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

Amit Advani
Worked tech support, startup, consulting firm, hardware lead vendor, top 5 financial powerhouse. Seeking disruptive technologies also interested in impact investments.

Anthony Arcese
Marketing and Pricing strategist; management consulting background with food industry experience
Brent Schnell
Strategic Sales, Business Development & Marketing Professional
Brian Day
Carlyn So
Founder RESUSstudio • Studied at @university of Chicago, @uic

Christine Wendy
Marketing Evangelist and Mindful Competitor
Christopher Huff
Fintech biz dev. Obsessed with product. Driving growth for a new platform at FactSet. Engineering undergrad, Chicago Booth MBA.
David Hafferty
Harvard Gov and Stats, Associate at 270 Strategies, founded civic startup, civic tech blogger.
Emmanuel Ramirez
Worked at @bottlenotes • Studied at @yale-university

Erin Roche
Chicago Public Schools’ administrator Erin Roche has served at multiple levels in several school districts.
Ersin Akinci
Full-stack humanist wants to empower people through the humanities; graduate of both Google Summer of Code and Vatican Secret Archives
Frank O'Hara
Founder Binary Mechanics LLC • Worked at @centro • Studied at @depaul-university

Gary Forbes
University of Chicago Booth MBA 2013, Accomplished Solution Architect, worked at Eaton Corporation and CDW

Gary Skoien
Studied at University of Michigan, @colgate-university
Glen Joffe
Glen Joffe has built his career on authenticity and respectfulness for items used by their indigenous culture.
Gregory Jaros
Founder @spare-to-share-1, @diamond-management-and-technology-consultants • Worked at @paynet-inc • Studied at @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business, @depaul-university
Jacqueline Wu
MBA candidate at Kellogg School of Management • Worked at @gap Piperlime.com, @williams-sonoma

James Cooley
Worked at @motorola-mobile-solutions • Studied at @northwestern-university, @massachusetts-institute-of-technology

Jeffrey Gilbert
Engineering, Kellogg MBA, 20 years of sales experience in digital media.
Jennifer Ducharme
Currently working as a Writer/Performer with a decade of experience in customer service, theatrical production, and administrative assistance.
Jie-Qi Chen
Professor @erikson-institute • Principal Investigator, Early Mathematics Education Project • Advisor @BennettDay • Ph.D. in Applied Child Development, @tufts-university University
Joe Duran
COO at @moneythink-1
Jon Schildt
Founder @calculated-risk-advisors worked at CNA insurance. Studied at University of Illinois and University of Chicago.
Joshua Rogers mjrogers59@gmail.com
Strategy consultant and MBS trader. Worked at BCG and McKinsey, Partner at KPMG, 10 years experience in Russia, fluent in Russian. MBA 2000 Chicago Booth