A7 solution, providing an Immersive Experience Learning for Kids, reach of over 160 Million.
Raconteur with a Capital R. Also CEO of @tech-li
Lead front-end developer at @stagebloc, founder @mirrorgram. Hopelessly addicted to Doctor Who, awful puns, and Oxford commas.
Worked at @silicon-valley-bank
Co-founded, ran as CEO, and sold (two acquisitions) the first adaptive learning platform. Passionate about helping people learn.
Co-Founder of Groupcharger, @nabthedeal and TheLunchDeal.Strong product development, technical strategy,operations and business development.2 startups sold.
CEO & Co-Founder @swap-com-netcycler swap.com kid's online consignment. Board member Innofactor Plc. (IFA1V). Earlier VP in @first-hop. PhD, fusion reactor experiments.
CEO @interior-define-1 • Studied at @harvard-business-school, @cornell-university
Founder @everyblock, @public-good-software • Worked at @democratic-national-committe, @center-for-neighborhood-technology
Co-founder and CEO of heathfinch.
http://blog.healthfinch.com
Founder @stork-stack • Worked at @h-i-g-capital • Studied at @wharton-school, @northwestern-university
http://blog.storkstack.com
@lightbank Associate, experimenting at @thelunchread, writing @ABrewingThought. Formerly @bcg and @university-of-michigan.
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Co-founder and CEO @earshotinc. Successful start-up experience and proven leader building and managing high performing teams.
Founder Resultly • Studied at @depaul-university
http://blog.resultly.com
SVP Product at HelloWallet, formerly at NPR. Product, strategy, and ops background. JD UT Austin.
VP Operations of Greenshoe. JD/MBA candidate Kellogg-Northwestern.
Primary Care Physician, Entrepreneur, Head of Informatics and Innovation for Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group, "20 People who make Healthcare Better"
http://drlyle.blogspot.com/
Founder @bivio-networks • Worked at @hewlett-packard, @cisco-systems-deleted-deleted • Studied at @national-university, @northeastern-illinois-university
Advisor 75 early-stage venture funded firms -- emusic to Primesense. 50 new product rollouts. Bestselling author, speaker,past president USC Film Alumni assn
http://www.hollywood2020.net
CTO, Co-Founder @healthfinch
CTO and Founder of @bikespike
8+ years of development experience. Embedded Hardware / Software Engineer & iOS Software Developer. 3 years experience @apple
Founder @JRank site search engine, @stateuniversity • Worked at @camfind • B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics at @northern-illinois-university
Co-founder and CEO of Fluid. Tech and business ninja. Built FDA-approved medical devices from scratch. Worked at Google X. Harvard Ph.D. Fearless hustler.
Co-Founder of Popular Pays. Previously @ Leo Burnett working on the Allstate Mayhem campaign.
Founder @root3-technologies • Studied at @columbia-university, @university-of-chicago Worked at The Climate Group, Argonne Nat'l Labs Herman Fellow UChicago Booth
Founder @ www.prometheussprings.com, former advertising creative from Crispin Porter, Weiden Kennedy and Young & Rubicam
http://www.rahulpanchal.com
Former Institutional Investor @ Citi, MBA Student @ UChicago, Scout @ LEO.COM, Small Angel, Aspiring entrepreneur
MBA Candidate at Kellogg School of Management | Intern at Qualcomm Ventures
Founder @interior-define-1 • Studied at @northwestern-university
Developer at Social Sonar, Former Googler, Open Source Contributer
http://www.thatdorkjordan.com
CEO at @toy-studio; Shareholder @playphone, Inc.; Founder @viveli, Inc; Advisor of Startups; Investments (Bright.com, Pixalate, @open-install (Sold December 2011))
Co-founder of Packback. Marketer, musician, ed-tech enthusiast, and student affordability advocate.
Head of Digital @threadless.
Formerly User Happiness Officer @snapjoy.
@everpurse Founder & CTO. Aircraft builder & pilot by 14, entrepreneur at 18, top exec at #25 INC 500 startup by 24. Obsessed with the efficient.
http://thinkbiz.me
Co-Founder @thyme • Worked at @microsoft, @isoftstone • Studied at @carnegie-mellon-university,@stanford-university
Product and founding team @trunk-club (www.trunkclub.com). Formerly @mckinsey
Manage programs and advise start-ups at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Hyde Park Angels. UChicago AB and AM grad.
Rare combo of mobile tech startup + world-class ops, supply chain, and strategy at @toyota, @motorola, @palm. @harvard-university Kennedy School @university-of-louisville
Serial entrepreneur, startup advisor, angel investor, strategist, all-around builder • CFO at @everpurse • Studied at @kellogg-school-of-management and @northwestern-university
I absolutely love growing companies through marketing that actually results in sales- not just to anyone, but to the right customers.
chief giving officer at @givby.com
http://givby.tumblr.com/
Venture Partner @dashfire. Startup advisor/investor
CEO at @lasso (@excelerate'12) | Musician | Polyglot | Working with creative teams since age 12
Founder and CEO of @magister-technologies and developer of its core technologies
CEO & Founder of @fotojelly-1. Accomplished technologies with exp. as developer, CTO, sw sales exec and CEO of a small ISV. Founder Institute graduate.
http://blog.christopherross.net
Entrepreneur, Designer, Teacher and Director at IDEO
Founder and CEO @charlie-app a @dreamit-ventures backed company. Kauffman Global Scholar 2012 @ewing-marion-kauffman-foundation
Investor at New World Ventures. Formerly at SV Angel, The Honest Company, Wharton, McKinsey, Swarthmore.
Cofounder and CTO of @glancee, inc. Software engineer graduated from Ecole de technologie superieure. Worked at Ericsson, CAE and collaborated with @massachusetts-institute-of-technology.
Former jQuery Core Team Member, CEO of appendTo.
CEO of @signal. Worked at @orbitz, E&Y. Excited about marketing, analytics, personal data and wearable tech.
http://www.jeffjudge.com
Founder @darc-corporation, O2Works • Worked at @oracle-corporation • Investor @fantree, @klick-push • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign
CTO at @lasso. First startup out of college. Programmer since I was 11.
Co-Founder and CEO of GirlsGuideTo
Founder TapFit • Worked at @kpmg, @northwestern-university-1 • Studied at @vanderbilt-university
Principal at Startup Culture. Been involved intimately with Social and Mobile Games for the last 5 years. Strong Biz Dev relationships built over the last 15yrs
VP Product at SET, builder of software from scratch. Previously at CAI, Starbelly, & Adchemy.
Co-founder, Smithfield Medical
Director of Sales & B.D., BetaSphere
Founder, Caspian Partners, LLC
Studied @university-of-california-berkeley
CIO & co-founder at @everpurse; creator of @nomorecreeps.com and occasional freelancer.
http://jessepinho.com
Marketing Coordinator @opternative
Formerly @mentormob & @groupon
http://www.ericmpitt.com/blog
Web developer specializing in Ruby on Rails application design, development, and deployment
http://www.breakpointer.co
Founder Packback • Studied at @illinois-state-university. Striving toward more affordable and exciting content in higher-ed.
http://MikeShannonBlog.wordpress.com
Builds highly scalable web apps. Loves skiing, climbing, traveling, & listening to live music. CTO @charlie-app past: CTO Beyond Diet, Sr. Consultant @avanade
http://robvolk.com
Master's HCI student at Carnegie Mellon, with B.S. in Mechanical Engineering/Robotics. Worked as a generalist product designer/developer at Picplum.
Founder Project Travel • Pun Champion • 2013 "Hottest Women in Tech" @killerstartups • #Quadricorn #Hacker #Hustler
Founder of @glittergates-corp, The go to business guy. Over 20 yrs investing in start-up companies. Advisor, Investor, Deep Thinker from beginning to the end.
Founder CultureAlley. Past @boston-consulting-group, @enphase-energy. Kellogg MBA'12 (Beta Gamma Sigma honor); Engineer @indian-institute-of-technology-bombay
http://www.blog.culturealley.com
My passion is mentoring, advising, funding and founding tech startups. Seriously seasoned and savvy strategy, marketing and business development veteran.
http://tomdenison.tumblr.com/
Developed parallel backtesting software for stock trading firm. Haskell lover. Python guru. Strong web development background. Lead developer on many projects.
Founder of The FUNDA organization LLC
http://scottyiseri.com
Creator of products & new markets. Sideline hacker. BizDev/product/COO @ @greengoose, @forkfly, @bonanza. Early career @intuit and @saic in CorpDev & strategy.
http://www.chadkruse.com
Founder/CEO of @motozuma-1. Founded Synergy Marketing Partners in 2007. Extensive automotive marketing background. Studied at University of Notre Dame
http://blog.motozuma.com
ISD Corporation, Executive Chairman & CEO
Founder and CEO of @3d-travel, a travel-tech startup that raised $3.5MM. Founder and CEO of @team-vision, a successful interactive agency for over 15 years.
http://3dhawaii.com/blog
CEO and co-founder of @leaguevine. Started the company out of college. BS, MS in computer science, specializing in algorithms.
Co-Founder of matchist & @entrepreneurs-unpluggd
Exceptional recruiter, strong biz acumen. Fearless, smart, strategic. Passionate about building extraordinary startup teams/culture. Will commute NYC, SF, SV
http://www.hirethoughts.blogspot.com
Founder WisePatient • Worked at @accenture, @arcapita-inc • Studied at @vanderbilt-university, @kellogg-school-of-management
President / Co-Founder of Synchology. Payments disruptor.
CPO @lasso - photographer of many things and ideas - former D1 tennis player - recovering CAA assistant - attended Art Center College of Design
CEO and Co-Founder of @swiftiq
http://www.blog.swiftiq.com
Startup advisor. Biz dev guru. Strategist w/18 yrs brand, entnmnt & media relationships • Worked at @bear-stearns-co-inc • Studied at @northwestern-university
The original cloud networking company. With our VNS3 product, over 700 customers extend networks to create hybrid clouds.
http://blog.cohesiveft.com
Recent Oxford MBA grad, less-recent Northwestern journalism grad. Worked in reporting, writing and product launch for Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Politico.
Entrepreneur & Storyteller • Founder Hindex, Inc • Education and Business Development background • Worked at @img • Studied at @university of Miami, @Augustana
Founder Nimbus, helping start-ups and SMB's utilize cloud apps. Previous: Market Expansion Belly, and Technology Analyst for Deloitte Consulting
http://www.thenimbusclouds.com/
Head of Marketing and Customer Support @rapleaf; Princeton AB; excellent writer, editor, creative thinker. Former expat.
Founder of @the-founding-moms; ran two companies previously. @brown-university grad, lawyer, TED talker, lover of chocolate.
http://FoundingMoms.com/blog
Vanderbilt Engineering, mobile specialist w/ full stack experience, UX/UI design chops, launched 2 mobile apps, worked for Intuit, played semi-pro tennis.
Founder @contractor-hero • Worked at @redfin, @aq-construction • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign
http://konradrodak.com
CEO,Writer,Director, Producer @noci-pictures-entertainment Executive Producer @fremantlemedia Co-Executive Producer @SpikeTV. Cerebral,Transparent, Visionary.
Founder and President of DigitalGroundUp and Digital4Startups. Digital marketing expert with experience at Google, agencies, and startups. Harvard grad.
Self-taught securities trader turned angel investor, incubator and entrepreneur.
http://www.stocktwits.com/claytoncohn
Experienced venture capital associate, tech startup operator, strategist, advisor. Love to build things, namely products and organizations of awesome people.
Founder @reportedly • Worked at @gannett, @Advance Internet, @Knight Ridder Digital, @vendasta • Studied at @rutgers-university-new-brunswick
http://www.stanleygauss.com
options trader interested in all manner of investment opportunities.
The most persistent female bastard you ever met.
http://blog.8thlight.com/sue-kim/archive.html
@zockster and @parametric • Worked at @google (public policy, HR tech), @obama for America (operations) • Studied at @Wash U (economics)
Chief Medical Officer & Head of Product Innovation at Physicians Interactive Holdings; Creator of OMNIO; Advisor: Medikly; Supporter of "Health Artists"
http://gautamgulati.me/
Co-founder and iOS developer at @mobilex-labs – The best platform for building native mobile apps without any coding.
Computer Science at @cardiff-university.
Northwestern CS; Ruby and Clojure fan; real Rails experience at a startup (walkby); strong interest in programming (hackathons, github activity)
Co-founder & CEO of @ajax-workforce-marketing, a social media training company with a scalable, 1:1 training model. Background in both training & web technologies.
http://jasonseiden.com
Experienced in growing sales teams for early stage and hyper-growth tech companies
Co-founder & CRO @morsel. Past restaurant publicist for Paul Kahan, Michael Jordan & Art Smith. Culinary degree & sommelier, Studied at @indiana-university-bloomington & @depaul-university
CEO/Founder CraftJack (sold in June 2012). Co-founder @mystery-tackle-box • Worked at @leo-burnett, @arc-worldwide . Big ideas followed by precise execution.
http://www.builtinchicago.org/member/rossgordon
Co-Founder @whittl Strong business background (IBM, Motorola, Bridge Strategy Group). Kellogg & Michigan State
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
Integrated Marketing & Content Solutions Executive at CAA (@creative-artists-agency). Featured in Wired, Fast Company and Banff Media Festival.
http://www.andrewsaunders.com
Excelerate Labs 2010 Graduate. SEO, Analytics & Content Expert.
Co-Founder @thyme • Worked at @tallan-consulting @direct-energy • Studied at @carnegie-mellon-university
TextHub & CallOnTheGo
Aspiring serial entrepreneur.
Netcycler / Swap.com Co-founder
Co-founder of @bizhive; founder/principal of @synthacis, intra-incubator consultancy; founder/ceo of 2010 agency of the year geomentum; former US cmo of Toys R Us
President at @singlehop-llc, Inc
I'm filling @startuphouse with early stage startups that want to change the world. Come tell us what you're working on!
http://www.karolis.info
Founder dscout, @gravitytank • Worked at @wired-magazine • Studied at @stanford-university, @institute-of-design-illinois-institute-of-technology
Founder @solarbridge-technologies, @advanced-diamond-technologies-inc • Worked at @microsoft, @ibm • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign, @university-of-chicago
I love the Internet, tech startups, math, statistics, sports analysis, game theory, writing, freestyle rhymes, craft beer & being an outsider.
