People
Meet 2550 founders, developers, designers, and operators building Austin's tech scene.
Philip Bernhisel
Team member @capdominus. Strong marketing and business background. Worked @deloitte-consulting , @cassidy-turley • Studied at @university-of-southern-california
Ross Johnson
Texas MBA '13, Dartmouth BA, Lund U (Sweden) MSc in Sustainable Business Leadership, experience in SaaS product management/consulting/clean tech
Steven Corcoran
Virginia Tech Alum, Founder @lawnstarter
Vivek Karuturi
Student @university-of-texas-austin . Most recently @facebook. Hacker Lounge + HackTX creator.
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
Benjamin Trotter
CEO Founder of @storefront-social. Creator of SushiGuru, @storefront-social, @spekkle and many more. Global Marketing, International experience, fluent Japanese.
Chris Diede
Digital Executive, Entrepreneur, Chief Marketing Officer. Strong client background and business leader. Founded & sold startup digital marketing agency.
David Yakobovitch
Data Scientist at ADP, Special Projects. Strong business background (Deutsche Bank, Citi, Aflac). B.S. Finance/Stats. Hackathon veteran. PM/Biz Dev.
Jason Gindele
Experienced business operator with diversified background in web-based ventures for small to medium-sized companies.
Jay Moran
VP/Distinguished Engineer. Startup mentor/advisor. End-to-end system architecture and tech infrastructure. Tech finance planning & analysis. AOL, Perot, Tenet.
John Banczak
Executive Chairman - TurnKey Vacation Rentals. Principal - The Rockcliff Group. President - BedandBreakfast.com (Sold to AWAY).
Lawrence Johnson
CEO of Hurl. Background in sales and project management with Microsoft and Apple. UT Austin graduate.
Shawn Ullman
Founder Feel Rich
Sriratana Sutasirisap
Worked at @bazaarvoice, @Goldman Sachs, TribalDDB

Wolfgang Merkt
Serial Entrepreneur, Full-Stack Developer, Startup Coach. free2goApp.com, fdbck.io - Web, Desktop & App Consultant - Studied at UT Austin & Uni of Edinburgh
Craig Steinfeld
Founded The Purity Source. Health Entrepreneur. MPH. Food Advocate.
Frank Livaudais
Marathon Addict (153+ and counting), VP Engineering @outboundengine / @promo_labs, Wine and Food Lover, Husband of @stuperb and Father
Jason George
Graduated from Texas Christian University
Jeremy Strauser
Advisor @toochill-games • Founder @bee-cave-games • Worked at @zynga, @electronic-arts • Studied at @george-washington-university
Jim Nelson
Seasoned exec and entrepreneur with over 20 years experience in international banking and commercial finance, including co-founding the UK B2B, Simply Business.
Joe Ross
Joe Ross is President and Co-Founder of CSID, with more than 15 years of experience in managing and directing corporate operations on an international level. Ross is responsible for all aspects of global operations, sales, marketing and client services fo
John Mauro
Product Manager and Designer. Worked in product at mobile payments startup and Y Combinator SaaS startup. Notre Dame engineering grad, Rice MBA 2012
Mike McIntyre
Facebook/Instagram Operations. Student athlete at Gtown. Driven to change the way the world interacts with Gov. Skilled in PR, entrepreneurship, politics, traveling, and sports.
Tony Frey
CEO of @skyence. Product ownership for $50MM product lines. Broad background in SysMan, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Information Governance and eDiscovery.