People
Meet 2550 founders, developers, designers, and operators building Austin's tech scene.
Jeff Friedman
Dynamic, motivating senior-level executive with extensive experience leading sales / business development operations and generating millions of dollars in growth for small / medium size start-ups to Fortune 500 firms.
Jeffery Garza
Sales Director at @local-plant-source • Worked at @yodle & @im5 • Studied at @united-states-naval-academy
Patrick H Perrine
Founded myPartner.com (acquired 2011), Founded R. Cooper, Founded Think Tank Enterprises, Invested in Misterbnb, Published Author x2
Roy Sosa
Co-Founder: MPOWER Ventures, NetSpend (NTSP), REV Worldwide. Advisor, CGAP. Chairman, MPOWER Foundation. Co-Founder, Empowerment Lab @ Harvard. CGI Member.
Rushton McGarr
President & COO of concept3D.com and Founder @market-force-information • Worked at @dell • Studied at @university-of-north-carolina-chapel-hill
Ryan Smith
Co-Founder of Good Market. PhD Mass Media and Communication Studies. TS/SCI Security Clearance.
Shen Ge
Co-founded health informatics company (www.healthfuli.com), nonprofit (www.spaceacad.org), organized 2 int'l conferences, worked at two startups.
Alexandra Cox-Cuzzi
Customer/Community Relations: Create & Implement CRM Strategy. Build Community Outreach. IP Coordinator: Project Manage all Trademark, Patent, and Copyright.
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
Brian Fryer
UI/UX designer/developer in Austin
Denise Court
VP of Marketing - Actively involved in bringing 6 early-stage companies to market, 2 IPO's and 2 acquisition exits.

Jeremy Cross
Associate Creative Director at Razorfish Austin. Proven record helping companies like Samsung and Coca Cola thrive. Ready to do the same for a start up.
Jonathan Ellis
Co-Founder @datastax, Cassandra project chair @apache Software Foundation.
Learie Hercules
Founder @octavia-technologies • Worked at @nortel-networks, @ericsson • Studied at @university-of-the-west-indies, @university-of-california-berkeley
Nam Tran
Nicholas Long
Technical Lead at Dreamworks Animation Co-Founder and CTO of glmps Co-Founder and CEO of Mixtape
Patrick Hitchins
Co-Founder of FitChimp. Sales Hustler...and distiller of value. Previously VP of Sales at Flocasts....and owner of "Coffee is for Closers" Trademark.
The Interactive Resource
PR & Communications for startups. Business development. Event planning. Marketing.
Tom Dore
experience with governments, refineries & large manufacturing. Will be remembered when I walk out the door, and will work my tail off to get in that same door.
Ysmay
CEO of @metroseeker.com. Started college at the age of 12. Endlessly amused and intrigued by the world around me.
Adrian Tavares
Designer, developer. Founder Murch.co, developer at One Solstice. Worked at @zappos, @ness-computing Studied at @university-of-texas-austin
Annette Krausse
Marketing pro for technology startups, reflecting the versatility and dedication required to enhance awareness of an organization, its products and services.
Brennan Collins
Strong technology consulting experience mixed with Product Management enthusiasm. Deloitte, Accenture. Mech Engr for solution design, but business mindset.
Brian Goldberg
Angel investor in CPG, energy, tech