Founder @refstop-com (sold 2007), Currently @thepizzabutton and @sway-fm • Worked at @isocket • Studied at @indiana-university-bloomington
Product Management & Marketing Exec; Startup vet, currently at Trunk Club; Previously at Cars.com, Apartments.com.
Lead Software Development Engineer and Co-Founder of @swiftiq
Co-Founded @relify-1. Hustler & operator. @theironyard '12. Worked at Anheuser-Busch, Lehman Brothers, Aileron.
President / Board of Directors at Wi3 Inc.
http://www.calderainvestmentgroup.com
Co-Founder @eprof - Dev/Design @StarterLeague - Ivey HBA 2012
http://blog.eprof.com
One of the top and most tenured sales performers at Trunk Club, Fluent in four languages, Philanthropist primarily in support of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Piano and Ping Pong enthusiast, and #technerd #ihearttechteams
Entrepreneurship and Finance professor at MIT Sloan School of Management; executive education professor at Kellogg School of Management. VC, entrepreneurship and innovation guru. Startup advisor. Former entrepreneur.
Founder Ariso Partners • Worked at @mckinsey-company, @novartis • Investor @zocdoc, @tethys-bioscience • Studied at @northwestern-university
Head of strategic partnerships at @groupon, formerly corporate development at @tribune-company
☃ at @espark-learning
http://www.alexkoppel.com
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/
Founder @gunnallen-venture-partners, @israel-america-discovery-fund • Worked at @hercules-technology-growth-capital • Studied at @university-of-pennsylvania, @washington-university-in-saint-louis
Founder workforce.io • Worked at @motorola, @honeywell • Investor @dscout • Studied at @illinois-institute-of-technology
Sustainable, Long-Term ROI Growth Strategist. Founded my 1st company in Chicago. 5 years in S.F. working for two E&Y entrepreneur of the year award winners.
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
Self taught R developer & data viz geek. Founder of edu-tech startup Apply in the Sky. Solid biz background (Lazard, Booth MBA 2012). B.A. in Math & Philosophy.
Entrepreneur, User-Experience Evangelist, Sense-Maker, Founder of Cicada Design Co. (2007), CrinklePaw Pet Innovations (2009).
Partner at a leading global management consultancy. UC @university-of-california-berkeley MBA.
Strategy consultant and entrepreneur. Founder of @furnishly, the local furniture marketplace.
http://www.furnishly.com/blog
Founder @pubget • Worked at @enthuse, @iris-associates
http://ianconnor.blogspot.com
I'm helping startups and brands stand out in a world full of chatter. A life-long learner, I believe the best way to live life is by experiencing it!
Dan is a designer and developer, specializing in experience and interface design and front-end development.
Math Nerd, Director of Manufacturing Operations @maillift
VP of Marketing at @power-tower
ZipFit CFO
Energy Micro, Director of Sales
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Computer Engineer
Business counselor and advisor: Chief Investment Officer at Beyond Capital Fund and business lawyer for startups and investors through Horwood Marcus & Berk
Founder of @fantasy-player-exchange
CEO of @adalyze-technologies
CTO Advisory to many others
16 years of Software Development and IT Management experience
Business leader, coach, and advisor; Stanford MBA and Princeton grad; McKinsey & Co. alum; Sr. VP at Aon plc; Advisor at Instasafe; Man of the people
http://www.marquisparker.com/blog
Worked at @belly, @spothero • Studied at @university-of-michigan
Worked at @google, @citadel-investment-group • Studied Computer Science at @stanford-university. Python, Data Mining, Quant Finance
M&A Advisor at City Capital, Founder/BOD - PRIMIS (52% IRR), Pres./BOD - BigTime Software (VC-backed), Adj. Entrep. Faculty at NU, Kellogg & Techstars Mentor
Marketplace Ops @recruitloop. All things Capital Markets and Music considered. Startup junkie. Aspiring VC. Left handed & footed. @IansFrancesSt & @groupon alum
http://paisleypattern.tumblr.com
Founder @earshot-2 • One of the first 10 employees at @west-monroe-partners • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign. Software Engineering and Management Consulting background.
Product Manager at @fooda. Co-Founder of @soundofffm & @Canaryware. A jack of all trades, passionate technologist & entrepreneur. Obsessed with product vision.
Co-Founder and CEO @bennett-day-school, a PreK-8 private school company. Board member at Royall & Co., the leading higher ed enrollment marketing services firm.
Founder @confluence-labs, @enthrive • Worked at @avid-life-media • Studied at @queen-s-university
CEO at @china-social-commerce-group (CSCG)
Co-Founder @bolstr
Founder Impossible Ventures
http://impossiblehq.com
Co-founder / Chief Instigator @ www.saambaa.com. 3x entrepreneur: software, real estate, healthcare. Like heights. Love people. Enjoy creating things.
Co-Founder @spaciety
Founder Peckish • Worked at @macquarie-bank • Studied at @university-of-california-los-angeles, @university-of-nebraska-lincoln
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
Co-founder of crowdfynd. Built meboxmedia.com & FlickLaunch.com. Working on location based mobile applications and iOS application development incubator.
Founder at @rocket-lease
http://rocketlease.com/blog
Co-Founder of Dude Products. Strong business background and possess extreme amounts of hustle.
Consultant @mckinsey-company, Revenue Leader @google, @base-crm and @texas-instruments • MBA @northwestern-university-1 (Kellogg), MS & BS Eng @virginia-tech
Develop and design apps. Dev/Design for @steamboat-labs-1 and @Brewerbox. Worked on @kloudless @deskhero
Studied at @miami-university
Founder JiSu, CMO Entrigna. Established business leader (United Airlines, Tap Pharamceutical). Former consultant (ZS Associates) and academic (PhD Applied Math)
http://www.jisushopping.com/blog/
Completed BS @university-of-illinois-chicago then worked @tellabs then started @semiautomatic3d
Opened MetLife Stadium as an employee of New York Jets, StubHub, Inc, Halogen Guides. Passion for startups, MA University of San Francisco.
Founder @spaciety, @rocket-lease • Studied at @ut-austin
http://blog.ezliu.com
CEO of @dealer-ignition and Dealy, Strong sales and Marketing, Product Development and Architecture. Work @ford-motor-company, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz.
http://saasceo.me
CTO @reverb
http://yanpritzker.com
Founded Smilegiver, a mobile game start-up in Korea (sold to GFVC), worked on online game projects, Northwestern University. Current: Blinkfire Analytics
Co-Founder @shopgab • Worked at @elance, @continental-automotive • Studied at @depaul-university, @bradley-university
http://shopgab.wordpress.com
Marketing and Bus Dev Entrepreneur with UW Wisconsin JD & Entrepreneurship and former Googler. Interested in Social and Environmental Entrepreneurship.
Vast knowledge and extensive experience in all facets of business analysis, project management, implementation of corporate initiatives, and systems development projects.
Aspiring content marketer with a vision in mind: to change the way marketers think about marketing.
Advisor to @define-my-style.
Entrepreneur.Technologist.Consultant - ETC
Product designer, team builder & coder getting into some new trouble. Advisor to Chicago & Detroit startups. #GoWings #GoBlue #ChicagoStartups
CEO LiveWatch Security and @SafeMart, Co-Founder @WildcatAngels and writing about #entrepreneurship, #startups, home #security #alarms, @Northwestern & #poker
Marketing/Sales Hustler. 5 experiences in marketing and sales across different industries and company sizes, most recently interning at Google.
University of Colorado at Boulder Graduate (BA); Worked at logistics firm that grossed $300 million in revenue in 2012; current Sales Associate for Lua Technologies.
Founder of a tech association, partner at a venture collaborative/incubator, entrepreneur, education booster. Gifted boat rocker that connects people & ideas.
http://www.terryhowerton.com
Founder @rawdesignr. Coder, Blogger, Connector.
http://www.robbieabed.com
Disruptive Technology Strategist, worked for 3 start-ups, consulted numerous tech companies on how to work with brands and advertising agencies, adept a transforming networking into revenue
Wharton MBA, product fanatic with a couple of startups under my belt. Strong business background.
New Business Development at @kumbuya.com
Director of Operations of Learnmetrics; Kellogg MBA 2013
A little bit of everything
Founder @monthlys-1, @mantra-1 • Worked at @benchprep, @manifest-digital - UX expert with front-end and back-end chops. 14 years in industry, know how to market.
Partner/CEO: @polymathic We build products for nontech entrepreneurs & intrapreneurs. I live for: Logan Sq, DIY/interior design, planning stuff, & heavy beats.
http://wearepolymathic.com/blog
Experience Manager for Manifest Digital; Strategy & Experience Advisor for Project Travel; BFA in Graphic design with a strong development background.
Technology Entrepreneur – Create, Design, Develop, Innovate
Founder Ox&Pen • Portfolio Manager at @harris-associates • stock analyst/portfolio manager at Shoreline Micro-Cap fund, MBA: Finance/CFA; Studied at @university-of-california-santa-barbara
Community Manager, @kuapay
Editor, @tech-li
News Editor, Sprout Social
Director of Public Relations at Kennedy Communications
Founder Nextinit • Studied at @northwestern-university, @instituto-de-empresa
Founder & CEO of @freebie, Consumer Behaivor Specialist - CRE Background with over $500m in transactions as Founder @titan-commercial-llc • Studied at @university-of-arizona
Jr iOS Developer. Passionate about building & creating. Worked in high pressure environments @goldman-sachs, @oklahoma-city-thunder • Studied at @university-of-michigan B-School
CEO/Co-Founder @tablesavvy
Senior executive and entrepreneur with 13 years of experience in marketing / comms, digital media, strategy, product management and operations.
Co-Founder at Technori
Founder @medical Teknologix • Work @prism-capital • Worked at @nasa-ames, @canadian-space-agency • Studied at @university-of-toronto
Founder CancerIQ • Worked at @hp, @centric-consulting • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign, @university-of-chicago
@proven SaaS Entrepreneur
Founder @quick2launch • worked @ernst-young, @brandmuscle, @zodius-advisors
http://quick2launch.com/index.php/blog
My mom told me work hard, be kind to people, and success will follow. Co-Founder of @freebie Family & friends first kinda guy. Growth hacker / biz builder
Senior marketing pro. MBA. Specializations in tech, financial services, pets, SMB. Strong business background. Experienced across multicultural and distributed teams.
Founder Saffron Technology • Worked at @northwestern-university-1, @massachusetts-institute-of-technology-1
http://paulhofmann.net/blogs
CEO, entrepreneur and investor with 14+ years experience designing software solutions
Founder of second startup. Seeking additional Angels. Geek. Author (of a physical book). Always trying to be better.
Clean energy & technology entrepreneur. CEO @kiwi-solar, founder @entessa (Sold 2010).
VP of Product Management and Engineering at Mediafly. Technology entrepreneur, management consultant, @booth-school-of-business MBA and UIUC Computer Science MS.
Founder and CEO of @tempesta-media-1 • Held senior management positions at @leapfrog-online, @websidestory Studied at Indiana University, Bloomington
Director at Urban Outfitters. Consumer growth operator/investor/advisor. Significant experience working and investing in growth stage to public companies.
Product Marketing Manager with 6 years experience at Google in US and Asia Pacific.
Northwestern undergrad, coffee lover, Netflixer.
Co-Founder & CEO of @grabio. 2nd startup out of college. Strong business background (Ernst & Young), Founded [email protected] (1 million visitors/month)
Advisor to @introfly.
Founder & CTO at @big-astronaut-1, Mentor @devbootcamp, former consultant @obtiva, @university-of-advancing-technology @university-of-iowa, born and raised in @chicago http://LanceEnnen.com http://RocketFuelLabs.com
http://lanceennen.com/blog
Founder of startups @top-colleague, @wabunga • Founder of @envalent-interactive • Worked at @accenture for six years in business and tech strategy
Recent Davidson grad, founder and CEO of Campus Sherpas LLC, Dabble LLC intern, and freelance social media/brand strategist
http://Www.thecusp.co
Founder Chicago Pixels Multimedia • Studied at @kendall-college
http://chicagopixels.blogspot.com/
Founder & CEO, @silver-step. Effective relationship builder with strong business background (JPMorgan, Northern Trust). Kellogg MBA, @princeton-university BA.
http://www.builtinchicago.org/profile/SeanStory
Entrepreneur and scientist Genomic Enterprise, CEO and Founder; @datagenno, Co-Founder From Brazil and living in the US
MBA, Project Manager at SocialCrunch
Manager - Business Development at Guardian News & Media
CoFounder @pxnow, Founded @cibola, Strategy @proofx, digital dev since 2001, Anthropologist, sustainably developed nearly $1B in Real Estate, @Penn + @Wharton
Director of Operations at @drift-eyewear
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.
Founder Owl Invest
VP of Interactive Marketing @nutshellmail (sold to Constant Contact)
http://www.owlinvest.com/blog
Co-founder Deepworld. Co-founder @outling.com. Co-founder @rentmixer-com. Degrees in Finance and Computer Science.
http://jasonpearl.com
Founder Beamboard • Studied at @indiana-university-bloomington
CEO of SUNN, Strong Operations, Sales & Marketing Skills. Cornell MBA in Entrepreneurship & Innovation, MEng in Systems Eng.
Worked at @braintree-1
Co-Founder @BetterWeekdays; @georgia-institute-of-technology Engineer; Worked @accenture, Product Development and User Experience; Love growth hacking
Former Lower Middle Market Banker, Current Screening and Diligence Team Member @private-capital-alliance
http://privatecapitalalliance.blogspot.com/
Business Development at Orbitz. Founder of Foodie Registry. Startup Leadership Program Fellow. Derivatives trader. Chicago Booth MBA 2010.
Founder @tap-me-3, @tapme-games • Worked at @electronic-arts • Studied at @depaul-university - Love mentoring startups.
http://[email protected]/in/jsteffes
Founder of Ms.Tech • Worked with @hootsuite, @midventures • Studied at @purdue-university, @cleveland-state-university, @indiana-wesleyan-university
Founder of KSubasta. Business owner at age 20. Worked with Deloitte and @microsoft. Strong international management experience.
Business innovator. Former Founder in Residence at Sandbox Industries - ideating, testing, launching new startups, including Lost Crates. Early Groupon employee
Founder @vouched. Experienced Back-end Web Developer. Graph Databases, Real Estate App, Call Center Apps, Job Board App.
http://getvouched.wordpress.com/
Founder/CEO of @trainsignal (acquired by @pluralsight). Founder/CEO of Blue Whale Web. Looking to partner with people who want to make a difference.
