Lukas Bouvrie

Founder @blacklocus-1 (Acquired by The Home Depot)

Sam Decker

Founder/CEO @mass-relevance, Founding CMO @bazaarvoice, Co-founder @capital-factory, 7-year Dell Exec, 5 startups B2B & B2C (product, marketing, biz dev), author.
http://www.deckermarketing.com

Brett Hurt

Hurt Family Investments (portfolio - http://lucky7.io/portfolio); Chairman, Edgecase (formerly Compare Metrics); Founder of Bazaarvoice and Coremetrics
http://Lucky7.io

David Crow

EiR at @OMERSVentures. Focused on custdev & productdev. Cofounder of @influitive. Worked at @microsoft, @reactivity, @trilogy. @carnegie-mellon-university MS in HCI + UWaterloo BSc.
http://davidcrow.ca/

Josh Williams

Co-founder + CEO @last Formerly at @gowalla and @facebook Maker of the finest margarita in Noe Valley.

Rob Taylor

President @blacklocus-1 (Acquired by The Home Depot), Partner @CapitalFactory, COO/GM @truecar (GRP, Anthem). COO @pricelock (GS). COO @quepasa-corporation (IPO).
http://www.robtaylor.ws

Alex Chang

Co-founded $250MM company. World traveler, marathoner, and cyclist. Angel investor.

Alan Michael Kane

Founder @phunware, @simpler-1 • Worked at @booz-allen-hamilton, @procter-gamble-2 • Studied at @babson-college, @university-of-san-diego

Justin Siegel

founder & ceo @mocospace / advisor @boston-seed-capital / mentor @techstars & @capitalfactory

Jason Seats

Managing Director @techstars • Co-founder @slicehost (acq by @rackspace)

Rick Orr

Founder @tabbedout, Dallas and UT sports nut, Austinite in 78704, owner tree climbing dog & beer lover.

John Smart

Cofounder of @prescreen and @zoosk.com, Chief Software Architect

Bill Boebel

Founder & CEO of @pingboard; previously founded @capitalfactory & @webmail-us-acq-rax; Virginia Tech software engineer.
http://bb.co

Jeremy Bencken

Founder @apartmentratings-com (UGC apartment site; sold to @internet-brands), Founder, BuzzStream. @capital-factory Mentor.

Scot Chisholm

CEO & Co-Founder at @classy. Board of @team-rubicon. Partner at @mixture-ventures

Jason Cohen

4x founder, 2x exit, bootstrapped & funded; Angel
http://blog.asmartbear.com

Jared Slosberg

Founder @profitfuel • Board @homecity • Advisor @hot-or-not • Investor @yodle, @kld-energy-technologies, @distil-networks, @ekso-bionics • Worked @findlaw

David Wieland

50+ investments: @ginkgotree @noredink @good.co @change.org @schoola @datanyze Founder: @rivs, @innflux , @iestates , @irishangels edu: @NotreDame @Kellogg

Andrew Romans

General Partner Rubicon Venture Capital / Author The Entrepreneurial Bible to Venture Capital (McGraw Hill) Twitter: @RomansVentures www.linkedin.com/in/romans/
http://rubicon.vc/blog/

Scott Kosch

Investor @on-ramp-wireless-1 @xyber-technologies @routehappy @safehostel @lemnoslabs @yourmechanic @hangify • Studied @wharton-school @claremont-mckenna-college
http://www.scottkosch.blogspot.com/

Christopher Piedmonte

Extensive experience forming and nurturing technology startups. Entrepreneur-inventor with 8 granted patents in data management and internet technologies.

Denis O'Dwyer

CEO & Founder of Wide Open Spaces, previously Yelp, Clover, Yahoo, HotJobs. Investor in TechStars Austin & QuickGifts... a Sales guy... Oregon

Yvonne Tocquigny

CEO and founder of @tocquigny, an internationally recognized digital marketing firm. 3 year mentor for Capital Factory
http://www.17stories.com

Wesley Barnett

Founder Maximize Social Media • Worked at @treetop-software • Investor @treetop-software • Studied at @university-of-california-los-angeles
https://medium.com/@WesleyBarnett/

Michael Agustin

i build expressive products. co-founder & ceo of @weaver-labs. co-founder of @gamesalad, responsible for 21% of app store monthly game uploads. masters from @carnegie-mellon-university

Tom West

Digital CEO with expereince running multiple top 100 internet retailer sites. Advisor/Investor in @brighttag, Martini Media, Future Simple, Kele & MedSpeed

Andrew Eye

CEO/Founder - Boxer, COO/Founder @ciphent (Acq @accuvant), 2010 Inc. 500 16th Fastest Growing Company In America

Jonathan Spillman

VP of Operations at @umbel. Co-Founder at @tripgather. Former Director at @elavon. SXSW Panelist. University of Texas (McCombs) MBA.

Nick Goggans

Co-Founder/Biz Dev @umbel, the new neilsen for digital media. Ex: co-founder @Lytiks, Conversion Assoc, @CharlieRose. Skills: Web Analytics, AdWords, Media

Higinio O. Maycotte

CEO at @umbel. Founder at @flightlock (acquired by Control Risks), Finetooth (now Mumboe), & most recently founding CTO of @the-texas-tribune.

Matt Cohen

CEO/Founder OneSpot • Former early stage VC @G51.com • 24 years Media & Internet tech: registered the 1st news domain in 1988 (chron.com) • @rice-university CompSci

Bill Moore

CEO of @zello, a new voice chat app. Founder of @tunein and 20 years creating winning software teams and products.
http://zello.com/blog

Lloyd Armbrust

Founder of @ownlocal; Y Combinator W10; 10+ years in the newspaper industry.
http://itscalledwebdesign.com/author/lloyd-armbrust/

BJ Heinley

Founder / Inventor - Dipity.com Investor at STAG - Provisions for Men Founder - @base-fine-art-gallery Founder - @verde-camp Board Member - Texas Sculpture Group

David Wesson

Founder @geodynamics-inc, @peak-pressure-control-llc • Worked at @ds-wesson-investments • Investor @indinero, @sendhub • Studied at @southern-methodist-university, @texas-a-m-university

Louis Marascio

Entrepreneur; Market Hacker; Troublemaker

Andrew Allison

Co-founder & Co-CEO of Main Street Hub, @stanford-graduate-school-of-business, Stanford Law, Yale BA.

Brian Magierski

Co-founder of iMark.com (sold to FreeMarkets), Moxie Software, and Appconomy. Split time between Austin TX and China.
http://brian.magierski.com

Mikael Solomon

Co-Founder @edgecase-formerly-compare-metrics, Entrepreneur, Stanford alum

Eric Falcao

Founder and CTO at @mass-relevance

Jonas Lamis

CEO & Co-founder of @sensai-corporation. Co-founded @rally and @Techranch. MBA + Engineer.
http://jonaslamis.com

Jason Traff

Investor @bisonwood . Founded @leaky (Acq 2013). @y-combinator alum, @massachusetts-institute-of-technology dropout . Former pro gamer, ultramarathon runner.
http://459pm.com

Allen Rohner

Founder, CTO, @circle-4. Machine Learning background. Clojure contributor. 2nd time entrepreneur. Tech Lead of 4 products and 30 engineers @crossroads-systems .

Jason Novek

Founder at @ownlocal, Y-Combinator Winter 2010.

Adam Cianfichi

CTO/Founder - @boxer, Director Interactive Media @ciphent (Acq @accuvant), 2010 Inc. 500 16th Fastest Growing Company In America, CTO / Founder Music Mgmt

A.T. Fouty

Director of Engineering / RunTitle 12 years building scalable software systems M.S. Computer Science

Courtney Powell

Founder/CEO @publikdemand, @leedseed-2 Founder, @boundless-network Founding Team ($50M/yr Rev), Enterprise Lead Gen Expert (@rackspace, Polycom, Verizon, Cisco)
http://blog.publikdemand.com

Andrew Hunter

Founder/CEO Volume11 Media, Founder/CEO Gambit Labs, Co-founder Kickflip, angel investor, startup mentor

Meredith Maycotte

Co-Founder @umbel. Co-Founder @dishola. Marketing & Advertising Creative Director, past clients include CHANEL, Coca-Cola, Marriott. BS, University of Texas.

Matt Thomson

Founder and CEO @wavecation • Studied at @pepperdine-university University. Formerly started successful SUP business

Neelan Choksi

Current Prez-Tasktop, Prez-SolarMetric (acq. by BEAS), COO-SpringSource (acq. by VMW), CEO-Lexcycle (acq. by AMZN). @massachusetts-institute-of-technology ChemE & @university-of-chicago MBA.

Naveed Lalani

Founder & CEO @portable-boutique-inc, Advisor @thiel-fellowship. Formerly - CSO @donornation , Co-Founder @rally, Investor @Oha.na (Acquired by Facebook).
http://naveedl.tumblr.com

Howard Marks

co-founder Activision ATVI $14B cap, founder @acclaim-games (sold to @playdom). Founder and managing partner @startenginela LA's largest accelerator.

Paul Ford

VP Product & Marketing @sendgrid Entrepreneur, Technologist, Strategist, Startup Advisor, VC Whisperer, Connector of Dots, Marketer & Creator of Cool Stuff

Josh Jones-Dilworth

Founder and CEO of Jones-Dilworth, Inc. Co-founder at Totem, The Daily Dot.
http://www.josh.jones-dilworth.com

Sean Lane

Chairman of the Board of @bts Corporation, @betamore, Digital Harbor Foundation, Lane Capital, @crosschx, and @ostp-ventures.

Jason Aramburu

Founder @edyn. Founder re:char. Forbes 30 under 30. Ashoka Fellow. Echoing Green Fellow. Gates Foundation Grantee. Studied Ecology @princeton-university
http://decarbonize.tumblr.com

Paul O'Brien

CMO of @microventures-1. Formerly of  @zvents, @outright, @dachis-group, @loop-and-tie, @fliptop, HP & @yahoo. Co-founder of Cospace & Fovnders / entre.
http://seobrien.com

Dana Severson

VP Sales @loot Founder @startups-anonymous. Former founder/CEO of @chasm-io. Writing at @pandomedia and @inc Marketing & growth guy. @angelpad Alum.
http://www.startupsanonymous.com

Chad Keck

Founder & CEO @promoter-io, Advisor @remote-garage, Leader @appfog, launched @hp-cloud, helped build & launch cloud platforms @rackspace.
http://www.chadkeck.com

Erica Douglass

CEO, @marketvibe. As seen in Inc. & Forbes. Marketing expert. Running tech companies for 12+ years; run hugely popular entrepreneurship blog at erica.biz.
http://erica.biz/

Marc Smookler

Founder @fonality, @sake-social, @written , partner @capitalfactory, investor/advisor @equipboard, board member @storymix-media

Hans Yeakel

Mentor @500startups. Lead sales & operations @appsumo. Previously founder and COO of ToneRite.

Michael Baird

Co-founder of @ricochet-labs. Tech Director of Fizz Factor, where I co-authored DS engine that's shipped 130+ SKUs and millions of units.

Erik McMillan

CEO, Shelfbucks. Founder, BestFit Mobile. Founded/sold ProAce. University of Texas MIS Board. 15 Years Internet Development & Data.

Rodrigo Tinajero

Serial Entrepreneur & Angel Investor. Founder, @gusanito • @intro marketing • Advisor at @grupo-manhattan • Investor @ohana

Matt Allison

Founder @trendkite. Worked @meltwater-group @Penn State fanatic.
http://www.trendkite.com/blog

Connor Hood

Co-founder at Written. Co-founded Wahooly (now Chasm.io). Founded @the-site-slinger, sold to Capital Thought.

