People
Meet 1550 founders, developers, designers, and operators building Chicago's tech scene.
Erik Nathan
Investor @3tera, @lateraldata • Studied at @tulane-university
Ivo Dimitrov
COO of @georama. Worked at @ibm, @the-world-bank. MBA 2012 @depaul-university. Background: Entrepreneurship, Operations, Business Development
Jeff Froom
Co-founder, VP Application at @elicit
Jeremy James
Founder @esentry-security (beta testing). Two years as Physical Security Analyst at @ares-corporation. B.S. Mechanical Engineering @massachusetts-institute-of-technology.
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.
John Lustig
CEO at National Health Care Provider Solutions; HCIT Angel; Actively Involved w/ Disque Foundation & Ronald McDonald House of Chicago
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.
Mark De Avila
Currently @quarterly, Previously bizdev @12society, consultant @nbcuniversal, strategy consultant @joneslanglasalle
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.
Rohit Sankaran
Founder @riot-inc, @asset-harmony, @piepdx alum, worked at @manifest-digital, @arthur-andersen
Ryan Bell
Founder Gremln.com (135K users). Director, Costa Rican Software Firm (sold). Computer Science. 15 years
Samir Suri
Work at @progreso-financiero • Studied at @university-of-chicago, @university-of-minnesota-twin-cities
Shuchi Sharma
Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer @bennett-day-school. Strong business start-up background. IESE MBA, 2010.
Alex Fedotov
Amy Kirsch
Director of Dearborn Partners. Business development, raised money for Independent RIA in Chicago, established quarterly marketing programs. Created: http://www.thirdrivercapital.com
Arthur Tretyak
Ashees Jain
Founder @blue Elephant Capital Management • Worked at @lehman-brothers, @barclays-capital • Studied at @cornell-university, @northwestern-university
Birju Kadakia
Experienced launching products from beta to thousands of users. Management Consultant. University of Illinois Engineer.
Brendan Herron
Startup, VC and emerging companies attorney at Silicon Legal Strategy.
E Anderle
Eric J. Rosenberg
Geremy Good
Interaction designer for the noun project. Thinker at Simple.Honest.Work. Bassist for Glittermouse. Making for humanity.
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
James Kouris
Mentoring students in the Entrepreneur program at Kellogg in addition to working at “1871” assisting startup companies with technology and go-to-market strategies including fundraising.