Founder @business-traveler-social, @curbninja • Studied at @university-of-illinois-chicago
http://www.tnhines.wordpress.com/posts
Worked at @scout, Teradyne/Eagle, Woodward/MPC, Argonne National Labs. Strong Systems and Interdepartmental Coordination
Member Experience Manager at Project Fixup (Techstars Chicago 2013); Previously Family Resource Specialist at large non-profit agency
Works at @winestyr. Previously worked @giftrocket. @dartmouth-college '07, ex J.P. Morgan investment banker, always searching for the next great meal & bottle.
I'm a cabinet-maker & designer of furniture. I am looking to build with the right investor from my garage to our own woodshop! http://www.4frontfurniture.biz
Founder @tabule. Web developer and designer. Graduate (magna cum laude) of @university-of-southern-california. I like beautiful code, food, and magic tricks.
Web developer. Cocreated Django Web framework. Founded EveryBlock (sold to msnbc.com). Trained in journalism. I can both talk strategy and ship good code.
CTO of @citizen-made. Software engineer for Lifetouch, Navteq, IBM, Volvo. Product design consultant for Kinesis, Brightspark, Northwestern Medicine.
http://www.technofish.us/word
Foodlander helps you discover deals and products right around the corner at your local farmers market. #freshdeals #localfood
Team member of @lab42.
http://blog.lab42.com
Lead engineer at @moneydesktop (rapidly growing PFM provider), co-founded @qbillion (online financial analysis), lead engineer at @i-tv (#1 TV app in appstore)
Design engineer currently working at @spark • Cook Engineering Design Fellow, B.E. Mechanical Engineering (2012) at @dartmouth-college College
CEO of @silvrspoon. Full stack developer. BS/MS in Computer Science.
www.linkedin.com/in/mjoel
Founder @tabule • Developer & aspiring UX Designer • Studied CS + Psych + Business, graduated cum laude @illinois-institute-of-technology
http://metamorphium.com
Founder & CEO @procureapp-1
I'm passionate about new technologies and in helping corporation's to save expenses via new internet applications.
Co-founder of @rentalutions. Former Investment Banking Associate at @bmo-capital-markets . @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign '07 Finance & Accounting
Technical Co-Founder @careshare • Heavy-lifting Internet Engineer • Studied at @northwestern-university
http://blog.barrettgriffith.com
CEO of @snapclass. Chicago Entrepreneur. Getting it done.
Co-Founder and COO of @push-wellness • Worked at @northwestern-university-1 Feinberg School of Medicine • Grad school at Northwestern, UIC (Epidemiology)
Founder of HireBrite • Formerly M&A, Private Equity & Business Development • Studied at @harvard-university, @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business
COO of @silvrspoon. Founded tech consulting and development firm for startups in 08. Strong business background BS in Mgmt & Intl Bus from Kelley School (IU)
http://blog.silvrspoon.com/
Incubator @rockhealth • COO @canceriq • Worked at @university-of-chicago-medical-center • Studied at @emory-university, @northwestern-university
Worked at @betterfly-1, @magnani-caruso-dutton • Studied at @northwestern-university
4 years of operations & leadershp experience at Groupon, management consulting, Stanford MBA
Serial entrepreneur, startup advisor, angel investor, technologist, strategist. Highly skilled at business/corporate dev, and closing strategic partnerships.
Founder @symbiosis-health, Symbiosis Health, 4th Startup, 8 years experience in Revenue cycle management
@bikespike @matchist @travelocity @getninjas @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business @southern-methodist-university-1, practitioner of finance, business development and strategy, avid cyclist, travler and tennis player; smart worker.
A licensed clinical psychologist, Leslie Pratch has led Pratch & Company as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since 1998.
http://drlesliepratch.tumblr.com/
Investor in @perceptual-networks & @oncam
Experienced Entrepreneur with expertise in Talent Acquisition, Mobile/Web Solutions. Founder/CEO of @cmp-jobs & @loginaut. Bootstrap to $2m. EO NY Member.
President at Fundology. 7 years M&A Advisory. 7 years software development.
Founder/CEO Veebit
Co-Founder of Tectonic Data Systems • Co-designer of @tectonicdb • Former @kirkland-ellis-llp Lawyer • JD @northwestern-university-school-of-law, @UW-Madison
http://www.myshorttrack.com/blog
Co-Founder of @scholastica. Academic publishing experience at Callaloo (JHU Press). Designed at many Chicago software companies.
http://www.robwalshonline.com/blog/
CEO of Core Analytics and Game Loyalty. Analytics Expert, covering social, mobile, games, web and offline data analysis. Architect of BrandMeter (TM)
http://clickinsights.blogspot.com
Co-founder & CEO at @sweetperk, Inc; Kellogg MBA, Levy Fellow; Global Product Manager for Embedded Software (Johnson Controls); Web start-up through undergrad.
CEO, Board Member & Advisor. Hyde Park Angel, UChicago, Hoopster & Author - never at the same time.
Lateral thinker & Founder at @bb-media-global-group, Studied @stanford-university & DePaul University
I can talk to people through the interwebs as though I'm an actual person and not a robot.
Operating Partner for Private Equity Group in Chicago. Masters in Information Technology from IIT in Chicago.
http://jmilbery.wordpress.com
Founder @heirlume
Founder @riot-inc, @asset-harmony, @piepdx alum, worked at @manifest-digital, @arthur-andersen
Founder @netparty. Building suite of social discovery/networking sites/apps under ChemistryLab.co banner including Youngp.ro / WeJustClick.com / Tribester.com.
Winner of 2011 Best Social Networking App & Best Reference App for Android. Previously Mobile Development Director for @thumb.
Tech entreprenuer. Chicago. Strong in PHP. Worked at Motorola, Brickfish. Founder of @iscripts , @supportpro , @socialdefender . MBA and MS from Arizona State.
http://www.ajiabraham.com
BCG Project Leader; artist, programmer, business developer, lawyer. JD/MBA from Chicago. Experience in strategy, ops, sales and marketing, and M&A.
Entrepreneur. Hacker. Founder. Hipster. IU Kelley School of Business.
CEO of @lab42. Kellogg MBA. Contributor on @forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gaurisharma/
Systems Thinker, Hiker, Entrepreneur, Whole Systems Designer, Philosopher, Technologist http://about.me/brian.greenberg
http://briangreenberg.net
MS Engineering Design from Northwestern, led NU Solar Car Team, 1st campus solar installation. Worked at GM & Northrop. Founded 1st tech startup in class at NU.
Founder of Covr (Stealth), Product Manager at InVisionApp, Editor at BetaList, Adobe Advisory Board Member, New Yorker.
Founder of @sayclip and TVDeck. Also investor and owner of multiple franchise QSRs. Fun fact: Once raised Nuance's market cap $600MM in intraday trading.
http://venturelevel.com
Illini, launched 2 startups. Former-Team lead for a software startup, launched from inception to customers. Founder of a digital health startup @benecure
Founder LaunchEngine • Worked at @vivaki, @starcom-mediavest-group, @lightbank • Studied at @depaul-university
#geek. Former @ibm, @obama-for-america; founding team @public-good-software • CS from @university-of-michigan
http://self.d-struct.org/
Founder of @yourseniorliving Raising Angel Investment Round. Founding executive member @all-campus. Startup experience @snagajob-com @alloy-media-marketing
Co-Founder of ShowcaseU.
Former Professional Pitcher of 8 years.
http://www.showcaseu.com/blogs/jakestakes.aspx
BizDev for freemium business models and high volume distribution -- AVG, @sana-security, @crossloop
Founder & CEO, @uberloop
Former Co-Founder of Tap.Me (Acquired by MediaMath). Experienced digital media executive with proven ability to build and lead successful sales teams--in start-up, growth-stage, and at-scale organizations.
Commercial lawyer experienced with technology and startup companies; accustomed to working with small teams and informal work environments; ex-Air Force officer.
Ruby on Rails Developer at Dabble
Versatile manager/doer who sells new technology and services. Drives faster adoption and greater revenue.
Was told that I'm "interstitial." Sounds good to me.
http://www.ranchodeluxe.blogspot.com
Systems Engineer at Cisco Systems
Founded and worked his a** off for Trayn - a new web service for strength and conditioning coaches (currently available by invitation only)
Helped 5 startups develop their products, wrote a couple of mobile apps and worked on several large projects
Director of Business Development at @arborvita-associates
Co-Founder of @universitytutor-com
Associate at @oakwood-global-finance
MBA - @university-of-chicago
Founder @yella • MBA @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business, VP Ops at $300 mm fund
Nikos Avlonas is founder and President of the Centre for Sustainability & Excellence (CSE) a global Sustainability Strategic advisory and Training organization based in Chicago, Brussels and Athens active in more than 25 countries
I am a Partner at @caldera-venture-partners
CTO and co-founder of @leaguevine. Senior software engineer at Motorola Mobility 2007-2012. BS Computer Engineering UIUC 2007.
COO of Critical Mass, creating extraordinary digital experiences that exceed clients business objectives
Strong business background in emerging tech (Electric Vehicles, Smart Grid, Smart Meters). Kellogg MBA; @depaul-university University College of Law JD
@harvard-university @ucla-anderson-school-of-management , Experience in private equity and financial analysis, Heavy into future tech
Award-winning pioneer in web publishing, online marketing and ecommerce.
Founder @unbranded-designs, @revel-central • Worked at @zs-associates • Studied at University of Michigan
http://samernsaab.wordpress.com/
Founder of @edline. Investor in @blackboard, @edline, @chemical-information-services, @atco-crossroads, @clark-street-farm.
Founder and CTO at @base-10-labs. Specialist in Esoteric audio algorithms. Genetic Programming for Sound Synthesis. DSP and frequency domain magic.
COO & Co-Founder of Rippleshot. Former CTO of @fundspire. Previous experience in consulting specializing in open source and agile development.
Worked at @base-crm • Studied at @university-of-dayton
http://blog.getbase.com
Strategy/Investment/Financial Services professional, Mechanical Eng. @Yale, MBA @UofC
Chief Legal Rebel • Founder @attorneyfee • Bar Association President • Relentless Hustler
Founder at @firmology. Product Manager at @sears. BA, Economics at @indiana-university-bloomington. Fan of startup entrepreneurs and small business owners.
Founder and Platform Architect of @boxes, Founder and CEO of @poolati, Chief Architect of TripTrace, Experienced technical leader, MS in Computer Science.
http://blog.rahmalconda.com
CEO @QUE_social. Co-founder of Zocalo Group (Omnicom). Strong business/management background. Push limits of what's considered possible.
Designer/art director in Chicago with 15+ years digital/interactive. Most recently Creative Director at Threadless, previously at BBDO, Goodby, Arc, and HUGE.
Marketing Director @dabble
Former Tech/Media Investment Banker; Founder/Owner @GrassFedSteakhouse and Founder @startingbloc; Strong Operational / Finance / Biz Dev skills in FOOD & MEDIA
http://www.grassfedpartners.com
Co-founder @Doejo, Digital Agency of the year 2012, Advisor,
http://mapofthedead.com
Co founder @bff-gemz
Father, Husband, Mad web skills, currently handling the Marketing, Account Management and Sales for BarVision.
http://www.barvision.com
Founder @myfab5 • Studied at @university-of-michigan
http://blog.myfab5.com
Founder Patient-Advisor • Studied at @harvard-university, @kellogg-school-of-management
motorcyclist • world traveler • founder @riot-inc • alum of @piepdx • director of technology at @manifest-digital, @acquity-group
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.
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
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.
Computational Finance Student at @ohio-state-university
Developer @dabble
Recent Miami University graduate. Prior experiences include startups, advertising, marketing, sales, media, biz dev, and relationship building.
Founder and CEO of Jolokia Media and the Game Break Network. Marketing and product background with both startups and agencies.
Serial entrepreneur using tech to ease pain points in the B2B and B2C spaces. I cut my teeth as an engineer at Motorola for 5 yrs before heading out on my own.
Co-founder and CEO of @recsolu and @RecPass. Everything I do is always both business and pleasure.
Founder Zockster • Founder WayToSettle • Worked at @king-spalding-llp • Studied at @university-of-kansas, @john-marshall-law-school
Founding partner at @area-17, an interactive agency in New York City and Paris, France. Our products include @krrb-local-classifieds, @slash-paris and @subfolio.
Director of Dearborn Partners. Business development, raised money for Independent RIA in Chicago, established quarterly marketing programs. Created: http://www.thirdrivercapital.com
Strategy and Management Consulting Executive with 15 years of experience, Advisory Board Member of Endeavor, Member of Keiretsu Forum, ex-Accenture and comScore executive.
Kellogg MBA, worked in VC at MK Capital, past role in digital media strategy/incubator/partnership group at Discovery Communications.
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
Founded RPMworld, an online drag racing game that had 2.7 million users. Worked for several large ad agencies as a key member of the digital development team.
http://rendition.posterous.com
Problem-solver focused on product design, user experience, analytics and business strategy
Founder UrbanBuddy • Worked at @chicago Sculpture Works • Studied at @'Cuse
TRAINER ♦ SPEAKER ♦ Adjunct Faculty, Loyola University
http://www.makesocialsell.com/blog
Founder @algofast, Bouchard Trading
http://www.AlgoFast.com/our_blog
VP of Strategy and Design, TodayTix. Designer, strategist, tech nerd, MBA. Love building companies. Columbia University and IIT Institute of Design grad.
Founder @mdotm • Worked at @socialmedia-com, @siebel-systems • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1
Consultant. Growth Hacker. Founder. Mentor. I help start-ups you've never heard of become companies you know.
Adam has spent his career learning to build companies. Before co-founding SparkReel, Adam spent 5 years with a Chicago-based private equity firm.
Co-Founder at @ourlabel; Former Technology Consultant at @accenture Technology Labs; B.S. Electrical Engineering @northwestern-university University.
associate @newworldvc, early-adopter, wahoo alumn, sportsfan, lover of any combination of food, music, and beer, happier when traveling
Founder @fouryears, BBA Marketing @ohio-university University
Business Development @dabble.
http://blog.dabble.co/
Co-Founder of @stork-stack; @wharton-school MBA; Currently work full-time at Zipcar; Previous career at Nickelodeon and Nick Jr.
AdWords and Analytics specialist. Former HTML / CSS student at The Starter League.