Aaron Longnion

Founder @refynr-1 • Worked at @homeaway, @adobe-systems • Studied at University of North Texas

Ash Maurya

Founder Spark59 - Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.

Rodney Gibbs

Founder of @ricochet-labs • Founded @fizz-factor & sold it to Amaze Entertainment • Passion for mobile platforms and building stellar teams

Shashi Vaswani

Ceo and President of About Time Inc , a distribution company which we grew to over 100 million in revenues WITHOUT giving up equity.

Raj Ramanan

Co-Founder & President/CFO @loku • Strong strategy/ops background (@kkr, @the-walt-disney-company Strat Planning, @mckinsey-company) • BBA @university-of-michigan

Jagath Narayan

CEO/data-monkey/growth-hacker @ordoro. Bringing usability and good design to the boring space of supply-chain-management. And customers love it so far.
http://www.ordoro.com/blog

Brandon DuRette

Co-founder JustGolf • Lead developer / architect at @appconomy and @smart-bear • Division General Manager @smart-bear • SB CS from @massachusetts-institute-of-technology
http://blog.noopinaloop.com

Barrett Wood

Founder @woodgen-1 • Investor @dreamit-ventures, @brideside

Ryan Spraetz

Problem Solver. I like bouldering, building, coding, and winning. Co-Founder @keen-io-1 . 4+ years technical product experience at @salesforce. UIUC Engineering.
http://blog.keen.io

Eric Sung

Co-founded @loku (@500startups company, acquired by @groupon). @harvard-business-school @university-of-texas-at-austin-1

Bradley Markham

Founder @tweettv. Former Googler. @stanford-university Alum. Based in Austin, TX.

Jerry Bowerman

CEO of sonarDesign COO of Electronic Arts Canada CEO of Sentire VP/Founder WorldStream EVP Development/Marketing Sierra Online past board member at Lucasfilm

Aaron Longnion

Founder @refynr • Worked at @homeaway, @adobe-systems • Studied at University of North Texas
http://refynr.tumblr.com

Steven "Mick" Giles

Former Exec: UTV, EA, @turbine, SOE, @jellyvision Former Advisor: @ncsoft, ZeroG, DreamWorks, @globant Current Advisor: @claritics, @scent-sciences, @smilu-2, Gazillion

Lynn Yeldell

Founder of L Style G Style. Investor in Rockify and Ticketbud.

Jason Bornhorst

CEO of @filament-labs. We help health professionals manage patients outside the clinic. Formerly @mobiata (acquired @expedia), @techarb, @mobil33t #umichfounder

Sebastian Bruce

Founder @networklift • Worked at @thread-1, @balderdash • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1

Joe Mocquant

Entrepreneur & Designer. Co-Founder and CEO @ultime-combattant • Worked at @cloudflare • Studied at @epita Paris

Jacob Shea

Entrepreneur in Residence & Senior Associate at @monthly-ventures-1 , Software Architect turned Agency GM / CIO / CDO, Founder of Digital Boss.
http://www.startupmonthly.com/

David Johnston

Managing Director @dapps Fund I, Board Member @mastercoin-foundation, Co-Founder @api-network 10 X Entreprenur.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/111647962061124799955/about

Benjamin Trotter

CEO Founder of @storefront-social. Creator of SushiGuru, @storefront-social, @spekkle and many more. Global Marketing, International experience, fluent Japanese.
http://globetrotter.us

Dave DeMink

Current: RVP, Sales - North America at @ringcentral. 12 years SMB Sales/Marketing experience - Loudcloud, WebEx, SuccessFactors, @ringcentral

Gregory Green

Futurist, engineer, marketer, entrepreneur and executive "fixer". If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find him...

Austin Hallock

Co-founder of @clay-io. Entrepreneur. Developer. Previously at @intensedebate and @vigil-games.

Marc Yagjian

Founder of @tivoli-systems. Investor in @waveset, @sailpoint, @venafi, @intact-medical. Advisor to @swimtopia.

Jesse Weber

Commercial Real Estate Expert and Entrepreneur

Richard M. Bagdonas

Co-founder and CTO at @mahana, founder and CTO at @subtledata. co-founder and COO at Remote Operations, and founder and Executive Director at Operation Turkey.

Bart Bohn

Founder - Embrace, Ravel. Dir ATI's IT & Wireless Incubators. Founder - 3 Day Startup. Board-Moodfish. MoMoAustin. Entrepreneur Lounge. Andersen, BearingPoint.

Kevin Kendall

Experienced guide, strategic thinker, designer.

Dean Kakridas

MD @international-accelerator Founder @entreapp Worked at @frogdesign @opera-software @macromedia Strong background in Tech, UX Design, Business Development

Will Davis

Founder @able. Graduate of @harvard-business-school. Policy advisor @CapitolHill. I know just enough about enough to know I'm not enough.

Dave Verratti

Founder of Mercer Road Corp and @lookout-social . VP Business development at @vivox.

Brooke B Farrell

CEO, Founder @recyclematch; 10 yrs waste industry; '08 Mashable Best Environmental Site ThinkGreen.com, Dumpster.com for Waste Management Inc.
http://zerowasteblog.recyclematch.com/

John Erik Metcalf

Founder @demand-analytics, @conjunctured • Work at @radius-4, @tiny-pictures • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1
http://blog.think27.com

John Charles Rodriguez (J-Ro)

Marketing, public and community relations strategy and execution, specializing in start up tech and entertainment.
http://www.stagetwo.com/blog

Jon Allen

Physicist specializing in distributed computation, scalability, graph processing, machine learning and PDE stability problems. Senior Data Scientist at @grockit.

Mark Warms

A co-founder of FX Alliance, taking the company from start-up to $620M IPO. Looking to help fledgling and medium size companies accelerate growth. Selectively investing where my experience will add value.

Brian Curliss

Entrepreneur. Cofounder of @maillift #500Strong (Batch 007) Once Solo-Bootstrapped to $20k/mo in 6mo Specializes in SEO, pricing, analytics, users, and growth.
http://www.BrianCurliss.com

Ryan Deiss

Founder, @digitalmarketer-com
http://www.digitalmarketer.com/blog

Amir Elaguizy

Y Combinator Alum - Founder @cratejoy • Founded MarketZero, Inc - Sold to Zynga • Worked at @zynga • Studied at @university-of-iowa
http://www.aelag.com/

Michael McDaniel

Founder & CEO @reaction. Former Principal Designer @frog-design for clients like HP, Comcast, Honeywell, & Disney. Business strategist & frequent TED speaker.

Dr. MJG

Co-Founder @runcode @RCIT @Kyuda Ops and Finance @amazon @ge, @photobucket, @RebateNetworks. Angel Investor. Self-taught Engineer PhD in Finance, Uni. Mannheim

Bret Cox

Founder & CEO @hello, @evostor, @Radiant, @Micom • Product, Strategy, Culture, Design • 5x Founding CEO.

Tim Gasper

Product Manager at @infochimps, Founder at @keepstream. Customer Development, Product Management, Product Marketing, Biz Dev, Lean Startup.
http://timgasper.com

James Dickerson

Founder @ Crush Campaigns. Helping innovative co's acquire more customers. Previously founded Wellthy & @leap. Former associate at @lightbank.
http://www.crushcampaigns.com/blog

Faraaz Ismail

Dusty Jones

Co-Founder TrueAbility. MS Technology Commercialization, BS Mechanical Engineering. Ruby programmer. Worked at Freescale, @rackspace, and @teamsnap

Peter M. Elias

Founded successful web company in college. Founded Chasm.io. Full stack engineer and polyglot with 12 years exp. Babson E-Tower Alumn ('08-'12)

Hass Johnson

Acquisition Sales Executive @bigcommerce , McCombs MBA, Ex-Ford guy
http://blog.thatrunk.com

Seth Page

Experienced tech entrepreneur, operator, investment banker & financier. Last 2 firms co-founded were both acquired Nov 2011. Just acquired mSpot for Samsung.

David Lowe

CEO/Founder of Uberpong. Strong international business background and well traveled. Dale Carnegie graduate.
http://uberpong.com/category/blog-posts/

John Sung Kim

Founder @five9 (NASDAQ: FIVN). Founder @doctorbase
http://johnsungkim.com

Lyle Pratt

Software Developer, Entrepreneur, Founder of Better Voicemail. BS Economics, MBA, MS.

Cameron Hotchkies

Early employee at @tabbedout. Founding member of the TippingPoint Zero Day Initiative team. Pioneer in automated blind SQL exploitation.
http://www.semisafe.com

Ricardo Vargas-Lugo

Founder @netero-inc . • International work experience at @microsoft, @apple , and @siemens • MBA @stanford-graduate-school-of-business

Xin Chung

Founder & CEO of TrustCloud. Social media, games, 3D film, & China biz background. Worked at @microsoft & @sony. @santa-clara-university University
http://www.trustcloud.com/blog

Steve Sachs

CEO OneSpot, Founder/President Real Simple, Founder Maghound, TechStars NY mentor, Boards of NextIssue, Texas Tribune. Stanford GSB and Penn alum.

Mary Haskett

CEO BeehiveID. Started two companies, built teams and grew them to profitability, sold one to a defense contractor. BS Applied Math U Texas Dallas, MS Texas A&M

Alex Morse

Chief Technical Omnivore. Photographer, designer, philosopher-king. Fascinated by learning how things work, and making them work better... including people.

Evan Hammer

CEO at @smart-host • Sales Engineer at @autonomy • Computer Science at @brown-university

Mason Arnold

Serial Entrepreneur, Sustainability & Organic nut, trying to change the world

Matthew Wensing

Co-founder & CEO of @riskpulse. Previously Software Engineer @mcmaster-carr-supply-co. Studied at @university-of-chicago.
http://www.riskpulse.com/blog

Noah Zandan

Founder @quantified-communications, @rockway-foundation • Worked at @brentwood Associates • Studied at @dartmouth-college, @kellogg-school-of-management
http://noahzandan.com

John Engler

VP Sales at LiveIntent. Father, husband, entrepreneur, business consultant, catalyst, marketer, salesguy...
http://inluminent.com/

JC Butler

Co-Founder @ dubizzle.com. Over 8 years grew from 2 to 200 in 11 markets before moving to board + partial exit. Believer in culture, talent, fun, and purpose.
http://jcbutler.me

Bryan Shepard

CEO/Co-founder of @sweepio . Start-up Guy, three startups, two successful exits, one IPO. Dad of 2, husband of 1.
http://fatboylabs.com

Blake Borgeson

Co-founder @RecursionPharma: turning drug discovery into an information science. Co-bootstrapped @BuildASign.com to $50M+ 2013 revenue. Computational biologist.
http://www.blakeborgeson.com

Karen Bantuveris

Founder & CEO of @volunteerspot - the leading USEFUL real-world coordiantion tool on the web. > 4 Million users and growing! Former CEO, Radiance Learning.

Conall Arora

@seer, @soros-hedge-fund @matlinpatterson @goldman-sachs, @columbia-university University

John Cox

CEO and Founder Visible Health, @escalation-point • Worked at @trilogy, @coremetrics • Studied at @university-of-california-los-angeles, @university-of-southern-california, @university-of-texas-at-austin

Marko Kruustuk

Founder @testlio. Hacker since 12. Founded 1st software startup out of high school.
http://testlio.com/blog

Emil Hajric

Founder of @helpjuice
http://www.emilhajric.com

Colin Anawaty

Cofounder of @FilamentLabs. Founded Plerts (acq'd 2010). EIR & Product Director at Rev Worldwide. Prototyped game platform used by Riot Games & id Software.
http://blog.colinanawaty.com

Derick Thompson

Founder of DailyDigital Agency, bizHive.com, ContentStore.me, StartupRunner.

