People
Meet 1550 founders, developers, designers, and operators building Chicago's tech scene.
Wood Chatham
CEO of Clean Plate, a startup consolidating the independent restaurant industry. 14 year career on Wall Street focussed on Consumer-related investments.
Alex Ross
I like to make nothing into something. KU Grad, International exp, Fundraising and people Guru.
Christian Plaichner
Serial Entrepreneur with VC background, founder and CEO of SENACTIVE, a leading SW for CEP, Big Data, Predictive Analytics and Decision Mgmt.
Christopher Pursuitist
Award-winning pioneer in web publishing, online marketing and ecommerce.
Cody A. Ray
Software Engineer at @brighttag, Past-President at @drexel-university Smart House
Elizabeth Kulin, M.S.
Successful marketing consultant of Kulin Marketing, LLC.
Gauri Sharma
CEO of @lab42. Kellogg MBA. Contributor on @forbes
Jacob Obron
Recent Graduate of University of Michigan, Strong communication skills combined with a technical degree. Interned at ePrize, Merrill Lynch and FSA
James DeMory, MBA
Sales ninja, relationship expert, and strategic thinker.
Jorge Newbery
Founder & CEO, American Homeowner Preservation, which purchases pools of distressed mortgages from banks and offers homeowners long-term solutions, while delivering attractive returns to investors
Justin Carr
Strategic Marketer w/experience at established companies & startups. Client & agency side. Worked at @j-walter-thompson, @pepsi • @yale-university undergrad, Kellogg MBA
Magda Walczak
Senior marketing pro. MBA. Specializations in tech, financial services, pets, SMB. Strong business background. Experienced across multicultural and distributed teams.
Matthew Copeland
Founder at Packanimal Creative. UX IA UI
Oskar Melking
Founder of two beverage companies, student at Northwestern, marketing guru. Currently leading company of $300,000+ annual revenues and 30+ team members.
Rodney Witcher II
Founder @mdotm • Worked at @socialmedia-com, @siebel-systems • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1
Ronny Sage
A leader with the ability to bring individuals together to create, develop, and implement complex concepts to reach customer, partner, & stakeholder goals.
Scott Herkelman
President / Board of Directors at Wi3 Inc.
Shashank Sundareshan
Consultant at Ernst & Young, MBA from USC, BS from MIT
Staci Wagner
Worked at @accenture • Studied at @western-michigan-university
Tom Roever
Founder, ForMen2, Inc. VP, IBCTV [Internet Broadcast Company Television] Director, I-DEP LLC [Legal Depositions via Internet]
Tyler Mikev
Mobile designer and developer with strong foundation in native iOS apps; Lead dev/designer for PocketCab.
Andrew Wright
Thirty years of experience investing in publicly traded securities, derivatives, and private equity.
Chase Perkins
Founder & CEO @thoughtly Juris Doctor @loyola-university-chicago BBA in Finance @southern-methodist-university
Christopher Pauly
Strong business background in emerging tech (Electric Vehicles, Smart Grid, Smart Meters). Kellogg MBA; @depaul-university University College of Law JD