Strategic Marketer w/experience at established companies & startups. Client & agency side. Worked at @j-walter-thompson, @pepsi • @yale-university undergrad, Kellogg MBA
Founder QUEsocial • Worked at @aon-hewitt • Studied at @university-of-iowa
Investor via Pipeline Fellowship, Board Member @philantech, student at Rutgers Business School
Founder at @socioclean
CEO of Microcinema Intl. Strong international business background. MBA @university-of-chicago.
Partner at Miller and Ferguson
Co-founder @glossre • Head of Ops @dabble • Former investment banker • Studied at @babson-college
Craft wine visionary, formerly @wirtz-beverage representing @e-j-gallo-winery portfolio. Earned C.S.W. (Certified Specialist of Wine) in 2012.
President & CEO ► Problem Solver ► Analytics Expert ► Mentor/Advisor
Founder Visual Information Technologies, inc. • Worked at @boeing • Studied at @thunderbird-school-of-global-management, @letourneau-university
Dealster, Daily Dealter and Chitown Deals
Founder @spotme • Studied at @university-of-chicago, @university-of-illinois-chicago
CaptainU's CEO, @booth-school-of-business MBA, skateboarder and guitarist.
Experienced entrepreneur with impressive track record as a consultant at Bain & Company. Finance and Psychology degree from Notre Dame.
Worked at @reachlocal-nasdaq-rloc, @thumb-friendly • Studied at @university-of-south-carolina
Credentialed Health Care Actuary and MBA/MPH candidate at @yale-university; Consulting and Health Care background; experiences ranging from large companies to startups
Founder @social-intelligence, Expert in Disaster Tech and Emerging Technologies • Studied at @northwestern-university
http://ryanbank.com/blog
Recovering tax accountant; Director, Internal Strategy Consulting @ibm; Past @ernst-young ; Bridge between our investments & the angels and VCs
B.J. Mendelson is the author of the controversial and top-selling book, Social Media Is Bullshit, now in stores everywhere from St. Martin's Press
http://www.bjmendelson.com
Co-founder @cardoona. Loyola University Chicago BBA. Background in Private Equity & Wealth Mgmt @Northern Trust. Responsible for human & capital mgmt.
Founder Lemonade Stand and Public Affairs Associate at the University of Chicago.
A jovial lad & professional fellow. Eau Claire native, Dad, Design Director, UI/UX #OFATech, community organizer, civic geek, placemaker & cyclist.
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.
Strategy consultant and MBS trader. Worked at BCG and McKinsey, Partner at KPMG, 10 years experience in Russia, fluent in Russian. MBA 2000 Chicago Booth
Stanford MSEE (2007) and Chicago Booth MBA (2013); Worked in Software Engineering at Cisco Systems and Strategy Consulting at L.E.K. Consulting; Multi-lingual
Successful marketing consultant of Kulin Marketing, LLC.
Development leader. Takes projects from ideas to implementation.
CEO ano Co-Founder @studycloud
Founder at Innoblative Designs • JD/MBA candidate @Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University School of Law • Former Consultant @deloitte-consulting
Founded @ziczac, top Italian News Aggregator. Founder of @bestcreativity, a marketplace for creativity based on Crowdsourcing
Founded @fitsby, Founded @designation
http://blog.kevinyun.co
Founder @jotlocker • Worked at @gather-1, @thoughtworks, @orby
Chief Product Development Officer, experienced creating B2B and B2C services.
Founder @mrs-judd-s-games • Education startup - 15 Years of marketing leadership expertise at fortune 500 CPGs. Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign, @washington-university-in-saint-louis
Technical co-founder of rfphunter with 13 years of coding and consulting experience.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Kl_G4yiwWXNFQ4Um9HdEZ0Uzg/edit?usp=sharing
Entrepreneur (Vision, Strategy, Funding, Execution & Exit) • CEO at @gradebeam • Studied at @University of Wisconsin, Madison
Founder @plzadvize • Worked at @magnetic, @visus-video • Studied at @boston-university
Regional Sales Director at Groupon. Worked @Goldman Sachs • Studied at @Penn, @Wharton
Founder of Konekt. Launched Startups on 3 continents. Former MD at Rocket Internet; Former Head of Sales Ops (Founding Team) Groupon Goods.
Worked at @belly, @fango-software-systems • Studied at @depaul-university
We connect people, information, and money with the best learning and performance solutions to MAXIMIZE business value worldwide.
Executive Vice President CNC Strategy. Experienced strategic problem solver on cost and revenue side in various industries including consulting.
http://robsayre.resumeconnect.com
Leader, mentor, developer, manager, polyglot. Organizer Startup Weekend, Stamford Tech Meetup. Led dev on $30MM U.C. product. Looking for my next adventure.
Over seven years of experience managing and selling in fast-paced start-up environments and publicly traded top-tier SaaS firms.
Co-Founding partner of M+I Creative, and CitizenMade. I'm also a partner at TalkSession and I provide consulting services in UX Design and Digital Strategy.
http://dynasteeinc.com
Co-Founder of SoapBox, graduate of @michigan-state-university University
Vice President, Ops & Strategy at uKnow.com; Specialize in taking companies from idea to profitability. 1st software startup out of college sold to Oracle.
Razorfish founding team member. Co-founder of GoSMILE (sold) VP, Digital @ Saatchi, VP, Innovation Director @ Cramer-Krassetl. Serial digital innovator.
http://www.brianmandelbaum.com
SVP, Products @centro, Ex-Microsoft, Ex-McKinsey, Wharton MBA; Product-focused Technologist, Entrepreneur & Investor in Online Media, Advertising, Mobile/Social
Worked at @groupon, Director of Revenue @granify • Studied at @queen-s-university, @hec-paris
MD of Evergreen Equity, building great businesses and brands. Previously in marketing and general management for CPG food & beverages globally.
Product Designer, formerly of Groupon, Scrapblog. Creator of Vidless. Focused on UX, design, front-end.
Owner, RavWare Mobile Labs. I dream and love making and researching mobile apps on any platform every second of the day.
Director of Business Development & Co-Founder @lock. Worked at Edward Don & Co as a National Account Salesman specializing in revenue growth.
Entreprenuer looking for next opportunity. 14 years at last venture with successful exit. Stanford BA, University of Chicago Booth MBA.
Founder of @gradmags. Worked at Dell. Two successful startups out of high school. @booth-school-of-business MBA.
http://blog.gradmags.com/
Operations, Warehouse and People Mgmt. McMaster-Carr Supply Mgmt. Alum. Dartmouth College & IMSA grad. Interested in tech startups and entrepreneurship.
Founder @careerstarter.com. Committed web-tech attorney with experience in IP, HR and Data. Indiana Maurer School of Law graduate and economics fellow.
Worked at @tomorrowventures, @obama-for-america • Studied at @brown-university
Founded CVM (sold to Altegrity), Founded Smart Dimensions, C-Level Exec, Masters in Computer Science with MBA from Kellogg, Worked for Shasta Venture
Founder of OpeningDesign.com--basically Github.com for Architects/Engineers (building/construction industry).
http://blog.openingdesign.com/
William Howe is a co-founder of empeopled. Strong business background with Stanford MBA. Worked at Citadel Investment Group, DLJ, Deloitte and tech start-ups.
Founder of DoerHub • Introduced, engineered, & managed profitable products for @nba Digital, @cnn-com, @Turner Broadcasting • Studied at @university Of Chicago
Erlang programmer. Opa enthusiast. Worked at eCDMarket on aggregation market system, Orbitz Worldwide on Core and IR/DM grad research.
http://blog.erlware.com
CSO at 365 Retail. Strong finance and sales operations background. Startup to enterprise management expertise. Moderately irreverent.
Experience E-commerce Rockstar with a development and technology background and a degree in Marketing and a pedigree in business management
Versatile front-end designer/developer with experience across multiple fields of design.
Founder @touchpoints • Love building communities with @sandbox-network, @the-feast, @gust • Studied @yale-university • NYC & Chicago • Angel - VC - Entrepreneur •
http://www.chrislopresti.com
Founded The HOTH (Acquired by Next Net Media 2013). Perpetual Immigrant. Compulsive connector. Occasional advisor/consultant. Let me know how I can help.
http://www.hungrymisfit.com
Founder @feed-forming-early-eating-decisions • Worked at @university-of-chicago-medical-center, @lurie-children-s-hospital • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign, @rush-university
CEO at Windcastle Venture Consulting, Visiting Instructor of Economics at Kenyon College
Interaction designer for the noun project. Thinker at Simple.Honest.Work. Bassist for Glittermouse. Making for humanity.
Founder Geofeedia • Worked at @priceline-com • Studied at @harvard-business-school
VP of Commercial Products @uShip. Previously Founder at Loadio, and Director of Product Management at Echo (IPO 2009), from 20 to 900 employees
Chief Product Officer of @klick-push. Dev at @microsoft, @intel, Cisco, & @ibm in a former life. Evangelist at @microsoft and Marmalade. Math + CS @ UIUC
Technology Executive
http://@jasonmcsmith
Worked at @everpurse • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign
CEO Carematix/Blipcare,
Worked at McKinsey and Case New Holland
We fuel ideas that grow, helping startups & brands identify market opportunities and build the momentum they need.
Entrepreneur with ~15 years of experience at small, profitable startups. Software development background, Kellogg MBA, jack of all trades Internet biz leader.
UofC MBA, mobile expert w/ start-up experience & algorithmic trading background. Leader & connector. Single SHS dad of 2. Problem solver & music lover.
If you want customers hire me. I am scrappier than a junk yard dog from the Bronx.
Founder WeaveThePeople.com.
Previously an Software Engineer at Yodle, Inc. BS in Computer Science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamaign.
President of NetVoices, Founder Intro America. Worked at Urban Ministries, HBO, Invensys and Microband. PMP Certified. Studied at Chicago Booth and NYU.
Product Development Executive, Partner at Digital Intent
Technical Guy with a Designer's Eye
Co-founded HireBrite. Past: Software Engineer at Groupon, CS at University of Texas.
Serial Entrepreneur
http://azizali.com
IT Consultant and entrepreneur with nearly three decades of enterprise development experience.
Full Stack Engineer at Charlie. Creator of StewShare.com.
http://www.davidbrace.com
Hustler & Hacker wearing many hats. Current @tablexi, Former: @houlihan-lokey, @kelley-school-of-business-indiana-university-1
http://stephenpuiszis.com
Co-founder @Trainerly. Sports and Fitness Aficionado. Very Few Strengths but Plethora of Weaknesses. Worked at @arthur-andersen and @ernst-young.
http://blog.trainer.ly
20 years Digital Sales and Marketing experience at companies like Martha Stewart, Time Inc. iVlliage/NBCU, Newsweek The Daily Beast
Founder & CEO at @mantle
VP Sales @grubhub (employee #5), sales & leadership roles StubHub, ESPN Radio Chicago, short stint as international basketball scout, MBA DePaul University
Worked at @zynga, @oca-ventures • Studied at @kellogg-school-of-management, @indian-institute-of-technology-bombay
Award-winning software product exec with start-up DNA. Worked for Laszlo Systems (General Catalyst Partners) and LucidEra (Benchmark) and have an exit to Sun (Karelia).
Very strong Product Development Management & Product Management skills, which were honed both in a business and entrepreneurial environment. Love to create.
co-founder/ceo @arc-mobile. Formerly @gdine-group-dining-made-easy . My goal is to bring restaurants and tech together.
http://godutchapp.tumblr.com
Hands-on CTO who gets business. Four successful companies: iExplore, Cars.com, Orbitz, Cappex.com
Generalist consultant with political and intellectual property background ready to be an innovative leader for a novel company with a respected team.
Founder/CEO KitchIn • VP at @georama (Chicago)• High honors at @depaul-university, @butler-university Univ.- Entrepreneurship & Management. Heavily involved in startup community.
maker, mentor, connector. previously @ofatech, @mozilla, @uchicago.
Currently working as a Writer/Performer with a decade of experience in customer service, theatrical production, and administrative assistance.
@govsm; Politics, Social Media, Gov20 & OpenGov; Student of Science, History, Judaism; Father; Husband, Chicagoan, Cubs & Vikings; Attorney; @whorunsgov blogger
Senior Vendor Manager @amazon • Co-Founded @officefab, Former MD @rocket Internet • MBA @Kellogg, Economics @Bocconi University
Chicago MBA graduate, Consulting Experience, Full database skill set, Nerd w/ Personality. Flourished in all size companies (Startup, Mid, $1Bil corporation)
Senior Vice President
I am an Entrepreneur at heart. No matter what I’m doing, I always think about how I can improve it.
Entrepreneur, Ops, Strategy, Process and People Pro
Executive in Residence at NewCo (an affiliate of...) #Gamification expert, #outsourcing enthusiast, micro investor, avid biker & amateur landscaper
Co-Founder Terranova Inc. •
Senior public relations, marketing, and strategy executive driving growth and shareholder value.
i head up tech at @pitchforkmedia and @beergraphs. lover of python, js, golang. baseball is a lifestyle. from hell's heart i regress thee.
Front-End Developer
http://starterleague.chrismpeterson.com/
Threadless Optimization Manager and International Markets Manager; Strong business background; MA Johns Hopkins International Economics 2011
Chicago-based Entrepreneur with base hit successes, all leading up to a home run.
Graduate of @williams-college College. Work with start-ups throughout the country. Looking to help bring top technical talent to your firm.
Full Stack Web Developer with a Liberal Arts Skill Set
Works at @charlie-app. Plays a mean trumpet in a ska band.
Marketing Professional
Mentoring students in the Entrepreneur program at Kellogg in addition to working at “1871” assisting startup companies with technology and go-to-market strategies including fundraising.
Co-founder and CTO of @beamboard. Strong history of technology leadership roles and building software and infrastructure to address various markets.
Co-founder @ourlabel. Software Developer and Project Management Consultant through work experience, Mechanical Engineer and Music Performer by degrees.
Founder of @plusnavigator-1
http://blog.plusnavigator.com
Founder, Co-Founder, Innovation Fellow, looking for more hats. Past: corporate M&A, FDA reviewer, startup R&D operations. Stanford University B.S. and M.S.
http://cd2.northwestern.edu/blog
Founder @postster-com
Investor in @osborn-energy, @m37-marketing.