Kristel Viidik

CEO of Testlio; software tester; creates and breaks software.
http://testlio.com/blog

Patrick H Perrine

Founded myPartner.com (acquired 2011), Founded R. Cooper, Founded Think Tank Enterprises, Invested in Misterbnb, Published Author x2

Tom Klein

Entrepreneur • Executive co-founder iM5 • President PhoneDog Media, Monthly metrics: 10mil pageviews, 2.5mil uniques, 4 million video views

Aseem Ali

CEO/Co-Founder of Burpy.com, Student at The University of Texas at Austin (Mechanical Engineering)

Michael Walsh

Founder @cariloop and Health 2.0 Dallas, Personal Trainer, @purdue-university University alum, living in Dallas, TX.
http://healthsparx.com

Steve Berneman

Founder and CEO @overdog. Strong legal, tech, and sports background. Princeton BA, Vanderbilt JD/MBA.

Daniel Jurek

Released patches to billions and consulted for the big guys. Living and breathing web apps. Cofounder and CTO at @maillift. Worked at @microsoft, @browsium.

Jeff Burke

Founder Block Trading. Inc Magazine feature story Jan 1997. Founder PAK Interests. BA Economics, UT Austin. Innovative disruptor and believer in transparency.
http://www.nuhabitat.com/blog/

Chris Belew

Co-founder and CEO @apptive. Co-founder and VP Product & Strategy at Fusion Mobile. Worked at Motive and Accenture. UT Austin MBA, Venture Fellow 2004.
http://blog.apptive.com/

Sri Sonti

Freelance Front-end dev + Wizard. Taking a break from studying MIS @the-university-of-texas-at-austin-1. Co-founded @remark @500startups
http://fresh.io

Alex Kilpatrick

Co-Founder & CTO at BeehiveID. PhD Computer Scientist, working in biometrics & machine learning

Graham McFarland

A practicing entrepreneur, knee deep in his fifth start-up. Successfully built, funded and exited multiple companies ranging from $10K to over $10M in sales.
http://cinegif.wordpress.com/

Joshua Bauder

Email Marketing Manager at Boundless Network. Serial Entrepreneur, Former Silicon Valley Executive, Appeared in Entrepreneur Magazine
http://www.joshbauder.com/

Marc Mapes

Director of Product Management of Electronic Insight & Product Owner at http://eitalent.com. Founder of HireMatch.me and @fotacts.
http://marcmapes.com/

Peter Li

CEO of @atlas-wearables. Fellow @techstars. BS and MS in Biomedical Engineering and Tissue Engineering at @johns-hopkins-university. Does things, gets smarter.

Nate McGuire

Founder @spokefly, @recipeas • Worked at @apple, @ernst-and-young , @the Site Slinger • Studied at @university-of-texas-austin

Mason Hale

Hands-on CTO, designer & builder of things. Previously CTO at @onespot, Chief Technologist at @frog-design. MS Engineering/Management UT Austin 2004.

Brian Krpec

CEO & Founder of Big Data Elephants and Group Sergeant LLC, 15+ yrs in Start-ups to enterprise software space. Know a thing or two about Big Data. Austin, TX
http://bigdataelephants.wordpress.com

Zachary Dell

Founder @thread-1, @camp-spark-1

Dave Raring

Founder Visible Health, @escalation-point • Worked at @trilogy, @3m • Studied at @university-of-california-davis

David Weiser

Founder & COO @lanterncrm-1

Laura Roeder

in love with small businesses using the web to take matters into their own hands. founder of Edgar

Pascal Nicolas

@salesvu CEO. Previously managed $80M enterprise software division at Dell.

Doug Yeager

Co-founder of @simplytapp Founded @tradewind-technologies in 2005 (NFC company) which was acquired by SIRIT (SI on TSX) in 2006

Rachel English

Co-Founder at Frontleaf. Previously customer success leader at Convio, nonprofit director of development, start-up operations & biz dev, Vassar College.

Tushar Jain

Founder @epatientfinder. Background in healthcare IT, corporate operations and sales. Degree from NYU Stern.

Ted Fifelski

Building a better world through open, friendly and secure mobile payments.

Jordan Thaeler

Founded @whatsbusy. I execute like the Spanish Inquisition. Passionate about value. Conservative business models.

Jason Stoddard

Entrepreneur, agent in uncertainty. Husband. Conscious about: Life, Philosophy, Austin, SMB, Marketing, Startup, Exchange Systems, Golf, Politics.

Stuart Rench

Serial entrepreneur, currently CEO at @ihiji. @georgia-institute-of-technology graduate. Bootstrapped and sold first company.

Manuel Rosso

Founder/CEO at FoodontheTable.com

Alex Smith

Founder & CEO, LanternCRM.

Sebastian Hassinger

COO @brewbot, shipping the robots that make the beer. MBA @columbia-university & @london-business-school School, Startup advisor, product strategist

Roj Niyogi

Founder/CEO at Perk.com. Founder/President at Jutera Labs. Co-founder, MdotM/Matrigistics. Early employee @socialmedia-com
http://niyogi.tumblr.com

Albert Smith

Detailed-oriented marketing and business development professional of ten years driving sales and corporate market presence with superior results.

Ben Doherty

CEO & Co-Founder of @favor

Dan DeFelippi

@spokefly cofounder, former freelance web developer, consultant, hacker. Entrepreneur since kindergarden.
http://razorfast.com

Andy Fletcher

Founder @local-plant-source • Worked at @intel, @amd • Studied at @university-of-michigan

Neeraj Bansal

Co Founder and President - Siminars. Founded and Operated several ventures.

Daniel Senyard

CEO and Founder of @vivogig. Director of Product at @tripchamp. South African born Austin dwelling music and travel nut. Media, writing & marketing background.
http://blog.vivogig.com

Dirk Buikema

Co-founder @Hyperwear LLC and President and GC of Hyperwear INC. Strong strategy, business development, law and entrepreneurial skills from 19 years @motorola
http://www.hyperwear.com/blog/

Todd Krumholz

Sports Attorney with an emphasis on Athlete Endorsements,Founder @jtk-talent-llc • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1, @marquette-university

Ariane Fisher

Chief Operating Officer @storymix-media. Mech. Engineering w/ Honors, Stevens Tech. @apple Certified FCP & Motion Graphics. Engine Design and Field Service Engineer @ford-motor
http://storymixmedia.com/weddings/blog

Marc Mattox

Multiple failures. One great exit. Tech Advisor & Opportunist

Keith Ubben

Founder @group-builder • Investor @tapatalk-1

Patrick Perlmutter

Head up product & marketing @infinit. Former EIR @lecamping. BA @college-of-william-and-mary. MBA @hec-paris. Experience working @apple.

Truong-An (Bi) Thai

Founder FitChimp. Developer, Fitness Hacker. Worked at @crossfader, @flocasts. CS @university-of-texas-austin

Scott Owens

Co-Founder/CEO Do512 & @dostuff-media. Other Stuff.

Kirtus Dixon

Co-founder @cospace and @groupcharger. 4th startup: 1 sold. Engineering and Business Development background.

Chris Porch

President/COO at @truecar.com, CEO BetweenMarkets, Founder & VP at @trilogy Software. @stanford-university alum, investor.

Michael Maniscalco

Passionate Entrepreneur. Co-founded and actively growing @ihiji. Previously co-founded & sold a high end home automation firm. @georgia-institute-of-technology Computer Science.
http://www.ihiji.com/category/blog/

David Isquick

Media Solutions @ Facebook. MBA from University of Texas-Austin. BSE Mechanical Engineering from University of Michigan-AnnArbor
http://davidisquick.com

Mike Fisher

CEO @storymix-media. Aerospace Eng Deg U of Mich; System Eng at @ford-motor: worldwide sales presentations, Options Trader in Chicago: 5+M trading profits

Sara Rodell

Founder @loop-and-tie, former institutional stock broker at @ubs. UVA grad w/ a B.A. in Economics & Anthropology minor. Austin native, outdoors enthusiast

Erine Gray

Founder at Aunt Bertha Software. 12 years consulting experience. Saved the State of Texas $5 million per year in operating expenses. (MPAff, PMP, Programmer)

Khayyam Wakil

Created Transformational Gaming platform for Coke & Olympics. Winning team of game gets to carry the torch at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Jake Moilanen

Founded and sold @crowd-ignite. Business and technical background (MBA McCombs, CS Michigan). Focused on product development with practical innovation.
http://jakem.net

Martijn de Kuijper

Co-founder Fosbury and Yunoo (acquired by AFAS). Internet entrepreneur. Member of elite groups called marathon runners and triathletes.

Jonathan Placa

Co-founder ProtoExchange • Techstars Alum

Elom Tsogbe

CTO of NUVE 1st software and hardware startup out of college. BS. EE 2010, UT Austin. Worked at Cisco

Michael Breen

Founder @Xtreme Power, CEO Growing Energy Labs, Inc. GELI • Investor @k Power • Studied at @Notre Dame, MBA @UT Austin

Lara Jeremko

Co-Founder re:3D Venture Capital Fund Investor Angel Investor & Startup Advisor

David Henderson

Social, Mobile, Media, Entrepreneur - co-founder of socialeyes and socialmedia, early executive at @doubleclick and @matchlogic.

Kyle Robertson

Engineer / IP Attorney / Entrepreneur. Founder @narrativedx & @icare. Advisor @nastraq. Attorney for @apple & @amazon. C++ @national-instruments.

Jeremy Kandah

Founder BitAngels DApps Fund • Founded Appcasher, LLC • Worked at @flurry • Studied at @purdue-university, @the-college-of-william-and-mary

Blake Garrett

Founder Aceable • Worked at @ernst-young • Studied at @boston-college

Francisco Prat

Co-Founder at @secondmic. 3rd Startup. Developer. Formerly @McKinsey &Company, @ubs, @general-electric @columbia-business-school School MBA. Engineer.

Rick Lundbom

Founder/CEO IR top 300 ecommerce network LivingDirect.com, CompactAppliance.com, Kegerator.com, WineCoolerDirect.com, EdgeStar.com... @livingdirect

Jack Holt, Co-Founder of Mattr

On 2d startup. Bootstrapped first for 8 yrs, accts like NYSE, BoA, P&G, HP. Sold interest in 1/11 to fund @mattr-1. Product dev & marketing.
http://jackswhitli.posterous.com/

Laura Mayes

Studied at @baylor-university
http://thequeso.com

Satish Kodukula

Co-Founder of Groupcharger, @nabthedeal and TheLunchDeal.Strong product development, technical strategy,operations and business development.2 startups sold.

Tim Hayden

Founder @44doors, @gameplan • Worked at @edelman • Studied at @texas-state-university-san-marcos
http://timhayden.tumblr.com

Dan Driscoll

Founder, @reqwip. Board Chair, @prepify. Worked at: @expedia; @universal-sports, @city-fc. Studied at: @the-university-of-texas-at-austin-1, @pomona-college.

Jerry Damon Chang

Also founder at @fanitics. Background as Line Producer (film) and PgM (tech). Worked at Rovi. Two previous start-ups.

Frank Livaudais

Marathon Addict (153+ and counting), VP Engineering @outboundengine / @promo_labs, Wine and Food Lover, Husband of @stuperb and Father

Aaron Brazell

Former Co-Founder WPEngine, Former Director of Technology @b5media, Persistent Entrepreneur
http://technosailor.com

Brian Kurth

Founder of Pivot Planet, Inc.; Founder of VocationVacations; and former director at Telenisus & Ameritech.

