Alan Michael Kane

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

Jeremy Bencken

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

Bill Boebel

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

Lukas Bouvrie

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

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/

Brett Hurt

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

Jason Seats

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

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

Rick Orr

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

Justin Siegel

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

Jason Cohen

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

Josh Williams

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

David Wieland

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

Christopher Piedmonte

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

Jared Slosberg

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

Alex Chang

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

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

John Smart

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

Scot Chisholm

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

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/

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/

Jonas Lamis

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

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

Yvonne Tocquigny

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

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

Andrew Eye

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

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

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

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.

Denis O'Dwyer

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

Jason Traff

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

Eric Falcao

Founder and CTO at @mass-relevance

Louis Marascio

Entrepreneur; Market Hacker; Troublemaker

Wesley Barnett

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

Andrew Allison

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

Tom West

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

Lloyd Armbrust

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

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

Mikael Solomon

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

Jonathan Spillman

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

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

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

Sean Lane

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

Josh Jones-Dilworth

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

Meredith Maycotte

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

Howard Marks

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

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

Chad Keck

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

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

A.T. Fouty

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

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.

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

Jason Novek

Founder at @ownlocal, Y-Combinator Winter 2010.

Marc Smookler

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

Adam Cianfichi

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

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

Matt Thomson

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

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/

Paul Ford

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

Andrew Hunter

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

Connor Hood

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

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.

Erik McMillan

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

Ash Maurya

Founder Spark59 - Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.

Hans Yeakel

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

Matt Allison

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

Bradley Markham

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

Steven "Mick" Giles

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

Barrett Wood

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

Aaron Longnion

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

Raj Ramanan

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

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

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

Rodney Gibbs

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

Aaron Longnion

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

Rodrigo Tinajero

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

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

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.

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

Eric Sung

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

Kevin Kendall

Experienced guide, strategic thinker, designer.

Jesse Weber

Commercial Real Estate Expert and Entrepreneur

Dave DeMink

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

Marc Yagjian

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

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/

Bart Bohn

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

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

Joe Mocquant

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

Sebastian Bruce

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

Dave Verratti

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

Jason Bornhorst

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

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/

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

Lynn Yeldell

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

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...

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

Austin Hallock

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

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.

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.

Dr. MJG

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

Ryan Deiss

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

Faraaz Ismail

Michael McDaniel

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

Bret Cox

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

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

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

Hass Johnson

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

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

Jon Allen

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

Dusty Jones

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

Seth Page

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

Tim Gasper

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

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/

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

Lyle Pratt

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

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)

John Sung Kim

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

David Lowe

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

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

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

Mason Arnold

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

Derick Thompson

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

Conall Arora

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

Matthew Wensing

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

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

Steve Sachs

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

Ricardo Vargas-Lugo

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

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

Alex Morse

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

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

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

Noah Zandan

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

Evan Hammer

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

Marko Kruustuk

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

John Engler

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

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

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/

Mason Hale

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

Patrick H Perrine

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

Dave Raring

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

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

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

Michael Walsh

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

Tom Klein

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

Nate McGuire

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

Alex Kilpatrick

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

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/

Steve Berneman

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

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.

Kristel Viidik

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

Marc Mapes

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

Zachary Dell

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

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.

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/

Joshua Bauder

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

Aseem Ali

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

Rachel English

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

Neeraj Bansal

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

Ben Doherty

CEO & Co-Founder of @favor

Alex Smith

Founder & CEO, LanternCRM.

Manuel Rosso

Founder/CEO at FoodontheTable.com

Tushar Jain

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

Jordan Thaeler

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

Laura Roeder

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

Sebastian Hassinger

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

Andy Fletcher

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

Pascal Nicolas

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

Stuart Rench

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

Jason Stoddard

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

Dan DeFelippi

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

Albert Smith

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

Doug Yeager

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

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

Roj Niyogi

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

David Weiser

Founder & COO @lanterncrm-1

Ted Fifelski

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

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.

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

Jonathan Placa

Co-founder ProtoExchange • Techstars Alum

Chris Porch

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

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

Marc Mattox

Multiple failures. One great exit. Tech Advisor & Opportunist

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.

Martijn de Kuijper

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

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

Elom Tsogbe

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

Patrick Perlmutter

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

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/

Keith Ubben

Founder @group-builder • Investor @tapatalk-1

Truong-An (Bi) Thai

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

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

David Isquick

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

Todd Krumholz

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

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/

Jerry Damon Chang

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

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.

Kyle Robertson

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

Tim Hayden

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

Rick Lundbom

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

Brian Kurth

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

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.

Frank Livaudais

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

Satish Kodukula

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

David Henderson

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

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

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/

Jeremy Kandah

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

Lara Jeremko

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

Jonathan Wasserstrum

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

Aaron Brazell

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

Michael Breen

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

Laura Mayes

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

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.

Jered Kenna

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

Chris Slaughter

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

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

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

Shawn Ullman

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

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

Jay Hotaling

Founder @fastfig Inventor of @Touch-Not

Gabriel Shepherd

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

Toni Lane Casserly

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

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

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

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

Hollis Tibbetts

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

Brett Relander

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

Patrick Kolencherry

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

Michael Olaya

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

Aasim Saeed

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

Damian Thompson

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

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.

