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/

Rick Orr

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

Christopher Piedmonte

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

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/

Alex Chang

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

Bill Boebel

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

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/

Jeremy Bencken

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

Lukas Bouvrie

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

Alan Michael Kane

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

Scot Chisholm

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

Justin Siegel

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

John Smart

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

Jason Cohen

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

David Wieland

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

Jason Seats

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

Josh Williams

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

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

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

Jared Slosberg

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

Brett Hurt

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

Tom West

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

Higinio O. Maycotte

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

Jason Traff

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

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

Jonas Lamis

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

Louis Marascio

Entrepreneur; Market Hacker; Troublemaker

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

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

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

Andrew Eye

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

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

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

Denis O'Dwyer

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

Andrew Allison

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

Wesley Barnett

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

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

Yvonne Tocquigny

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

Lloyd Armbrust

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

Jonathan Spillman

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

Eric Falcao

Founder and CTO at @mass-relevance

Jason Novek

Founder at @ownlocal, Y-Combinator Winter 2010.

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

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

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

A.T. Fouty

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

Josh Jones-Dilworth

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

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

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/

Adam Cianfichi

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

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.

Paul Ford

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

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

Marc Smookler

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

Matt Thomson

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

Howard Marks

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

Allen Rohner

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

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.

Hans Yeakel

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

Eric Sung

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

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.

Aaron Longnion

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

Raj Ramanan

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

Ash Maurya

Founder Spark59 - Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.

Connor Hood

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

Bradley Markham

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

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

Erik McMillan

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

Aaron Longnion

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

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

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

Barrett Wood

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

Matt Allison

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

Steven "Mick" Giles

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

Rodney Gibbs

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

Rodrigo Tinajero

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

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

Bart Bohn

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

Jesse Weber

Commercial Real Estate Expert and Entrepreneur

Marc Yagjian

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

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/

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

Dean Kakridas

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

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

Joe Mocquant

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

Kevin Kendall

Experienced guide, strategic thinker, designer.

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/

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

Dave Verratti

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

Will Davis

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

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.

Austin Hallock

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

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

Sebastian Bruce

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

Dave DeMink

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

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

John Sung Kim

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

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

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)

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/

Lyle Pratt

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

Dr. MJG

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

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

Michael McDaniel

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

Jon Allen

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

Tim Gasper

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

Faraaz Ismail

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.

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

David Lowe

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

Ryan Deiss

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

Bret Cox

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

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.

Dusty Jones

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

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

Alex Morse

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

John Engler

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

Marko Kruustuk

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

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

Ricardo Vargas-Lugo

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

Emil Hajric

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

Derick Thompson

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

Steve Sachs

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

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

Evan Hammer

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

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

Matthew Wensing

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

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

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

Noah Zandan

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

Mason Arnold

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

Michael Walsh

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

Zachary Dell

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

Steve Berneman

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

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/

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.

Marc Mapes

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

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

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.

Mason Hale

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

Tom Klein

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

Alex Kilpatrick

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

Kristel Viidik

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

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

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/

Dave Raring

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

Aseem Ali

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

Patrick H Perrine

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

Nate McGuire

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

Joshua Bauder

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

David Weiser

Founder & COO @lanterncrm-1

Jason Stoddard

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

Doug Yeager

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

Dan DeFelippi

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

Sebastian Hassinger

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

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

Laura Roeder

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

Ben Doherty

CEO & Co-Founder of @favor

Jordan Thaeler

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

Albert Smith

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

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.

Andy Fletcher

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

Ted Fifelski

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

Tushar Jain

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

Roj Niyogi

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

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.

Pascal Nicolas

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

Patrick Perlmutter

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

Scott Owens

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

Truong-An (Bi) Thai

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

Jonathan Placa

Co-founder ProtoExchange • Techstars Alum

Martijn de Kuijper

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

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

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

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)

Marc Mattox

Multiple failures. One great exit. Tech Advisor & Opportunist

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

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/

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

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/

Elom Tsogbe

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

Chris Porch

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

Khayyam Wakil

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

Kirtus Dixon

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

Keith Ubben

Founder @group-builder • Investor @tapatalk-1

David Isquick

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

Laura Mayes

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

Brian Kurth

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

Satish Kodukula

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

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

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

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/

Kyle Robertson

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

Frank Livaudais

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

Rick Lundbom

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

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.

Francisco Prat

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

Lara Jeremko

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

Aaron Brazell

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

David Henderson

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

Michael Breen

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

Jerry Damon Chang

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

Tim Hayden

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

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

Patrick Kolencherry

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

Hollis Tibbetts

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

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

Michael Olaya

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

Jay Hotaling

Founder @fastfig Inventor of @Touch-Not

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.

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

Brett Relander

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

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

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

Jered Kenna

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

Justin Pope

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

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

Toni Lane Casserly

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

Chris Slaughter

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

Aasim Saeed

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

Gabriel Shepherd

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

Taylor Pechacek

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

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.