Jonathan Wasserstrum

Co-Founder at @thesquarefoot, Columbia MBA. Formerly Jones Lang LaSalle International Capital Group
http://www.thesquarefoot.com/blog/

Kyle Christian Steele

SourceCodeB46 Co-founder | Constant Insight Co-founder | Dreamit Alum | Former Educator | BCU Biology BS
http://www.kylecsteele.blogspot.com

Ravi Rao

Founder @axelo-1, @humanitv-media-tech-film , @slm • Worked at @TwistedSports @axelo-1, @Humani @Akros• Studied at @concordia-university

Chris Slaughter

Founder @lynx-laboratories • Worked at @university-of-texas-at-austin • Studied at @university-of-texas-austin

Jaakko Piipponen

CEO & Founder at @remote-garage , previously founded Kiitos. • Worked at @credit-suisse • Studied at @university-of-southern-california, @helsinki-school-of-economics-and-business-administration

Patrick Kolencherry

Founder and CTO @pristine-1; Background in data visualisation, programming, and statistics.

Brett Relander

Digital Marketing professional with specialties in social media, mobile, SEO, gamification, and lead generation. It's about results, nothing else.

Adam Alexander Salamon

Founder & COO at Perk.com. Founder & CRO of Jutera Labs, an idea to product incubator and holding company of @gush-2 and Mommy.com. Sales guy #2 at @bazaarvoice.

Aasim Saeed

Founder @TeleCog, Inc. • Worked at @McKinsey & Company • Medical Doctor • Studied at @duke (MD), @harvard (MPA) @rice (BA)

Michael Olaya

Founder @pictrition • Studied Physics @university-of-north-texas
http://michaelarthursmind.tumblr.com/

Andrew Saunders

Integrated Marketing & Content Solutions Executive at CAA (@creative-artists-agency). Featured in Wired, Fast Company and Banff Media Festival.
http://www.andrewsaunders.com

Shawn Ullman

Founder Feel Rich
http://www.youtube.com/feelrichtv

Justin Pope

Senior Engineer @boxc, Founder @phlybuy, Co-Founder @socialmd, Attended @university-of-texas-austin
http://bitmash.co

joahspearman

CEO/cofounder of Localeur, Emerging Business Leader of the Year by CapCity Chamber, co-author of Real Role Models, three-time finalist for Austin Under 40 Award
http://blog.localeur.com

James Weddle

@cospace. 8th startup, 3 sold. @arizona-state-university. Work: @digital-equipment-corporation @lockheed-martin @sandia-national-laboratory @jpmorgan-chase @sierra-health-services
http://jamesweddle.com

Gabriel Shepherd

Tech Startup Entrepreneur- Biz Dev @wedgies, Community Liaison @sxsw @sxswv2v, Host of @dontsweattech podcast -Drinks @chopinvodka
http://dontsweatthetech.com

Jay Hotaling

Founder @fastfig Inventor of @Touch-Not

Dean Cruse

Startup CMO in Austin, leading sales & marketing for Union Metrics. 4th-generation Texan, aspiring woodworker, lover of perfect tacos. Also, string.
http://www.deancruse.com

Johan Borge

Founder @the-techmap, @texas-capital-real-estate-llc • Worked at @dell Computer, @dell • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1, @austin-college

Colin Osburn

Enterprise IT, Mobile - • Founder of Etuvian • Worked at @trilogy, @Time Warner Cable • CIO for national automotive ecommerce brand Parts.com •Studied at @carnegie-mellon-university

Jered Kenna

Former Marine, Tradehill Founder, Owner of 20mission and investor.

Toni Lane Casserly

CEO / Editor in Chief: CoinTelegraph. Advisor, ChangeTip. ENTJ. Strong background in creative business. UT/SCAD.
http://instagram.com/tonilanec

Hollis Tibbetts

High profile and well-known software executive - marketing, strategy, social media and technology expert.
http://hollistibbetts.sys-con.com

Gary Glass

Technophile. Founder @CapitalCityVentures. Mentor @longhornstartup @capitalfactory . Worked @xensource @citrix @objectrocket @rackspace
http://garyglass.co

Steve Blackmon

Cofounder, Ravel

Jason Seiden

Co-founder & CEO of @brand-amper, a social media training company with a scalable, 1:1 training model. Background in both training & web technologies.
http://jasonseiden.com

Jesse Dyer

Founder&CEO MeetMePay, Inc, operator of MeetMeTix.com We are the only social network for tickets , featuring patent pending P2P fraud proof sales technology.

Taylor Pechacek

Product Manager @maxwell-health • Studied at @university-of-north-texas • Behavior Design • User Experience • Strategic Thinker • Game Theory Enthusiast

Damian Thompson

Sales Freak. Marketing Nerd. Biz Dev Dork. Leadership Geek. Founder of @demand-genesis VP North America @ground-labs
http://demandgenesis.com/blog

Daniel Heron

Worked at @greenling • Studied at @the-university-of-texas-at-austin-mccombs-graduate-school-of-business
http://asiago.me

Marc Bhargava

Founder @petparent • Worked at @mckinsey-company, @Castanea Partners • Studied at @harvard-university

Ryan Cush

VP of Business Development, Food on the Table

Samir Patodia

Investor Relations @equinix, Sales @bazaarvoice, Product Management @tangoe, Comp Sci Undergrad/MBA at UPenn/Wharton

Anthony Morales

Rails-friendly UI Designer, map fiend, @thankthanknotes writer. Has never seen America's Next Top Model. And doesn't want to.

AJ Archibald

Principal at Startup Culture. Been involved intimately with Social and Mobile Games for the last 5 years. Strong Biz Dev relationships built over the last 15yrs

Josh Alexander, CFA

Co-Founder & CEO of @toopher. Delivering Disruptive Innovation Entrepreneur. Professor. Executive. Advisor. Investor. <@wharton-school, @stanford-university, UT Austin>
http://thatfinanceguy.wordpress.com

James Vinson

Founder @vchain-solutions, @institute-for-supply-chain-innovation • Worked at @sony-music-entertainment, @motorola-solutions • Studied at @university-of-west-georgia
http://www.vchainsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/The-Hidden-Leak-in-Your-Supply-Chain-Miscommunications-Caused-by-Scattered-Information.pdf

Barry Thornton

Serial entrepreneur-Founder of @clearcube, is about critical thinking and innovation in the post-industrial age where applied anthropology is your 6-gun
http://www.barrywthornton.com/BTblog/

John Wolpert

At IBM, looking for interesting companies in API / Mobile. Founded Flywheel, spun it out of Best Buy, raised two rounds of funding, hired growth team.
http://innosanity.com

David Brubaker

Founder at @dabl Intern Undergrad Sr. Analyst at Dell Intern Undergrad at @hewlett-packard

John Ellis

Industry veteran with a 20 year background in embedded device development and enterprise data center management. Member of the Linux Foundation's JTAC.

Max Loukianov

CTO at @gimme-3; worked at @ichat, Cisco, @openwave, @broadvision. @carnegie-mellon-university / Pittsburg Supercomputer Center. Rocket scientist turned software engineer.

Chad Huston

lawyer at Daffer McDaniel; multiple start-ups

Shaun Sims

2X Entrepreneur (1 Exit); Mobile Product Manager @ XO Group (The Knot)
http://www.lifesapi.com

Tim Kern

CEO of @getpromotd, Over a decade of experience in online marketing and sales.

Kristian Russell

User Experience maven. Founder @candyshop. Awards: Clio, Webby and TED Grant nom.
http://thoughtroulette.com

Kim Love

Founder/CEO LoveLife. Food science/wellness thought leader. B of Sci in Nutrition @texas-christian-university.

Brooks Morgan

• CEO @ GetAccepted • Venture Partner @ Learn Capital • COO @ Uversity - VCs: Founders Fund, Gates Fdn • VP Sales @ Infegy - Bootstrapped. First employee. 

Chris Porch

Advisor @recyclematch, Founder and VP @trilogy Software, CEO BetweenMarkets, President & COO Zag/TrueCar, @stanford-university undergrad

Ryan T Garner

Co-Founder at Clearhead; Former digital executive at Warner Music; Former product manager at JetBlue.

S

Building web brands since last century.

Moneet Singh

Founder, CEO at Siminars

Eric Strait

Founder of @crowdflair @tech-hustlers-2 & Startupdelight(acquired in 2011). Lover of #comedy #socialmedia #entrepreneurship #tech #internetstartups #mobile #SXSW
http://techhustlers.com

Candice Roma

CEO, Co-founder, & Copywriter at EMuse Creative. BA @dartmouth-college College. MFA University of Notre Dame.
http://www.emusecreative.com/blog

Jonathan Huang Van

Marketing at UTMcCombs - Frontier Ventures - Interact ATX - Rose Vacation Rentals - Fitness Adventures
http://www.vansventures.com

Blaine Nielsen

Co-Founder & President at @dropship-1. Experience: CEO of @doba, @dell, @ernst-young. 12+ years experience in the drop ship vertical.

Michael D. Moffitt

PhD, 2007; MSE, 2006; MSE, 2005; BSE, 2003 (all University of Michigan, Ann Arbor). Winner of IBM Josef Raviv Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowship. Really nice guy.
http://gplus.to/mmoffitt

Justin Yarmark

Founder|COO @fair-document; Investor|CSO @TheCottages; Founder @coach-explore @eziba-inc Worked @numesh-inc @annuity-systems-inc Studied @williams-college; US Ski Team
http://coachexplore.com

Ben Munoz

Founder @ben-s-friends, @nadine-west • Worked at eToys • Studied at Stanford & Kellogg

Seth Black

Lead Developer @atlas-wearables Formerly CTO of @moniker-guitars, DBA at @rackspace and @at-t.
http://www.taleas.com/

Andy Keil

Product Strategy at @visage. Founder of @fu-weekend and Pop 'stache.

Jonathan Kanarek

Currently at @cloudamize • Worked at @vast , @tenduit-software , @hewlett-packard, @compaq @b2e-solutions-llc

Michael Meehan

Serial entrepreneur and advisor to investors and startups. Founder/CEO Carbonetworks, iVeridis, TCR Innovations.

Felix Menard

Product guy. Founded @weroll @exitlist. Well-travelled, designed-focussed, art-lover, dedicated coder, bicycle rider.

Tony Frey

CEO of @skyence. Product ownership for $50MM product lines. Broad background in SysMan, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Information Governance and eDiscovery.
http://blog.skyence.com

Joel Garcia Galan

CEO of Wirewatt, Inc. Previously App Engineer @schneider-electric . Electrical Engineer @university-of-texas-at-austin-1

Brand Winnie

Re-inventing Magazines @ Seshn.com
http://brand.seshn.com

Dave Perry

Worked at @avocent, @TI, @tenduit-software • Investor @tenduit-software • Studied at @harvard-business-school, @hardin-simmons-university Teacher @ActonMBA

Perry Nelson

Founder @nicely-noted . Passionate about stationery, design & the interwebs. Formerly @dell, @Wmag and @dwell online land. UT MBA 2010.

Hunter Monk

Bootstrapped MSPACES. Started outsource consulting and freelance SEM in high school.

Chris Murphy

Co-founder @Lawful.ly. Founder - @Locogno. Business and tech background with @accenture and @motive. Exits with @motive (IPO) & @reliant-data-systems (sale).

Michael Braithwaite

[email protected] [email protected] acquired @GE 02 [email protected] acquired @Aurant 04 [email protected] acquired @clearone 09 [email protected] 11 [email protected] 12 [email protected]inia 14
http://dr-db.com

Jake Bailey

Co-Founder of @recommenu, and @emerson-accelerator, Formerly at @ditto and @wefunder

Peter Fleckenstein

Founder Lifestr • Worked at @achieveglobal, @gartner-meta-group

Morgan Warstler

Co-Founder / CEO, GOVWHIZ. Storied start-up guy since mid 1990's, now doing Mobile Local Government.
https://medium.com/@morganwarstler

Aaron Sanchez

Electrical Engineering/Public Relations Senior @UTAustin , President of Technology Entrepreneurship Society: @TESatUT

Aidan Augustin

Co-Founder and CEO of @feathr. Kaizen practitioner with a passion for human interaction and an irrepressible drive to change the world.