Work at @progreso-financiero • Studied at @university-of-chicago, @university-of-minnesota-twin-cities
Ruby, Rails & Front-end Web Developer. Partner at @3binary. @starterleague Mentor, former TA and alumn.
http://vgdub.com/blog
Founder @6th-man-apps • Worked at @upto, @grand-circus • Studied at @university Of Michigan
Studied at Boston College, Founded @fishingenthusiast-com, Online Marketing Analyst at Fusion Tree, Inc.
Entrepreneur@heart. Love 4 Tech Innovation Business Philanthropy & NonProfits. VP @PaylineData Blessed Father w/ a beautiful wife & 2 boys
http://www.paylinedata.com/blog
Founder @blueloop-concepts-inc • Helping early stage co's analyze/identify new opportunities, define products/services & bring them to market quickly.
http://blog.rechtsteiner.me
Worked at Obama for America • Studied at Yale
Skilled Senior Marketing Executive
Founder @r-connor-associates-p-c • Studied at @harvard-business-school, @university-of-illinois-chicago
http://robertheist.wordpress.com/
Co-founder of 1st Zoe Group LLC holdings, exceptional technology sales and marketing acumen, makes impossible happen
Sustainability geek. Energy Engineer. Music addict. @DePaulU #Marketing Adjunct Prof. Fan of big ideas, passionate people, & #socent. BS UIUC, MBA/MSF DePaul.
http://drewdepriest.com/blog
Business Development Professional, Launched 3 Startups, Looking for the next big thing
CEO of Clean Plate, a startup consolidating the independent restaurant industry. 14 year career on Wall Street focussed on Consumer-related investments.
Son, Brother, Friend, Geek, Entrepreneur, Product Manager @ http://Cars.com
Palantir forward-deployed engineer, former co-founder and CTO (sold to strategic acquirer), Stanford SymSys '05
Highly varied educational background, including in pre-med sciences, psychology for UX/UI, and practical entrepreneurship. Now looking to specialize in CS.
Strong technical and management consulting background, Experience in SaaS and venture backed SMBs, GW MBA 2012.
Co-Founder at @a-drink-with. Passion for strong editorial content and unique digital media. Worked at @groupon, @cbs, @mtv-networks.
Founder, ForMen2, Inc.
VP, IBCTV [Internet Broadcast Company Television]
Director, I-DEP LLC [Legal Depositions via Internet]
Founder of @agentrun. Insurance visionary. Application Developer. Husband. Insurance CRM disruptor.
Senior UI Designer, 8 yrs of design exp., background in advertising, blend of product & advertising experience, passionate about building products and teams.
Founder @speakerfeed - Changing the way people support their church. • Studied at @howard-university • Studied at The Starter League • Ruby on Rails
Longtime Idea-Guy. Ex IT-Guy. Now RoR-Guy. Currently looking to join a solid team as a strong junior developer.
http://rudyonrails.tumblr.com
Systems Developer
http://blakeapm.blogspot.com
Dad | Founder of @localluxapp | Citizen of @appsterdamchi | Public Speaker | UX/UI Visual Designer | Programmer | Aspiring Serial Entrepreneur | Foodie |
http://www.iamrandyellis.com
Founder, CEO at Big River Online
VP Development, Computer Associates
Director, AI Ware (acquired)
Founder and CEO @stock-mfg, Founder @Left of Trend • Sales, Marketing, Brand Management at @careerbuilder • Journalism at @university-of-dayton
http://stockmfgco.tumblr.com/
Experienced finance, strategy and M&A professional; strong business background, extensive history in private equity.
Founder/CEO of OppenUp. GCU BA. I'm a passionate and social entrepreneur. I consult social enterprises. Proud Rotarian, Gangplank anchor and global citizen.
Founder GalaDo • Worked in consulting, studied at @stanford-university, @depaul-university
Interactive Marketer/Business Strategy Professional. Web 3.0 Data Proponent. Worked at @expedia & @thomson-reuters. Currently at @responsys. Marine Corps Veteran.
Sr. Manager/Architect. Extensive management and technology consulting (Deloitte, Cognizant). Notre Dame MIS, Chicago Booth MBA (Entrepreneurship, Strategy).
Experienced Lean Software Company Investor, Technology I-Banker, Company-grower, Deal 'de-risker'
Investment banking professional for five years with a history of sales and operational consulting. Experience wearing multiple hats. Booth MBA '08
Founder @p360 • Worked at @vmware, @partners-simons • Studied at @union-college
Legal Council for Create Possible. Policy, tax, legal and non-profit background. Mississippi School of Law, Kentucky MPA and Illinois graduate.
Director of Outreach and Partnerships at @ontract @brandery 2012 Worked at @hyland-software • Studied at @case-western-reserve-university , @ohio-university
startup and growth stage legal advisor, S.B. electrical engineering & computer science M.I.T.; J.D. Harvard
Design Director. Unrepentant Internet addict and information junkie.
President of Eco Save Solutions, Inc. (Current Venture). Started my first business during college in wholesale liquidation in 2005. Conducted business in 13 countries.
Co-Founder of Good Market. PhD Mass Media and Communication Studies. TS/SCI Security Clearance.
6 years Business to Business sales and marketing. Great at managing projects and recruiting talent. C and Ruby Rails programming experience.
Startup & Growth Executive. Strategy, execution, operations, product management, build winning teams, international experience. Co-founded Vigilant Europe Ltd.
Worked at @cisco, @sentictechnologies • Studied at @hebrew-university-of-jerusalem
Co-founder of HappyHealth. Also Founded @skinclick. Extremely passionate about healthcare technology with 6 years clinical experience and a Healthcare MBA.
CEO of Fandium, Proven background in start up and World class entrepreneurial opportunities.
Founder of @apps-over-easy Corp and @world-life-networks LLC
Founder | Global Philanthropic Social News Community; (@mybigearth, @mybigearth.com)
Founder | Exec Agency (Synergistic Solutions, sylutions.com)
http://www.sylutions.com
A leader with the ability to bring individuals together to create, develop, and implement complex concepts to reach customer, partner, & stakeholder goals.
Student @wharton-school & @PennEngineering, Chair of Pennvention tech innovation competition, Worked @GlobusGenomics
VP of Business Development at GenSyn Tech. Recent MBA grad from @Kellogg. Orbitz.com, Early Stage Partners, HighVista Strategies, Bank of America.
Front-End/ UX Ninja, study javascript like its my job
President of @expertbids-2. Former corporate lawyer. Strong startup/business background.
Recently anointed software engineer. Washington University grad.
http://generalzhou.tumblr.com
Founder @fitsby
Currently working on a project to make the world a better place, with the help of technology.
Booth MBA Student
Aspiring Entrepreneur
CMO/Founder @hunybe-labs, Inc.
Customer Experience @brideside; MBA Student ('13) from @kellogg-school-of-management-1; Worked at @boston-consulting-group, @target
Partner, R7 Partners
Founder/CEO @NuMat Technologies• Portfolio Ops @ $5B PE/VC fund • @booz-company, • JD-MBA @kellogg-school-of-management ,Engineering @northwestern-university
CEO of MeetBall. Veteran entrepreneur with deep technical expertise and a sales driven approach. Creative problem solver energized by the startup challenge.
http://backonthetra.in
Startup marketing guy with news media and DC politics background + MBA.
http://blog.fourcher.net
Commercial Real Estate Professional. Marketing Expert. Deal Maker. Entrepreneur. Ideator. Thinker. Executer.
IDEO Design Lead for Digital + Physical products and services. Mentor at Excelerate.
Studied at @wheaton-college
Innovative Product Manager and MBA Student at @Booth; Worked at @google, @BoozAllenHamilton, @QualiaLabs
Founder Binary Mechanics LLC • Worked at @centro • Studied at @depaul-university
http://binarymechanics.com
CEO at CFN Services, Studied @university-of-massachusetts-amherst, @american-university
Founder @Noblewire• Making wireless sensor mesh networks accessible and fun• Worked @national-science-foundation Studied at @university-of-michigan MBA, @oberlin-college
If entrepreneurship is your life, then I'll be your life coach.
Founder of JALBC. Social engineer. Freelance writer, dating coach and dance-party instigator in Chicago.
http://www.melissamalka.com
Streaming media expert and builder of things - including @Weatherist and @Gearlance.
Founder @simplemarks. Founder @cardina-internet (sold). Senior Software Developer. Physicist & Astrophysicist.
http://www.snidersh.org
Worked at @cvs-caremark, @aon-hewitt • Studied at @university-of-illinois-chicago
Dynamic executive leader with a broad and unique background leading strategy, product and service development, business development, and sales. Experienced with pharmaceutical, medical device, hospitals, and healthcare consulting organizations in both st
Founder @sharemarket
Co-Founder of Harvest Exchange Corp.
Founding team of Height Analytics & Height Securities.
14 years Investment Experience
Colby College, Vanderbilt MBA
Founder & CEO, American Homeowner Preservation, which purchases pools of distressed mortgages from banks and offers homeowners long-term solutions, while delivering attractive returns to investors
Co-founder @elysian-yields • Studied at @insead-1, @university-of-manchester
Expert in assessment and institutional research. PhD Ed Psych, UT Austin. Launched CarsonAssessment.com in 2013. Institutional research leadership (Kaplan U).
CEO Phenom Ventures LLC/Investor Media Inc. Current Editor Gold Investment Letter. Co founder GunnAllen Venture Partners
http://www.goldinvestmentletter.com/blog/
Assistant Professor at @northwestern-university University's Medill School of Journalism
Harvard Undergrad; University of Michigan MBA; 20+ years of management experience in roles emphasizing strategic planning and business/product development
Kellogg MBA, studying Marketing. Strong writing skills. Experience with multi-billion companies and CEOs. Leadership experience.
Worked at @slidegenius, @nulu • Studied at University of California, Santa Barbara
M&A Strategy, Breakthrough Innovation, Product Development
Brand Planner & Digital Strategist at the intersection of businesses, brands, and customers in a digital world. Writer motivated by how people think and evolve
Experienced Management Consultant. Strong finance, operations, strategy & M&A background. BBA - University of Notre Dame, MBA - University of Michigan.
Worked at @orango @Coinstar/Redbox @McKinsey & Company • Studied at @university of Michigan
Consultant at @accenture. Data junkie, marathon runner, traveler, Cubs fan.
Founder of @wikifun-and-wikiapps, a former McKinsey consultant with 20 yrs experience for Fortune 100 Cies in Organization Strategy and IS in Europe and the US
Founder @chat-sports • Worked at @motorola • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign, @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business
COO of MikiYaka, worked at Google and Orbitz, Design Freelancer for Hoodle Inc., Pivot Media, LLC., Sumpura, Inc., Gyantra, Inc., and Nuggets by Gyantra.
http://blog.mikiyaka.com
Entrepreneurial Minded Hustler: Founded Small Companies, Worked for Groupon and BrightTag.
Experienced Product Manager of consumer web/mobile applications, and e-commerce platforms. MBA. Partner engagement manager. Systems integrator. New father.
Tech Lead at MiGym. Graduate of University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
Worked at @domu-com, @atlas-software-technologies • Studied at @macquarie-university, @rowan-university
Founder & Host @signal-tower. Interactive Producer @red-square-agency. Former marketer at @drchrono and @crowdfunder-com. Graduate from @the-starter-league.
I’m creative designer and front end developer for web and print. I love building ideas, websites and brands.
Founder @leasemaid • Worked at @bank-of-america • Studied at Indiana University, Bloomington
Sales ninja, relationship expert, and strategic thinker.
Versatile Aerospace Systems Engineer with over 14 years experience seeking lead engineering or related role with challenging team-oriented tasks and goals
Worked at @walls-360
I like to make nothing into something. KU Grad, International exp, Fundraising and people Guru.
Founder Team Interval • Studied at @winona-state-university, @argosy-university
http://www.teaminterval.com/blog
Public speaker and entrepreneur. Hedge fund manager and chief option specialist.
Co-founder @sitterworks-1 • Ranked in top 5% at RHI for nearly 10 years. Strong ad background. Studied at @university-of-wisconsin-madison
Founder ZupStream • Senior Technical Leadership at Motorola, Ingenient Technologies, PacketVideo. Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign, @missouri-university-of-science-technology
DePaul B.S. in Network Technologies. Programmer, systems administrator, configuration management enthusiast.
Strategy and finance professional with passion for technology, strong analytic abilities, verbal and written communication skills, and personal credibility.
CEO & Co-Founder @mercier-jones. Strong background in engineering and product design and development (Insitu-Boeing, Radio Flyer, Fellowes).• Studied at @virginia-commonwealth-university
Founded Digital Criterion (IT consulting) and Atom Apps (web and mobile dev), financed start of Bytemark. Edu: BS EE UIowa
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
Worked at Fermi National Lab and @northrop-grumman. BSCS from UIUC. 12 years hardware/software integration and web dev/architecture. Worked on fighter jets.
Founder @idefi-axs
Worked at @trunk-club, @tpg-axon • Studied at @university-of-maryland-college-park
Worked at @janvest • Investor @hybrid-security, @todacell • Studied at @indiana-university-bloomington
http://janvest.wordpress.com/
University of @booth-school-of-business MBA + 7 years CPG experience + 4 years Shopper Marketing agency experience + former college volleyball player
Experienced operations and people manager, 10+ years experience
Worked as product/relationship/project manager and business analyst in financial tech for 15 years. MBA from Loyola University Chicago
MBA candidate at Chicago Booth; now working at @matchist. Former strategy consultant at The Cambridge Group
Inbound Marketing Specialist. 3-time Entrepreneur. Always Learning.
http://www.northcutt.com/blog/
I am the founder, lead architect & developer of @eventbin.com, an online app helping people save money without wasting their time.
http://discount-diary.com
CEO & Co-Founder of LyteShot. Managed design for global building icons (SOM) and emerging services (MDG). Architect; UIUC Strategic Tech Mngmnt Program.
Founder at BeachFire Ventures
Kellogg MBA; Experienced Product Manager; founded job search site for experience professions; 5+ years of business consulting experience
Worked at @oracle-corporation • Studied at @boise-state-university
techie, serial entrepreneur, founder/ceo aquavida, author, blue sky burning.
http://www.jasongonzo.com
Senior Associate at Jump Capital, a Chicago-based private investments firm.
Founder @purchasing-platform. 15-year veteran of the real estate industry. Ran asset management for a $3B investment company.
