Christopher Jensen

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.

Andy Yang

COO @500px | Formerly at @extremestartups @relay-ventures @chegg. @netflix. @thomas-weisel-partners. @goldman-sachs. @accenture. | @ChicagoBooth @university-of-california-berkeley.

Christopher Chan

Founder @blue-flower-llc • Worked at @bank-of-america-merrill-lynch • Studied at @new-york-university

Arthur Watson

CFO @ Castle Hill. Angel Investor @HPA. MBA 2011 @Babson. BS Mechanical Engineering 2003 @UVA

Nigel Bahadur

Founder @exe-technologies

David Wieland

Angel; Founder: @rivs, InnFlux, iEstates, IrishAngels. @NotreDame, MBA @Kellogg

Charles Forman

CEO of @picturelife. Founder of @omgpop.
http://www.setpixel.com

Jordan Curnes

ND Finance / Duke MBA Founded 3 Companies - Medical Devices, Online Real Estate, Retail Wireless Enjoy web 2.0 plays as well as med tech.

Fred Monroe

313 Ventures LLC @getco Trading Technologies, Inc fredlabs, inc @apple

Alexander Goldstein

Angel Investor; Entrepreneur; Was Principal at Pangea Properties REIT; Ex-CIO, Co-Founder at @cashnetusa-com

John Sun

Founder AvantCredit, SpringCoin • Worked at @enova-financial • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign

Andy Swan

Founder of Voomly: Founded DaytradeTeam (Sold in 2007), founded mytrade (Sold to TD Ameritrade).
http://www.andyswan.com

George Bousis

Founder, CEO, @raise - Founder, @coupontrade Entrepreneur - Investor - Technologist Appetite for Big Markets & Hungry Entrepreneurs

Jason Seats

Managing Director @techstars • Co-founder @slicehost (acq by @rackspace)

Brian Ficho

Entrepreneur. Founder & CEO @obaz. Former EIR & Investor @lightbank.

chuck templeton

Founder of @opentable (NASDAQ:OPEN); Chairman at @grubhub

Bong Koh

Founder, Investor or Advisor in companies including @lifecrowd, @shift-3, RetentionScience, @muckerlab, GradientX, Eventup, TheReceivablesExchange & @zynga (via Prism)

Woody Levin

Founder/CEO-BringIt (Cross Platform Engagement as a Service Through Games), Founder-InStadium, Founder-Riverbank Capital. JD-Chicago Kent, BA-Wisconsin

Brian Hand

Co-Founder and Chairman, Timelines, Inc

Brian Balfour

Growth & Customer Acquisition specialist. Former EIR @trinity Ventures, Co-Founder of @boundless, @viximo.
http://www.brianbalfour.com

Mark Hatch

CEO and Co-Founder of TechShop. Launched 3 Fortune 500 websites: Avery, Kinkos (ecommerce), & HealthNet's benefits ASP. Author, Speaker, MBA, Green Beret.

Grant Brown

Co-Founder/CEO of @rant-media-network which owns and operates: Rant Sports, Rant Finance and Rant Creative.

Kris Petersen

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

Leore Avidar

Co-founder @lob. Worked at @aws, @citigroup, @google , @motorola • Studied at @university-of-michigan

Dan Ratner

Serial entrepreneur. Cofounder/COO/CTO at @sittercity. Director of Development at @obama-for-america. Social enterprise investor.
http://www.danratner.com/

Judd Morgenstern

Business Designer. Previously UX Designer + Innovation Strategist. Former @adaptive-path + @nike consultant.

Emerson Spartz

CEO @spartz (OMG Facts, GivesMeHope, Smartphowned) Founded MuggleNet.com, the #1 Harry Potter site, at age 12.
http://spartzmedia.com

Frank Gruber

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

Ezra Galston

VC @chicago-ventures Young Entrepreneur @foundation-capital Chicago Booth MBA, @KauffmanFellow

Nancy Hua

CEO of Apptimize • @y-combinator • @getco • @massachusetts-institute-of-technology Math with CS
http://nancyhua.com

Andrew Romans

General Partner Georgetown Angels. Author (McGraw Hill July 2013) The Entrepreneurial Bible to Venture Capital
http://georgetown-angels.com/blog/

Brett Keintz

Director of Product Management at @groupon

Justin DeLay

Co-Founder, @tempodb. UX Design at @grubhub, Marketing at @kraft-foods. Design & Business at U of Michigan.
http://justindelay.tumblr.com

Jay Hoffmann

Rewards and travel wonk. Built @groupon Rewards to 4k merchants, 2M consumers. Grew @united-airlines Mileage Plus to $1BN+ revenue. @stanford-university GSB.

Shawn Carpenter

Co-Founder & CEO of @ycharts • Vertical Manager at @google • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign

Bradley Wasz

CoFounder/COO @raise We are changing the conversation in the discount and incentive marketing industries. Give yourself a raise!
http://blog.coupontrade.com/

Eddie Lou

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

Gautam Ramdas

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.

Andrew Cronk

CEO of @tempodb. Co-founded 3 startups (two bootstrapped, current funded). Strong technical background (Computer Engineer, Motorola).
http://ajcronk.com

Jimmy Odom

Founder @wedeliver • Worked at @apple • Studied at @columbia-college-chicago

Tom Giles

@stagebloc founder. UX / UI and product obsessed. Past multiplatinum artist manager. Biomedical researcher. Science Teacher. Coach. Hip surgery guinea pig.

Deepak Goel

Worked at @coupons.com , @microsoft, @indiahomes • Studied at @haas-school-of-business School of Business, @IIT-Delhi

Jared Golden

Co-Founder & President @ Pear, Co-Founder @ Brand Accelerator, Board Member @ Worthee, Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center Advisory Board, former ibanker.

David Albrecht

Crittercism, previous @wishery CTO/Co-Founder (AngelPad S11). @microsoft, founder @prefiat-llc: security, arch, cloud computing consultancy. MS ECE UIllinois.

Dafeng Guo

Founder Striking.ly • Worked at @yahoo, @goldman-sachs, @morgan-stanley

Jeremiah Seraphine

CEO and Co-Founder at @groovebug
http://integratedmarketing.tumblr.com

Tom Trimmer

Founded Trimmer Capital Management, Aurapoint Asset Management, and True Adventures. Rock climber, sailor, mountain biker, skier, mountaineer, world traveler.

Colin Young

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.

Josh Holat

@stagebloc Co-Founder, Founder @mirrorgram / Lead Developer, Object Orienter, Git Pusher, Apple Lover, College Dropout, Life Lover

Derek Shanahan

Director of Marketing @playerize. Co-Founder, Advisor at @foodtree & @donde . Advisor at 20 Something Bloggers. @stanford-university Soccer Captain.
http://dshan.me/blog/

Erik Severinghaus

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

Rick Desai

Investor/Startup Advisor & Social Investor

Ryan Graves

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

Aashish Dalal

Founder @parkwhiz • Worked at @ibm • Studied at @northwestern-university

Daniela A Bolzmann

Co-Founder @ WeDeliver.us • Entrepreneur • Jill of all trades • Mihaylo School of Business CSUF 2011' • edtech Product Marketer @symbalooedu.
http://socialskoop.com/blog/

Asif Khan

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.

Ethan Austin

Co-founder, President of @giveforward. TechStars (Excelerate Labs) Emory University, JD American University. Burritos.
http://ethansaustin.com

Ed Scanlan

Founder @total-attorneys
http://edscanlan.com

Dana Severson

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

Christopher Steiner

Co-founder @aisle50, New York Times Bestselling Author of 2 books, Forbes columnist, Y Combinator Alumnus
http://blogs.forbes.com/christophersteiner

Kirk Lashley

Co-Founder at @wedeliver. Worked at @uwi, Parity Systems and founded Coral Designs Ltd. Engineering graduate of @uwi
http://kirklashley.com

Ravin Gandhi

Founder @gmm-nonstick-coatings • Investor @tred • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign , @kellogg-school-of-management-1

Jacqui Boland

CEO + Founder @red-tricycle. Strong consumer background ( @meredith and @reed-elsevier ) Start-up experience includes Breathe Media and SFLodgings.com.

Mark Lawrence

Founder & CEO @SpotHero Inc.
http://blog.spothero.com

Mike Zivin

Co-Founder at @whittl. Ex-Yahoo. Sold previous startup. Carnegie Mellon & Cornell.

Eli Rosenberg

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

Daniel McCormick

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.

Orazio Buzza

Founder/CEO @fooda • President at @echo-global-logistics, CFO/COO @innerworkings

Paul Spiller

Worked at @belly, @campus-explorer, @redbox, Galt & Company

Phillip Herrejon

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

Jens Horstmann

Former CEO/CTO of DVDPlay (Redbox techn./acq by NCR), founded X1, Ensemble, Opengrid, MXGO, worked at Sun, LSI, Siemens, Coinstar.

