Shobhan Thakkar

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.

Christopher Steiner

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

Justin DeLay

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

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

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

Matt Helbig

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

Peter Sellis

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

Patrick O'Brien

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

Jessica Sheft-Ason

IT Consultant, Studied Economics @university-of-chicago and investor with @kewpie-associates.

Lori Annoreno Penoyer

Worked at @yahoo, @ixl

Iman Jalali

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

Andy Lai

IT Management Consultant. Passion for solution development. Self-driven. Values integrity and accountability. Worked at @adobe-systems, @transunion

Jeffrey Carter

Turns Concepts into Profits. Advisor, Connector, Co-Founder of @hydeparkangels, Angel Investor, Independent Trader, @pointsnfigures
http://www.pointsandfigures.com

George Monical

Investor CEO of MiGym: Experience in successful startups including Betfair and The Coupons App & corporate experience at US Cellular and Allstate; Kellogg MBA

Mike Fiorillo

Strong business, marketing, UX/design chops. Experience agency & client side. Kellogg MBA 2013.

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/

Sarah Evans

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

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/

Claire Schlafly

Startup jack of all trades, former bulge bracket financial analyst. Self-starter, fast learner, and ready to hit the ground running

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.

Nathan Pinger

Director of Products, Stats & Finance Guru @ycharts. Studied at Chicago Booth (MBA) , UW-Madison, and @stanford-university.
http://www.nathanpinger.com

James Dickerson

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

Rob Costlow

Founder: @tourist-records Co-Founder: ActiveFam Past gigs: @the-active-network @eteamz-com @rollingnote @teamsnap @weplay @zaadz Contemporary Pianist Dad of 2

Jonathan Krieger

Full stack marketer specializing in early-stage and growth startups

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

Erik Kostelnik

Proven business leader that has built and managed $mm sales, marketing and service teams, monetized products, formed strategic partnerships and raised capital.

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

Christopher Mozzocchi

Kellogg MBA/Northwestern MEM. McKinsey consultant, Capital One & SimpleTuition alum. Strong background in marketing/analytics, budding Rails/HTML/CSS/iOS dev.

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

Len Kendall

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

Noah Ney

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

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

Mohammad Gaber

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

Kevin Leland

Founder @pawngo, @bodyshopbids • Worked at @lightbank • Studied at @university-of-pennsylvania

Elan Mosbacher

Chicago Startups | Online Marketing | @google Adwords PPC | p. 773.888.ELAN

Cam Balzer

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

Cristobal Alonso

Entrepreneur, startup advisor and TMT executive

Stan Bokov

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

Daniel Fohrman

Fueling more vacations with Rocketmiles. Former consultant at Navigant. University of Texas McCombs School of Business Finance / Accouting grad.

Adam Taylor

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

Angie Taormina

Creative Director at @coupontrade

Patrick Daday

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.

Ozzie Diaz

Founder @bivio-networks • Worked at @hewlett-packard, @cisco-systems-deleted-deleted • Studied at @national-university, @northeastern-illinois-university

Teddy Zmrhal

Entrepreneur, Designer, Teacher and Director at IDEO

Jonathon Schuster

I absolutely love growing companies through marketing that actually results in sales- not just to anyone, but to the right customers.

Kevin Lillie

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

Natasha Sawlani

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.

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

Chris Phenner

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)

Jack DeTrempe

Seeking new startup position • Worked at @food-genius • Studied at @miami-university • Interned @ Tap.me • Co-founder of Alpine Children's Charity

Nicole Staple

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

Allison Hannon

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

Marc Summe

A former FeeFighter who likes online marketing and finance
http://www.hadleycapital.com/blog/author/133

Joyce Schwarz

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

Paul Koziarz

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

Suzanne H. EL-Moursi

    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

Jon Turow

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)

Zach Reed

Blue Tide Founder // @parkwhiz Front-End // Love a good API // Design // JS // CSS // UI/UX // Optimism // SharkWeek // From Indianapolis, IN
http://blog.iamzachreed.com/

Lisa Marie Chatroop

Marketing Manager at @good-co. Former Senior Account Manager at @socialkaty. @depaul-university-1 and @american-intercontinental-university Alumni.
http://blog.good.co

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

Tyler Coppock

Operations Analyst at CakeStyle with a strong background in writing.