Jeffrey Fry

I am considered an expert in marketing, sales, total quality management and continuous quality improvement.

Marc Philobos

Head of Strategic Partnerships at Parking Panda and opened MetLife Stadium as an employee of the New York Jets. Former StubHub employee. Passion for Startups.

Chris Lamprecht

Founder of @searchify, employee #1 at @indeed.com

Kevin Kenyon

Computer Science/Pure Mathematics - University of Texas at Austin Team member of @uthinktank

John Michael Davis

Founder @kambit • CPA • Worked at @ernst-young • Studied at @university-of-arkansas • Masters of Accountancy • BSBA Accounting and Finance

Pranav Desai

Engineer @solspot-systems, Inc. BSEE UT Austin 2012. Dell Intern 2011. Raytheon Intern 2010.

Scott J. Beaudreau

Founder, CTO of @circleci Media. Previously Principal Dev/PM at Microsoft in Bing Semantic Index, Search Incubation, and Search UX. Deep technology+data science.

Natasia Malaihollo

2-time startup founder; Chief Innovator @wyzerr. Former trademark and copyright agent to corporations, patent specialist to tech giants (Samsung, IBM).
http://blogs.Sooligan.com

Christian B.

Founder @briefcase • Worked at @tubemogul, @adknowledge, @lightbridge-inc-2 @electronic-arts  @pandora Avid poker player & loving Dad

Christian Hunter

Founded a dozen co's, created 50,000+ jobs, & garnered 20 years as a tech-centric CEO developing & selling startups.
http://www.christianhunter.blogspot.com

Adrian Arnet

Worked at @nuhabitat

Sam Hyatt

Founder @locata-co. Previous founder @biicast.

Felix Orwa

Biz Dev Man @mind The Bridge. Valedictorian grad BSC Aviation Technology & Management CFII, MEI. Professional Pilot 1340 Hrs. Pilot of yr 2011 (1st yr on job).

Daniel Garcia

Founder at @callgrader.com

Michael Scheschuk

Worked at Bricktrends, Dell, Amazon.com, Lucent Technologies, Merrill Lynch. MBA from Stanford in 2000.

Lamar Romero

Worked at @ownlocal @dell, @fleet-physics - Sales systems driven marketer and promoter of products I believe in. Currently CEO Dragon Spirits Marketing

Jef Sewell

Founder/CEO @Amplifier, Founder @despair-inc

Drew Giovannoli

Worked at @fosbury • Studied at @kelley-school-of-business-indiana-university
http://www.drewgiovannoli.com

Christopher Harman

CEO & Founder, Rail Yard, Inc. Founder of HCP Advisors, telecommunication and commercial real estate domain expertise.

Tony Aguilar

Co-Founder and Head of Product & Sales at Student Loan Benefits

Wes Kay

UT-Austin, B.S, CSM/CSPO Agile Professional Currently: Agile Coach at Dell.com

Sree Nagarajan

Founder/CEO @colligent, Product Marketing at Talisma (Enterprise CRM)

Brandon Coleman III

Dynamic and forward-thinking leader with experience driving brand value and strategically positioning companies for profitable growth.

Taylor West

CEO @cheffedup. Built several startups, including a leader in physical media sales & buyback. Worked at WP Engine. Studied @san-diego-state-university
http://taylormetric.com

Cam Houser

Founder/CEO of 3 Day Startup • Worked at @amplifier • Studied at @university-of-texas-austin, @davidson-college

Jae Lee

Founder and CEO @movable-ads-llc
http://blog.jael.ee

Caleb Gandara

Founder @degreecast. In the past, I worked on consumer-facing travel, dining, and job search products that many of us use today.

Lance Vaughn

Ruby on Rails evangelist and entrepreneur in Austin, TX. Owner of @cabforward and Co-founder of @lean-tail-labs.

Mark Castleman

EIR @ Bell Labs

Parnell Springmeyer

Serial entrepreneur, polyglot engineer and journeyman, Techstars alum.
http://blog.parnell.io

Beto Juarez III

Experienced Product Builder • Co-Founder @spokeswap • @stanford-university '07, @MITSloan '13
http://betojuareziii.com

Gordon Walton

Worked at @Electronic Arts, @sony, @Bioware Corp • I build and manage teams that build great interactive entertainment

Court Rye

Worked at @google, @accenture • Studied at @university-of-colorado-boulder, @stanford-university
http://tutorialsave.com

Charlie Kolb

Founder @chiron-health • Worked at @maxymiser, @indeed-com • Studied at @middlebury-college, @the-university-of-texas-at-austin-mccombs-graduate-school-of-business

Mike Svatek

Chief Strategy Officer at @bazaarvoice

Devin Fee

Founder of TeamWell. Built / sold / delivered in Healthcare Tech. Computer Engineering from Notre Dame. President of non-profit. Proven, experienced leader.

Rich Winley

Founder @no-chains as my 4th company. With over 15 years experience in sales and marketing.

Steve Green

CEO of @3-frogs-studios, Inc. Founded 4 Austin Startups, plus @trilogy and Austin Ventures backed @smart-technologies.

Ricardo D. Sanchez

Worked at @homeaway, @bedandbreakfast-com
http://ricardodsanchez.com

Aaron Geiser

Works at @local-plant-source • Founded Pulsar Web Works • Studied at @columbus-college-of-art-design

Brian McGowan

Founder @peracon, @capital-properties

Hoyt Prisock

Serial technology entrepreneur. Master of blending product skills, business model development and market vision.
http://www.attentionsciences.com/blog/

Joe McCann

Serial entrepreneur, designer, technologist, investor, musician and DJ. Obsessed with data, mobile and design. Technical background with biz dev brain.
http://subprint.com/blog

James Norris

Entrepreneur since 6. Focused on social and behavioral change. Co-built 6 startups. 4 secured/earned $100K+. Co-built 15 organizations. 3 majors/4 minors.
http://www.jamesnorris.org/insights

Raul Trevino

Founder @participame-1. Former investment banker. Columbia and UT Austin.

Zachery Jiwa

EiR at HHS, 2 Startups, Passionate about improving healthcare through technology. Curiosity and problem solving drive me. CS at OKState, Marketing at Kellogg
http://www.hitmanzac.com/blog#

Mike McNeil

Creator of Sails.js. Founder of @balderdash. Startup hipster programming since childhood, hustling ever since.
http://michaelmcneil.com

Elliott Counts

CEO of @roommatch • Director of Product at @neighborcity • Web Design & Product Enthusiast
http://blog.roommatch.co

Dan Benjamin

Founder of 5by5.
http://hivelogic.com

Trac Stephenson

Founder & CEO BidStage, Inc SaaS

Chris Carter

Yuen Yung

CEO of how do you roll?; Member of EO Austin; Board Member of the Austin Children's Museum; Certified Financial Planner; BBA from UT of Austin in Finance.

Rich Fueller

Founder @cheffedup • Worked as a chef at fine dining restaurants Olivia, and Lambert's in Austin, TX.

Rushton McGarr

President & COO of concept3D.com and Founder @market-force-information • Worked at @dell • Studied at @university-of-north-carolina-chapel-hill

David Cooper

President at @keyport • Senior operating roles in bus dev, finance, project management, IT and strategy in both public and private sectors • BSBA from @georgetown-university

Richard Dude

CEO & Co-Founder of QuantAdvisor

Jeff Dyck

Working on projects for community, world, and kingdom impact.

Mark Scolaro

Founder at @ucampus

Jonny Kot

Start-up guru with four exits under my belt, looking for my next opportunity to work with a remarkable team on a remarkable problem that needs to be solved

Mark Drosos

Founder Lodestone Social Media

Ari Franklin

CMO at Uberpong • Founder of OurPangea • Founder of FundFit Collective • Years of experience in brand account management and interactive production experience
http://ourpangea.wordpress.com

Brandon Knicely

Entrepreneur, principal @wigwag, Co-founded @cor Advisors, CTO @onsite-access, VP @Harris/Caprock, Think big, use leverage, add value, listen well.

Andrew Sanderson

@viral-industries • @pawnmystartup • Worked at @yodle, @innography • Studied at @university-of-north-texas, @southeastern-oklahoma-state-university

Mohit Taneja

Computer Engineering @ut-austin, Passions: Energy Efficiency, Embedded Systems, Computer Architecture, Networking, Robotics and Food

Anthony Erickson

CEO, Vision Quest Executive at @eye-in-the-sky-collective; lifelong musician, promoter, artist manager and booking agent; Voting Member of the Recording Academy
http://eyeinthesky.org/blog

Eric Yang

Operations GM for photography software startup @topaz-labs. Previously grew from zero to ~3M annual revenue in two years. Also co-founded @photowhoa.

Bob Wesson

Dr. Bob Wesson is a skilled executive, visionary entrepreneur, and adroit troubleshooter and turnaround expert. He has founded and sold 7 profitable tech companies.
http://www.quantumaging.com

CaseyCJones

Former VP at Dell. EVP/CSO at McCann Worldgroup. EVP at Grey Global Group. Radically successful at agency innovation, strategy development and new-biz.

Mark Troutfetter

Worked at @pristine-1, @national-instruments

Kevin Tang

Co-founder at @photowhoa. Started first startup in High School. Student at University of Texas Austin. Independent Filmmaker.

Harsh Patel

Founder @makersquare, @portfoliyo, • Worked at @teach-for-america • Studied at @saint-louis-university.
http://blog.themakersquare.com

Peter Mantas

President & CEO ► Problem Solver ► Tech Evangelist ► Mentor/Advisor

Stephen Vogelpohl

Founder, CEO at Social Good TV

Steven Lauver

Founder Nodify

Liangjun Jiang

Software Engineer

Husayn Alvarez-Gomariz

Founder @global-communication-leader-inc, @value-optimized-solutions-inc • Worked at @micron-technology • Studied at @northeastern-university, @saint-louis-university

Josh Huck

CEO/Co-founder of Heyride. Former creative consultant, journalist and co-founder of @gladpost-llc. Double BA from UT Austin w/highest honors.

Ivelin Ivanov

Founder @telestax-inc, @ringful-health • Worked at @red-hat, @bmc-software • Studied at @sofia-university-st-kliment-ohridski

Jeffrey Chambers

Founder of @vacationrentalsforsale-com. Investor in @mommymixer-com, @shared-earth. Team member of @property-maps, @homeaway, @vrbo.

Michael Koetting

Product Manager at Civitas Learning and co-creator of Hoot.Me.

Jay Moran

VP/Distinguished Engineer. Startup mentor/advisor. End-to-end system architecture and tech infrastructure. Tech finance planning & analysis. AOL, Perot, Tenet.
http://jay.tp.org

Judy Wu

Co-Founder/CEO of beautybagg. Business background: The Boston Consulting Group, Strategy/Business Dev. at Neiman Marcus. MBA from The @wharton-school School.
http://blog.beautybagg.com/

Melissa Tyree

Founder @itography • Worked at @deloitte-consulting, @city-of-round-rock • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1 @texas A&M

Richie Gordon

Studied at @university-of-southern-california

Michael Gualano

Founder @zipinion, @apartmentdeal • Worked at @homeaway, @rent101-com
http://www.zipinion.com/#recent-posts-3

Shuja Rahman

Founder @Mzines Digital. Worked at @amazon • Studied at @chicago booth.
http://www.mzines.com

Wesley Tansey

CS PhD student at UT Austin; Machine learning for health; Worked at Google; Co-founded 2 startups.
http://wesleytansey.com

Taylor McKnight

Sched.org Founder & Festival/Conference Obsesser Past: @the-hype-machine & @gawker-media
http://gtmcknight.com

Jeffrey Schwartz

UT Austin, Finance. CoFounder @loop-and-tie. Strong business background: @jefferies, New York (IB) / Sony Pictures, LA (Bus Dev). BOD Texas 4000 for Cancer.