Ryan Bell

Founder Gremln.com (135K users). Director, Costa Rican Software Firm (sold). Computer Science. 15 years
http://blog.gremln.com

Andrew Chomer

CRO at the EchoSystem, with over 10 years of experience growing businesses and most recently leading the digital charge at PHD/Omnicom

Jonathan Sheinkop

Co-Founder, EVP New Business & Corporate Strategy / Exec. Director, focused on new strategic growth opps., biz/dev, marketing, fund-raising, operations

Ryan Spraetz

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

Joseph Omansky

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

Dan Olson

CEO at @upcity-formerly-diyseo

Shahed Khan

Product Designer @weebly. Formerly at @backplane and @viatask.

Jacob DeHart

Founder and lead frontend dev @picturelife
http://jacobd.com

Joel Abraham

Co-Founder of gener8tor, a Wisconsin-based accelerator.

John Affourtit

Exec @sparkcentral . Entrepreneurial mind set. Action oriented!

Sarah Evans

Chief Evangelist at @tracky PR. Social Media Correspondent. Animal lover. Birthed @twitter industry chats. #journchat #commentz [email protected]
http://sarahsfav.es

Patrick Algrim

Currently: Co-founder at digit.co. Previously: MyZeus acquired by Groupon, 2011.
http://patrickalgrim.me

Andy Narayanan

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

Brian Curliss

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

Mike Khristo

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

Jessica Kim

CEO/Founder of @babbaco. Ready to rock my second consumer startup. Kellogg MBA. @brown-university University. Kraft brand management.
http://www.babbaco.com/blog

Ian Connell

Imran Ahmad

Venture Capitalist @OCAVentures and Founder of @MouseHouseApp

Todd O'Hara

#innovator #entrepreneur #technologist #founder at Toodalu (acquired by Spring Marketplace)

Daniel Novaes

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

Ed Lewis

entrepreneur. co-founder or early employee of 5 startups. 2 IPOs. Founded Media Chaperone pivoted business in '12 to @group-gift-service

Tyler Spalding

CEO of @styleseek. NASA Space Shuttle Engineer 2x e-commerce exits. @massachusetts-institute-of-technology MBA, @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign MSE/BSE

Kevin Stanton

Platform/API Engineer @SproutSocial; Co-founder @farehelper.com; Past life @motorola IC designer for wireless; UMich; Musician; Derivatives Investor
http://www.tekphile.com

Mike Fingado

Founder @notelog, @athletepreneur • Worked at @tred, @coursemodo • B.S. & M.S. Economics & Sport Management at @FSU

Evan Kostorizos

Inventory Management at Raise.com • Worked at @coupontrade, @european-commission • Founder Blueshift Innovations Inc • Northeastern University JD 2003, Harvard University ALB 1999

Kris Chinosorn

Founder (BigGroups.com, @catapult-chicago), BizDev (@halcyon-sequencing ), Lead Developer (ISWS), BS Biology (@university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign )

Chris Duesing

CTO of @mercaris

Patrick O'Brien

CEO & Founder @Ticket Scalpr. @groupon Senior Sales (Top 1%) - Founder @UndieRun - Director of Sales @Gourmet Ads - UW-Madison

Jake Lumetta

Sr. Software Engineer @chooseenergy

Juan Cartagena

Founder CEO @traity-1. MBA (HHons) @booth-school-of-business. MEng in EE. Previous experience in strategy, product management, sales
http://traity.com/blog

Alex Pak

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

Jim Larrison

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

Vince Leung

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

Cristobal Alonso

Entrepreneur, startup advisor and TMT executive

Alen Malkoc

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

James Dickerson

Marketer & entrepreneur. Previously co-founded Wellthy & @leap. Former associate at @lightbank,

Dylan Richard

Director of Engineering @ Obama for America. Previously @threadless, @crateandbarrel. I'm a big fan of the internets.

Eric Scott

Investments for @hvf and @mlevchin.

Jordan Linville

CEO at @buzz-digital, Inc. Former biz dev guy at @nextwave-media and Angie's List. Musician and peanut butter connoisseur.

Eric Kerr

Founder TicketFire • Worked at @cloudera, @belly • Studied at @ohio-state-university

Andy O'Dower

Director of Product, Strategy and Operations: @DiscoveryComm. Former Director of Mobile Product: @carsdotcom & 2011 @ExcelerateLabs (now TechStars Chicago).
http://odower.com/

Nicholas McEvily

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

David Haisha Chen

CEO of Striking.ly; Co-founder of Moneythink; Director of ECSEL; @university-of-chicago

Seth Kravitz

Co-Founder of @technori and @insuranceagents-com
http://blog.sethkravitz.com

Coleman Greene

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

Jason Goodrich

Founder @shortlist, @leasabl • Excelerate Labs 2011 • Pulitzer Prize 2008

Chris Walti

Co-founder of @styleseek, BizDev at @v2green (acquired 2008), VC at @highland-capital-partners, Analytics Lead at @accenture, 2 Patents, BSEE @UIUC, @MIT MBA.

Joshua Karp

Founder and CEO of Kumbuya (kumbuya.com).

Derick Thompson

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.

Zack Gilbert

Builder. Formerly a co-founder of Technori, Adams Gilbert Co., @cloudbot

Thomas Buchar

Start-up Junkie who connects the dots, creates results, and plays well with others.
http://www.buchar.net

Cam Balzer

Chief Growth Officer @mightynest. Former CMO @threadless. Search / social marketing exec @vivaki / @performics. Product and marketing strategy and execution.

Tony Amoyal

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

Kurt Uhlir

CEO & co-founder @sideqik • I manage, advise & fund disruptive companies @nokia, @navteq, @vitrue • 12 US & international patents • Certified alligator handler
http://www.southerntechnologyleaders.com

Christopher Jaeger

Founder of @rentstuff. Strong business background (@merrill-lynch). @princeton-university BA 2004 (Economics w/ honors).

Bryan Shepard

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

Raaja Nemani

Co-Founder and CEO @bucketfeet. Former Banker / PE guy. World traveler. Northwestern University.
http://blog.bucketfeet.com/

Alex Griffiths

CEO @socialcrunch. Strong finance, business development & product launch skills. Brit in Chicago. 1 exit so far.
http://blog.alexgriffiths.info

Michael Walsh

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

David Vinca

Founder of eSpark, which helps schools leverage iPads and the vast ecosystem of educational apps to personalize learning, engage students and raise achievement.

Guillaume Martin

CEO & co-founder of @pictarine Love growth hacking, mobile and wine. Techstars Chicago Alum.

Jason Stulberg

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

Gerri Blackmon, Project Manager

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

Robert Brown

http://[email protected]/pub/robert-brown/1/337/23b

Lou Morales

Current: Co-founder @optyn; Past: @dealster-3, CRP, Acuity, COO @ecommlink ; COO @first-data-corporation , EPG; SVP, @general-electric; SVP, @barclays-bank

Jack Eisenberg

Co-founder of @goshi in Chicago. Drummer of In Threes.

Nick Kocinski

CFO - Finance, Marketing and Sales at @ycharts. Studied @chicago booth, worked @homefinder-com.

Len Kendall

Founder @centup - Digital Marketer - Writer - Expert at Nothing.

Michael Krasman

Founder Versity (sold), @hireology, @UrbanBoundCo & @Homescout. Studied at @university-of-michigan.
http://thehungryentrepreneur.com/

Stan Bokov

Co-founded TradingView (COO), previously worked at MultiCharts (COO) and Canada Revenue Agency.
http://blog.tradingview.com

Michael Elberts

Co-Founder and COO @goodpeople

John Roa

CEO at @akta. Investor at @socialcrunch. Active angel, speaker and traveler.

Dave DeMink

Current: RVP, Sales - North America at @ringcentral. 12 years SMB Sales/Marketing experience - Loudcloud, WebEx, SuccessFactors, @ringcentral

Jason Kunesh

Founded @public-good-software, Director of UX & Product @obama-for-america, founding team @the-point, early UXer @orbitz, founder @fuzzy-math.

David Goldschmidt

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

Adam Perkins

Co-founder of 900dpi. Entrepreneur and full-stack developer of eight years. @university-of-wisconsin-whitewater
http://www.aap.bz

Brian Hawkins

Co-founder of @styleseek. Consumer market analyst; serial entrepreneur; brand developer; consumer, social and marketing strategist in fashion merchandising.
http://styleseekprivate.wordpress.com/

Brian Thibault

Founder ClaraStream • Worked at @best-online-universities-llc, @eretailing • Studied at @ohio-state-university, @depaul-university

Adam Robinson

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

Chase Perkins

Founder & CEO @thoughtly Juris Doctor @loyola-university-chicago BBA in Finance @southern-methodist-university
http://thoughtly.co/blog

Matt Tortora

Founder ClaraStream • Studied at @ohio-state-university Founded & bootstrapped e-commerce company into IR Magazine Top 1,000. 10 years technology sales & marketing experience.