Jared McKiernan

I love the Internet, tech startups, math, statistics, sports analysis, game theory, writing, freestyle rhymes, craft beer & being an outsider.

Eric Pitt

Marketing Coordinator @opternative Formerly @mentormob & @groupon
http://www.ericmpitt.com/blog

Brent Rickles

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.

Amber Porter Telfer

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

Abtin Hamidi

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

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

Konrad Rodak

Founder @contractor-hero • Worked at @redfin, @aq-construction • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign
http://konradrodak.com

Aaron Robinson

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

Justin Jarvinen

Startup advisor. Biz dev guru. Strategist w/18 yrs brand, entnmnt & media relationships • Worked at @bear-stearns-co-inc • Studied at @northwestern-university

Mark Michuda

TextHub & CallOnTheGo

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/

Ariel Alexovich

Recent Oxford MBA grad, less-recent Northwestern journalism grad. Worked in reporting, writing and product launch for Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Politico.

Teresa Boucas

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

CohesiveFT

The original cloud networking company. With our VNS3 product, over 700 customers extend networks to create hybrid clouds.
http://blog.cohesiveft.com

Paul A. Linden

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

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

Tim Grace

Product Management & Marketing Exec; Startup vet, currently at Trunk Club; Previously at Cars.com, Apartments.com.

Garrett Buxton

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

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

Willie Myers

Head of Marketing and Customer Support @rapleaf; Princeton AB; excellent writer, editor, creative thinker. Former expat.

Genevieve Marie

Recent Davidson grad, founder and CEO of Campus Sherpas LLC, Dabble LLC intern, and freelance social media/brand strategist
http://Www.thecusp.co

Connor Regan

Northwestern undergrad, coffee lover, Netflixer.

John Pitocco

Technology Entrepreneur – Create, Design, Develop, Innovate

Marc Philobos

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

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

Meghan Bakken (O'Shaughnessy)

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!

Kevin Kent

A little bit of everything

Adam Scott Riff

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

Richard Hankison

Marketing and Bus Dev Entrepreneur with UW Wisconsin JD & Entrepreneurship and former Googler. Interested in Social and Environmental Entrepreneurship.

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

Chris Kiser

Marketing/Sales Hustler. 5 experiences in marketing and sales across different industries and company sizes, most recently interning at Google.

Joel Runyon

Founder Impossible Ventures
http://impossiblehq.com

David Perlmutter

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

Cyprian Francis

VP of Marketing at @power-tower

Magda Walczak

Senior marketing pro. MBA. Specializations in tech, financial services, pets, SMB. Strong business background. Experienced across multicultural and distributed teams.

Peter Raisch

Director of Public Relations at Kennedy Communications

Sean McClure

Manager - Business Development at Guardian News & Media

Maria Santacaterina

Aspiring content marketer with a vision in mind: to change the way marketers think about marketing.

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

Samantha Harris

New Business Development at @kumbuya.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

Leilani Chee

Member Experience Manager at Project Fixup (Techstars Chicago 2013); Previously Family Resource Specialist at large non-profit agency

Alexandra Kehoe

I can talk to people through the interwebs as though I'm an actual person and not a robot.

Tim Hines

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

Randy Anderson

Foodlander helps you discover deals and products right around the corner at your local farmers market. #freshdeals #localfood

Romil

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

Talia Gibson

Product Marketing Manager with 6 years experience at Google in US and Asia Pacific.

Matthew Reese

BizDev for freemium business models and high volume distribution -- AVG, @sana-security, @crossloop

A

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

Mahrinah von Schlegel

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

Phil Hammer

Founder & CEO @procureapp-1 I'm passionate about new technologies and in helping corporation's to save expenses via new internet applications.