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

Anthony Morales

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

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

Steve Blackmon

Cofounder, Ravel

Ryan Cush

VP of Business Development, Food on the Table

Chad Huston

lawyer at Daffer McDaniel; multiple start-ups

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.

David Brubaker

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

Damian Thompson

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

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

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

Samir Patodia

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

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

Max Loukianov

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

Marc Bhargava

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

Gary Glass

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

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

Tim Kern

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

Moneet Singh

Founder, CEO at Siminars

Ben Munoz

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

Andy Keil

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

Eric Strait

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

Chris Porch

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

Brooks Morgan

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

Jonathan Huang Van

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

S

Building web brands since last century.

Jonathan Kanarek

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

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.

Kim Love

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

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

Kristian Russell

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

Seth Black

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

Candice Roma

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

Shaun Sims

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

John Michael Davis

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

Peter Fleckenstein

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

Jake Bailey

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

Chris Murphy

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

Dave Perry

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

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.

Perry Nelson

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

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

Felix Menard

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

Michael Braithwaite

CSO@ClearOne Exe@Smart acquired @GE 02 Founder@ADG acquired @Aurant 04 Founder@NetStreams acquired @clearone 09 Acquired@Magicbox 11 Acquired@VCON 12 Acquired@Spontainia 14
http://dr-db.com

Kevin Kenyon

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

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

Hunter Monk

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

Pranav Desai

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

Chris Lamprecht

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

Aidan Augustin

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

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

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

Adrian Arnet

Worked at @nuhabitat

Cam Houser

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

Brandon Coleman III

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

Jef Sewell

Founder/CEO @Amplifier, Founder @despair-inc

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

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

Jae Lee

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

Wes Kay

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

Christopher Harman

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

Christian B.

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

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.

Sam Hyatt

Founder @locata-co. Previous founder @biicast.

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

Tony Aguilar

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

Drew Giovannoli

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

Daniel Garcia

Founder at @callgrader.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).

Sree Nagarajan

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

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

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.

Aaron Geiser

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

Steve Green

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

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

Hoyt Prisock

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

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#

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

Rich Winley

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

Mike Svatek

Chief Strategy Officer at @bazaarvoice

Parnell Springmeyer

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

Ricardo D. Sanchez

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

Devin Fee

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

Brian McGowan

Founder @peracon, @capital-properties

Beto Juarez III

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

Mark Castleman

EIR @ Bell Labs

Raul Trevino

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

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

Rushton McGarr

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

Jeff Dyck

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

Mark Drosos

Founder Lodestone Social Media

Trac Stephenson

Founder & CEO BidStage, Inc SaaS

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.

Richard Dude

CEO & Co-Founder of QuantAdvisor

Brandon Knicely

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

Mike McNeil

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

Dan Benjamin

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

Rich Fueller

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

Mark Scolaro

Founder at @ucampus

Elliott Counts

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

Chris Carter

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

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.

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

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

Andrew Sanderson

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

Liangjun Jiang

Software Engineer

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

Jeffrey Chambers

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

Richie Gordon

Studied at @university-of-southern-california

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/

Peter Mantas

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

Husayn Alvarez-Gomariz

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

Stephen Vogelpohl

Founder, CEO at Social Good TV

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

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.

Michael Gualano

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

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.

Ivelin Ivanov

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

Melissa Tyree

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

Shuja Rahman

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

Steven Lauver

Founder Nodify

Michael Koetting

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

Harsh Patel

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

Learie Hercules

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

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

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.

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.,

Phil Pompa

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

Jeff Muchnik

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

James Walsh

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

Peggy Dold

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

Eli Goldberg

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

Richard Spiegel

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

Michael Montaño

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

Zaitrarrio Collier

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

Sara Mitran

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

Jess Pendleton

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

Wesley Tansey

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

Vijayan Shanmugam

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

Chris Ladouceur

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

Tim Scott

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

Jason Gonzales

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

Steve Burt

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

Ryan Smith

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

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

Jay Prince

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

Brian Maloney

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

Eric Cassady

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

Brian Moeskau

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

Q Manning

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

Taylor Hawes

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

Daniel Ehevich

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

Matt Tankersley

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

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

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

Thomas Sweeney

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

Joel Lucas

Founder SubjectWell

Kristen Heaney

Architect, entrepreneur, Ambassador of Joy.

Chris Orem

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

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/

C. Enrique Ortiz

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

Forrest Clark

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

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

Lauren Martin

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

Craig Steinfeld

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

Marco Rodriguez

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

Mike Holp

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

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.

Kevin Tully

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

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"!

Scott Henderson

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

Mario Barrett

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

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

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.

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

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.

Ben Calder

Co-founder @shiftt | Software Engineer | Gearhead

David Endler

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. 