Mohammad Gaber

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

Drew Gilliam

Founder-in-Residence at Wavetable. Previously Co-Founder of HaveMyShift.com and PwC's Emerging Technology Lab.

Jeremy Crane

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

Zach Supalla

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

Julian Miller

Co-founder of @learnmetrics real-time analytics for education. Obsessed with the power of education to change lives.
http://julianmiller.tumblr.com

Benjamin Wasson

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

Nicole Staple

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

Steven Lee

Founder of Opternative, which helps individuals gain greater accessibility in eye care, through unique technological innovations.

Kevin Melgaard

Founder of @introfly, former attorney, Inventor & Founder of Gentleman's Vice Golf & Cigar Accessories.
http://blog.introfly.com

Brian Luerssen

CEO of Delightful. Kauffman Fellow (Class 18). Founder and Board Member of Quantitative Insights. Former: GM of OkCupid Labs. MBA from University of Chicago.

Adam Stein

VP of Product, co-founder at @gridium. Co-founder of @terrapass. Product and engineering at @tellme, @trilogy. @wharton-school MBA, @stanford-university BS.

Greg Cardoni

Web & Mobile Software Engineer. CTO: @venyooz. Previously at @mahalo, @spire-io, @the-starter-league, & @recsolu. B.A., Honors in Philosophy.
http://cardoni.net

Jack Wheeler

Founder @lost-crates • Studied at University of Michigan

Bob Casey

Lead Platform @clover-technologies-group • Founder & CEO @yourenew (sold to Clover in '12) • Board Member @yale-university Entrepreneurial Institute
http://bobcasey.me

Chip Aubry

Co-Founder of @elicit, Inc.

Sharon Schneider

Co-founder & CEO of Upscale Resale @moxiejeankids, @ExcelerateLabs class of '12, adviser @theImpactEngine #collcons #mom #startup
http://www.builtinchicago.org/member/sharonschneider

Rod Rakic

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/

Scott Kluth

Founder and CEO of @couponcabin.com; director of The Kluth Family Foundation
http://www.couponcabin.com/blog

Daniel Jacobs

CEO Placebo Effect. Eight years leading philanthropic tech orgs. Relationship builder. One exit. Media magnet. BA Williams College.

Joe Born

Founder of @digital-innovations, @neuros-technology and @sonr-labs. Inventor of consumer products totaling $350M in revenue.

Patrick Navarro

CTO and co-founder of @whimseybox. Previously co-founded @bestfriendbox, worked at @gowalla, @amd, @vaynermedia

Moshe Tamssot

Founder & CEO @cookitfor-us | Founder, MonksOfInvention.com | Founder, InnovationCenter.com | Intrapreneur - @american-express, GE Capital, @kraft-foods
http://blog.CookItFor.Us

Stephen Meade

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/

Ariane Fisher

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

Craig Vodnik

VP Operations and Co-Founder at cleverbridge
http://www.buildingkeystones.com

George Korsnick

CTO of @silvrspoon, Y Combinator Alum, Carnegie Mellon CASOS PhD researcher & MSIT grad, entrepreneur
http://georgekorsnick.com

Vipin Shri

In search of full-time role while currently freelancing & volunteering. Marketing/Jack-of-all trades at @olapic , @dropgifts , and @parse-ly. BA Econ UConn

Jonathan Pasky

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

Charles Michael

Worked @anyperk • Studied @marquette

Jason Ngan

Led product. Developed high-freq trading platform, risk mgmt platform. BSMS Physics, EE
http://jasonngan.com

Jeff Froom

Co-founder, VP Application at @elicit

Hari Srinivasan

Founder @we-created-it-1 • Worked at Telenav, V-Vehicle (KPCB & GV startup), @venrock • Product & Marketing Background • @stanford-university MBA

Brian T. Edwards

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/

Feyi Olopade

CEO and Co-Founder Cancer IQ • Worked at @mckinsey-company, @credit-suisse @UChicago Medical Center • Studied at @wharton-school

Alberto Moriondo

Entrepreneur & early stage investor. President @alameda Holdings, LLC, Co-Founder @tribal-technologies • Worked at @motorola, @lucent-technologies • Studied at @the-wharton-school

Dean Bravos

SVP at @parkwhiz. Serial entrepreneur and global market maker driving $400+ million in revenue that created $4+ billion in market capitalization.

Sandra Pinter

Founder Moxie Jean

Dominik Mazur

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

Mike Fisher

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

Mark De Avila

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

Paul Koziarz

Co-founder & CMO at @cartavi
http://cartavi.com/blog/

Lindsay Cohen

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.

Dave Linhardt

Serial entrepreneur 13 years. Currently obsessed with helping lead buyers buy smarter. Founder of @legitlead, FounderSensei.com & mentor @techstars Chicago.
http://legitlead.com/

Joseph D Ryan

Business Development Manager at Merchant Atlas: Fully Automating Sales, Masters at Hult International Business School, Venture Scholar at G51 Capital
http://merchantatlas.wordpress.com/

Mitch Posada

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

Chris Molnar

CTO at @pear-formerly-apparel-media-group. Entrepreneur, advisor, technologist. Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign.

Rod da Silva

Founder & CEO of WebCurfew
https://www.webcurfew.com/parentalcontrols/DigitalLoitering.aspx

Alex Wasserman

Co-Founder / CEO @tapfwd | Frmr VP @rapleaf (acquired) and Co-Founder @measy (Webby Award) | Kellogg MBA

Nihal Advani

Founder & CEO of @georama. Ex-Program Manager at @microsoft. Also was at @google. Digital Marketing Guru - Search, Display, Social. Entrepreneur, Visionary, Techy.

Edward Domain

Raconteur with a Capital R. Also CEO of @tech-li

Josh Billions

CTO and Founder of @bikespike 8+ years of development experience. Embedded Hardware / Software Engineer & iOS Software Developer. 3 years experience @apple

Timothy James Henry

Chicago Native. Young Professional. Tech Enthusiast. Lifelong Learner. First hire @LogisticalLabs Worked @mantra-1 @fooda @lightbank

Rahier Rahman

CEO of Pangea. Prepaid, Telecom, Finance and Start-up experience. Investor and media background (Cerberus, Time Warner). BA, UPENN. MBA, Chicago Booth.

Paul Smith

Founder @everyblock, @public-good-software • Worked at @democratic-national-committe, @center-for-neighborhood-technology

Dan Salcedo

@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

Gavenraj Sodhi

CEO and Co-Founder of iMedia.fm's A7 solution, providing an Immersive Experience Learning for Kids, reach of over 160 Million.

Ash Gupta

CTO, Co-Founder @healthfinch

Christopher Nakutis

Founder @stork-stack • Worked at @h-i-g-capital • Studied at @wharton-school, @northwestern-university
http://blog.storkstack.com

Satish Kodukula

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

Bill Scheurer

chief giving officer at @givby.com
http://givby.tumblr.com/

David Rush

Co-founder and CEO @earshotinc. Successful start-up experience and proven leader building and managing high performing teams.

Bradford Folkens

Founder @JRank site search engine, @stateuniversity • Worked at @camfind • B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics at @northern-illinois-university

Ashley Elsner

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

Lyle Berkowitz, MD

Primary Care Physician, Entrepreneur, Head of Informatics and Innovation for Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group, "20 People who make Healthcare Better"
http://drlyle.blogspot.com/

Ilya Beyrak

Founder Resultly • Studied at @depaul-university
http://blog.resultly.com

Jonathan Baran

Co-founder and CEO of heathfinch.
http://blog.healthfinch.com

Tom Harness

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Corbett Drummey

Co-Founder of Popular Pays. Previously @ Leo Burnett working on the Allstate Mayhem campaign.

Kiley Williams

Co-Founder @thyme • Worked at @microsoft, @isoftstone • Studied at @carnegie-mellon-university,@stanford-university

Rahul Panchal

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

Matt Tillman

VP Product at SET, builder of software from scratch. Previously at CAI, Starbelly, & Adchemy.

Kasey Gandham

Co-founder of Packback. Marketer, musician, ed-tech enthusiast, and student affordability advocate.

Rob Volk

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

Joseph Holleman

Founder and CEO of @magister-technologies and developer of its core technologies

Gabriel Grisé

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.

Mike Hostetler

Former jQuery Core Team Member, CEO of appendTo.