Brad Romney

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

Kyle Shea

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

Jeff Bajayo

Founder of Covr (Stealth), Product Manager at InVisionApp, Editor at BetaList, Adobe Advisory Board Member, New Yorker.

Derek Beckmann

Serial entrepreneur, startup advisor, angel investor, technologist, strategist. Highly skilled at business/corporate dev, and closing strategic partnerships.

Nicole Yeary

Founder of Ms.Tech • Worked with @hootsuite, @midventures • Studied at @purdue-university, @cleveland-state-university, @indiana-wesleyan-university

Ahmed Zedan

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

Michele Joel

www.linkedin.com/in/mjoel

Jack Wheeler

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

Ben Reid

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

Amy Kirsch

Director of Dearborn Partners. Business development, raised money for Independent RIA in Chicago, established quarterly marketing programs. Created: http://www.thirdrivercapital.com

Anthony Richardson

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

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

Nikos Avlonas

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

Elizabeth Kulin, M.S.

Successful marketing consultant of Kulin Marketing, LLC.

Matt Dellen

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.

John McLaughlin

COO of Critical Mass, creating extraordinary digital experiences that exceed clients business objectives

Meghan Hammond

Marketing Director @dabble

Tom Wright

AdWords and Analytics specialist. Former HTML / CSS student at The Starter League.

Patrick Kwiatkowski

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

Brian Lastovich

Worked at @base-crm • Studied at @university-of-dayton
http://blog.getbase.com

Peter Mantas

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

Blake Bible

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

Aaron Post

Father, Husband, Mad web skills, currently handling the Marketing, Account Management and Sales for BarVision.
http://www.barvision.com

Bobby Gylling

Recent Miami University graduate. Prior experiences include startups, advertising, marketing, sales, media, biz dev, and relationship building.

Darren Marshall

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

Jim Carini

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

David Speigel

Kellogg MBA, worked in VC at MK Capital, past role in digital media strategy/incubator/partnership group at Discovery Communications.

Justin Carr

Strategic Marketer w/experience at established companies & startups. Client & agency side. Worked at @j-walter-thompson, @pepsi • @yale-university undergrad, Kellogg MBA

Sean Johnson

Product Development Executive, Partner at Digital Intent

Raju Malhotra

SVP, Products @centro, Ex-Microsoft, Ex-McKinsey, Wharton MBA; Product-focused Technologist, Entrepreneur & Investor in Online Media, Advertising, Mobile/Social

James Valadez

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

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.

B.J. Mendelson

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

Tim Kearney

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

Mukund Chopra

Worked at @groupon, Director of Revenue @granify • Studied at @queen-s-university, @hec-paris

Hope Gurion

Chief Product Development Officer, experienced creating B2B and B2C services.

Jeff Pittelkow

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

Christopher Jones

Founder Lemonade Stand and Public Affairs Associate at the University of Chicago.

Ankur Mittal

Founded CVM (sold to Altegrity), Founded Smart Dimensions, C-Level Exec, Masters in Computer Science with MBA from Kellogg, Worked for Shasta Venture

Tasos Chatzakis

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.

Scott Gosnell

CEO at Windcastle Venture Consulting, Visiting Instructor of Economics at Kenyon College

Rob Sayre

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

Aziz Ali

Serial Entrepreneur
http://azizali.com

Allan Ziegler

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

Erin Little

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

Greg Hunter

Over seven years of experience managing and selling in fast-paced start-up environments and publicly traded top-tier SaaS firms.

Joshua Rogers [email protected]

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

Jennifer Ducharme

Currently working as a Writer/Performer with a decade of experience in customer service, theatrical production, and administrative assistance.

Lucien Carter

Generalist consultant with political and intellectual property background ready to be an innovative leader for a novel company with a respected team.

Robb Beal

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).