Peggy Dold

Founder, Navigation Partners LLC; Global Marketing Strategist & Entertainment Consultant

Josh Bohls

Founder of @inkscreen - enterprise mobility. Previously Sunburst Digital, TippingPoint,and Seilevel.

Anthony Richardson

Author of "FULL-SCALE: How to Grow Any Startup Without a Plan or a Clue". Growth marketer, founder, board member, advisor etc.,

Jon Weisblatt

Founder & CEO of @upgradeusa. 20+ years in tech in Austin, San Francisco, and Washington DC. Results-oriented, resourceful business leader.

Learie Hercules

Founder @octavia-technologies • Worked at @nortel-networks, @ericsson • Studied at @university-of-the-west-indies, @university-of-california-berkeley

Vijayan Shanmugam

Founder @global-communication-leader-inc, @value-optimized-solutions-inc • Worked at @micron-technology • Studied at @kongu-engineering-college-perundurai-erode

Sara Mitran

RampCorp Entrepreneur program for Women. Regional Director for @cleantech-open. 3 corporate entrepreneurship ventures. UT-Austin MBA. @ibm, AMD and @microsoft.

Eli Goldberg

Founder @Aware Engineering • Worked at @Golder Associates, @weston Solutions • Studied at @madison, @eth Zurich

Malik Deyaf

Founder @phox-charge, @speedtech-lights • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1

Phil Pompa

Vice President, Articulate Labs. Experienced serial entreprenur. Ex - Public Company CEO and Chairman of Board, EDCO Ventures. @stanford-university BSEE & MBA.

Benjamin Taylor

Co-founder, Creative at @weaver-labs & @mechamagizmo | prev. Engineer at @electronic-arts' @maxis on SimCity, @nexon | @carnegie-mellon-university alum

James Walsh

Founder @Cutting Edge Gamer. MBA from The University of Texas at Austin. BSE from Duke University.

Michael Montaño

Lawyer, entrepreneur, and designer. Founder of LegalWorkshop.org. Educated at @stanford and Yale.

Jeff Muchnik

MCP, MBA, CMA Coursework as a Controller, Accountant, Internal Auditor, Financial Analyst, Business Developer, Project Manager, and Business Strategy Consultant

Jess Pendleton

Founder Something Local • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1

Zaitrarrio Collier

Founder @Cubus Corporation, @cloudee • Worked at @autodesk, @lsi Logic • Studied at @Cornell

Richard Spiegel

Co-Founder and CEO 15 years experience in digital media marketing and project mgmt

Steve Burt

Co-Founder @vobi • Managing Director at @9gauge-partners • Worked at @pwc-1 • Studied at The University Of Texas At Austin

Matt Tankersley

CEO & Co-Founder HumaniTV • Studied at @oklahoma-state-university

Jason Gonzales

COO & Founder Phox Charge • Studied at @the-university-of-texas-at-austin-1

Brian Maloney

Founder @pipcoin • Worked at @socialware, @demand-media • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1

Chris Orem

Experienced business developer. Passionate about IT, finance, and project development. Entrepreneur. Founded @engine , @Aquatic Energy.

Ryan Smith

Co-Founder of Good Market. PhD Mass Media and Communication Studies. TS/SCI Security Clearance.

Brian Moeskau

Cofounded @sencha and @level-seven. Experience ranges from startup to enterprise. Software architect with practical business experience.

Brandon Hudgeons

Founder ATsoft. COO & VP Tech at Schoox. CTO at Curb, SPARXlife. Founded Internal Machine. VP Tech, Enspire Learning. Worked at @gunderson-dettmer , @motive. CS & Creative Writing from @Dartmouth; JD, MBA and MSCEE from UT Austin

Thomas Sweeney

Founder @vchain-solutions • Worked at @ge, @cardinal-logistics • Studied at @kennesaw-state-university, @georgia-southern-university

Chris Ladouceur

CEO of Neon Mobile. Creating the next generation of mobile websites for small businesses everywhere.

Taylor Hawes

SVP Marketing, Customer Acquisition - Endurance International Group (EIGI). Chief Marketing Officer at @hostgator.com.

Jay Prince

iOS Developer • Two 5-Star Apps • Backend Engineer, Distributed Systems & Scalability Expert

Jeetu Melwani

Founder of @slashview-com, ready to take the indian E-commerce market by storm. World-class business, technology and consulting background.
http://blog.beaglo.com

Q Manning

CEO of Rocksauce Studios & Co-Founder of ProductionCliq. A wonderful blend of filmmaker, designer & developer with 17 years experience in tech leadership.

Daniel Ehevich

VP of Biz Dev @taptica, Founded @peach, @wibubble • Worked at @ebay, @marimedia-ltd • MBA at @McCombs •

Eric Cassady

Founder @pipcoin • Worked at @socialware, @messageone • Studied at @university-of-colorado-boulder

Joel Lucas

Founder SubjectWell

Mark Courtney

Servant leadership focused innovator and passionate problem solver; Detailed, polished, technical and vision oriented CEO. A socially minded disrupter with a background in big 5 Consulting, Enterprise Architecture, Sales, Interactive Marketing, Technolog

Kristen Heaney

Architect, entrepreneur, Ambassador of Joy.

Tim Scott

Full stack developer. Technical leader. Lean startup practitioner with high business IQ.
http://lunaverse.wordpress.com/

David Endler

Start-UP Blaster, Inc.

Craig W Rider, CEO of Start-UP Blaster, Inc. a company which helps start-ups that produce innovative consumer related products reach global emerging markets.

J.C. Adams

1st startup in college & 4 more since in tech, marketing, real estate & health care. I'm a Lean Startup Driver & Social Entrepreneur. "Do well by doing good"!

Mario Barrett

Founder @peach-6 @sockwork @deloitte-consulting, @us-army • @united-states-military-academy, @McCombs School Of Business

Ron Wikso

Co-Founder of Bitvibe. Entrepreneur & Techie (sort of). Musician - played with Foreigner, Cher, Richie Sambora, David Lee Roth & more.
http://ronwikso.tumblr.com

Timur Eligulashvili

VP of Commercial Products @uShip. Previously Founder at Loadio, and Director of Product Management at Echo (IPO 2009), from 20 to 900 employees

Naveen Valeti

Founded and managing VRN JOBS LLC, a technology & management consulting firm based in Portland Oregon. I bring around 9 years of tech & mgmt consulting experience.

Scott Henderson

CEO/Founder @yoursportscast-1.com M. Ed. Texas A & M - Commerce

Lauren Martin

Founder @phox-charge • Entrepreneurship major at @st-edwards-university-of-austin Former bartender. Current start-up ceo, blogger & artist.
http://makeitadoubleplease.com

Levi Smith

I help companies and teams pursue the right strategy, develop engaging culture and invite all the stakeholders into a more compelling story.
http://www.itsworthnoting.com

Mike Holp

Mobile Developer Extraordinaire
http://www.dwmcapp.com/blog

Marco Rodriguez

Founder Zilker Brewing Company • Worked at @internal-revenue-service • Studied at @university-of-texas-austin

Kevin Tully

Founder @moniker-guitars
http://monikerguitars.com/blog

Liz Hall

Founder of Pain Sufferers Speak; Advocate; Author; Blogger x3; Mom x2; Wifey for 21yrs; practices unconditional love & respects ALL
http://painsufferersspeak.blogspot.com/

Forrest Clark

Founder Zilker Brewing Company • Worked at @ibm • Studied at @university-of-texas-austin

Cl. Alex. Chien

Inventor, "Med-Surg Onshoring" (pat. pend.). Project leader $50MM ILEC COs. Leading Wall St. analyst Cable-Modem 1.0. MBA, UNC-Chapel Hill. U-Mich. award.

Ben Calder

Co-founder @shiftt | Software Engineer | Gearhead

Atif Bhanjee

Former corporate climber in Strategy, Finance, and Operations; now a startup co-founder. I am results-oriented and versatile. Able to see trends and find solutions.

Craig Steinfeld

Founded The Purity Source. Health Entrepreneur. MPH. Food Advocate.
http://healthbententrepreneur.com/

C. Enrique Ortiz

Founder @kloc, @mobile-monday-austin • Studied at @university-of-puerto-rico-bayamon
http://MobilityWeblog.com

Jesse Atwell

Vice President, Digital Marketing & Tour Marketing at Triple 8 Management

Mark Davies

Bootstrapped Founder of S3 • Worked at @trilogy, Employee #4 at Beansprout • BS CS @massachusetts-institute-of-technology 2000

Richard Swanson

CEO @Resumoto Track record with over $500MM in sales and two successful exits. Former CEO @FreeMe.com @wopodo @OnLineStaffing

Bill Kaigler

Founder SmackTalk, LeaseSquareFeet, Affiniscape • Work at Dell, Worked UT Austin, OAG Texas • Degrees: BA UT Austin, MBA Texas State University

Brian Meissner

Founder of Oportunidade Enterprises in Brazil, El Diablo Tranquilo Boutique Hostel and Bar in Uruguay and now focused on SA Trails in Austin, Tx

Shannon Swenson

Entrepreneur. Senior-level digital strategist & producer for national brands. Husband. Dad.

Milan Vasic

Lead front end developer and Co-partner on @twingz, holder of M Sc in Computer science, Worked on several international projects, entrepreneur and mentor.

Todd Hansen

Lead Conference Programmer @sxsw Interactive

Ameen Hashimi

Founder @ @otomodeal.com
http://marocglobe.com

Zachary Cook

Owner @TexasCA_Austin, and studying @UTexasMcCombs. Love team roping and on the college rodeo team! Let's change the world. Hook 'em!

Nick Hermandorfer

Business Development manager at tech start-ups including uShip and Bartab.com. Professional background in finance (Lehman Brothers) and real estate.

Matt Hawkins

Co-Founder of @wetique

Justin Eddy

Work at @ Google • Founded Tribute • Studied @ BYU

Adam Thompson

Career game developer. BS in CompSci (2005). Worked in mobile games (Javaground, 2006) and educational games (Alelo, 2009). Self-funded @first-earth development.
http://adamthompson.org/blog/

Justin Crites

Co-founder & product developer of @guava-2. Co-Founder and Product Development at @crowdrx. Interested in fin-tech and the future of value. 

Donovan Crowley

CEO of @repetual. Strong business, engineering, consulting and energy background. BS in Engineering from @purdue-university University, MBA from the University of Texas.

Tina Schweiger

Co-founder @muzie, founder at Yellowfin Design, co-founder at 97 Degrees West, BFA UT Austin.

Barry Kahn

Founder and CEO of Qcue. Top 40 under 40 (Sports Business Journal). Ph.D. Economics UT 2007.

Michael McConnell

Founder at @aerovoodoo LLC; President at @raisbeck-engineering; President & GM at @eclipse-aviation; @dell Corp;
http://www.overhead360.blogspot.com/

Fred Philipson

Services professional with decades of experience implementing IT infrastructure and unique software projects. Degree from Rice, grad courses at Stanford

Frank Edwards

IT Strategy (PepsiCo), MBA (@wharton-school), Computer Science (@baylor-university)

Peter Donovan

Tom Kieley

Co-Founder SourceDay.com, Supply Chain Vendor Management. Founder of @rightgift.com. Simplifying gift giving for any occasion.