Christopher Ross

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

Kelsey Lutz

Venture Partner @dashfire. Startup advisor/investor

Karthik Chandramouli

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

Stephen Sullivan

Former Institutional Investor @ Citi, MBA Student @ UChicago, Scout @ LEO.COM, Small Angel, Aspiring entrepreneur

Brett Gough

CEO at @toy-studio; Shareholder @playphone, Inc.; Founder @viveli, Inc; Advisor of Startups; Investments (Bright.com, Pixalate, @open-install (Sold December 2011))

Wes Dearborn

CEO at @lasso (@excelerate'12) | Musician | Polyglot | Working with creative teams since age 12

Mike Shannon

Founder Packback • Studied at @illinois-state-university. Striving toward more affordable and exciting content in higher-ed.
http://MikeShannonBlog.wordpress.com

Brette Borow

Co-Founder and CEO of GirlsGuideTo

Nick Cromydas

Founder TapFit • Worked at @kpmg, @northwestern-university-1 • Studied at @vanderbilt-university

Neil Kamireddy

Product and founding team @trunk-club (www.trunkclub.com). Formerly @mckinsey

Jordan Bouvier

Developer at Social Sonar, Former Googler, Open Source Contributer
http://www.thatdorkjordan.com

Juan M. Hernandez

Serial entrepreneur, startup advisor, angel investor, strategist, all-around builder • CFO at @everpurse • Studied at @kellogg-school-of-management and @northwestern-university

Scotty Iseri

Founder of The FUNDA organization LLC
http://scottyiseri.com

Mark Clark

Founder @darc-corporation, O2Works • Worked at @oracle-corporation • Investor @fantree, @klick-push • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign

Chad Kruse

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

Stan Gauss

Founder @reportedly • Worked at @gannett, @Advance Internet, @Knight Ridder Digital, @vendasta • Studied at @rutgers-university-new-brunswick
http://www.stanleygauss.com

Craig Carapelho

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

Christopher Brauchli

CTO at @lasso. First startup out of college. Programmer since I was 11.

Doug Bobenhouse

President / Co-Founder of Synchology. Payments disruptor.

Nishant Patni

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

Kenneth Wyche

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.

Chris Carter

Founder WisePatient • Worked at @accenture, @arcapita-inc • Studied at @vanderbilt-university, @kellogg-school-of-management

Steve Mohebi

Co-founder, Smithfield Medical Director of Sales & B.D., BetaSphere Founder, Caspian Partners, LLC Studied @university-of-california-berkeley

Jeff Judge

CEO of @signal. Worked at @orbitz, E&Y. Excited about marketing, analytics, personal data and wearable tech.
http://www.jeffjudge.com

Mark Liu

CEO and co-founder of @leaguevine. Started the company out of college. BS, MS in computer science, specializing in algorithms.

John Morgan

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

Aaron Frazin

Founder and CEO @charlie-app a @dreamit-ventures backed company. Kauffman Global Scholar 2012 @ewing-marion-kauffman-foundation

AJ Archibald

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

Tom Denison

My passion is mentoring, advising, funding and founding tech startups. Seriously seasoned and savvy strategy, marketing and business development veteran.
http://tomdenison.tumblr.com/

Jennifer Thomas

Founder Project Travel • Pun Champion • 2013 "Hottest Women in Tech" @killerstartups • #Quadricorn #Hacker #Hustler

Tim Jahn

Co-Founder of matchist & @entrepreneurs-unpluggd

Jason Lobel

CEO and Co-Founder of @swiftiq
http://www.blog.swiftiq.com

Yuri Rutman

CEO,Writer,Director, Producer @noci-pictures-entertainment Executive Producer @fremantlemedia Co-Executive Producer @SpikeTV. Cerebral,Transparent, Visionary.

Jill Salzman

Founder of @the-founding-moms; ran two companies previously. @brown-university grad, lawyer, TED talker, lover of chocolate.
http://FoundingMoms.com/blog

Chris Campbell

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

Ellen Malloy

Co-founder & CRO @morsel. Past restaurant publicist for Paul Kahan, Michael Jordan & Art Smith. Culinary degree & sommelier, Studied at @indiana-university-bloomington & @depaul-university

Jordan Wolf

Aspiring serial entrepreneur.

Nicholas Haynes

Co-Founder @thyme • Worked at @tallan-consulting @direct-energy • Studied at @carnegie-mellon-university

Andrew Saunders

Integrated Marketing & Content Solutions Executive at CAA (@creative-artists-agency). Featured in Wired, Fast Company and Banff Media Festival.
http://www.andrewsaunders.com

michael winnick

Founder dscout, @gravitytank • Worked at @wired-magazine • Studied at @stanford-university, @institute-of-design-illinois-institute-of-technology

Jason Seiden

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

Kiran Panesar

Co-founder and iOS developer at @mobilex-labs – The best platform for building native mobile apps without any coding. Computer Science at @cardiff-university.

Dave Walker

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

Chris Conley

Founder workforce.io • Worked at @motorola, @honeywell • Investor @dscout • Studied at @illinois-institute-of-technology

Hemant Kashyap

Co-Founder @whittl Strong business background (IBM, Motorola, Bridge Strategy Group). Kellogg & Michigan State

Justin Peddycoart

Entrepreneur, User-Experience Evangelist, Sense-Maker, Founder of Cicada Design Co. (2007), CrinklePaw Pet Innovations (2009).

Evan Lewis

Co-Founder @eprof - Dev/Design @StarterLeague - Ivey HBA 2012
http://blog.eprof.com

Paul Foley

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/

Patrick Griffin

Dan Kuthy

Excelerate Labs 2010 Graduate. SEO, Analytics & Content Expert.

Paul A. Linden

Entrepreneur & Storyteller • Founder Hindex, Inc • Education and Business Development background • Worked at @img • Studied at @university of Miami, @Augustana

Ross Gordon

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

Josh Saunders

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

E. Jeffrey Lyons

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

Joel Runyon

Founder Impossible Ventures
http://impossiblehq.com

Erik Brown

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.

Tim Skaggs

Develop and design apps. Dev/Design for @steamboat-labs-1 and @Brewerbox. Worked on @kloudless @deskhero

Jimmy Skuros

Product Manager at @fooda. Co-Founder of @soundofffm & @Canaryware. A jack of all trades, passionate technologist & entrepreneur. Obsessed with product vision.

Ian Connor

Founder @pubget • Worked at @enthuse, @iris-associates
http://ianconnor.blogspot.com

Cyprian Francis

VP of Marketing at @power-tower

Samuel Frith

Studied at @miami-university

Gary Dollinger

Founder of @fantasy-player-exchange CEO of @adalyze-technologies CTO Advisory to many others 16 years of Software Development and IT Management experience

Bryon Finke

Strategy consultant and entrepreneur. Founder of @furnishly, the local furniture marketplace.
http://www.furnishly.com/blog

Zenah Khawaja

Completed BS @university-of-illinois-chicago then worked @tellabs then started @semiautomatic3d

Raja Bhatia

Founder @confluence-labs, @enthrive • Worked at @avid-life-media • Studied at @queen-s-university

Sheila Guo

Founder Peckish • Worked at @macquarie-bank • Studied at @university-of-california-los-angeles, @university-of-nebraska-lincoln

David Israel-Rosen

CEO at @china-social-commerce-group (CSCG)

Marc Philobos

Opened MetLife Stadium as an employee of New York Jets, StubHub, Inc, Halogen Guides. Passion for startups, MA University of San Francisco.

John Krebsbach

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

Nima Elyassi-Rad

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

Kunal Kalro

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

Cameron Smith

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.

Matt Voigt

Co-founder / Chief Instigator @ www.saambaa.com. 3x entrepreneur: software, real estate, healthcare. Like heights. Love people. Enjoy creating things.

Arun Sivashankaran

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

Brian WIlkin

Co-Founder of Dude Products. Strong business background and possess extreme amounts of hustle.

Andrew Dennis

Co-Founder @spaciety

Dave Anderson

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/

Pinaki Saha

Co-founder of crowdfynd. Built meboxmedia.com & FlickLaunch.com. Working on location based mobile applications and iOS application development incubator.

Brad Morehead

CEO LiveWatch Security and @SafeMart, Co-Founder @WildcatAngels and writing about #entrepreneurship, #startups, home #security #alarms, @Northwestern & #poker

Kyle Joseph

Co-Founder @shopgab • Worked at @elance, @continental-automotive • Studied at @depaul-university, @bradley-university
http://shopgab.wordpress.com

Marcy Capron

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

Adam Scott Riff

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

Khan Sung Won Lee

Founded Smilegiver, a mobile game start-up in Korea (sold to GFVC), worked on online game projects, Northwestern University. Current: Blinkfire Analytics

Jaidev Bhola

Founder of second startup. Seeking additional Angels. Geek. Author (of a physical book). Always trying to be better.