Andy Stankiewicz

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

Eric Watson

Chicago MBA graduate, Consulting Experience, Full database skill set, Nerd w/ Personality. Flourished in all size companies (Startup, Mid, $1Bil corporation)

Stephen Puiszis

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

Drew DePriest, CEM, LEED AP

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

David Hasebroock

Studied at Boston College, Founded @fishingenthusiast-com, Online Marketing Analyst at Fusion Tree, Inc.

Erik Peterson

Technical Guy with a Designer's Eye

Tannaz Chapman

Experienced finance, strategy and M&A professional; strong business background, extensive history in private equity.

Adil Shakour

Elizabeth Rogers

Entrepreneur, Ops, Strategy, Process and People Pro

Mike Gunville

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

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

Austin R. Maxey

Strong technical and management consulting background, Experience in SaaS and venture backed SMBs, GW MBA 2012.

Panos Karouzos

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

Gregg Lavine

Founder @p360 • Worked at @vmware, @partners-simons • Studied at @union-college

Andy Hopson

Skilled Senior Marketing Executive

J. David Morris

Marketing Professional

Jonathan Petrino

Interactive Marketer/Business Strategy Professional. Web 3.0 Data Proponent. Worked at @expedia & @thomson-reuters. Currently at @responsys. Marine Corps Veteran.

Andrew Chapello

Consultant at @accenture. Data junkie, marathon runner, traveler, Cubs fan.

Eric Crowley

Investment banking professional for five years with a history of sales and operational consulting. Experience wearing multiple hats. Booth MBA '08

A. Alexander Gillan

President of Eco Save Solutions, Inc. (Current Venture). Started my first business during college in wholesale liquidation in 2005. Conducted business in 13 countries.

Mike Fourcher

Startup marketing guy with news media and DC politics background + MBA.
http://blog.fourcher.net

Kelly Newton

VP of Business Development at GenSyn Tech. Recent MBA grad from @Kellogg. Orbitz.com, Early Stage Partners, HighVista Strategies, Bank of America.

Monica Sanders

Harvard Undergrad; University of Michigan MBA; 20+ years of management experience in roles emphasizing strategic planning and business/product development

Nauzad Dustoor

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

Nick Cronin

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

Karen Adler

Customer Experience @brideside; MBA Student ('13) from @kellogg-school-of-management-1; Worked at @boston-consulting-group, @target

Andrew Berriz

Brand Planner & Digital Strategist at the intersection of businesses, brands, and customers in a digital world. Writer motivated by how people think and evolve

Brett Dines

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

Emily Hanan

Kellogg MBA, studying Marketing. Strong writing skills. Experience with multi-billion companies and CEOs. Leadership experience.

Nick Moran

M&A Strategy, Breakthrough Innovation, Product Development

Tomer Yogev

If entrepreneurship is your life, then I'll be your life coach.

Drew Carson

Expert in assessment and institutional research. PhD Ed Psych, UT Austin. Launched CarsonAssessment.com in 2013. Institutional research leadership (Kaplan U).

Mendel Kurland

Founder of @apps-over-easy Corp and @world-life-networks LLC

Samuel Solomon

Founder & Host @signal-tower. Interactive Producer @red-square-agency. Former marketer at @drchrono and @crowdfunder-com. Graduate from @the-starter-league.

Sergey Zinin

Studied at @wheaton-college

Allan Krinsky

Worked at @slidegenius, @nulu • Studied at University of California, Santa Barbara

Nick Cohen

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

Brian D. Shields

Digital Strategy & Business Development Consultant | Startup Advisor

Corey Northcutt

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

Victor Greco

Public speaker and entrepreneur. Hedge fund manager and chief option specialist.

Simit Patel

Digital marketer, Product manager, Entrepreneur, Active Trader. Skills: HTML, CSS, Photoshop, Drupal, CRM, SEO, SEM, Social Media, Investing/Trading
https://plus.google.com/+SimitPatel

Ross Sims

Worked at @google, @morningstar, @apple-inc-1 • Studied at University of Illinois, Urbana, Champaign

Shane Smith

Strategy and finance professional with passion for technology, strong analytic abilities, verbal and written communication skills, and personal credibility.