Hector Torres

Founder @pragmatec-mexico, Onko Solutions • Worked at @johnson-controls • Studied at @the-university-of-texas-at-austin-mccombs-graduate-school-of-business

Keith Sibson

Founder @contractor-view • Worked at @sparefoot, @netspend • Studied at @university-of-st-andrews, @university-of-glasgow

Andy Cary

Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder @model-launcher • MSE Candidate @UTAustin, Studied at @university-of-north-carolina-chapel-hill
http://andycary.com

Niran Babalola

Founder of METROREAD • Built and ran the tech team at @the-texas-tribune • Studied at @stanford-university

Kenny Coleman

http://Dreamingbig.co

Ryan Young

Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Grandex Inc.

Ysmay

CEO of @metroseeker.com. Started college at the age of 12. Endlessly amused and intrigued by the world around me.

Ted J Harries

General Counsel

Rahul Desai

Founder of Zutsvi a B2B collaborative commerce platform. 15 yrs. of experience in IT, marketing, strategy and pricing. MIS @carnegie-mellon-university

Bob Quillin

Founder/CEO of StackEngine, former CEO of CopperEgg. Austin-based. Previously CMO/VPM at Hyper9, nLayers, Packeteer. Acquired by VMware, SolarWinds, & EMC.

Scott Sullivan

Proud Geek. Founder/CEO of iMonitron. Co-founder, original product architect, and VP of Research at Ziften Technologies, Inc.

Guilherme Junqueira

COO at @abstartups, speaker at @tedx, curator of entrepreneurship at @campusparty, mentor and judge at several startup events.

Chris Luther

Founder MiGide • Worked at @apple, @motive • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1, @university-of-texas-arlington

Adrian Salas

I like to build things that change the world.

Michael Mayrath, Ph.D.

Worked at @harvard University on simulation-based assessments. Co-founded Austin-based tech companies, including @trademark-media.
http://mayrathenterprises.com/blog

Allie Danziger

Founder and President of IntegratePR, social media PR agency.
http://integratepr.com/blog

Charlie Jackson

CEO / PM - Technology Projects

Geraldine Smythe

Founder @culturebooster, @culturebooster • Worked at @abrakadoodle • Studied at @new-york-university, @university-of-vermont
http://culturebooster.tumblr.com/

James Jackson Leach

CEO of CopyRightNow, Partner at Lucky's Puccias & Pizzeria, Executive Producer, Serial Entrepreneur.

Abhi Dobhal

Acton MBA, MSF UIUC

Sheena Allen

Founder @sheena-allen-apps • Studied at @university-of-southern-mississippi

William Vu Huynh

CEO of @intermedia. Investor @muafast Worked @societe-generale @jpmorgan-chase @ibm @bearingpoint @halliburton

Clarke Rahrig

Founder @book512 & @bedj • ECE undergrad @university-of-texas-at-austin-1 • Student Entrepreneur • Passion for learning, building and technology

Noel Geren

Founder/CTO @zoomrank - @sprinkl-io - Founding member @hrlogix (acq by @first-advantage) - Software Developer - Hardware Hacker - Extraordinaire

Jeremy Kimball

Founder of @hatch-d (hatchd.it). Background in energy (MA from UT Austin, 2006) and law (JD from @new-york-university, 2009).

Chris Meeks

Founder of Sort. Lead Designer of SAIL, acquired by CapitalOne. Led design team at Gallup.
http://christophermeeks.com

Roger Castillo

Founder/CTO @alterpoint (sold to Versata) additional startup experience includes KD1 (sold to @net-perceptions) and @spyglass (sold to OpenTV).

C. J. Barker

Husband, father, software craftsman, musician who is passionate about solving problems and using the right tool for the job.

Stefan Brunner

I founded TheTechMap to learn more about the new wave of startups and a way to directly help promote entrepreneurship. My focus is on the US and Germany.
http://blog.thetechmap.com

Douglas Hanna

Founder and CEO at Help.com. Previously Brand CEO and SVP at Endurance International Group (NASDQ: EIGI). Before that, co-owner/CEO at A Small Orange.
http://serviceuntitled.com

David Bailey

Founder @one2one-group, @decisionlinks • Worked at @toyota, @experian • Studied at @university-of-cincinnati, @xavier-university

jdcravens

Principal Engineer at frog, Author of HTML5 Hacks on O'Reilly Media http://t.co/7PMDH9RBMp
http://html5hacks.com

Lloyd Taylor

Founder @health-information-associates • Worked at @northstar-healthcare, • MBA @university-of-texas-at-austin-1,Genetics @georgia-institute-of-technology

Satyen Sarhad

Founder, Earthling Technology • MS, BS Computer Science @university-of-texas-dallas
https://plus.google.com/b/101964386810496067651/101964386810496067651/posts

Scott Spann

BS, Kinesiology/m, Psychology. Studied Math: University of Michigan. 2008 US Olympic Finalist. Captain/NCAA Champion at Texas.

Ahmed Raza

Founder @carefully-crafted • Worked at @jp-morgan, @the-nielsen-company • Studied at @london-school-of-economics, @imperial-college-london-1

Scott Miller

Co-Founder at @better-than-the-van
http://betterthanthevan.com/blog/

Dan Lussier

PhD candidate at University of @oxford-university in Mechanical Engineering as Rhodes Scholar. Teacher and strong generalist engineer who can code.
http://www.kezboard.ca/blog

Kyle P. May, MS PhD

20+ yrs exp operating multi-million dollar portfolios including Perot Systems, CSC & DynCorp. PhD in Internet regulation. 40 Under 40 Leadership Award 2011

Irene Mwathi

CEO of @start-up-katalyst and founder of Spaces2Host startup. Strong Product Lifecycle management skills and business background. @georgetown-university University 2006

Siddhartha Sharma

Entrepreneur, Programmer, Founder @detangl, worked at Dell, MessageOne, IITK Alum, Equities trader

Scott Moore

Founder of Snapleaf, 1st startup venture. Worked at @jp-morgan, @xerox • Studied at @georgia-institute-of-technology

David A. Bryan

Entrepreneur and Technologist. Currently at Polycom. Previously Founder/CEO at SIPeerior, Co-Founder/CTO at @jasomi. Ph.D. William and Mary. Advisor.

Barron Roth

CompEng @boston-university • Founder @downtyme • Product Engineer @amd • Designer • Photographer

Geet Khosla

Founded GVK Internships (sold in 2012). I have worked in Fashion, Healthcare, Marketing/PR, Consulting and Tech.
http://geetkhosla.tumblr.com/

Eric Voss

Collaborative Founder. College at U. of Illinois. Customer Discovery Fan. Advocate of $1B+ Technology Product Development thru Customer Search/Validation

David Lackey

Founded PearHaven
http://blog.pearhaven.com

Cawley Thompson

Founder and CEO at Handpicked. Experience in technology and consulting. Worked at @samsung-electronics, @infosys. Studied at @McCombs @esade @Tulane

Dan Scellen

Founder of @stereocast. @university-of-texas-at-austin MBA,  @cornell-university Engineer. Product & BizDev guy. Worked @business-insider, @associated-press
http://dan.scellen.com

Gregory T Becker

BS, MS, 30 year engineer. Spectacular communication and marketinig skills. I have always provided leadership and added benefits to the team.

Arnoldus Ellis

Strategy Consultant at Accenture. 1st software startup out of college. Strong business and finance background (Accenture and IB) Quantitative Fin/Acct OSU '09

Justin Britten

Shawn Scott

CEO at Gradeness. Experienced web/mobile developer. Worked at @apple, @texas-instruments • Studied at @devry-university, @university-of-texas-at-austin-1
http://www.shawnscott.me

Ryan Dunagan

Co-Founder at Stoodify, Product and Marketing background

Brett Berman

Co-Founder of UMeTime. Entrepreneur. Adventurer.

Ariam Macias

Staff and web designer. Graduating with three degrees. Goal: be genius and spread the wonders of knowledge.

Justin DeLaCruz

Business Development Manager for @sprint for the Central Texas Market VP of Residential Sales for @stratford-property-group Managing Partner at @method-and-craft

Matt Mills

VP Design @cogsy. Artist, engineer, programmer, and designer working on everything from video games to large corporate web applications.

Guy Goldstein

Creator of WriterDuet.com and ReadThrough.com

Jason Carroll

CEO of startup, Social Medium. Lover of people. Champion for local business. Forward thinker with strong business acumen and a million ideas waiting to happen.
http://www.socialmedium.com/blog

Ammon Fife

Started 3 companies, Manage Social Media Analytics at WCG (PR/Comm/Ad agency) for Fortune 100 companies and startups. Also teach Microeconomics adjunct at BYU-I

J Allen

CEO, Founder and Creator of Appeer. Creator and Founder of Crowdini. 10+ years in Network Administration

Jessica Meyer

Web developer in training @makersquare (C10) & front-end dev alum, Gluten-free food blogger. Past: nutritionist & startup founder (Locate Special Diet, Careio).
http://www.atxglutenfree.com/

Isaac Levy

Founder/CEO @resolute-productions-llc, Founder @amalgamii-llc.

David Choi

Research Intern at St David's NeuroTexas Institute
http://sentinelhub.wordpress.com

Jeremy Koester

Founder @art-print-me prev @prime-surveying-academy • Worked at @geekdom, @rowdy-towel • Studied at @the-university-of-texas-at-san-antonio, @wayland-baptist-university

Johnston Ayala

Founder and Editorial Director of @theascendermag. Digital publishing innovator shaping the future of magazines and digital media.

John Adolph

Founder @GetParqer | Attorney @BGLLP

Kevin Brady

Entrepreneur & President, @physicians-angels, Inc.

Brandon Gottesman

Founder/CEO of @perfectlynot.

Dennis Carpenter

Craig W Rider

Founder FWB Loyalty, @diamond-tools-direct-inc • Studied at @stephen-f-austin-state-university
https://www.vizify.com/craig-w-rider

Christopher Sayson

Bootstrapped Polysil America and bootstrapping MuseQuip. Keen eye for opportunity and problem solving.

Rajan Babaria

Founder @eborhood, @Ipelion Healthcare

Mehernosh (Nosh) Mody

Master in CS and MBA - can take an idea from design to production and customer satisfaction!

Karen Leventhal

Founder & CEO SE Rising. 15 years experience in fundraising and program management.

Cort Bucher

Strategic senior technologist and operations manager. Have served as both CTO and COO for several successful companies. Excellent problem solver and strategist.

Chris Mills

Founder Veribuy • Worked at @capital-one • Studied at @virginia-military-institute

Christopher Molaro

Officer at @us-army, Founder @things-we-read • Studied at @united-states-military-academy

Michael Marshall

Founder @weeli • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1

Joe Molinelli

Team member of @agent-aquarium.

Craig Halley

CTO, Founder @MPV (acquired by Experian). Software Architect @Concero. Strong design, web dev, database, software architecture. Studied @northwestern-university.

Maria D. Nunez

Founded @dream Clowd, Studied @the-university-of-texas-at-austin-1, @3-day-startup Alumni, Worked @austin-independent-school-district, UT Austin and The Syndicate

Hunter Inman

Founder @okkem-consulting • Worked at @bny-mellon, [email protected] • Studied at [email protected], [email protected]

Nick Middleton

Founder @m-house-consulting • Worked at @square-root • Helped launch multi-million dollar website while at UT Austin
http://mhouseconsulting.com/blog

Allen Walker

Co-Founder @merj, Full stack Ruby Rails consultant

Blaine Kohl

Work at @itrend, Big Data Analytics • Founder @ethernet-alliance, Life Slice • Worked at Intel, Motorola • Studied at @university-of-texas-austin

Lawrence Johnson

CEO of Hurl. Background in sales and project management with Microsoft and Apple. UT Austin graduate.