MBA Student at Univ. of Chicago Booth, Class of 2014; Strong Business background (Nomura IBD, ex-Lehman); Alto-saxophonist in jazz quartet; Afghanistan Veteran
Senior Business Manager at Brightstar Corporation
Founder & CEO Local Viewpoints. Founding team member of Localeze (exit Neustar)
Digital Strategy & Business Development Consultant | Startup Advisor
Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer @bennett-day-school. Strong business start-up background. IESE MBA, 2010.
http://bennettday.tumblr.com/
Sr. Consultant with IBM with focus on operations with industrial companies. Advanced technology background, adaptable, with a Kellogg MBA in 2011.
Ideator, entrepreneur, avid learner, generalist
UChicago undergrad, founded 2 companies (one seeded, one sold), lots of startup work experience, looking for PM/Data/Design role this summer
Founder @rentspek • Worked at @nbc-universal, @comcast
Chief Technology Officer at @analyte-health, former CTO at @viewpoints-network, Chief Architect at @orbitz. Strong technology, leadership, and business skills.
Vice President of Operations @ @bright.com
Founder and Managing Director at Colonnade Advisors LLC
Cofounder @prenovate Consultant with SA Ignite • Studied at @morehouse-college Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) DFMFFSO {Division of Financial Management} in 2012
Communicator, author & operations guy. Researcher for the History Channel's "Vietnam in HD"
Worked at @hicx_solutions, @aravo-solutions, @cvm-solutions-llc • Studied at @university-of-colorado-boulder, @purdue-university
http://www.hicxsolutions.com/blog/
Director of UX @ Reverb.com
http://nicholasevans.org
Studying Public Relations and Information Management and Technology at @syracuse-university University.
http://stostman.posterous.com
Co-founder of @realync • Worked at @accenture • Studied at @northwestern-university
Founder Playmonks, @worthee-1 • Worked at @rocket-internet • Studied at @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business
Worked at @sg2, @west-monroe-partners • Studied at @university-of-chicago, @pennsylvania-state-university
UIUC Engineering trained. Business and systems background gained at Deloitte Consulting. INSEAD MBA 2011.
Worked at @google, @morningstar, @apple-inc-1 • Studied at University of Illinois, Urbana, Champaign
Co-Founder of @rune17. Founder of Pickslyde Consulting & MidAmerican Psychological Institute. Expert in behavior-technology interfacing with Bluetooth LE sensors
Founder @Chisel. Product Designer, Marketer, and Technology Lover.
M.S. Candidate, Integrated Marketing Communications at Medill, NU.
Machine learning researcher; PhD in Physics; Worked at UT Austin and Networked Insights.
http://baoqiang.org
Founder & CEO, Ve-Go • Studied @cornell-university, @university-of-texas-austin • Cornell Innovation Network • Hospitality & Travel Executive with Entrepreneurial Experience
President of 2 businesses in financial services. Led Global sales organization and M&A practice. MBA from @university-of-chicago. Mgmt consulting experience.
Studied at @williams-college
http://davidwebsterlaw.wordpress.com/
Founder of @schoolsparrow-1. Strong business and real estate background, raised a fund buying foreclosures, managing broker of @new-urban. Kellogg MBA. Coder.
http://schoolsparrow.wordpress.com
Experienced product manager and marketer with startup experience
Founder umYum • Worked at @bnp-paribas • Studied at @depaul-university, CFA Charter 2010
Founder @calculated-risk-advisors
worked at CNA insurance. Studied at University of Illinois and University of Chicago.
Digital marketer, Product manager, Entrepreneur, Active Trader. Skills: HTML, CSS, Photoshop, Drupal, CRM, SEO, SEM, Social Media, Investing/Trading
https://plus.google.com/+SimitPatel
Quantitative Researcher; Caltech PhD; High Frequency Algorithmic Trader
Help Companies Use Digital Communications Effectively
http://vpena.com
Social entrepreneur that is passionate about energy efficiency. MSESP from @university-of-chicago, as well as ten years as a firefighter.
http://www.verdeL3C.com/blog
Founding principal of N2TV Studio, LLC Architecture and Design firm.
Awesome iOS developer.
Technology commercialization and use case specialist. Investment portfolio with 10+ companies. Prefer tangible innovation over web-businesses.
Creative and social strategist in advertising. Writer, art director, design director in past lives at agencies and startups. Available for freelance.
Co-founder @Trainerly. Dreamed to be a Ski racer but became a Technologist. Worked @andersen-consulting, @arthur-andersen, @ubid, @deutsche-bank, @northern-trust, @allstate, @the-warranty-group
http://blog.trainer.ly/
Worked at @motorola-mobile-solutions • Studied at @northwestern-university, @massachusetts-institute-of-technology
Passionate technologist and strategist with a Kellogg MBA and an eagerness to help build the next major web property
http://www.prodigeek.com
Strategic Sales, Business Development & Marketing Professional
Entrepreneur, CEO of Avé Gourmet. Strong technical, design and business background.
Marketing Evangelist and Mindful Competitor
Northwestern CS, interested in a full-time position with a combination of front-end development and UI/UX design work.
Student - Web Developer - IT Consultant
Northwestern University, MS Predictive Analytics. Statistical modeling and BI expert, python novice. Independently curious, plays well with others.
Startup, VC and emerging companies attorney at Silicon Legal Strategy.
Attorney Bock and his colleagues manage a complex caseload that includes dozens of ongoing, putative, class action suits in federal and state jurisdictions.
http://phillipbock.tumblr.com/
PhD Engineering Northwestern. 3 years of research in data mining & segmentation. Interested in data science, marketing, analytics.
Full stack developer. Full stack data analyst. Looking to make the world a better place.
Co-Founder, GroupTweet.com. A Group Twitter Platform. Multiple Contributors | One Twitter Account. www.grouptweet.com/examples
http://grouptweet.com/blog/
CEO @bespokeable
http://nicholasmarx.wordpress.com
Full stack web developer - Northwestern Engineering turned Dev Bootcamp grad
http://dontmitch.tumblr.com/
Former Managing Partner at Chicago Litigation Solutions, a litigation support firm serving corporate and legal clients in the Chicago area.
http://marcquinlivan1.wordpress.com/
Dual masters, combining creative and business experience at global companies (Disney-ESPN) and startups. Passionate about creating social impact in everything I work on.
Founder of @buyvite. Experience carefully crafting and creating Internet marketing campaigns for major brands. BA Film MA Journalism. Much love for ecommerce.
Strong business and legal background: M&A investment banking, MBA UChicago, Northwestern Law.
Analyst at BOLD Entertainment | Co-founder at SoapBox
Founder of Havenly; Worked at American Express, Huron Consulting Group.
http://www.blog.havenly.com
Worked at @u-s-department-of-state, @accenture • Studied at @depaul-university
http://www.nninoss.com
Sherif Mityas is an experienced management professional with over two decades of combined experience in consulting, business, and engineering.
http://sherifmityas.tumblr.com/
Founder @vortura • Worked at @match-com, @leapfrog-online • Studied at @university-of-north-texas
Founder @blue Elephant Capital Management • Worked at @lehman-brothers, @barclays-capital • Studied at @cornell-university, @northwestern-university
Co-founder @realync • Worked at @accenture • Studied at @purdue-university
http://www.propertyinvested.com
Worked at @bank-of-america, @merrill-lynch • Studied at @pennsylvania-state-university, @university-of-rochester
@booth-school-of-business MBA'10; Venture Capital Due Diligence; Technology & Finance professional based in Chicago
CEO of R1 Ventures.
Engineering, Kellogg MBA, 20 years of sales experience in digital media.
Digital Sales Professional - Top Performer - Hungry to learn, win, and make my mark.
Current Angel Investor in NYVS and GorillaSpot Media; Professional Sales; Early stage business development and fundraising.
Architecture & Interaction Design. Job Captain for two National museum exhibitions. Owner of three companies and a miniature schnauzer.
http://www.TanaGreen.com
Digital Media Expert Specializing in Programmatic Buying, Data Strategy, and Audience Design
Highly self-motivated and persistent. Coding is my favorite activity. I am well versed in the front end but enjoy back end the most.
Founder Printavo [Screen-printing shop management software] • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign
BS student at UIUC CS; background in healthcare and software development. Worked at MGH and MIT as a researcher. Most recently interned at Atlas5D.
Love turning data into images and images into results.
Traditional/Digital Media Manager on Retail Client at Mindshare. Worked in Advertising since 2007. Kellogg MBA December 2014
Marketing Associate at @dealsgoround-1, Podcaster at @InsightIntell, Post Rock enthusiast, Aspiring Designer... Oh yeah & I have rocking fiance @LindsayONeal
Mobile Software Engineer (iOS, iPhone, iPad)
http://[email protected]
CoFounder Scissorsfly- organize the web in your way • Worked at @linkedin. Data driven entrepreneur
Director of Finance @ Invenergy. Focused on transactions and financial analysis in the clean energy space. Negotiates financing for $500M+/yr in assets.
Consultant at Ernst & Young, MBA from USC, BS from MIT
Most recently finished up working as a manager on a .net CRM roll out for a $1B publicly traded company.
Software engineer/entrepreneur at Purple Binder. Bringing 21st century technology to the world of social services. Studied at @university-of-chicago.
"If you're winning, don't say shit, if you're losing, say even less...."- JW
Hybrid cross-platform mobile first engineer - specialize in creating hardware accelerated JS apps - one code base, all platforms - Yo, Bower, JS, Node, Ruby
Senior Sales Engineer, Kellogg MBA 2014, Illinois Engineering
Computational chemistry PhD student at UChicago, seeks to leverage existing software engineering skills towards a non-academic career.
Business Journalist writing about strategy, impact, and capital. Studied philosophy at @stanford-university and computer information systems @depaul-university. Loves to travel.
Studied at University of Michigan, Kellogg School of Management
During her tenure as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, Juliet Sorensen was responsible for convictions in several notable cases.
http://julietsorensen.tumblr.com/
Worked at @commonwealth-edison, @vidiom-systems • Studied at @university-of-wisconsin-madison
Founder & CEO of Votimo; Director of Operations for a boutique nonprofit; Previously CPA with KPMG in Chicago
http://www.philanthro.pe
Chief Product Officer at @hippoteq • Studied at @university-of-notre-dame & @university-of-chicago
Vice President; Global Treasury Sales Officer @bank-of-america-merrill-lynch
BBA; Finance & Religion Concentrations @goizueta-business-school
CEO at National Health Care Provider Solutions; HCIT Angel; Actively Involved w/ Disque Foundation & Ronald McDonald House of Chicago
Persistent. Patient. Big Thinker. Disruptive entrepreneur.
VP of Sales @truaxis-a-mastercard-company Built and led sales teams @google, @restaurant-com and @kgbdeals-com
Interaction designer and front-end developer, CS background. Start-up enthusiast. STEM for girls advocate. Worked at dscout, Gravitytank, and VSA Partners.
Thirty years of experience investing in publicly traded securities, derivatives, and private equity.
Founder @coursecloud-1 • Studied at @northwestern-university, University of Notre Dame
Chicago Booth MBA. Princeton Undergrad. Artist & Entrepreneur.
We bring expertise in a broad range of areas, including mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, roll-ups, bridge capital, and internal growth financing.
Design, UX, product focus with marketing chops. Previous work in real estate private equity at Walton Street Capital. Wharton grad. Quantitative background.
Founder/CEO of Chicago startup, operating profitably for three years. Skilled in marketing, sales, community building, and partner development.
Founder @meridix • Worked at @oc-1, @mercantec, @university-of-illinois-at-urbana-champaign, @purdue-university University • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign, @purdue-university • Private Pilot
Consultant in the world of Web and Mobile Design - User Experience, Usability, HCI, Information Architecture, SEO, Web and Mobile app programming, Social Media
Player-coach sales leader. Consumer & B2B Internet, community & local. I've built & led teams from zero to $100+ million a few times.
CEO & Founder of @engage-a-pro. 10+ years selling and marketing financial and professional services. MBA in finance and marketing. Ex-chemical engineer.
http://Blog.engageapro.com
Founder @intake-me • Studied at @university-of-chicago
Worked at @parknav, @siemens @gfk
CS at UIUC, Full-stack developer with UI/UX experience, Creator of student entrepreneurship organization Founders.
We put together high quality software for our clients. We are prolific in Rails, Backbone.js, Ember.js, TDD, Machine Learning & much more!
Founder at ShelfFlip, 1st social network startup >10 years ago, strong technical & business background (worked at @microsoft, @mckinsey-co), @Kellogg MBA 2013
Berkeley EECS. Have Built Risk Systems & Conducted Quantitative Financial Analytics. UChicago MBA in Analytic Finance, Statistics, and Entrepreneurship
Co-founder at @regroup-therapy LLC
Semi finalist in last year's Mai Bangkok Business Challenge.
MBA from IE
Ex-Director LatAm, Spain & Portugal @ CEB (CIOEB)
Possess a keen ability to energize and build sales teams from the ground up.
Currently lead a team of six managers, fifty five sellers and over $100M of software revenue.
Engineering Student with one simple goal: To add value to people's lives and create a better world.
https://medium.com/@nahgeeah
Sales Professional. Angel investor. Advisor. Business development and fundraising experience for early stage internet companies.
Co-Founder and Partner at NextRound Consulting.
Business Development & Strategic Partnerships at multiple Fortune 100 companies
JD/MBA; launched Digital Membership platform for 40+ publications and hit quarterly growth goals; created and executed mobile product GTM plan in US and Europe
http://www.travelsages.com/
Community Manager at G2 Crowd. Currently pursuing my MBA at The University of @booth-school-of-business School of Business.
Founder ThinkCERCA
Attorney/Entrepreneur
http://blog.jeremykissel.com
Co-Founder/CFO @Madaket Health • Entrepreneur in Residence - Notre Dame • Strong Finance/Accounting/Strategy background, CPA • Angel Investor/Ex-Private Equity
http://www.scottsoderstrom.com/news
Founder of @garmental.com. Fashion expert represented by FORD Artists. Credits from The Oprah Show, Beyonce, Tim Gunn, ABC, WGN, FOX News and Crain's. JD 2003
http://slkstyle.tumblr.com
Currently working on @chicagohour @denverhour (Networking and Happy Hours for entrepreneurs) and @startuptradeup a site for startups to barter with other co's.
VP Operations, @vayyoo Inc.
Responsible for creating and executing long term business strategy, go-to-market plans and establish the US base for @vayyoo.