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

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

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/

Taylor Pechacek

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

Chad Huston

lawyer at Daffer McDaniel; multiple start-ups

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

David Brubaker

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

Samir Patodia

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

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.

Ryan Cush

VP of Business Development, Food on the Table

Anthony Morales

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

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

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

Max Loukianov

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

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

Kim Love

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

Eric Strait

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

Jonathan Huang Van

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

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

Kristian Russell

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

Ben Munoz

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

Candice Roma

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

Jonathan Kanarek

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

Andy Keil

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

Blaine Nielsen

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

Michael Meehan

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

Ryan T Garner

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

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

Moneet Singh

Founder, CEO at Siminars

S

Building web brands since last century.

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

Seth Black

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

Tim Kern

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

Shaun Sims

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

Felix Menard

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

Chris Lamprecht

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

Perry Nelson

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

Peter Fleckenstein

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

Dave Perry

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

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

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

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

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] 14
http://dr-db.com

Jake Bailey

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

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.

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

Hunter Monk

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

Aidan Augustin

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

Chris Murphy

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

Jeffrey Fry

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

Pranav Desai

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

Sam Hyatt

Founder @locata-co. Previous founder @biicast.

Tony Aguilar

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

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.

Jae Lee

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

Lamar Romero

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

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

Jef Sewell

Founder/CEO @Amplifier, Founder @despair-inc

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

Daniel Garcia

Founder at @callgrader.com

Sree Nagarajan

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

Michael Scheschuk

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

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

Christian B.

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

Christopher Harman

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

Drew Giovannoli

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

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).

Wes Kay

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

Brandon Coleman III

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

Cam Houser

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

Adrian Arnet

Worked at @nuhabitat

Mike Svatek

Chief Strategy Officer at @bazaarvoice

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

Lance Vaughn

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

Rich Winley

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

Court Rye

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

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

Parnell Springmeyer

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

Hoyt Prisock

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

Gordon Walton

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

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

Beto Juarez III

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

Devin Fee

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

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

Mark Castleman

EIR @ Bell Labs

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#

Caleb Gandara

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

Brian McGowan

Founder @peracon, @capital-properties

Steve Green

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

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

Mike McNeil

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

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.

Elliott Counts

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

Jeff Dyck

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

Mark Drosos

Founder Lodestone Social Media

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.

Trac Stephenson

Founder & CEO BidStage, Inc SaaS

Mark Scolaro

Founder at @ucampus

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

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

Mohit Taneja

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

Andrew Sanderson

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

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

Brandon Knicely

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

Richard Dude

CEO & Co-Founder of QuantAdvisor

Dan Benjamin

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

Chris Carter

Liangjun Jiang

Software Engineer

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.

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

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.

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

Mark Troutfetter

Worked at @pristine-1, @national-instruments

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

Ivelin Ivanov

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

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

Steven Lauver

Founder Nodify

Michael Koetting

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

Shuja Rahman

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

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

Peter Mantas

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

Jeffrey Chambers

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

Stephen Vogelpohl

Founder, CEO at Social Good TV

Husayn Alvarez-Gomariz

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

Josh Bohls

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

Jeff Muchnik

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

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.

Eli Goldberg

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

Peggy Dold

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

Malik Deyaf

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

Taylor McKnight

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

James Walsh

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

Zaitrarrio Collier

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

Wesley Tansey

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

Benjamin Taylor

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

Jon Weisblatt

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

Jess Pendleton

Founder Something Local • 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.

Michael Montaño

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

Vijayan Shanmugam

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

Anthony Richardson

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

Learie Hercules

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

Richard Spiegel

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

Sara Mitran

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

Taylor Hawes

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

Jason Gonzales

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

Thomas Sweeney

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

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

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

Chris Orem

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

Chris Ladouceur

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

Brian Maloney

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

Kristen Heaney

Architect, entrepreneur, Ambassador of Joy.

Q Manning

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

Joel Lucas

Founder SubjectWell

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.

Eric Cassady

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

Steve Burt

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

Tim Scott

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

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

Jay Prince

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

Matt Tankersley

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

Daniel Ehevich

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

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/

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.

Craig Steinfeld

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

Marco Rodriguez

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

Scott Henderson

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

David Endler

Mike Holp

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

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

C. Enrique Ortiz

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

Ben Calder

Co-founder @shiftt | Software Engineer | Gearhead

Forrest Clark

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

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.

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

Lauren Martin

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

Mario Barrett

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

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"!

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.

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.

Kevin Tully

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

Barry Kahn

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

Shannon Swenson

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

Richard Swanson

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

Ameen Hashimi

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

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/

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.

Justin Eddy

Work at @ Google • Founded Tribute • Studied @ BYU

Fred Philipson

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

Tina Schweiger

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

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. 

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.

