People
Meet 1550 founders, developers, designers, and operators building Chicago's tech scene.
Jake Chapman
Co-Founder of ShowcaseU. Former Professional Pitcher of 8 years.
Jared Fisher
Commercial Real Estate Professional. Marketing Expert. Deal Maker. Entrepreneur. Ideator. Thinker. Executer.
John Wright
eCommerce and retail consultant, product manager
Joseph Nedumgottil
Tech Lead at MiGym. Graduate of University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
Katie Swartz
Experienced Management Consultant. Strong finance, operations, strategy & M&A background. BBA - University of Notre Dame, MBA - University of Michigan.
Kyle Hanson
Developed parallel backtesting software for stock trading firm. Haskell lover. Python guru. Strong web development background. Lead developer on many projects.
Malick Maachi
Matthew Moore
Max Talbot-Minkin
VP of Strategy and Design, TodayTix. Designer, strategist, tech nerd, MBA. Love building companies. Columbia University and IIT Institute of Design grad.
Michele Spagnuolo
Information Security Engineer at Google, OSCP. Security Halls of Fame: Google (4x), eBay, Yahoo!, Nokia, Opera, Mailchimp, Shopify.
Rob Walsh
Co-Founder of @scholastica. Academic publishing experience at Callaloo (JHU Press). Designed at many Chicago software 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
Steve Komie
Steven Baumgartner
Executive level Sales & Marketing leader; owner of Blossom Growth Services; worked at Mercer, Alvarez & Marsal, and PR Newswire; Mentor to start ups and 1871
Andrew Dennis
Co-Founder @spaciety
Brad Kayden
Co-founder; Ed.D Org. Leadership; 2nd startup; Developed first tested tot-sports model in sports research; Author; Parent of two toddlers; The Coach Pickles
Brandon Bernicky
Student - Web Developer - IT Consultant
David Quach
Lead Developer at @supported-intelligence-llc • MA in economics @northwestern-university, BEc (graduated 1st in economics honors class) @university-of-sydney
Greg Goodman
Director of Product Management for Mobile & Platform. Technology Junkie with skills to turn everyday business needs into market changing innovations.
Isaac Kohn
Startup & Growth Executive. Strategy, execution, operations, product management, build winning teams, international experience. Co-founded Vigilant Europe Ltd.
Ivan Odom
Partner, R7 Partners
Jason Beckman
Brown University Grad; Headed Brown Entrepreneurship Program; Performance Poet; Lover of Ideas; Wanderer of Words and Worlds
Jason Weingarten
Co-founder and CEO of @recsolu and @RecPass. Everything I do is always both business and pleasure.
John Geis
Co-founder @glossre • Head of Ops @dabble • Former investment banker • Studied at @babson-college