MBA candidate at Kellogg School of Management • Worked at @gap Piperlime.com, @williams-sonoma
Investor @3tera, @lateraldata • Studied at @tulane-university
Kellogg MBA, Developed growth strategy with several ed start-ups. Built investment portfolios for $1B+ endowments at Cambridge Associates
Entrepreneur and Matchmaker. Marketing, Lead Generation, Events, Direct Response Advertising and Marketing. 30 yrs creative & media buying
@university-of-michigan Econ '12, experience with nonprofit and startup business strategy, marketing analytics, and account management
Founder/CTO @parknav
COO of @georama. Worked at @ibm, @the-world-bank. MBA 2012 @depaul-university. Background: Entrepreneurship, Operations, Business Development
Vanderbilt Undergrad and Wash U. Law. Jack of all trades and solid-as-a-rock team player.
Worked tech support, startup, consulting firm, hardware lead vendor, top 5 financial powerhouse. Seeking disruptive technologies also interested in impact investments.
Studying at @kellogg-school-of-management • Worked at @spoon-university, @target-corporation • Studied at @northwestern-university
Works at GVW in Highland Park, IL. GVW Group is a private investment and holding company.
Co-founder and Marketing Director at @loopo • Studied Integrated Marketing Communications at @northwestern-university • Worked at TMX Finance and CME Group
Founder and CEO of @drishade. Strong risk-management skills (6 years trading equity and commodity options). @new-york-university Stern 2003.
Full-stack humanist wants to empower people through the humanities; graduate of both Google Summer of Code and Vatican Secret Archives
Exploration & Innovation
Senior Digital & New Media Marketing. Passion is developing digital & video experiences to connect and entertain people across web, social & mobile platforms.
Northwestern Engineering Grad, Business background with Mercer & Google. Experience building/marketing orgs in Soc Ent, Music. Ready to learn, build, and hustle
https://twitter.com/sahmehta
CEO of Origoh (Current). Rocket Engineer in JAXA, Public Officer in Japan, Statistian, Chicago Booth MBA 2013 (Sponsored by Government) and Art lover.
Marketer at @iprospect; Founder @livepitch; Studied at @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business, @ohio-state-university-1 and @kent-state-university
Commercializes Startup and Corporate innovations
Founder & CEO at IconBocs
Director of Research/Due Diligence & Partner @lock. Worked at Grosvenor Capital Management LP specializing in portfolio allocation and risk mitigation.
UI/UX Designer + FED.
Founder @esentry-security (beta testing).
Two years as Physical Security Analyst at @ares-corporation.
B.S. Mechanical Engineering @massachusetts-institute-of-technology.
Chicago MBA, Columbia Engineering
Duke MS; Med Device focus; PLM consultant; Worked at PTC, Boston Scientific, Cleveland Clinic
Sales and marketing professional, specialize in customer acquisition & business operational growth through the use of data analysis & implementation of process
Strategy at @the-rubicon-project
http://markmceachran.com
Graduating Student at @northwestern-university • Worked at @ooyala, @ford-motor-company
http://www.joshbryan.com
Founder at Packanimal Creative. UX IA UI
http://matthewcopeland.me
Shawna is an experienced consumer insights analyst with a proven track record of delivering actionable data driven insights through primary market research data. She is currently pursuing her master’s at Northwestern University with a focus on statistica
http://packagedesign.tumblr.com/
Founder @esentry-security (beta testing).
Private Equity.
Engineering Consulting.
B.S. Aeronautical Engineering @massachusetts-institute-of-technology.
Co-founder of @cardoona. Former lead engineer at @Tribune-Company. Former Developer at @allstate. Graduate of @northern-illinois-university in Computer Science.
Anonymous Investor- various NGO platforms for furthering tech in third world locations. AWS advocate, MS CS UChicago
CEO of Joint Loyalty, the largest loyalty platform in the world. I am extremely passionate about digital marketing. Strong background in sales,digital advertising, customer retention and search engines. I love algorithms!!
Associate at The Boston Consulting Group; Stanford BA Psychology/Neuroscience 2012, Phi Beta Kappa. Impassioned by the study of human brain and behavior.
Long-time collaborator on multiple projects. Design, strategic input, developing sites & branding from start to finish.
Hustler, Relationship and Account Management Specialist, Problem Solver
Worked at @blackrock-private-equity-partners • Investor @baird-venture-partners
Entrepreneurial leader. Top-level Marketing, Sales Mgt., Ops., & Tech oversight w. global brands & high-growth ventures. Travel, hospitality, tech, B2B and B2C.
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.
25+ years startup software experience, founded four companies, CTO/VP Engineering, managed teams from 4 to 200
Student at Goizueta Business school at Emory University. Majoring in finance and marketing and has taken classes in the areas of investments, private equity and venture capital, corporate valuation, international finance, non-profit management, and market
Brown University Grad; Headed Brown Entrepreneurship Program; Performance Poet; Lover of Ideas; Wanderer of Words and Worlds
http://hamadachronicles.wordpress.com/
Conceived & developed first 7 years of John Madden Football, participated in launching startups thru IPO, Harvard Masters in Ops&Mgmt - disruptive technology.
COO of Justice Bid - Chicago startup connecting legal professionals with service providers.
Quantitative Trader, Professional Engineer, Consultant... I understand the energy industry from the finance, engineering, and strategy angles.
Data mining researcher & Master student at UIUC CS. #hackathons, #startups. Co-founder of StylePuzzle.
Advisor to @prevail-health-solutions.
Mobile designer and developer with strong foundation in native iOS apps; Lead dev/designer for PocketCab.
Chicago Android UX badass Top ten social profile which means I automate methods to get into social graphs, the new app discovery system of the world.
http://grottworkshop.blogspot.com
Active in a broad range of activities in the Chicago area, Claudine Tambuatco is particularly well known in philanthropic circles.
http://claudinetambuatco.org/
William S. Kirsch established a reputation as one of America’s top lawyers focused on private equity, corporate transactions, and crisis management.
http://williamkirsch.tumblr.com/
Agile, innovative, omni-channel, consumer and technical product manager and leader of teams. Client and agency-side experience in multiple industries.
Founder @youthful-savings · Founder @cpa-for-the-people | Worked @walmart International · @ernst-and-young
Full stack developer interested in building new networks to solve old problems.
Co-Founder at Tactical Marketing Labs - Passionate Entrepreneur - Digital Marketing Strategist - Lean Startup Advocate - Startup Advisor - Only Results Matter
Founder Bikefrastructure, LLC
PhD student at TTI Chicago, Masters at University of Alberta. Specializes in machine learning and computer vision.
Experienced launching products from beta to thousands of users. Management Consultant. University of Illinois Engineer.
Worked at @accenture • Studied at @western-michigan-university
Marketing and Pricing strategist; management consulting background with food industry experience
Founder of @youtopia : Re-Imagining Good. Seasoned entrepreneur with 18 years experience in design and management.
BS / MS Electrical Engineering; 4 years of engineering product / project development; University of Chicago MBA and 3 years of Strategy Consulting with McKinsey
Looking to further experience in project management & analytics. Interested in opportunities within cyber security, tech consulting, or software design.
Co-Founder @shopgab • Worked at @sprint, @pureadds
Founder Griot Enterprises • Worked at @draftfcb, @adobe • Studied at @UMich, @School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Data-driven product, engineering and customer support services for startups and like-minded pioneers. Looking to thrive, big time.
UChicago, economics
Founder @umyum • Worked at @new-york-university-1 • Studied at @new-york-university, @cornell-university
Founded SoundOff.fm. Started at SPM Marketing and Communications and went to Performics to work in SEM, now employed at @google. Play drums in numerous bands.
http://www.soundofffm.posterous.com
Founder Chicago's Original City Guide - CenterstageChicago.com and Product Development leader.
University of Chicago Booth MBA 2013, Accomplished Solution Architect, worked at Eaton Corporation and CDW
Founder KNOWLEDGEO, Spare to Share • Worked at @motorola, @continental-automotive • Studied at @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business
Chicago · Entrepreneur · Biz Dev @freebie · University of Arizona
Co-founder, COO at Origami Creative. Recent UChicago graduate. ChicagoBooth MBA Class of 2017 Admit. Health, Energy, Art.
All-around business athlete seeking opportunity to take ownership and build a robust enterprise in a driven, collaborative culture. AT Kearney, Oxford, Indiana
LAMP stack, generalist, self-starter. Ready to tackle tough challenges.
Created new beer keg tap called The Uber Tap, founded adventure sports media and e commerce site called SoulGear.com
Worked at @mit-media-lab, @bytemobile, @citrix-systems
Private equity professional, seeking involvement in exciting new start ups. Interested in investment opportunity and working for equity.
Giel Stein joined the Social Security Administration as assistant regional counsel in 2009 after spending eight years working for private law firms.
http://gielstein.tumblr.com/
Studied at University of Michigan, @colgate-university
http://garyskoien.tumblr.com/
Successfully launched multiple new positions within Groupon. Helped Groupon stabilize new merchant-facing products. Freelance analytical (Excel) projects.
Executive level Sales & Marketing leader; owner of Blossom Growth Services; worked at Mercer, Alvarez & Marsal, and PR Newswire; Mentor to start ups and 1871
iOS Developer
@intel Engineer; Tenacious Technologist;
Leader with experience generating sustainable value in turnaround, transformational and high growth environments. Strong business background. UofC Booth MBA.
Recent Graduate of University of Michigan, Strong communication skills combined with a technical degree. Interned at ePrize, Merrill Lynch and FSA
Sales pro, top performer at WebMD, Wolters Kluwer and Merck.
Founder @kurfuffl • AM @eprize • Writer/Performer in Chicago • @princetonuniversity grad • Vegetarian
Data analyst turned web developer; Strong Ruby skills, production experience using Ruby on on Rails and TDD; Student @ Startup Institute Chicago
LEGO Key Account Mgr. Only new college grad hired as a LEGO Mgr. Strong record of driving sales growth and developing customer relationships.Williams College BA
Works at @georama • Studied at @indiana-university-bloomington
Content and Marketing Manager at Georama. Recent graduate of Drexel University and have a keen interest in the online field.
Studied at @indiana-university-bloomington
M.S. student at @columbia-university University. Database marketing, strategy, and analytics consulting background.
http://blog.seatsync.com
CEO @mashmetv, a way to sync your moments through an enriched video chat. Entrepreneur, engineer, traveler. Studies at UPM & Illinois Institute of Technology.
http://blog.mashme.tv
Founder and CEO @fitcline • College student • Tech and fitness enthusiast. • Self-taught; web developer and graphic designer.
Management consultant, Kellogg MBA, "Product guy"
MBA Student at Kellogg, strong business and consulting background, health IT, consumer analytics, market research
Owner of Catalyses LLC built from the brand Aspire Technologies. Please take a look at my personal profile and the new website.
An Avid Domain Trader and Business Brain-stormer
ThinkBank & ThinkTank Member
Looking for Mentors and Possible Partners/Inve
Founder @athletepreneur, @dash Stone Capital • Worked at @deloitte & Touche • Studied at @florida State MBA. Former pro athlete, 2 time Olympian, 4th place in 2008
Founder of Circlekick.com
Founder of @tigerstartups.com
Founder of Koowie.com
Winner of SocialDevCamp Hackathon Guerrilla Coder award
http://koowie.com/pete
Dynamic Revenue Strategist and Sales Leader. Founded, won funding, and sold two start-ups, developed and sold software start-up and created two patents.
Worked at @cme-group, @studentcity • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign, @depaul-university
- Founder of http://evcm.tv
- 4 years a Co-Mng Partner @ sched.org
- 4 years investment banking at JPMorgan
- Univ. Valedictorian
- Degrees in Finance & PoliSci
http://mmctaw.com
Worked at @bottlenotes • Studied at @yale-university
strategy, project management, aviation
Founded GVK Internships (sold in 2012). I have worked in Fashion, Healthcare, Marketing/PR, Consulting and Tech. I'm on to my next challenge - Health Tech!
http://geetkhosla.tumblr.com/
Design, Tech, Startups
Serial Entrepreneur with VC background, founder and CEO of SENACTIVE, a leading SW for CEP, Big Data, Predictive Analytics and Decision Mgmt.
Founder FunPower • Studied at @university-of-chicago
An impact venture fund which supports game changing energy-tech companies, and empowers consumers to harness the benefits of the energy-tech revolution.
Software Engineer. Security Researcher. Entrepreneur.
E-Commerce Product Development, Strategy, & Operations Consultant. Co-Founder @Hookah Life, Inc, Project Manager @Lyons Consulting Group
Founder D2D Associates • Studied at @ohio-state-university
JD Candidate at UChicago. Founded and sold Mousa, LLC. MBA from Katz at UPitt.
Investor in @musicdealers-com, @www-neurostechnology-com.
Indiana University Kelley school of business - marketing. Built and sold 2 companies by age 33.
Managing Partner and leading investor for Tend Venture Capital based in Chicago, IL - helped build CDW, ChicagoTribune.com, Vantage Blue, and CareerBuilder.com - BA from Iowa State University, MBA from UMass-Amherst, and MPPA from Northwestern.
IT Strategy & Ops Consultant. Northwestern BS 2010.
Energetic Sales Executive Looking to Drive Growth with a Strong Tech Startup Team. Solution sales focused. MBA.
Product Manager & Dev. I like finding problems and creating solutions, from end to end. Creativity drives me.
Founder @fundamentals-llc • Worked at @shoplocal, @metromix, @forsalebyowner-com • Studied at University of Illinois, Urbana, Champaign
Engineer. Marketer. Worked for Nolan Bushnell. Failed many times. Learned. Obsessed with discovering a way to replicate change.
Designer, engineer, scientist and entrepreneur. Taught seniors as a freshman, made LEDs which emit sunlight, and am Fellow at VC firm. Inventor to a good home.
MBA Student Chicago Booth(2013), Looking for jobs in Venture Capital or for a funded startup where I can add value. I have an amazing gut feel for markets.
Studied at @columbia-college-chicago
Good business needs good marketing. Good design is good marketing. MIT grad turned UX/Product Designer - translating user needs into useful & valuable products.
VP Product at MeetMe. Doer of things. Juggler of priorities in a resource-constrained environment. Strategy, analytics, UX design, and whatever needs doing.
Work at investment/merchant bank.
B2B business builder with 10 years sales, marketing, & management experience. Engineer & MBA. Advisor to Bison Pallet. Materials, industrial, cleantech.
Founder @spare-to-share-1, @diamond-management-and-technology-consultants • Worked at @paynet-inc • Studied at @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business, @depaul-university
Michigan BBA. Consultant at PwC. Freelance Nonprofit Consultant.