Sarah Ostman

Studying Public Relations and Information Management and Technology at @syracuse-university University.
http://stostman.posterous.com

Wenjie Fu

Ideator, entrepreneur, avid learner, generalist

Doc Kane

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

Len Feldman

Experienced product manager and marketer with startup experience

Daniel Kamerling

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

Joan Lee

UIUC Engineering trained. Business and systems background gained at Deloitte Consulting. INSEAD MBA 2011.

Ashish Suri

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

Sean McDonnell

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

Hongtae Kim

MBA Student at Univ. of Chicago Booth, Class of 2014; Strong Business background (Nomura IBD, ex-Lehman); Alto-saxophonist in jazz quartet; Afghanistan Veteran

James DeMory, MBA

Sales ninja, relationship expert, and strategic thinker.

Jason Martorana

Vice President of Operations @ @bright.com

Tony Gebely

Worked at @domu-com, @atlas-software-technologies • Studied at @macquarie-university, @rowan-university

Nguyen Nguyen

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

Chris Sherrill

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

Bruce Cummings

Founder @vortura • Worked at @match-com, @leapfrog-online • Studied at @university-of-north-texas

Shashank Sundareshan

Consultant at Ernst & Young, MBA from USC, BS from MIT

Lindsay Saewitz

Founder/CEO of Chicago startup, operating profitably for three years. Skilled in marketing, sales, community building, and partner development.

Caroline Chen

Creative and social strategist in advertising. Writer, art director, design director in past lives at agencies and startups. Available for freelance.

Jeremy Monton

Traditional/Digital Media Manager on Retail Client at Mindshare. Worked in Advertising since 2007. Kellogg MBA December 2014

Seema Thakker

Dual masters, combining creative and business experience at global companies (Disney-ESPN) and startups. Passionate about creating social impact in everything I work on.

Case Morton

Marketing Associate at @dealsgoround-1, Podcaster at @InsightIntell, Post Rock enthusiast, Aspiring Designer... Oh yeah & I have rocking fiance @LindsayONeal

Emily Pierson

Northwestern University, MS Predictive Analytics. Statistical modeling and BI expert, python novice. Independently curious, plays well with others.

Victor Pena

Help Companies Use Digital Communications Effectively
http://vpena.com

Brandy Wimberly

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

Christine Wendy

Marketing Evangelist and Mindful Competitor

Benjamin Lachman

Technology commercialization and use case specialist. Investment portfolio with 10+ companies. Prefer tangible innovation over web-businesses.

Ryan Craft

Co-Founder, GroupTweet.com. A Group Twitter Platform. Multiple Contributors | One Twitter Account. www.grouptweet.com/examples
http://grouptweet.com/blog/

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 Dudek

Senior Sales Engineer, Kellogg MBA 2014, Illinois Engineering

Ramon Torres

PhD Engineering Northwestern. 3 years of research in data mining & segmentation. Interested in data science, marketing, analytics.

Rod McCleary

Digital Sales Professional - Top Performer - Hungry to learn, win, and make my mark.

John Fitchwell

Worked at @sg2, @west-monroe-partners • Studied at @university-of-chicago, @pennsylvania-state-university

Michael Sherrin

Passionate technologist and strategist with a Kellogg MBA and an eagerness to help build the next major web property
http://www.prodigeek.com

Brandon Bernicky

Student - Web Developer - IT Consultant

Peter Hans Hirschboeck, P.E.

Quantitative Trader, Professional Engineer, Consultant... I understand the energy industry from the finance, engineering, and strategy angles.

Lauren Fellure

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/

Sahil Mehta

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

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.

Varun Kanotra

Persistent. Patient. Big Thinker. Disruptive entrepreneur.

Amit Advani

Worked tech support, startup, consulting firm, hardware lead vendor, top 5 financial powerhouse. Seeking disruptive technologies also interested in impact investments.

Harsha Dronamraju

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

Sheila Arora

Chicago Booth MBA. Princeton Undergrad. Artist & Entrepreneur.