John Thomson

Director of Operations of Learnmetrics; Kellogg MBA 2013

Terry Howerton

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

Steven Wagner

CEO of @dealer-ignition and Dealy, Strong sales and Marketing, Product Development and Architecture. Work @ford-motor-company, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz.
http://saasceo.me

Hank Ostholthoff

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

Yan Pritzker

CTO @reverb
http://yanpritzker.com

Ezl Liu

Founder at @rocket-lease
http://rocketlease.com/blog

Monthlys

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.

Jeremy Klein

CEO/Co-Founder @tablesavvy

John Ciecholewski

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

Paul Hofmann

Founder Saffron Technology • Worked at @northwestern-university-1, @massachusetts-institute-of-technology-1
http://paulhofmann.net/blogs

Simcha Kanter

Founder of startups @top-colleague, @wabunga • Founder of @envalent-interactive • Worked at @accenture for six years in business and tech strategy

Mahrinah von Schlegel

CoFounder @pxnow, Founded @cibola, Strategy @proofx, digital dev since 2001, Anthropologist, sustainably developed nearly $1B in Real Estate, @Penn + @Wharton

Scott Skinger

Founder/CEO of @trainsignal (acquired by @pluralsight). Founder/CEO of Blue Whale Web. Looking to partner with people who want to make a difference.

Evan Hareras

Director of Operations at @drift-eyewear

Michael Marchese

Founder and CEO of @tempesta-media-1 • Held senior management positions at @leapfrog-online, @websidestory Studied at Indiana University, Bloomington

Horatiu Boeriu

Co-Founder & CEO of @grabio. 2nd startup out of college. Strong business background (Ernst & Young), Founded [email protected] (1 million visitors/month)

Jason Pearl

Co-founder Deepworld. Co-founder @outling.com. Co-founder @rentmixer-com. Degrees in Finance and Computer Science.
http://jasonpearl.com

James Adams

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.

Ben Rosenfield

Founder & CEO of @freebie, Consumer Behaivor Specialist - CRE Background with over $500m in transactions as Founder @titan-commercial-llc • Studied at @university-of-arizona

Sean McClure

Manager - Business Development at Guardian News & Media

Lance Ennen

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

Greg Tarczynski

Founder Chicago Pixels Multimedia • Studied at @kendall-college
http://chicagopixels.blogspot.com/

Nirav Batavia

Founder Owl Invest VP of Interactive Marketing @nutshellmail (sold to Constant Contact)
http://www.owlinvest.com/blog

Rich Levy

Founder Beamboard • Studied at @indiana-university-bloomington

Max De Marzi

Founder @vouched. Experienced Back-end Web Developer. Graph Databases, Real Estate App, Call Center Apps, Job Board App.
http://getvouched.wordpress.com/

Sean Story

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

Phil Alexander

Founder @quick2launch • worked @ernst-young, @brandmuscle, @zodius-advisors
http://quick2launch.com/index.php/blog

Andy Person

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

Eugene Revzin

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/

Kunal Parbadia

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

Jonathan Pirc

Team member of @lab42.
http://blog.lab42.com

Scott Mandel

CEO of @snapclass. Chicago Entrepreneur. Getting it done.

Guillermo Maldonado Ibarguen

Founder of KSubasta. Business owner at age 20. Worked with Deloitte and @microsoft. Strong international management experience.

Tim Hines

Founder @business-traveler-social, @curbninja • Studied at @university-of-illinois-chicago
http://www.tnhines.wordpress.com/posts

Michele Joel

www.linkedin.com/in/mjoel

Robert Oswald

Worked at @braintree-1

Adrian Holovaty

Web developer. Cocreated Django Web framework. Founded EveryBlock (sold to msnbc.com). Trained in journalism. I can both talk strategy and ship good code.

Sairam Rangachari

D'Andre Fason

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

Charlie Zei

Co-Founder and COO of @push-wellness • Worked at @northwestern-university-1 Feinberg School of Medicine • Grad school at Northwestern, UIC (Epidemiology)

Ben Reid

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

Eric Trinh

Founder @tabule. Web developer and designer. Graduate (magna cum laude) of @university-of-southern-california. I like beautiful code, food, and magic tricks.

Prem Panchal

@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.

Guy Harding

Lead engineer at @moneydesktop (rapidly growing PFM provider), co-founded @qbillion (online financial analysis), lead engineer at @i-tv (#1 TV app in appstore)

Nick Terkay

CEO of @silvrspoon. Full stack developer. BS/MS in Computer Science.

Jared Steffes

Founder @tap-me-3, @tapme-games • Worked at @electronic-arts • Studied at @depaul-university - Love mentoring startups. http://[email protected]/in/jsteffes

Jack Wheeler

Business innovator. Former Founder in Residence at Sandbox Industries - ideating, testing, launching new startups, including Lost Crates. Early Groupon employee

Neil Gupta

Founder @tabule • Developer & aspiring UX Designer • Studied CS + Psych + Business, graduated cum laude @illinois-institute-of-technology
http://metamorphium.com

Brandon Middleton

Systems Engineer at Cisco Systems

Gauri Sharma

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

Paul Spata

Winner of 2011 Best Social Networking App & Best Reference App for Android. Previously Mobile Development Director for @thumb.

Chris Hacker

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

Byron Burke

Lateral thinker & Founder at @bb-media-global-group, Studied @stanford-university & DePaul University

Rohit Sankaran

Founder @riot-inc, @asset-harmony, @piepdx alum, worked at @manifest-digital, @arthur-andersen

A

Entrepreneur. Hacker. Founder. Hipster. IU Kelley School of Business.

Alex Pinter

Founded and worked his a** off for Trayn - a new web service for strength and conditioning coaches (currently available by invitation only)

Kimberly Chulis

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

Kyle Shea

Founder of @yourseniorliving Raising Angel Investment Round. Founding executive member @all-campus. Startup experience @snagajob-com @alloy-media-marketing

Joshua Dean

Founder & CEO, @uberloop

Elaine Russell

Founder @heirlume

Jeff Strank

Founder @netparty. Building suite of social discovery/networking sites/apps under ChemistryLab.co banner including Youngp.ro / WeJustClick.com / Tribester.com.

Phil Dziedzic

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.

Boris Rozman

Experienced Entrepreneur with expertise in Talent Acquisition, Mobile/Web Solutions. Founder/CEO of @cmp-jobs & @loginaut. Bootstrap to $2m. EO NY Member.

Terri Persico

Founder/CEO Veebit

Barrett Griffith

Technical Co-Founder @careshare • Heavy-lifting Internet Engineer • Studied at @northwestern-university
http://blog.barrettgriffith.com

Aji Abraham

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

Leslie Pratch

A licensed clinical psychologist, Leslie Pratch has led Pratch & Company as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since 1998.
http://drlesliepratch.tumblr.com/

Austin Asamoa-Tutu

Co-founder & CEO at @sweetperk, Inc; Kellogg MBA, Levy Fellow; Global Product Manager for Embedded Software (Johnson Controls); Web start-up through undergrad.

Brian Pigott

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.

Christopher Pauly

Strong business background in emerging tech (Electric Vehicles, Smart Grid, Smart Meters). Kellogg MBA; @depaul-university University College of Law JD

Jake Chapman

Co-Founder of ShowcaseU. Former Professional Pitcher of 8 years.
http://www.showcaseu.com/blogs/jakestakes.aspx

Jason Weingarten

Co-founder and CEO of @recsolu and @RecPass. Everything I do is always both business and pleasure.

Rahmal Conda

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

Avelo Roy

Co founder @bff-gemz

Christopher Pursuitist

Award-winning pioneer in web publishing, online marketing and ecommerce.

Ahmed Zedan

Founder LaunchEngine • Worked at @vivaki, @starcom-mediavest-group, @lightbank • Studied at @depaul-university

Patrick Rooney

CEO @QUE_social. Co-founder of Zocalo Group (Omnicom). Strong business/management background. Push limits of what's considered possible.

Brian Greenberg

Systems Thinker, Hiker, Entrepreneur, Whole Systems Designer, Philosopher, Technologist http://about.me/brian.greenberg
http://briangreenberg.net

Samer Saab

Founder @unbranded-designs, @revel-central • Worked at @zs-associates • Studied at University of Michigan
http://samernsaab.wordpress.com/

John Nelson

Director of Business Development at @arborvita-associates Co-Founder of @universitytutor-com Associate at @oakwood-global-finance MBA - @university-of-chicago

Cl. Alex. Chien

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

Philip Nowak

Founder at @firmology. Product Manager at @sears. BA, Economics at @indiana-university-bloomington. Fan of startup entrepreneurs and small business owners.