2013 MBA Candidate @university-of-iowa | Awarded 2013 Leadership Legacy Hawkeye Award | NYC Media Background | Founder of Under Par Voice Over
Harvard Gov and Stats, Associate at 270 Strategies, founded civic startup, civic tech blogger.
http://newcivics.tumblr.com/
Harvard Gov and Stats, Fall Associate at 270 Strategies, founded civic startup in college, civic tech blogger.
http://newcivics.tumblr.com/
Co-Founder of Overgrad, Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign
Undergrad @ohio, worked as analyst @Oppenheimer(NYC), sales @Deutsche Bank(Chicago) sales @Goldman Sachs(Chicago), now pursuing Entrepreneurial passion @lightswitch
Founder @m-a-e-k-entertainment-1, @m-a-e-k-entertainment-1 • Worked at , @farnsworth-consulting • Studied at University of Illinois, Urbana, Champaign (BA, MS)
Founder at @roomations-1. Passionate about interior design. Loves Marketing. MBA from Michigan's Ross School of Business.
UC Berkeley History alum, background in bizdev (UK focused). Director of bizdev at Ditto Trade, looking to connect with investors and other professionals.
SDA Bocconi School of Management; UC Berkeley BA; background in global health; interned for CHAI; interested in working with startups
Software engineer from Uruguay. Passionate about helping and studying how teams and businesses grow from the ground up.
Founder KNOWLEDGEO, @karaoke-octopus-comics • Worked at @alief-isd, @cy-fair-isd • Studied at @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business
Multi-lingual exec, worked at @gerson-lehrman-group, @corporate Executive Board • Studied @university-of-chicago, @johns-hopkins-university • Strat - Ops - Research Leadership
building new products. previously corporate growth strategy, data science, marketing strategy.
Founder RESUSstudio • Studied at @university of Chicago, @uic
CRM technical with a seasoned business background that includes internet start-ups and consulting.
Agile Project/Product Manager. Worked at Thoughtworks, and Groupon.
Successful media and marketing leader with extensive cross-functional team management.
@carbonmade @magnum-ci @instafeed; MS @UIUC; PhD @university-of-illinois-chicago and so on
BA Computer Science at UIUC; Co-Founded 2 startups; Intense iOS developer;
http://jc-subida.tumblr.com
Client Facing Digital Marketing PM.
Law student at WashU in St. Louis; Worked at Facebook; Assist startups with entity formation and intellectual property protection; B.A. in Economics.
Founder @elmspring-chicago • Studied at @university-of-michigan
Client service superhero meets digital ad ops guru; Worked at Google
Entrepreneurial MBA | Marketing & Sales
Where do I begin...
Chicago Native, DePaul grad, worked at @groupon, currently at @google
Northwestern Ph.D. candidate, NSF Graduate Research Fellow, changing career tracks to do more applied problem solving and product research
Medill Grad (journalism/marketing/communications background), currently freelancing for IT dept at the world's largest pharmaceutical company.
Enterprise Front End Software Engineer, Consultant
Worked at @every-last-morsel, @american-hospital-association • Studied at @north-central-college
Web developer for Gorilla, a rapidly growing e-commerce agency in Downtown Chicago. Creative thought process to help clients solve problems is the name of the game.
Vice President, Loyalty & Business Dev.
United Airlines
Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign
Founder of Nimby Games with first title Confidence: The Game available on the App Store (beta).
Lead Developer at @supported-intelligence-llc • MA in economics @northwestern-university, BEc (graduated 1st in economics honors class) @university-of-sydney
Director of Product Management for Mobile & Platform. Technology Junkie with skills to turn everyday business needs into market changing innovations.
User Experience Craft-titioner
Drawing from broad reserves of practical training and experience, Hollie Sobel serves as an assistant professor at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.
http://holliesobel.tumblr.com/
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
Software Solutions Architect
MBA at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, Former Marketer and Investment Banker
Technologist
Founding Member at @every-last-morsel, Worked for @happyfantickets • Studied at @depaul-university
Known for helping high-growth companies achieve their hiring goals
http://www.lindzsays.com
Founder @crowdfynd, @onlocation-media-group-llc • Worked at @kpmg, @true-north-communications • Studied at @university-of-iowa
COO at @moneythink-1
University of Chicago, MS in Statistics, 3 Years work experience in Finance in Deutsche Bank & Apollo Global Management
Brand Communications Consultant, MS, IMC, Northwestern University. Specialties include counseling senior management, affiliate marketing and crisis communications. Experience in tech, financial and healthcare fields.
MSU BS 2008, Finance; UMICH MS 2010, Human Computer Interaction. Strong business and technical background. Currently advisory consultant at EY.
General Management for high acceleration to value situations.
Freelance writer/editor/publicist seeking a full-time role or freelance opportunities. BA/MS.
http://Statementscene.com
Worked at @uspin • Studied at @northeastern-university, @university-of-illinois-chicago
Creative, strategic and innovative business and marketing professional. Successful in leading entrepreneurial teams to achieve growth and marketing strategies.
UPenn grad, web product designer. I create great web experiences and I make good web experiences better.
Strategic Minded Marketer and Problem Solver. Vast Experience with Fortune 100 Clients and Top Retailers. Pretty Awesome Dude.
Yale grad, clever writer, good baker.
Very Experienced Agile Project/Program Manager
Fintech biz dev. Obsessed with product. Driving growth for a new platform at FactSet. Engineering undergrad, Chicago Booth MBA.
Co-Founder at Reppio
Victory Park Hedge Fund (Consumer Tech)
Lazard Freres Investment Bank (Restructuring)
Studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Campaign
Former senior Systems engineer, 1 year PhD course work in Bioinformatics
Professor @erikson-institute • Principal Investigator, Early Mathematics Education Project • Advisor @BennettDay • Ph.D. in Applied Child Development, @tufts-university University
CTO at @bigmarker-3 • Lead Architect at YC based Aisle50.com • Studied at @depaul-university
http://billgloff.com
Founder @donotrent-1.com
D.C. Crenshaw President & Ceo of Fete Select TV. He is a food and lifestyle personality and a two-time Emmy nominated TV Host and Executive Producer.
http://www.efete.ent
Working at @yorn • Studying @temple-university
Asst. Professor of Medicine at the Univ of Chicago. Experienced in clinical research & medical education. I want to change how we all think about health care.
Digital Project Manager for a start-up magazine/alternate-reality game and web developer for a trade publication in Chicago
http://semanticdrift.wordpress.com
VP of Marketing at Georama • Studied at @michigan-state-university
Founder Jamernot • Studied at @iu, @university-of-denver
Founder KNOWLEDGEO • Worked at @bain-company, @korean-reinsurance-company • Studied at @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business
Founder @ardhiview • Worked at @jones-lang-lasalle • Studied at @university-of-michigan
Product driven, Major launch increasing sales 20%, multi mini launches sustaining current growth
http://summittomar.tumblr.com
For more than two decades, Joanne Matousek has focused her legal career on insurance law.
http://joannematousek.tumblr.com/
Associate at Northwestern Capital Partners. We are a boutique investment banking and consulting firm specializing in start-ups, from strategy to growth equity.
Duke University, Marketing and Advertising, Digital and Social Media; worked at Akira Chicago and Nordstrom
Co-Founder and Partner at NextRound Consulting. Business development and strategic partnership experience at Fortune 100 company
Tech-savvy Sales & Marketing Consultant. B2B Sales Expert. Media Sales. Social Selling.
Founder of @musefy & Proptone
ReUsense CEO (Diabetes Testing sold in India)
Revasyst CEO (Health IT)
McKinsey + Senior roles at Medtronic, Elsevier.
MD, India; MS, PhD(abd) UIUC
Worked at @amc-networks, @u-s-ambassador • Studied at @northwestern-university, Trinity
Founder Talkroute
University of Chicago Booth School of Business MBA 2103; Strong relationship, business development, and operations background (C.H. Robinson and PepsiCo)
Worked at @dev-bootcamp, @us-navy • Studied at @university-of-michigan, @depaul-university
http://blog.geoffcrittenden.com
Computer Science BS from UT, wrote MoonStocks on Android Play Store, high stakes Poker pro and coach, options software dev, worked at eBay
http://jeffmeyerson.com
Master of design from top art school. Mobile designer, Built 4 apps (2 iOS, 1 Android, 1 Chrome)
Chicago Public Schools’ administrator Erin Roche has served at multiple levels in several school districts.
Principal / Director of Design+Planning at @civic-artworks.
Award-winning urban designer+planner. ENR Midwest 2012 "Top 40 Under 40" honoree.
http://civicartworks.tumblr.com/
Founder @bayescamp
Product manager, new product development at Orbitz and Cars.com.
Co-founder at http://shono.co, Full Stack Developer, Worked at eBay and Groupon, UIUC Computer Science 2014.
http://irtefa.tumblr.com
Pretty cool, energized, talented, fun girl
Exploring the power of factual storytelling for content marketers. Worked at Nat Geo, Sirius XM, and Siskel/Jacobs.
Founder of Hunear. Director of Inspired Beings Ltd. President of European Dream.
Intuitive multi-platform product builder. Information consumer. Startup junky. Interactive Art Director and UI/UXer for mobile at Draftfcb Chicago.
Glen Joffe has built his career on authenticity and respectfulness for items used by their indigenous culture.
http://glenjoffe.wordpress.com/
Seeking Full-Time Business Development position at an exciting startup, University of Michigan 2014
http://www.harrisonforman.com
Software Engineer at @brighttag, Past-President at @drexel-university Smart House
Founder @blue-lane-groceries • Worked at @safco-dental-supply • Studied at @university-of-michigan
Agile Product Manager - Ecommerce consumer focused
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.
Worked at @tech-li, @clearstream • Studied at @university-of-michigan
Founder of Andresen & Associates P.C., a Chicago-based law firm that focuses its offerings in the areas of sports law, entertainment, IP and corporate matters.
Technical & business consultant in IT industry before UNC Chapel Hill, KFBS MBA 2013; Product marketing summer intern; Strong technical and business marketing skills; Well-traveled;
Founder/Owner of Left Field Management/Freeze Our Youth. 1/3 Attorney 1/3 Management 1/3 TBA
Project manager and analyst with technical background looking to make the world better. Obsessive organizer. Ruthless minimalist. Highly opinionated about maps.
I'm helping build a great community at G2 Crowd
Specialized in the technology and finance industries in New York in both human resources and commercial real estate analysis. Worked for @appnexus.
Content Producer at New Methods. Former online business owner and affiliate marketer. Strong background in marketing, SEO, and social media. UChicago BA 2012.
http://janyasor.tumblr.com/bio
Founder of two beverage companies, student at Northwestern, marketing guru. Currently leading company of $300,000+ annual revenues and 30+ team members.
Strategy Consultant, Procurement and Supply Chain Management, Social Media. Expertise in contingent labor workforce, consumer goods, IT consulting / training.
Military Veteran with telecom background, Brown University Economics; Worked at Morgan Stanley Tech IBD, William Blair.
Worked at @active-mind-technology, @elevate-studios
Co-Founder and Midwest Lead at The Rethink Agency
Experienced .Net engineer with proven leadership track record. Worked at Infinium, Intel and Boeing. Degrees from USC and Boston College.
More adivsor than middleman, I work with amazing clients & candidates - do storytelling to empower dev teams and devs when choosing employees/employer.
http://www.bullhornreach.com/user/125852_matt-hoffman
Founder @popad
Medic@1stRangerBn
Analyst@Mckinsey
Yut@Groupon
Small-mid Cap Hedge Fund Analyst
Worked at @built-in-chicago, @belly • Studied at @abilene-christian-university
http://www.bodyshopbids.com
Founder HE SWIM • Worked at @beckman-coulter, @telluride-ski-and-golf-resort • Studied at @boston-college, @university-of-massachusetts-amherst
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Economics, Project Manager for Illinois Business Consulting, Led consulting project for small chemical software startup
MIT Sloan MBA '07, recovering consultant turned entrepreneur
Founder & CEO at ThirdPartyTrust
Founder @insighthd.com
Commercial Pilot, Naval Officer - Fighter pilot, Naval intelligence at NSA
Founder/CFO/Developer Project SAM, Founder/Front-End Developer UChicagoEvents • Studied at @university-of-chicago
Founder FasterTable. Founder/CEO of MindBuilder Group, Inc. (software consultant) and Salsalito, Inc. (restaurants). Former founder and CEO US Office Equipment.
Founder FunPower
Co-founder; Ed.D Org. Leadership; 2nd startup; Developed first tested tot-sports model in sports research; Author; Parent of two toddlers; The Coach Pickles
!4 years of experience. Funded and launched mobile marketing startup 2011. Entrepreneurial and business minded technologist.
Founder & CEO @zag-media-arts, background in media & design, with a focus on UX across multiple media formats.
Co-Founder & CEO, g.Maarifa
Writer
http://www.evannahu.wordpress.com
Founder @sprout-products
Worked @adobe @greenvolved @global-village-fruits-inc
// Technology, Entrepreneurship, Design
http://jeremycai.wordpress.com
Founder @roundarch • Worked at @deloitte-consulting • Studied at @university-of-chicago, @the-catholic-university-of-america
Marketing and Social Media, Social Responsibility.
Worked at @networked-insights, @nm-incite-a-nielsen-mckinsey-company • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1, @pennsylvania-state-university
Product Manager @ Windows (Microsoft) • Chicago Booth MBA ' 14. Strong experience in consumer electronics and software at Bose and Mathworks.
Northwestern University, PhD/MS in Electrical Engineering, specializing in solid state devices and optoelectronics.
Tech Leader at NuMat. Expertise in managing the interface between tech & business (Finance from Lehigh, Chem. Eng. from NU). Pythonista and lover of automation.
http://patrick-fuller.com/
Environmentally motivated, eco-conscious, Food start-up Entrepreneur, Experienced sales and customer relations skills
PhD (applied math), data scientist, Bayesian probabilistic modeler, working with data in social networks, bioinformatics, finance. Works/ed at RedOwl, NSA
Founder @zaptones • Studied at @university-of-wisconsin-madison, @butler-university
Worked at @grubwithus, @groupon • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign
Leader, Entrepreneur, Innovator, Self-Starter, Team-Builder, Workhorse, Cold Caller, Closer: Launched a successful venture; Self-taught web developer