Jennifer Moore

@university-of-michigan Econ '12, experience with nonprofit and startup business strategy, marketing analytics, and account management

Benjamin Washburn

Vanderbilt Undergrad and Wash U. Law. Jack of all trades and solid-as-a-rock team player.

Ro Srey

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

Shawna Baskin

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/

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!!

Charlie Breit

Senior Digital & New Media Marketing. Passion is developing digital & video experiences to connect and entertain people across web, social & mobile platforms.

Jeremy Theisen

VP of Sales @truaxis-a-mastercard-company Built and led sales teams @google, @restaurant-com and @kgbdeals-com

Jessie Zhang

Co-founder and Marketing Director at @loopo • Studied Integrated Marketing Communications at @northwestern-university • Worked at TMX Finance and CME Group

Shreyas Gosalia

Marketer at @iprospect; Founder @livepitch; Studied at @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business, @ohio-state-university-1 and @kent-state-university

Emily Hantoot

Associate at The Boston Consulting Group; Stanford BA Psychology/Neuroscience 2012, Phi Beta Kappa. Impassioned by the study of human brain and behavior.

Scott Palmer

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

Raj Datta

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.

Alex G Valvassori

Hustler, Relationship and Account Management Specialist, Problem Solver

Anthony Arcese

Marketing and Pricing strategist; management consulting background with food industry experience

Gary Forbes

University of Chicago Booth MBA 2013, Accomplished Solution Architect, worked at Eaton Corporation and CDW

Vanessa Youshaei

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

Bill Houston

Advisor to @prevail-health-solutions.

Alex Hoopingarner

@intel Engineer; Tenacious Technologist;

Zach Zimmerman

Founder @kurfuffl • AM @eprize • Writer/Performer in Chicago • @princetonuniversity grad • Vegetarian

Jason Beckman

Brown University Grad; Headed Brown Entrepreneurship Program; Performance Poet; Lover of Ideas; Wanderer of Words and Worlds
http://hamadachronicles.wordpress.com/

Tim Brooks

Dynamic Revenue Strategist and Sales Leader. Founded, won funding, and sold two start-ups, developed and sold software start-up and created two patents.

Robin Antonick

Conceived & developed first 7 years of John Madden Football, participated in launching startups thru IPO, Harvard Masters in Ops&Mgmt - disruptive technology.

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

James Murray

Created new beer keg tap called The Uber Tap, founded adventure sports media and e commerce site called SoulGear.com

John Haugen

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

Will Springgate

Sales pro, top performer at WebMD, Wolters Kluwer and Merck.

Rajan Sharma

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

Mike Leahy

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

Birju Kadakia

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

Jiba Anderson

Founder Griot Enterprises • Worked at @draftfcb, @adobe • Studied at @UMich, @School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Mark Roth

Founder Chicago's Original City Guide - CenterstageChicago.com and Product Development leader.

Brett Relander

Co-Founder at Tactical Marketing Labs - Passionate Entrepreneur - Digital Marketing Strategist - Lean Startup Advocate - Startup Advisor - Only Results Matter

Corey L. Jacobs

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

Dustin McQuary

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

Dominic Gelfuso

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.

craig d. johnson

Successful media and marketing leader with extensive cross-functional team management.

David Schacht

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

Emmanuel Ramirez

Worked at @bottlenotes • Studied at @yale-university

lauren toan

Studied at @indiana-university-bloomington

David Hafferty

Harvard Gov and Stats, Associate at 270 Strategies, founded civic startup, civic tech blogger.
http://newcivics.tumblr.com/

Aaron Hans

Michigan BBA. Consultant at PwC. Freelance Nonprofit Consultant.

Adam Porcase

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

Brett Plotzker

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.

Joseph Klomp

Client Facing Digital Marketing PM.

David J. Bermejo

Good business needs good marketing. Good design is good marketing. MIT grad turned UX/Product Designer - translating user needs into useful & valuable products.

