People
Meet 1550 founders, developers, designers, and operators building Chicago's tech scene.
Laura Boring
Marketing and Business Development at @simplerelevance ; Worked at Bank of America; Furman (BA 2006), Vanderbilt (MBA 2012)
Michael Krasman
Founder Versity (sold), @hireology, @UrbanBoundCo & @Homescout. Studied at @university-of-michigan.
Yan Pritzker
CTO @reverb
Anthony Marnell
Currently BD & Sales @mailjet Formerly @techstars NYC and @ubs • Studied at @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business, @university-of-kansas
Cem Baydar
Strategy and Management Consulting Executive with 15 years of experience, Advisory Board Member of Endeavor, Member of Keiretsu Forum, ex-Accenture and comScore executive.
Contessa Gibson
Founder of @plusnavigator-1
Jonathan Kelley
Co-founder of @buzz-digital, Co-founder of Element Bars.
Josh Holat
@stagebloc Co-Founder, Founder @mirrorgram / Lead Developer, Object Orienter, Git Pusher, Apple Lover, College Dropout, Life Lover
Ron Cass
Founder, CEO at Big River Online VP Development, Computer Associates Director, AI Ware (acquired)
Aaron Robinson
@zockster and @parametric • Worked at @google (public policy, HR tech), @obama for America (operations) • Studied at @Wash U (economics)
Elaine Russell
Founder @heirlume
Kelly Kane
Co-Founder at @a-drink-with. Passion for strong editorial content and unique digital media. Worked at @groupon, @cbs, @mtv-networks.
Kunal Parbadia
Co-Founder @BetterWeekdays; @georgia-institute-of-technology Engineer; Worked @accenture, Product Development and User Experience; Love growth hacking
Ninos Youkhana
Worked at @u-s-department-of-state, @accenture • Studied at @depaul-university
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
Dan Armbrust
Founder @gener8tor, @granite-med-systems • Investor @eatstreet • Studied at @university-of-wisconsin-milwaukee
Evanna Hu
Co-Founder & CEO, g.Maarifa Writer
Fabricio F Costa, PhD
Entrepreneur and scientist Genomic Enterprise, CEO and Founder; @datagenno, Co-Founder From Brazil and living in the US
Joshua Chestang
Founder @speakerfeed - Changing the way people support their church. • Studied at @howard-university • Studied at The Starter League • Ruby on Rails
Matt Weirich
Co-founder @realync • Worked at @accenture • Studied at @purdue-university
Ryan Lupo
Graduate of @williams-college College. Work with start-ups throughout the country. Looking to help bring top technical talent to your firm.
Chris Plahm
Managing Partner at Stonebridge Wealth Management
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)
Hari Srinivasan
Founder @we-created-it-1 • Worked at Telenav, V-Vehicle (KPCB & GV startup), @venrock • Product & Marketing Background • @stanford-university MBA