People
Meet 1550 founders, developers, designers, and operators building Chicago's tech scene.
John Pytel
Co-Founder of SoapBox, graduate of @michigan-state-university University
Julie Slezak
Worked at @cvs-caremark, @aon-hewitt • Studied at @university-of-illinois-chicago
Justin Bouchard
Founder @algofast, Bouchard Trading
Karl Zimmerman
Investor in @tynt, @divshare.
Kevin Musiorski
Longtime Idea-Guy. Ex IT-Guy. Now RoR-Guy. Currently looking to join a solid team as a strong junior developer.
Liad Wagman
Masha Safina
@carbonmade @magnum-ci @instafeed; MS @UIUC; PhD @university-of-illinois-chicago and so on
Matthew Furlong
Founder @insighthd.com Commercial Pilot, Naval Officer - Fighter pilot, Naval intelligence at NSA
Melissa Field
VP of Marketing at Georama • Studied at @michigan-state-university
Mike Fourcher
Startup marketing guy with news media and DC politics background + MBA.
Natasha Sawlani
VP of @kitchin. MBA/MSA student at Loyola Quinlan GSB. Summer quarter student at @the-starter-league. Worked at @edelman in Biz Dev, Marketing, PR and Finance.
Patrick Daday
Has previously worked at two startups. Looking to help Raise take their Loyalty Platform to the next level. Eager to get back in the startup world of Chicago.
Patrick Griffin
Peter Hepner
Founder @purchasing-platform. 15-year veteran of the real estate industry. Ran asset management for a $3B investment company.
Rajan Sharma
Founder @umyum • Worked at @new-york-university-1 • Studied at @new-york-university, @cornell-university
Robin Antonick
Conceived & developed first 7 years of John Madden Football, participated in launching startups thru IPO, Harvard Masters in Ops&Mgmt - disruptive technology.
Samer Saab
Founder @unbranded-designs, @revel-central • Worked at @zs-associates • Studied at University of Michigan
Scott A. Andresen
Founder of Andresen & Associates P.C., a Chicago-based law firm that focuses its offerings in the areas of sports law, entertainment, IP and corporate matters.
Tom Ancona
Manage programs and advise start-ups at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Hyde Park Angels. UChicago AB and AM grad.
Trent Jurewicz
motorcyclist • world traveler • founder @riot-inc • alum of @piepdx • director of technology at @manifest-digital, @acquity-group
Victor Yu Kung
Founder/CFO/Developer Project SAM, Founder/Front-End Developer UChicagoEvents • Studied at @university-of-chicago
Willie Myers
Head of Marketing and Customer Support @rapleaf; Princeton AB; excellent writer, editor, creative thinker. Former expat.
Yogesh Pandit
IUPUI Bioinformatics; Worked at Northwestern University