Daniel Rezko

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

Roger Wang

CTO and co-founder of @leaguevine. Senior software engineer at Motorola Mobility 2007-2012. BS Computer Engineering UIUC 2007.

John T. Karantonis

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

Trent Jurewicz

motorcyclist • world traveler • founder @riot-inc • alum of @piepdx • director of technology at @manifest-digital, @acquity-group

Jim Carini

Founder and CEO of Jolokia Media and the Game Break Network. Marketing and product background with both startups and agencies.

Douglas Harrington

Founder Patient-Advisor • Studied at @harvard-university, @kellogg-school-of-management

Peter Mantas

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

Asaf Elani

Co-Founder at @ourlabel; Former Technology Consultant at @accenture Technology Labs; B.S. Electrical Engineering @northwestern-university University.

George Eid

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.

John Gulbronson

Founder @myfab5 • Studied at @university-of-michigan
http://blog.myfab5.com

Pete Stam

Founder UrbanBuddy • Worked at @chicago Sculpture Works • Studied at @'Cuse

Andrew Katz

Worked at @reachlocal-nasdaq-rloc, @thumb-friendly • Studied at @university-of-south-carolina

Steve Gradman

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

Mike Dwyer

Founder QUEsocial • Worked at @aon-hewitt • Studied at @university-of-iowa

Avi Stopper

CaptainU's CEO, @booth-school-of-business MBA, skateboarder and guitarist.

Patrick Kwiatkowski

CEO of Microcinema Intl. Strong international business background. MBA @university-of-chicago.

Adam Hirsen

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

Robert Wilson

Craft wine visionary, formerly @wirtz-beverage representing @e-j-gallo-winery portfolio. Earned C.S.W. (Certified Specialist of Wine) in 2012.

Anthony Marnell

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

Anthony Richardson

Consultant. Growth Hacker. Founder. Mentor. I help start-ups you've never heard of become companies you know.

Brian Busche

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

Thomas M. Sparico

Maggie Keen

Co-founder @cardoona. Loyola University Chicago BBA. Background in Private Equity & Wealth Mgmt @Northern Trust. Responsible for human & capital mgmt.

William Underwood

Founder @spotme • Studied at @university-of-chicago, @university-of-illinois-chicago

John Geis

Co-founder @glossre • Head of Ops @dabble • Former investment banker • Studied at @babson-college

Elisa All

Allan Ziegler

Regional Sales Director at Groupon. Worked @Goldman Sachs • Studied at @Penn, @Wharton

Chris LoPresti

Founder @touchpoints • Love building communities with @sandbox-network, @the-feast, @gust • Studied @yale-university • NYC & Chicago • Angel - VC - Entrepreneur •
http://www.chrislopresti.com

Nic De Castro

Founder @plzadvize • Worked at @magnetic, @visus-video • Studied at @boston-university

Giulio Ardoino

Founded @ziczac, top Italian News Aggregator. Founder of @bestcreativity, a marketplace for creativity based on Crowdsourcing

Zishan Ahmad

Leader, mentor, developer, manager, polyglot. Organizer Startup Weekend, Stamford Tech Meetup. Led dev on $30MM U.C. product. Looking for my next adventure.

Amanda Cannan

Recovering tax accountant; Director, Internal Strategy Consulting @ibm; Past @ernst-young ; Bridge between our investments & the angels and VCs

Ryan Schultz

Founder of OpeningDesign.com--basically Github.com for Architects/Engineers (building/construction industry).
http://blog.openingdesign.com/

Raj Naik

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

Alex Pyatetsky

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

Shuja Rahman

Founder of @gradmags. Worked at Dell. Two successful startups out of high school. @booth-school-of-business MBA.
http://blog.gradmags.com/

Benjamin Forgan

Founder of Konekt. Launched Startups on 3 continents. Former MD at Rocket Internet; Former Head of Sales Ops (Founding Team) Groupon Goods.

Isaiah Andrew

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

Bryan Jurewicz

Entrepreneur (Vision, Strategy, Funding, Execution & Exit) • CEO at @gradebeam • Studied at @University of Wisconsin, Madison

Diana Zink

Founder of DoerHub • Introduced, engineered, & managed profitable products for @nba Digital, @cnn-com, @Turner Broadcasting • Studied at @university Of Chicago

Brian Mandelbaum

Razorfish founding team member. Co-founder of GoSMILE (sold) VP, Digital @ Saatchi, VP, Innovation Director @ Cramer-Krassetl. Serial digital innovator.
http://www.brianmandelbaum.com

Adam Burck

MD of Evergreen Equity, building great businesses and brands. Previously in marketing and general management for CPG food & beverages globally.

Ravi Pilla

CEO ano Co-Founder @studycloud

Naveen Aggarwal

Technical co-founder of rfphunter with 13 years of coding and consulting experience.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Kl_G4yiwWXNFQ4Um9HdEZ0Uzg/edit?usp=sharing

David Kormushoff

Founder @jotlocker • Worked at @gather-1, @thoughtworks, @orby

Ravi Singh

Owner, RavWare Mobile Labs. I dream and love making and researching mobile apps on any platform every second of the day.

Timur Eligulashvili

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

Leo Akselrud

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

Panos Karouzos

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

Nick Kellermeyer

VP Sales @grubhub (employee #5), sales & leadership roles StubHub, ESPN Radio Chicago, short stint as international basketball scout, MBA DePaul University

Ismail Mohammed

DeVaris Brown

Chief Product Officer of @klick-push. Dev at @microsoft, @intel, Cisco, & @ibm in a former life. Evangelist at @microsoft and Marmalade. Math + CS @ UIUC

Corey Anand

Founder/CEO KitchIn • VP at @georama (Chicago)• High honors at @depaul-university, @butler-university Univ.- Entrepreneurship & Management. Heavily involved in startup community.

Aziz Ali

Serial Entrepreneur
http://azizali.com

Doejo

We fuel ideas that grow, helping startups & brands identify market opportunities and build the momentum they need.

Paul Caswell

Founder WeaveThePeople.com.

Jason Smith

Technology Executive
http://@jasonmcsmith

Sukhwant Khanuja

CEO Carematix/Blipcare, Worked at McKinsey and Case New Holland

Mike Fogarty

Founder & CEO at @mantle

David A. Cornelson

IT Consultant and entrepreneur with nearly three decades of enterprise development experience.

Josh Shpayher

@govsm; Politics, Social Media, Gov20 & OpenGov; Student of Science, History, Judaism; Father; Husband, Chicagoan, Cubs & Vikings; Attorney; @whorunsgov blogger

Eric Dyoniziak

Previously an Software Engineer at Yodle, Inc. BS in Computer Science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamaign.

Tim Kearney

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

Tyler Mendoza

co-founder/ceo @arc-mobile. Formerly @gdine-group-dining-made-easy . My goal is to bring restaurants and tech together.
http://godutchapp.tumblr.com

Lloyd McWhorter Jr.

President of NetVoices, Founder Intro America. Worked at Urban Ministries, HBO, Invensys and Microband. PMP Certified. Studied at Chicago Booth and NYU.

Stephen Puiszis

Hustler & Hacker wearing many hats. Current @tablexi, Former: @houlihan-lokey, @kelley-school-of-business-indiana-university-1
http://stephenpuiszis.com

Randy Ellis

Dad | Founder of @localluxapp | Citizen of @appsterdamchi | Public Speaker | UX/UI Visual Designer | Programmer | Aspiring Serial Entrepreneur | Foodie |
http://www.iamrandyellis.com

Andy Stankiewicz

Co-Founder Terranova Inc. • Senior public relations, marketing, and strategy executive driving growth and shareholder value.

Vaibhav Goel

Worked at @zynga, @oca-ventures • Studied at @kellogg-school-of-management, @indian-institute-of-technology-bombay

Andrew Lech

Founder of @agentrun. Insurance visionary. Application Developer. Husband. Insurance CRM disruptor.

Jim Snediker

Founder and CEO @stock-mfg, Founder @Left of Trend • Sales, Marketing, Brand Management at @careerbuilder • Journalism at @university-of-dayton
http://stockmfgco.tumblr.com/

Contessa Gibson

Founder of @plusnavigator-1
http://blog.plusnavigator.com

Joshua Chestang

Founder @speakerfeed - Changing the way people support their church. • Studied at @howard-university • Studied at The Starter League • Ruby on Rails

Aaron Zeitner

Chicago-based Entrepreneur with base hit successes, all leading up to a home run.

Wood Chatham

CEO of Clean Plate, a startup consolidating the independent restaurant industry. 14 year career on Wall Street focussed on Consumer-related investments.