SiSi Shen

MBA Student at Kellogg, strong business and consulting background, health IT, consumer analytics, market research

Sagar Deo

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

Ryan Lopez

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

Joe Jacobs

Indiana University Kelley school of business - marketing. Built and sold 2 companies by age 33.

Scott Gallaway

Entrepreneurial MBA | Marketing & Sales

David Hafferty

Harvard Gov and Stats, Fall Associate at 270 Strategies, founded civic startup in college, civic tech blogger.
http://newcivics.tumblr.com/

Stephanie Delaney

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

Zara Husaini

Freelance writer/editor/publicist seeking a full-time role or freelance opportunities. BA/MS.
http://Statementscene.com

Brian Pogrund

Founder @blue-lane-groceries • Worked at @safco-dental-supply • Studied at @university-of-michigan

Lisa Cervenka

Brand Communications Consultant, MS, IMC, Northwestern University. Specialties include counseling senior management, affiliate marketing and crisis communications. Experience in tech, financial and healthcare fields.

Emma Zimmerman

Founding Member at @every-last-morsel, Worked for @happyfantickets • Studied at @depaul-university

Karen Fisher

Worked at @amc-networks, @u-s-ambassador • Studied at @northwestern-university, Trinity

Shailee Mehta

University of Chicago, MS in Statistics, 3 Years work experience in Finance in Deutsche Bank & Apollo Global Management

Sumeet Kale

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

Hunter Arizmendi

Associate at Northwestern Capital Partners. We are a boutique investment banking and consulting firm specializing in start-ups, from strategy to growth equity.

Stephen McKenna

Sophie Kaulas

Medill Grad (journalism/marketing/communications background), currently freelancing for IT dept at the world's largest pharmaceutical company.

Sean Willett

Co-Founder and Partner at NextRound Consulting. Business development and strategic partnership experience at Fortune 100 company

Roshani Sheth

Jacob Rynar

MBA at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, Former Marketer and Investment Banker

Shawna B. Lavelle

Creative, strategic and innovative business and marketing professional. Successful in leading entrepreneurial teams to achieve growth and marketing strategies.

Stephen *(Steve) Hawksworth

General Management for high acceleration to value situations.

Vivian Chung

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

Stephanie Manola

Brenda Desino

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

Minhal Baig

Yale grad, clever writer, good baker.

Patrick Gallagher

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

Daniel Sincavage

Leader, Entrepreneur, Innovator, Self-Starter, Team-Builder, Workhorse, Cold Caller, Closer: Launched a successful venture; Self-taught web developer

Annette Tortorige

Marketing and Social Media, Social Responsibility.

Danny Sanchez

!4 years of experience. Funded and launched mobile marketing startup 2011. Entrepreneurial and business minded technologist.

Ken Putman

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

Meghan Cassin

Exploring the power of factual storytelling for content marketers. Worked at Nat Geo, Sirius XM, and Siskel/Jacobs.

Harrison Forman

Seeking Full-Time Business Development position at an exciting startup, University of Michigan 2014
http://www.harrisonforman.com

Alon Schwartz

Anna Draft

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

Ben Legman

I'm helping build a great community at G2 Crowd

Anjali Devangan

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;

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

Oskar Melking

Founder of two beverage companies, student at Northwestern, marketing guru. Currently leading company of $300,000+ annual revenues and 30+ team members.

Alessandra Hernandez

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

Claire BeDell

Worked at @tech-li, @clearstream • Studied at @university-of-michigan

Nicole Nejati

Worked at @grubwithus, @groupon • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign

Akankshu Dhawan

Product Manager @ Windows (Microsoft) • Chicago Booth MBA ' 14. Strong experience in consumer electronics and software at Bose and Mathworks.

David Salsone

Military Veteran with telecom background, Brown University Economics; Worked at Morgan Stanley Tech IBD, William Blair.

Gregory Hewes

Co-Founder and Midwest Lead at The Rethink Agency

Brian Foy

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

Kathleen Virginia Page