People
Meet 1550 founders, developers, designers, and operators building Chicago's tech scene.
D.J. Moran, Ph.D.
Co-Founder of @rune17. Founder of Pickslyde Consulting & MidAmerican Psychological Institute. Expert in behavior-technology interfacing with Bluetooth LE sensors
Dabney Lyles
Business Journalist writing about strategy, impact, and capital. Studied philosophy at @stanford-university and computer information systems @depaul-university. Loves to travel.
David Vosburg
Founder & CEO @zag-media-arts, background in media & design, with a focus on UX across multiple media formats.
Dennis Zhao
UChicago undergrad, founded 2 companies (one seeded, one sold), lots of startup work experience, looking for PM/Data/Design role this summer
Dominic Gelfuso
Designer, engineer, scientist and entrepreneur. Taught seniors as a freshman, made LEDs which emit sunlight, and am Fellow at VC firm. Inventor to a good home.
Doug Markle
Worked at @hicx_solutions, @aravo-solutions, @cvm-solutions-llc • Studied at @university-of-colorado-boulder, @purdue-university
Emily Pierson
Northwestern University, MS Predictive Analytics. Statistical modeling and BI expert, python novice. Independently curious, plays well with others.
Eric Schwartz
Co-founder and CTO of @beamboard. Strong history of technology leadership roles and building software and infrastructure to address various markets.
Eric Watson
Chicago MBA graduate, Consulting Experience, Full database skill set, Nerd w/ Personality. Flourished in all size companies (Startup, Mid, $1Bil corporation)
Federico Baña
Software engineer from Uruguay. Passionate about helping and studying how teams and businesses grow from the ground up.
Giel Stein
Giel Stein joined the Social Security Administration as assistant regional counsel in 2009 after spending eight years working for private law firms.
Gina Johnson
20 years Digital Sales and Marketing experience at companies like Martha Stewart, Time Inc. iVlliage/NBCU, Newsweek The Daily Beast
Jacqueline Matuszak
Worked at @walls-360
James Murray
Created new beer keg tap called The Uber Tap, founded adventure sports media and e commerce site called SoulGear.com
Jessie Zhang
Co-founder and Marketing Director at @loopo • Studied Integrated Marketing Communications at @northwestern-university • Worked at TMX Finance and CME Group
John Francis
Intuitive multi-platform product builder. Information consumer. Startup junky. Interactive Art Director and UI/UXer for mobile at Draftfcb Chicago.
Josh Rateliff
Strategic Minded Marketer and Problem Solver. Vast Experience with Fortune 100 Clients and Top Retailers. Pretty Awesome Dude.
Kasra Moshkani
Founder of HireBrite • Formerly M&A, Private Equity & Business Development • Studied at @harvard-university, @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business
Kenneth Jones
Advisor to @introfly.
Luis Azuaje
Co-Founder/VP of Sales at ClickQuoteSave, LLC. Worked at The American Medical Association; Managed complete sales process of Medical Coding Solutions
Neil Prasannakumar
Founder and CEO of @drishade. Strong risk-management skills (6 years trading equity and commodity options). @new-york-university Stern 2003.
Nicholas Haynes
Co-Founder @thyme • Worked at @tallan-consulting @direct-energy • Studied at @carnegie-mellon-university
Patrick Fuller
Tech Leader at NuMat. Expertise in managing the interface between tech & business (Finance from Lehigh, Chem. Eng. from NU). Pythonista and lover of automation.
Peter Hans Hirschboeck, P.E.
Quantitative Trader, Professional Engineer, Consultant... I understand the energy industry from the finance, engineering, and strategy angles.