Jesse Atwell

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

Todd Hansen

Lead Conference Programmer @sxsw Interactive

Mark Davies

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

Nick Hermandorfer

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

Zachary Cook

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

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

Bill Kaigler

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

Matt Hawkins

Co-Founder of @wetique

Michael McConnell

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

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

Tom Kieley

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

Scott Sullivan

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

Charlie Jackson

CEO / PM - Technology Projects

Peter Donovan

Adrian Salas

I like to build things that change the world.

Chris Luther

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

Rahul Desai

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

Guilherme Junqueira

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

Frank Edwards

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

Keith Sibson

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

Hector Torres

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

Ysmay

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

Ryan Young

Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Grandex Inc.

Kenny Coleman

http://Dreamingbig.co

Ted J Harries

General Counsel

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

Bob Quillin

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

Geraldine Smythe

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

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).

Lloyd Taylor

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

Abhi Dobhal

Acton MBA, MSF UIUC

C. J. Barker

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

Chris Meeks

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

Scott Miller

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

Scott Spann

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

Sheena Allen

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

Ahmed Raza

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

Clarke Rahrig

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

James Jackson Leach

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

Roger Castillo

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

William Vu Huynh

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

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

Satyen Sarhad

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

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

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

Barron Roth

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

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

Justin Britten

David Lackey

Founded PearHaven
http://blog.pearhaven.com

Ariam Macias

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

Scott Moore

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

Eric Voss

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Brett Berman

Co-Founder of UMeTime. Entrepreneur. Adventurer.

Ryan Dunagan

Co-Founder at Stoodify, Product and Marketing background

Geet Khosla

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

Irene Mwathi

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

Gregory T Becker

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

Siddhartha Sharma

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

Matt Mills

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

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/

Craig W Rider

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

Karen Leventhal

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

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

Dennis Carpenter

Kevin Brady

Entrepreneur & President, @physicians-angels, Inc.

Mehernosh (Nosh) Mody

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

Christopher Sayson

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

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

Cort Bucher

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

Rajan Babaria

Founder @eborhood, @Ipelion Healthcare

John Adolph

Founder @GetParqer | Attorney @BGLLP

Isaac Levy

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

Guy Goldstein

Creator of WriterDuet.com and ReadThrough.com

Brandon Gottesman

Founder/CEO of @perfectlynot.

J Allen

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

David Choi

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

Johnston Ayala

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

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

Dan McMahan

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

Lawrence Johnson

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

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.

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

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

Matt Hawkins

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

Chris Mills

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

Sean Schade

Founder Zenkata IO • Worked at @ebay and @dell

Michael Van Steenburg

Advanced Technology Developer and Consultant

Joe Molinelli

Team member of @agent-aquarium.

Blaine Kohl

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

Tom Maiaroto

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

Craig Halley

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

Allen Walker

Co-Founder @merj, Full stack Ruby Rails consultant

Hunter Inman

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

Michael Marshall

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

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

Jennifer Aldoretta

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

Nick Middleton

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

Christopher Molaro

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

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)

Jay R. Stanka

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

Joshua Ellinger

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

Kori Mirsberger

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

Dastan Aitzhanov

International entrepreneur & mid-size company owner.

Peter Keller

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

Stephen Newman

Chief Executive Officer at @culturemap, LLC

Matthew Twite

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

Geneva

Startup enthusiast | Social Media Coordinator @CapitalFactory | 

Stanley Florek

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

Sid Upadhyay

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

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

Eric Brynsvold

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

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

Reid Moody

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

Colby Wilson

CEO at Cervisior LLC, CEO HireaHammer LLC

Tay Sarian

Sales professional of 8 years.

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.

Zia Word

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

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!

Robert Leung

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

Louis Sato

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

Stephen Goodwin

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

Dustin Bozarth

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

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/

Annamalai Muthu

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

Ganesh Shenoy

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

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/

Derek Buchanan

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

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.

Tom Nguyen

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

Mel Frontino - Bergeron

Studied at @bowling-green-state-university

Ross Dickey

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

Andy Miles

Founder Bandize
http://milesoftravel.com

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/

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/

Alfonso Aramburo

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

Wayne Harrel

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

Beau Armstrong

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

Alex Levine

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

Carlos Voltron

CEO/Founder of Cake Intake. 3 acquired ventures.

Hunter Sherman

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

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

Joe Wurzburger

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

Kaushik Nagabhushan

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

Cory Stout

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

mikedillard

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

Jonathan Hartman

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

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

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.

Alex Garner

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

Tim Lindsey

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

Shane Faulkner

Technology Master

Tim Robertson

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

Nadeem Rajani

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/

Carrie West

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

Logan Lindquist

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

Joe Ramirez

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

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.

Joe Broderick

Studied at @ohio-state-university

Carlos Balderas

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

Scott Weinert

Founder @comfy

Linnie Phebus

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

Larry Peterson

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

Drew Moynihan

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

aaron snyder

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

Aaron Bumbarger

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

Rahul Malik

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

NSR Holdings

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

John McIntosh

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

Will Taylor

Studied at @miami-university

Parker Ferguson

Technology, Strategy, Operations, Music

William Lowe

http://gluu.org/blog

Pedram Amini

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