Elizabeth Rogers

Entrepreneur, Ops, Strategy, Process and People Pro

Rick Munster

Co-founder of 1st Zoe Group LLC holdings, exceptional technology sales and marketing acumen, makes impossible happen

Adam Piotrowski

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

Steve Blentlinger

Entrepreneur@heart. Love 4 Tech Innovation Business Philanthropy & NonProfits. VP @PaylineData Blessed Father w/ a beautiful wife & 2 boys
http://www.paylinedata.com/blog

Brandon Robins

Co-founder @ourlabel. Software Developer and Project Management Consultant through work experience, Mechanical Engineer and Music Performer by degrees.

Ardean Christian

Founder @postster-com

Chris Rechtsteiner

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

Scott Golas

Executive in Residence at NewCo (an affiliate of...) #Gamification expert, #outsourcing enthusiast, micro investor, avid biker & amateur landscaper

Samir Suri

Work at @progreso-financiero • Studied at @university-of-chicago, @university-of-minnesota-twin-cities

George Tung

I am an Entrepreneur at heart. No matter what I’m doing, I always think about how I can improve it.

Eric Schwartz

Co-founder and CTO of @beamboard. Strong history of technology leadership roles and building software and infrastructure to address various markets.

Tom Roever

Founder, ForMen2, Inc. VP, IBCTV [Internet Broadcast Company Television] Director, I-DEP LLC [Legal Depositions via Internet]

Won You

Design Director. Unrepentant Internet addict and information junkie.

Roni Tehori

Worked at @cisco, @sentictechnologies • Studied at @hebrew-university-of-jerusalem

Ronny Sage

A leader with the ability to bring individuals together to create, develop, and implement complex concepts to reach customer, partner, & stakeholder goals.

Humberto Valle

Founder/CEO of OppenUp. GCU BA. I'm a passionate and social entrepreneur. I consult social enterprises. Proud Rotarian, Gangplank anchor and global citizen.

Paul Sitbon

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

Daniel Gaeta

Founder @fitsby Currently working on a project to make the world a better place, with the help of technology.

Pamela L. Jennings

Founder @Noblewire• Making wireless sensor mesh networks accessible and fun• Worked @national-science-foundation Studied at @university-of-michigan MBA, @oberlin-college

Ryan Smith

Co-Founder of Good Market. PhD Mass Media and Communication Studies. TS/SCI Security Clearance.

Jared Fisher

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

Rashad Abdul-Salaam

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

Prentice M. Salter

CEO of Fandium, Proven background in start up and World class entrepreneurial opportunities.

Stacey Stockman

Founder | Global Philanthropic Social News Community; (@mybigearth, @mybigearth.com) Founder | Exec Agency (Synergistic Solutions, sylutions.com)
http://www.sylutions.com

Matthew Owen

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

Glen Andrianov

Booth MBA Student Aspiring Entrepreneur

Shannon Snider

Founder @simplemarks. Founder @cardina-internet (sold). Senior Software Developer. Physicist & Astrophysicist.
http://www.snidersh.org

Nick Cronin

President of @expertbids-2. Former corporate lawyer. Strong startup/business background.

Benjamin Hernandez

Founder/CEO @NuMat Technologies• Portfolio Ops @ $5B PE/VC fund • @booz-company, • JD-MBA @kellogg-school-of-management ,Engineering @northwestern-university

Curtis Foster

6 years Business to Business sales and marketing. Great at managing projects and recruiting talent. C and Ruby Rails programming experience.

Peter Hans

Co-Founder of Harvest Exchange Corp. Founding team of Height Analytics & Height Securities. 14 years Investment Experience Colby College, Vanderbilt MBA

Michael Mercier

CEO & Co-Founder @mercier-jones. Strong background in engineering and product design and development (Insitu-Boeing, Radio Flyer, Fellowes).• Studied at @virginia-commonwealth-university

Ayinde Arnett

Cofounder @prenovate Consultant with SA Ignite • Studied at @morehouse-college Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) DFMFFSO {Division of Financial Management} in 2012

Renee

University of @booth-school-of-business MBA + 7 years CPG experience + 4 years Shopper Marketing agency experience + former college volleyball player

Conrad Styczen

Founder at BeachFire Ventures

Tyrre Burks

Founder Team Interval • Studied at @winona-state-university, @argosy-university
http://www.teaminterval.com/blog

Corey Northcutt

Inbound Marketing Specialist. 3-time Entrepreneur. Always Learning.
http://www.northcutt.com/blog/

Kimberly Walker

Co-founder @sitterworks-1 • Ranked in top 5% at RHI for nearly 10 years. Strong ad background. Studied at @university-of-wisconsin-madison

Peter Hepner

Founder @purchasing-platform. 15-year veteran of the real estate industry. Ran asset management for a $3B investment company.

Mark Ladd

CEO & Co-Founder of LyteShot. Managed design for global building icons (SOM) and emerging services (MDG). Architect; UIUC Strategic Tech Mngmnt Program.

Jason Gonzales

techie, serial entrepreneur, founder/ceo aquavida, author, blue sky burning.
http://www.jasongonzo.com

Avani Miriyala

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

Andrew Antal

Worked as product/relationship/project manager and business analyst in financial tech for 15 years. MBA from Loyola University Chicago

Jay Dias

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

Ben Brabston

MBA candidate at Chicago Booth; now working at @matchist. Former strategy consultant at The Cambridge Group

Mike Whitaker

Founder @idefi-axs

Albert Pak

I’m creative designer and front end developer for web and print. I love building ideas, websites and brands.

Nick Cohen

Founder @chat-sports • Worked at @motorola • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign, @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business

Chris Johnson

Founder ZupStream • Senior Technical Leadership at Motorola, Ingenient Technologies, PacketVideo. Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign, @missouri-university-of-science-technology

Eugene Lorman

Worked at Fermi National Lab and @northrop-grumman. BSCS from UIUC. 12 years hardware/software integration and web dev/architecture. Worked on fighter jets.

Brian D. Shields

Digital Strategy & Business Development Consultant | Startup Advisor

Ani Rangarajan

Co-founder of @realync • Worked at @accenture • Studied at @northwestern-university

Ling Wang

Awesome iOS developer.

Marc Quinlivan

Former Managing Partner at Chicago Litigation Solutions, a litigation support firm serving corporate and legal clients in the Chicago area.
http://marcquinlivan1.wordpress.com/

Vikas Bhakta

Founder & CEO, Ve-Go • Studied @cornell-university, @university-of-texas-austin • Cornell Innovation Network • Hospitality & Travel Executive with Entrepreneurial Experience

Eric Redden

Founder umYum • Worked at @bnp-paribas • Studied at @depaul-university, CFA Charter 2010

Shuchi Sharma

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

Jason Martorana

Vice President of Operations @ @bright.com

David Levine

CEO of R1 Ventures.

Leon Chism

Chief Technology Officer at @analyte-health, former CTO at @viewpoints-network, Chief Architect at @orbitz. Strong technology, leadership, and business skills.

Ninos Youkhana

Worked at @u-s-department-of-state, @accenture • Studied at @depaul-university
http://www.nninoss.com

Emily Motayed

Founder of Havenly; Worked at American Express, Huron Consulting Group.
http://www.blog.havenly.com

Brandon Bernicky

Student - Web Developer - IT Consultant

Chris Gay

Entrepreneur, CEO of Avé Gourmet. Strong technical, design and business background.

Jamie Johnson

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

Phil Castello

Founder @rentspek • Worked at @nbc-universal, @comcast

Gib Olander

Founder & CEO Local Viewpoints. Founding team member of Localeze (exit Neustar)

Brandy Wimberly

Founder of @buyvite. Experience carefully crafting and creating Internet marketing campaigns for major brands. BA Film MA Journalism. Much love for ecommerce.

D.J. Moran, Ph.D.

Co-Founder of @rune17. Founder of Pickslyde Consulting & MidAmerican Psychological Institute. Expert in behavior-technology interfacing with Bluetooth LE sensors

Tom Brown

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

Christian Schlachter

Current Angel Investor in NYVS and GorillaSpot Media; Professional Sales; Early stage business development and fundraising.

Michael C. Phillip

Founder & CEO of Votimo; Director of Operations for a boutique nonprofit; Previously CPA with KPMG in Chicago
http://www.philanthro.pe

Matt Weirich

Co-founder @realync • Worked at @accenture • Studied at @purdue-university
http://www.propertyinvested.com

Chris Cimino

Founder @coursecloud-1 • Studied at @northwestern-university, University of Notre Dame

Tom Fang

Design, UX, product focus with marketing chops. Previous work in real estate private equity at Walton Street Capital. Wharton grad. Quantitative background.

David Cohn

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)

Daniel Brajkovic

Mobile Software Engineer (iOS, iPhone, iPad)
http://[email protected]

Emily Lu

Founder @intake-me • Studied at @university-of-chicago

John Whelan

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

Moses Hohman

Eileen Murphy

Founder ThinkCERCA

Scott Moorhouse

Love turning data into images and images into results.

