People

Meet 1550 founders, developers, designers, and operators building Chicago's tech scene.

Stephen Sullivan

Former Institutional Investor @ Citi, MBA Student @ UChicago, Scout @ LEO.COM, Small Angel, Aspiring entrepreneur

Erik Severinghaus

Founder @simplerelevance • Worked at @ibm, Founding Team @icontact • Studied at @kellogg-school-of-management, @university-of-north-carolina-chapel-hill. Patent in Data Optimization & experience closing 9-figure deals.

Edward Domain

entrepreneur

Raconteur with a Capital R. Also CEO of @tech-li

Arthur Watson

angelsentrepreneur

CFO @ Castle Hill. Angel Investor @HPA. MBA 2011 @Babson. BS Mechanical Engineering 2003 @UVA

Steve Farsht

advisors

Director and Board Member Techstars Chicago; Advisor Hyde Park Venture Partners; Member FireStarter Fund

Rick Desai

entrepreneur

Investor/Startup Advisor & Social Investor

Tim Jahn

entrepreneur

Co-Founder of matchist & @entrepreneurs-unpluggd

Philip Nowak

entrepreneurproduct-manager

Founder at @firmology. Product Manager at @sears. BA, Economics at @indiana-university-bloomington. Fan of startup entrepreneurs and small business owners.

Kapil Chaudhary

seed-funds

Investor in @brighttag, @ycharts, @sittercity, @viewpoints, @ifbyphone.

Jill Salzman

entrepreneur

Founder of @the-founding-moms; ran two companies previously. @brown-university grad, lawyer, TED talker, lover of chocolate.

Dave Hoover

angelsattorney

Latent human potential pisses me off. So I'm working on decentralizing education. Trying to be a great father, husband, son, believer, and squirrel.

Bob Shapiro

seed-funds

Investor in @chromatin, @theranos, @plum-choice, @navicure, @divergence, @launchcyte, @darkstrand, @apt, @referme, Callisto, @tlcontact, @healthcare.

Deborah Quazzo

bankerangels

Founder @thinkequity-partners, @global-silicon-valley-advisors • Worked at @jp-morgan, @merrill-lynch

Rob Schultz

Partner at Serra Ventures. Mentor to seed stage start ups and accelerators.

Charles Forman

developerentrepreneur

CEO of @picturelife. Founder of @omgpop.

Moshe Tamssot

entrepreneur

Founder & CEO @cookitfor-us | Founder, MonksOfInvention.com | Founder, InnovationCenter.com | Intrapreneur - @american-express, GE Capital, @kraft-foods

Vic Morgenstern

angelsvc

Founder @valor-equity-partners, @harris-associates

Stephen Meade

entrepreneur

Have built several companies. 1st big win- ecom company 1996, recently- Cenoplex- new mobile technology, current- My WetRock- big environmental impact product.

David Goldschmidt

entrepreneurproduct-manager+1

Cofounder @buycentives, Founder @greatfamilyrentals-com. CMO @intrago. MBA Marketing Michigan (Ross). Also @frog-design, @leo-burnett, @jwt, and Saturn.