People
Meet 1550 founders, developers, designers, and operators building Chicago's tech scene.
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
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.
Neil Kamireddy
Product and founding team @trunk-club (www.trunkclub.com). Formerly @mckinsey
Nicholas Evans
Director of UX @ Reverb.com
Nishant Patni
Founder CultureAlley. Past @boston-consulting-group, @enphase-energy. Kellogg MBA'12 (Beta Gamma Sigma honor); Engineer @indian-institute-of-technology-bombay
David Levine
CEO of R1 Ventures.
Orlando Saez
Entrepreneur, investor, coach. Delighting customers and inspiring people.
Paul Foley
Founder Nimbus, helping start-ups and SMB's utilize cloud apps. Previous: Market Expansion Belly, and Technology Analyst for Deloitte Consulting
Phil Castello
Founder @rentspek • Worked at @nbc-universal, @comcast
Jonathan Petrino
Interactive Marketer/Business Strategy Professional. Web 3.0 Data Proponent. Worked at @expedia & @thomson-reuters. Currently at @responsys. Marine Corps Veteran.
Allan Ziegler
Regional Sales Director at Groupon. Worked @Goldman Sachs • Studied at @Penn, @Wharton
Gautam Gulati
Chief Medical Officer & Head of Product Innovation at Physicians Interactive Holdings; Creator of OMNIO; Advisor: Medikly; Supporter of "Health Artists"
Hope Gurion
Chief Product Development Officer, experienced creating B2B and B2C services.
Kevin Kent
A little bit of everything
Robert Wilson
Craft wine visionary, formerly @wirtz-beverage representing @e-j-gallo-winery portfolio. Earned C.S.W. (Certified Specialist of Wine) in 2012.
John Ciecholewski
CEO of SUNN, Strong Operations, Sales & Marketing Skills. Cornell MBA in Entrepreneurship & Innovation, MEng in Systems Eng.
John Geletka
Partner and tech lead at Centup. My peers call me lots of things: Consultant, Manager, Strategist, Marketer Technologist and Designer.
Kasey Gandham
Co-founder of Packback. Marketer, musician, ed-tech enthusiast, and student affordability advocate.
Bryan Jurewicz
Entrepreneur (Vision, Strategy, Funding, Execution & Exit) • CEO at @gradebeam • Studied at @University of Wisconsin, Madison
Chris LoPresti
Founder @touchpoints • Love building communities with @sandbox-network, @the-feast, @gust • Studied @yale-university • NYC & Chicago • Angel - VC - Entrepreneur •
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.
Frank V. Pinto
Founder @monthlys-1, @mantra-labs-2 • Worked at @lightbank, @benchprep
Garrett Buxton
Experienced venture capital associate, tech startup operator, strategist, advisor. Love to build things, namely products and organizations of awesome people.
Jeremy Crane
Serial Entrepreneur. Into parking and technology. Lover of people, business and life.