Jeremy Kissel

Attorney/Entrepreneur
http://blog.jeremykissel.com

Jakub Antkiewicz

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

Declan Frye

Software engineer/entrepreneur at Purple Binder. Bringing 21st century technology to the world of social services. Studied at @university-of-chicago.

Christian Schlachter

Sales Professional. Angel investor. Advisor. Business development and fundraising experience for early stage internet companies.

Ashish Ganju

VP Operations, @vayyoo Inc. Responsible for creating and executing long term business strategy, go-to-market plans and establish the US base for @vayyoo.

Marty Hahnfeld

Player-coach sales leader. Consumer & B2B Internet, community & local. I've built & led teams from zero to $100+ million a few times.

Scott Soderstrom

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

Tyler Feret

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

Neil Prasannakumar

Founder and CEO of @drishade. Strong risk-management skills (6 years trading equity and commodity options). @new-york-university Stern 2003.

Suzanne Kopulos

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

Justin Strane

COO of Justice Bid - Chicago startup connecting legal professionals with service providers.

Adam Grainawi

Full stack developer interested in building new networks to solve old problems.

Maxwell Schwartz

Founder Bikefrastructure, LLC

Scott Palmer

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

Mike Leahy

Entrepreneurial leader. Top-level Marketing, Sales Mgt., Ops., & Tech oversight w. global brands & high-growth ventures. Travel, hospitality, tech, B2B and B2C.

Sergei Kozyrenko

Founder/CTO @parknav

Jason Kreiter

Director of Research/Due Diligence & Partner @lock. Worked at Grosvenor Capital Management LP specializing in portfolio allocation and risk mitigation.

Tobias Lei

Data mining researcher & Master student at UIUC CS. #hackathons, #startups. Co-founder of StylePuzzle.

Mark McEachran

Strategy at @the-rubicon-project
http://markmceachran.com

Jeffrey Harrington

Co-founder of @cardoona. Former lead engineer at @Tribune-Company. Former Developer at @allstate. Graduate of @northern-illinois-university in Computer Science.

Jeremy James

Founder @esentry-security (beta testing). Two years as Physical Security Analyst at @ares-corporation. B.S. Mechanical Engineering @massachusetts-institute-of-technology.

Craig Sweeney

Founder & CEO at IconBocs

Steve Goldsmith

Entrepreneur and Matchmaker. Marketing, Lead Generation, Events, Direct Response Advertising and Marketing. 30 yrs creative & media buying

Hirokazu Morita

CEO of Origoh (Current). Rocket Engineer in JAXA, Public Officer in Japan, Statistian, Chicago Booth MBA 2013 (Sponsored by Government) and Art lover.

Lloyd

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!!

Joshua Bryan

http://www.joshbryan.com

Nestor Lara

Founder @esentry-security (beta testing). Private Equity. Engineering Consulting. B.S. Aeronautical Engineering @massachusetts-institute-of-technology.

Brett Singer

Founder of @youtopia : Re-Imagining Good. Seasoned entrepreneur with 18 years experience in design and management.

Phil Mikhaylov

Chicago · Entrepreneur · Biz Dev @freebie · University of Arizona

Jason Sizer

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)

Malick Maachi

Samir Patel

Founder KNOWLEDGEO, Spare to Share • Worked at @motorola, @continental-automotive • Studied at @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business

Filipe Oliveira

Software Engineer. Security Researcher. Entrepreneur.

Geet Khosla

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/

Avinoam Eden

Investor in @musicdealers-com, @www-neurostechnology-com.

PJ Targun

VictorSanchez

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

Peter Shen

Founder of Circlekick.com Founder of @tigerstartups.com Founder of Koowie.com Winner of SocialDevCamp Hackathon Guerrilla Coder award
http://koowie.com/pete

Dan Arwady

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

Rajan Sharma

Founder @umyum • Worked at @new-york-university-1 • Studied at @new-york-university, @cornell-university

Brij Shah

Management consultant, Kellogg MBA, "Product guy"

John Haugen

M.S. student at @columbia-university University. Database marketing, strategy, and analytics consulting background.
http://blog.seatsync.com

Marvin McTaw

- 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

Lakshmi Bhargave

Founder at @roomations-1. Passionate about interior design. Loves Marketing. MBA from Michigan's Ross School of Business.

Ryota Sekine

Co-founder, COO at Origami Creative. Recent UChicago graduate. ChicagoBooth MBA Class of 2017 Admit. Health, Energy, Art.

Arnav Dalmia

Founder FunPower • Studied at @university-of-chicago

Jake Chen

Founder of @musefy & Proptone

D.C. Crenshaw

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

Gregory Jaros

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

Atul Jain, MD, MS

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.

Tim Hart

Founder of Nimby Games with first title Confidence: The Game available on the App Store (beta).

Patrick Gallagher

Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign

David Schacht

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

Mike LaBelle

Carlyn So

Founder RESUSstudio • Studied at @university of Chicago, @uic

Josh Rateliff

Strategic Minded Marketer and Problem Solver. Vast Experience with Fortune 100 Clients and Top Retailers. Pretty Awesome Dude.

Matthew Cin

Law student at WashU in St. Louis; Worked at Facebook; Assist startups with entity formation and intellectual property protection; B.A. in Economics.

Jordan Bast

B2B business builder with 10 years sales, marketing, & management experience. Engineer & MBA. Advisor to Bison Pallet. Materials, industrial, cleantech.

Chris Brimmage

Founder KNOWLEDGEO, @karaoke-octopus-comics • Worked at @alief-isd, @cy-fair-isd • Studied at @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business

Samir Patel

Co-Founder at Reppio Victory Park Hedge Fund (Consumer Tech) Lazard Freres Investment Bank (Restructuring) Studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Campaign

A. J. Honoré

2013 MBA Candidate @university-of-iowa | Awarded 2013 Leadership Legacy Hawkeye Award | NYC Media Background | Founder of Under Par Voice Over

Sagar Deo

Engineer. Marketer. Worked for Nolan Bushnell. Failed many times. Learned. Obsessed with discovering a way to replicate change.

Jay Sebben

Founder @crowdfynd, @onlocation-media-group-llc • Worked at @kpmg, @true-north-communications • Studied at @university-of-iowa

Jisoo Ahn

Founder KNOWLEDGEO • Worked at @bain-company, @korean-reinsurance-company • Studied at @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business

Bill Gloff

CTO at @bigmarker-3 • Lead Architect at YC based Aisle50.com • Studied at @depaul-university
http://billgloff.com

Patrick Fuller

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/

Glenn Robertson

Zach Borders, AICP CNU-A

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/

Vivian Chung

Duke University, Marketing and Advertising, Digital and Social Media; worked at Akira Chicago and Nordstrom

John McClelland

Founder @popad Medic@1stRangerBn Analyst@Mckinsey Yut@Groupon

Paul Howey

Founder Talkroute

Brian Godsey

PhD (applied math), data scientist, Bayesian probabilistic modeler, working with data in social networks, bioinformatics, finance. Works/ed at RedOwl, NSA

Mark Challenger

Founder FasterTable. Founder/CEO of MindBuilder Group, Inc. (software consultant) and Salsalito, Inc. (restaurants). Former founder and CEO US Office Equipment.

Aaron Mog

Founder & CEO at ThirdPartyTrust

Evanna Hu

Co-Founder & CEO, g.Maarifa Writer
http://www.evannahu.wordpress.com

Glen Joffe

Glen Joffe has built his career on authenticity and respectfulness for items used by their indigenous culture.
http://glenjoffe.wordpress.com/

Jeremy Cai

Founder @sprout-products Worked @adobe @greenvolved @global-village-fruits-inc // Technology, Entrepreneurship, Design
http://jeremycai.wordpress.com

John Anyasor

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

Mohd Irtefa

Co-founder at http://shono.co, Full Stack Developer, Worked at eBay and Groupon, UIUC Computer Science 2014.
http://irtefa.tumblr.com

Victor Yu Kung

Founder/CFO/Developer Project SAM, Founder/Front-End Developer UChicagoEvents • Studied at @university-of-chicago

Sundeep Karnik

ReUsense CEO (Diabetes Testing sold in India) Revasyst CEO (Health IT) McKinsey + Senior roles at Medtronic, Elsevier. MD, India; MS, PhD(abd) UIUC

Matthew Furlong

Founder @insighthd.com Commercial Pilot, Naval Officer - Fighter pilot, Naval intelligence at NSA

Brad Kayden

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

Zachary

Founder HE SWIM • Worked at @beckman-coulter, @telluride-ski-and-golf-resort • Studied at @boston-college, @university-of-massachusetts-amherst