People
Meet 1550 founders, developers, designers, and operators building Chicago's tech scene.
Tyler Coppock
Operations Analyst at CakeStyle with a strong background in writing.
William Underwood
Founder @spotme • Studied at @university-of-chicago, @university-of-illinois-chicago
Mocoti
Andrew Berriz
Brand Planner & Digital Strategist at the intersection of businesses, brands, and customers in a digital world. Writer motivated by how people think and evolve
Andy Chu
Bobby Gylling
Recent Miami University graduate. Prior experiences include startups, advertising, marketing, sales, media, biz dev, and relationship building.
Brian Begy
Development leader. Takes projects from ideas to implementation.
Bryn McCoy
CTO of @citizen-made. Software engineer for Lifetouch, Navteq, IBM, Volvo. Product design consultant for Kinesis, Brightspark, Northwestern Medicine.
Chris Brimmage
Founder KNOWLEDGEO, @karaoke-octopus-comics • Worked at @alief-isd, @cy-fair-isd • Studied at @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business
Chris Johnson
Founder ZupStream • Senior Technical Leadership at Motorola, Ingenient Technologies, PacketVideo. Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign, @missouri-university-of-science-technology
Chris Peterson
Front-End Developer
Collin Bourdage
Web developer for Gorilla, a rapidly growing e-commerce agency in Downtown Chicago. Creative thought process to help clients solve problems is the name of the game.
Dan Arwady
Founded SoundOff.fm. Started at SPM Marketing and Communications and went to Performics to work in SEM, now employed at @google. Play drums in numerous bands.
Dave Seidler
David Gjeldum
Worked at @active-mind-technology, @elevate-studios
David Van Der Beek
Declan Frye
Software engineer/entrepreneur at Purple Binder. Bringing 21st century technology to the world of social services. Studied at @university-of-chicago.
Doc Kane
Communicator, author & operations guy. Researcher for the History Channel's "Vietnam in HD"
Don Chartier
Versatile manager/doer who sells new technology and services. Drives faster adoption and greater revenue. Was told that I'm "interstitial." Sounds good to me.
Energy Foundry
An impact venture fund which supports game changing energy-tech companies, and empowers consumers to harness the benefits of the energy-tech revolution.
Erica
Worked at @silicon-valley-bank
Graham McNally
Commercializes Startup and Corporate innovations
Hollie Sobel
Drawing from broad reserves of practical training and experience, Hollie Sobel serves as an assistant professor at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.
Jasmin Besic
Dealster, Daily Dealter and Chitown Deals