Jesse Atwell

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

Matt Hawkins

Co-Founder of @wetique

Shannon Swenson

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

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

Mark Davies

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

Todd Hansen

Lead Conference Programmer @sxsw Interactive

Ameen Hashimi

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

Barry Kahn

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

Richard Swanson

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

Justin Eddy

Work at @ Google • Founded Tribute • Studied @ BYU

Michael McConnell

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

Nick Hermandorfer

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

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.

Bill Kaigler

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

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.

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/

Zachary Cook

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

Scott Sullivan

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

Tom Kieley

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

Chris Luther

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

Bob Quillin

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

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.

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

Kenny Coleman

http://Dreamingbig.co

Rahul Desai

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

Frank Edwards

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

Charlie Jackson

CEO / PM - Technology Projects

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

Guilherme Junqueira

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

Adrian Salas

I like to build things that change the world.

Niran Babalola

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

Peter Donovan

Andy Cary

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

Allie Danziger

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

James Jackson Leach

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

Clarke Rahrig

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

Scott Miller

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

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

Ahmed Raza

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

Roger Castillo

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

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

Jeremy Kimball

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

C. J. Barker

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

jdcravens

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

William Vu Huynh

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

Chris Meeks

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

Noel Geren

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

Geraldine Smythe

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

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

Satyen Sarhad

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

Abhi Dobhal

Acton MBA, MSF UIUC

David Bailey

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

Lloyd Taylor

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

Barron Roth

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

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.

Cawley Thompson

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

Eric Voss

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

Ryan Dunagan

Co-Founder at Stoodify, Product and Marketing background

Brett Berman

Co-Founder of UMeTime. Entrepreneur. Adventurer.

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

Justin Britten

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

Irene Mwathi

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

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

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

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.

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

Gregory T Becker

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

Geet Khosla

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

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

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

Cort Bucher

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

J Allen

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

Karen Leventhal

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

Mehernosh (Nosh) Mody

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

Brandon Gottesman

Founder/CEO of @perfectlynot.

David Choi

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

Guy Goldstein

Creator of WriterDuet.com and ReadThrough.com

Kevin Brady

Entrepreneur & President, @physicians-angels, Inc.

Johnston Ayala

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

Matt Mills

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

Rajan Babaria

Founder @eborhood, @Ipelion Healthcare

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

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/

John Adolph

Founder @GetParqer | Attorney @BGLLP

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

Christopher Sayson

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

Craig W Rider

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

Isaac Levy

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

Sean Schade

Founder Zenkata IO • Worked at @ebay and @dell

Blaine Kohl

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

Michael Marshall

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

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

Michael Van Steenburg

Advanced Technology Developer and Consultant

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 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

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.

Hunter Inman

Founder @okkem-consulting • Worked at @bny-mellon, Launched@livingtree • Studied at Economics@texas-a-m-university, MBA@trinity-college-dublin

Nick Middleton

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

Jennifer Aldoretta

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

Joe Molinelli

Team member of @agent-aquarium.

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

Chris Mills

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

Matt Hawkins

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

Christopher Molaro

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

Lawrence Johnson

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

Tom Maiaroto

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

Dan McMahan

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

Tay Sarian

Sales professional of 8 years.

Stanley Florek

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

Zia Word

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

Geneva

Startup enthusiast | Social Media Coordinator @CapitalFactory | 

Ed Sullivan

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

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.

Joshua Ellinger

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

Peter Keller

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

Eric Brynsvold

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

Matthew Twite

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

Colby Wilson

CEO at Cervisior LLC, CEO HireaHammer LLC

Stephen Newman

Chief Executive Officer at @culturemap, LLC

Reid Moody

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

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

Sid Upadhyay

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

Jay R. Stanka

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

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.

Kori Mirsberger

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

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)

Ganesh Shenoy

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

Stephen Goodwin

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

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/

Beau Armstrong

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

Annamalai Muthu

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

Wayne Harrel

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

Louis Sato

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

Dustin Bozarth

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

Mel Frontino - Bergeron

Studied at @bowling-green-state-university

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/

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.

Alfonso Aramburo

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

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/

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/

Ross Dickey

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

Derek Buchanan

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

Robert Leung

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

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!

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.

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

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

Cory Stout

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

Alex Levine

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

Tom Giesberg

Startup-aholic

Alex Garner

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

Tim Robertson

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

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.

Mike Shin

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

Carlos Voltron

CEO/Founder of Cake Intake. 3 acquired ventures.

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/

Shane Faulkner

Technology Master

Tim Lindsey

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

Hunter Sherman

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

mikedillard

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

Kaushik Nagabhushan

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

Nadeem Rajani

Francisco Bonilla Kuhlmann

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

aaron snyder

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

Pedram Amini

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

Logan Lindquist

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

William Lowe

http://gluu.org/blog

NSR Holdings

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

Joe Ramirez

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

Larry Peterson

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

Will Taylor

Studied at @miami-university

Scott Weinert

Founder @comfy

Parker Ferguson

Technology, Strategy, Operations, Music

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.

Aaron Bumbarger

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

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

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

Drew Moynihan

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

John McIntosh

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

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