Hunter Cash

President of @basanty, Founder of @brew-cupid-coffee-co. Worked at @silicon-valley-bank and @spring Branch ISD. Entrepreneurship Major at @st-edwards-university

Michael Van Steenburg

Advanced Technology Developer and Consultant

Sean Schade

Founder Zenkata IO • Worked at @ebay and @dell

James Hergott

Ceo of Owned Entertainment, writer/exec producer of doc about GSP (the UFC's top PPV draw) writer/producer/director of several released MMA film and TV projects

Matt Hawkins

Founder @pipcoin • Worked at @bazaarvoice, @socialware • Studied at @university-of-colorado-boulder

Tom Maiaroto

Internet mercenary.
http://www.shift8creative.com

Dan McMahan

Founder @unclipd, @snapshowing, @awethentic • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1

Jennifer Aldoretta

Designer, entrepreneur, engineer, learner. CEO & Co-Groover of Groove, providing tools to help women easily & confidently manage fertility.

Matt Harris

Most recently co-founded @urbee-1. I previously worked at Morgan Stanley as an FX Trader. 2010 Texas @texas-a-m-university grad, bachelors in finance.

Jay R. Stanka

Internet TV & Social Media, Humanitarian Assistance, Special Forces, Platform Development, Global Human Networks, Disaster Relief, Medical & Corporate Diplomacy

Geneva

Startup enthusiast | Social Media Coordinator @CapitalFactory | 

Tay Sarian

Sales professional of 8 years.

Joshua Ellinger

CTO/Founder @exemplar-technologies * Scientist @ Pavilion Technologies * BSEE @ UT Austin

Marcel Bensch

CTO&Co-Founder @froof. Studied at @university-of-california-santa-barbara. Software Developer & UI/UX Designer. Passionate about open healthcare and open data.

Sid Upadhyay

Co-Founder & CTO at @hoot-me. @dreamit-ventures Summer Class of 2011. @university-of-texas-austin Stats Grad.

Bradley B. Clark

Co-Founder @lawful-ly | Shareholder www.bradleybclark.com | TX Rising Star: Business (top 2.5% under 40) | Fellow: @txbforg (top 1/3 of 1% of Texas Attorneys)

Stanley Florek

Tangerine Power helps communities develop the clean energy resources in their neighborhood.

Kori Mirsberger

Founder Band Draft • Inventor of Fun Wraps • Studied at @boston-university • Graphic & Web Designer • Owner of IROK Designs
http://cookthencraft.com

Eric Brynsvold

Founder of @trailerq, freelance Android developer, graduate of Rose-Hulman
http://ebmobiledev.tumblr.com

Zia Word

Co-founder Lialina, Fewe.st, AFTR & Guerrilla Gameshow. Worked with large brands bringing digital to life. Tech, Creative, Growth hacking, Marketing & business

Ed Sullivan

Founder and CTO @g2link • Studied at @pennsylvania-state-university
http://g2link.com/category/blog/

Lars Hjältman

co-founder @hcg-partners • Partner in Management Consulting, serial entrepreneur and big company C-leve exec

Dastan Aitzhanov

International entrepreneur & mid-size company owner.

John (JP) Pullicino

Founder & Lead Systems Engineer @22solutions-llc (Install/Test Fiber-Optic Networks) CoFounder @api-network • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1

Stephen Newman

Chief Executive Officer at @culturemap, LLC

Colby Wilson

CEO at Cervisior LLC, CEO HireaHammer LLC

Reid Moody

Founder VoiceWorks Mobile, VoiceWorks Mobile, Inc • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1

Matthew Twite

Founder of Salesbot. Experienced and successful sales professional in medical device industry (NuVasive, Zimmer, & Biomet). Self-proclaimed technophile.

Peter Keller

Founder: @fringesport, @ProductSimple. CrossFit gearhead. I build companies, I design cool kit.

Florin Matei

Running the technology for a GIS business for more than 5 years. Looking for the next big thing where geospatial meets big data and computer learning. Join me!

Louis Sato

Worked at @reqwip, @homeaway, @indeed, @involver, @oracle-corporation

Derek Buchanan

Founder MightyBark • Worked at @morgan-stanley, @fiberio-technology • Studied at @southern-methodist-university

Alfonso Aramburo

Design Engineer. Founder of Publicity Startup. Master in Marketing and Technologies Management. Play guitar and Sing. Sports.

Tom Nguyen

Student at UT Austin, started import business. Strong technical background. Experienced with many web technologies.

Wayne Harrel

Author and Founder of Zielix®, Thrib and Hatchboy.
http://wayneharrel.zielix.com

Stephen Peyton Austin TX

The book, entitled Kicker Box from Afghanistan, chronicles Mr. Peyton’s journey from his Austin home to the war zone around Bagram, Afghanistan.
http://stephenpeytonaustintx.wordpress.com/

Annamalai Muthu

Chief Operating Officer/Co-founder at @solspot-systems Inc.

Shaun McCormick

SEM at Bigcommerce; Chief Architect at @siphonlabs; Co-architected MODX Revolution CMS; over 15 years experience in web software engineering.
http://splittingred.com/

Dustin Bozarth

Web Developer/Creative Designer at @airshp
http://flavors.me/dboz

Ganesh Shenoy

Co-Founder, @rackfox. Enjoyed at @cisco-systems-deleted-deleted, IPCell, @texas-instruments. Pioneered VoIP technology at IPCell (acquired by Cisco). MBA.

Andy Miles

Founder Bandize
http://milesoftravel.com

Beau Armstrong

Studied at University of Colorado, Boulder. Chairman/CEO at @stratus-properties-inc

Ross Dickey

Worked at @storspeed • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1

Mel Frontino - Bergeron

Studied at @bowling-green-state-university

Robert Leung

http://clay.io/, University of Texas 2015; Always learning

Stephen Goodwin

Co-Founder @edgecase-formerly-compare-metrics • Worked at @indeed • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1

Gerardo Treviño

Founder & CEO of Paybook, Inc. Bachelor degree in IT at Technological University of Coahuila. Worked as CTO at Dicex Int., Inc. and already sold 1 company.

Kalli Doubleday

CSO at @partingout-1, Adjunct @texas-christian-university-tcu-william-m-dickey-entrepreneur-in-residence • Undergraduate at @texas-christian-university & Masters at CSULB
http://kallifullerton.blogspot.com/

Joey Feste

As Partner and owner of KM Capital Management, Joey Feste provides financial management services for a variety of high-net-worth individuals and families.
http://joeyfeste.wordpress.com/

Rick Cockerham

Founder @pocket-knife-software. Programming since he was eight. Written custom software for companies from 1 to 20,000 employees for over 17 years.

Tim Robertson

Founder @currently-unnamed • Worked at @ibm, @netspend • Studied at @san-jose-state-university, @new-mexico-state-university
http://rtimothy.tumblr.com/

Cory Stout

Founder @tikkrwatch-com, @woodies-sunglasses-com • Studied at @university-of-florida

Alex Levine

Founder Advisaur • Studied at @university-of-massachusetts-amherst

Verick Cornett

Worked at @bancvue, @kershner-trading • Studied at @the-university-of-texas-at-austin-mccombs-graduate-school-of-business, @the-university-of-texas-at-austin-1
http://www.justletmebegreat.com

Mike Shin

Marketer / User Acquisition. Founded & sold advertising agency. Web/programming background. Worked at @microsoft, @adobe, and @ancestry.com

Tom Giesberg

Startup-aholic

Tyler Reynolds

Co-Founder of OJOS Eyewear | Entrepreneur and Good Times Extraordinaire Running on Bravado | Currently living "Go, Be, Do" with OJOS Eyewear; Studied @ The University of Kansas
http://ojoseyewear.tumblr.com/

mikedillard

Mike Dillard of Austin, Texas, balances his demanding career as a start-up business founder and entrepreneur with community work and outreach.

Tim Lindsey

Studied Computer Science at @university-of-central-florida, and Information Engineering @university-of-west-florida

Joe Wurzburger

Co-founder/CTO of @ninut, coder, writer.
http://joe_wurzburger.blogspot.com

Jonathan Hartman

CEO of @sandbox-ideas, First startup to uncover the wealth of knowledge within our social networks.

Nadeem Rajani

Shane Faulkner

Technology Master

Alex Garner

Founder YUMIX • Worked at @the-coca-cola-company • Studied at @university-of-texas-san-antonio

Kaushik Nagabhushan

Founder Anotiste • Studied at @university-of-houston, @university-of-connecticut

Hunter Sherman

Software engineer, architect, team leader specializing in web applications • Tech Lead at Weeva • Studied at @university-of-florida, @university-of-west-florida

Carlos Voltron

CEO/Founder of Cake Intake. 3 acquired ventures.

Francisco Bonilla Kuhlmann

Founder @Altrüus; Investment Banker @santander @banorte; Business and Marketing, Organizational Development and Innovation (@Universidad Panamericana, @ipade)

Blake Mendez

Owned + operated several businesses. Enjoy the challenges of entrepreneurship. Seasoned, multidisciplinary business experience. Tulane finance graduate 2001.
http://www.menco-finco.blogspot.com

Carrie West

Founder of @gig-spinach, Jazz Singer, Austin Enthusiast, All around Happy Gal

Linnie Phebus

Linnie Phebus is the Sr. Vice President for Frost Bank in Austin, Texas.
http://linniephebus.wordpress.com

John McIntosh

Freelance iOS developer. Worked at National Instruments. Computer Engineering / Business at Auburn University.

Will Taylor

Studied at @miami-university

Michelle Blaine

CMO and co-founder of Chef 52, Inc., a tech startup online community marketplace where foodies meet their makers. Farm to kitchen table, education, and advocacy

Pedram Amini

Software developer, reverse engineer, entrepreneur, fan of dogs, and most recently founder of Jumpshot.com... acquired by Avast in 2013.

aaron snyder

Founder @domain-oms • Studied at @american-university, @syracuse-university-college-of-law

Parker Ferguson

Technology, Strategy, Operations, Music

NSR Holdings

NSR Holdings focuses on acquiring growth companies in the technology space, specifically companies with annual revenue below $5MM.

Logan Lindquist

Developed CMS for NASA shuttle missions; Organizer of Austin PHP @meetup; and PHP Application development for Mattersight.com and Blinds.com.

Scott Weinert

Founder @comfy

Larry D. Lewis

Founder @mykelarry • Studied at @full-sail-university-1 University Worked as a 3rd party with Google, Uncle Larry Foundation for single mothers and kids.

Larry Peterson

Founder Budget Infographics LLC • Studied at @university-of-saskatchewan

Drew Moynihan

Serial Entrepreneur, previously co-founded Techarati Inc. & Docuda Inc. SVP

Aaron Bumbarger

Founder @shark-pond • Worked at @unisys-corp • Studied at @university-of-pittsburgh

Joe Ramirez

Founder & CEO of @MottoMobile. Worked at Internet Brands, OutClick Media, and Bank of America.

Rahul Malik

CEO at @egully.com. Strong engineering background. MS from IIT,Chicago and BTECH from GGSIPU, Delhi. Worked at AMD and Philips.

Carlos Balderas

Software Engineer @recommenu , ResearchAssistant/Developer at Center for Transportation Research, Student @university-of-texas-at-austin-1
http://caisbalderas.com/blog

Joe Broderick

Studied at @ohio-state-university

William Lowe

http://gluu.org/blog