People
Meet 2550 founders, developers, designers, and operators building Austin's tech scene.
Ryan Brown
EE, FPGA/Hardware designer at Oculus, maker; Started @ATXHW;
Brian Land
Sales leader at OSSCube. Strong solution selling background for various enterprise software leaders. Early Siebel, Ariba, Endeca successes.
Kyle Bedore
Worked at @ispace-inc, @scalehouse • Studied at @university-of-southern-california
M. David Cloyd
From startups to Fortune 500s.
Matt Beaman
Managing and marketing top-tier technology and entertainment brands.
Robin Reyes
Founder @mita Ventures, • Worked @Silvergate Bank, @ministry of Finance and Public Credit (Mexico) • Studied @harvard, Advisor @manattjones
Taylor McKnight
Sched.org Founder & Festival/Conference Obsesser Past: @the-hype-machine & @gawker-media
Alfonso Aramburo
Design Engineer. Founder of Publicity Startup. Master in Marketing and Technologies Management. Play guitar and Sing. Sports.
Johnny Lee Clarke
Founder @maximum-balance-foundation-llc • Worked at @citysearch, @looksmart • Studied at @university-of-texas-san-antonio
Jeff Gemperle
20 years in technology sales. Helped start enterprise sales team for Winternals (purchased by Microsoft); Alliance sales manager for Sonicwall/Dell leading to Dell's purchase of Sonicwall; investor in SubtleData
Josh Kivenko
Fortune 500 Marketing Executive and investor for a privately held fund. Looking to invest in dynamic people with ideas that solve real-world problems.
Krish Sailam
Senior Digital Media Startup Leader - strong ethics, focus on analytics and a long term relationship builder - Babson and Stockholm School of Economics graduate
Michael Gualano
Founder @zipinion, @apartmentdeal • Worked at @homeaway, @rent101-com
Pat Scherer
Founder @the-detail-person-llc, @boa-worldwide • Worked at @cybersource, @ibm • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1, @university-of-north-texas
Richard Swanson
CEO @Resumoto Track record with over $500MM in sales and two successful exits. Former CEO @FreeMe.com @wopodo @OnLineStaffing
Yigit Yigiter
Director of Marketing & Gamification at e-learning company. Worked at @dell, @unilever, @sk-telecom. Studied at @harvard-business-school School
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
Eric Gould Bear
Founded MONKEYmedia, 100+ patents & app's, former professor & executive, advises in user experience strategy & intellectual property, Partner @capitalfactory.
Natasia Malaihollo
2-time startup founder; Chief Innovator @wyzerr. Former trademark and copyright agent to corporations, patent specialist to tech giants (Samsung, IBM).
Reid Calhoon
Founder @runtitle • Worked at @ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, @Arapahoe Resources • Studied at @furman-university
Sonya Eick
Currently Python Developer @cisco; Hardware Hacker & Maker; Studied Architecture at NMU.
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.
Jay Panchal
CEO @goodybag Georgia Tech Systems Engineer
Mario Barrett
Founder @peach-6 @sockwork @deloitte-consulting, @us-army • @united-states-military-academy, @McCombs School Of Business