Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in San Jose.
Sr UX Designer & Lead Project Manager. Over 400 customized website solutions. Passion for distilling complex visions into functional and engaging experiences.
Searching for simplicity in software and in life. Founder of TapCanvas and MogoTix, and organizer of Mobile Hackers & Founders.
UI / UX Design & Front-End Code
http://briandelaney.me/blog
Visual designer; crazy about details; tech savvy; worked at PayPal Labs.
Head of Infrastructure at Apple. Former VP of Operations at Yahoo. Former Head of Global Data Centers at AboveNet. Previously founded two companies.
UX Lead for the big & small
Director of User Experience at Oration, 15 years of Product Design, Visual Design, UXD, and Team Management.
UX / Information Architect. Integrates product management, marketing, product development and user experience goals. http://DanMontano.com Los Angeles, San Jose
http://multispective.wordpress.com/
Worked at @coupons-com, @risesmart
Strong focus in product innovation, data, strategy, and business development. In my last startup, worked with One Kings Lane, ebay, URBN, and Huawei.
Founder, Kaizen Creative Parntership
Former Creative Director, Global Marketing, Netflix.
Brand, acquisition/subscription & design.
Head of Product Experience, Invisioneer. Product and design advisor and mentor at 500. Player of games, shooter of pictures. @amazon, @yahoo, @paypal
Recent graduate from Santa Clara University. Previous experience: product design at Cube/SlidePay (YC W12), SquareU Rep, QA and PHP Developer intern at Workday.
VP of Design at @brigade • Co-founder of @votizen • Designer-in-Residence at @bessemer-venture-partners • Lead Designer at @mint
http://jasonputorti.com/rss
iOS developer and User Experience Designer; Stanford CS; Worked at Apple, TiVo, Duff Research, Oracle, and a number of startups
Designer, developer, and founder @weddinglovely • @500startups and @designer-fund • Future superhero.
http://limedaring.com
Designer for Naja. Cofounder at @rasteroids-design. Cofounder at @ohana. Artist for the City of San Jose Public Art, Japantown San Jose, Superhappydevhouse.
Contact me if you have a design problem. My goal is to help dedicated startups develop great products, so I am keeping few hours every week to help for free.
Designed apps and websites being used by millions of users!
Founder @catzilla • Worked at @netscape, @microsoft • Studied at @usc, @pennsylvania-state-university
http://bit.ly/gunshor_resume
UI + UX + Product Design
http://gaugedesign.com
Lead Rails Engineer at UpCounsel; Full stack; Rails; Backbone; SOA;
Founder of ParticipantFinder; M.S. Informatics; Worked at @groupon @google, @electronic-arts, @raptr, @us-navy
Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer, RAC at InSound Medical
Experienced and trusted industry professional with over 50 published products on Facebook, iOS, PC, and consoles
Products and product lines have generated over $500M in revenue. Experienced running both small independent teams and larger organizations
Founder of @squezy. 1st web startup out of high school. Strong technical background. Full-stack developer and designer @bidaway, @eversnap-pro, @infofactory
Founder of Mesh Acoustics (July 2014). Former core-team at @qik (acquired by @skype for $150m). Former design lead + front end engineer at WiFast.
Product/UX designer, problem solver, maker.
CTO of @govoluntr. Previously a trainer at @apple. Second tech startup, design consultant to small and large corporations. Teacher. Designer. Entrepreneur.
http://zittle.com
Founder @pogoseat. Designed for 20+ startup campaigns at @atomic-public-relations. @university-of-california-davis double graduate w/ awards & commendations.
All around marketing, community management, account management, design hero... I think ;)
I lead teams of creatives to create compelling, interactive experiences across a broad range of platforms and technologies, generating best practice standards.
UI/UX, Product, Design, Front End
PhD Entrepreneurship
http://www.facebook.com/Zyron
UI design whisperer that helped successfully take a 12 person gaming startup to acquirement by Fox Sports
@university-of-pennsylvania-1 2013 // @mindops image recognition // SAP software engineer // @graphmuse virality booster.
Co-founder & CEO of @fanmeetr. Innovator, UX Jedi, and super-duper geek.
UC Berkeley Engineer and Startup Founder.
I build tech and design product.
Graduate Student at San Jose State, Computer Engineering. Hands-on experience, strong hardware design and firmware skills. Determined, focused to innovate.
Founder @synergy-communications • Worked at @telenav, @magento • Studied at University of California, Los Angeles
http://mechanismm.com/blog
Design professional who is agile & product focused. Experienced in various sectors ranging from global enterprise, eCommerce, and early stage startups.
Product/QA at Officepal • Worked at @grabtown-life, @magic-beans-inc, @goodjoe
UI / UX and Visual Designer - http://sherzod.co/
Worked at @aviso-1, @3dbin • Studied at @foothill-college-1
http://sherzod.co/
Sr. User Experience Designer @zocdoc doing product design. Previously worked at agencies on accounts including Microsoft, Mattel, Disney, FOX, and Old Navy.
Web Developer | snowboarder
http://davedh2.com
Designer for Baydin.
Product Manager in title. Designer-Entrepreneur at heart.
Stanford / d.school / Persuasive Technology Lab / LUXr alum and evangelist.
CTO of @skillville-games. Webby Award honoree for work on Social Edge for @skoll-foundation. Supply chain experience via @rosettanet and @ingram-micro.
Passionate full-stack developer. Enjoy working on both front-end UX design as well as backend design and architecture. Life long tinkerer of all things tech + Photographer!
Founder of @stylehills. UI/UX design, Product Management, and Product Marketing. Berkeley MSME.
http://xdhacker.com/
Startup junkie. Founder iMyTechnologies, founder iMyPC, founder Cricket Craze (sold), co-founder @jad-wireless (sold)
Graphic / Web Designer focused on UI / UX / Branding & Design for Print. Delighted to now be based in San Jose, California and looking for new opportunities.
Ex- @youtube, @paypal. UX generalist with over a decade of content and front-end dev experience, now studying UX design to be a full-fledged UX unicorn.
Founder @tabule • Developer & Designer • Problem Solver • Studied CS + Psych + Business @ Illinois Tech
http://blog.metamorphium.com
Worked at @tapastic
UX Designer / Lead
http://www.vishalkmehta.com/blog
Founder at @givify and Product Manager at @ebay. Former online marketing guy at Starpointe Marketing & @mozy (a.k.a. @vmware / @emc). BYU @MarriottSchool MBA.
Masters Student at SJSU ; Worked at Xilinx,Juniper Networks, Robert Bosch and Infosys Graduate
http://ricketystitch.com
BFA in Graphic Design at California Polytechnic State University (2011), Pomona Design Intern at ZURB; Designer at @neon-concierge INC.
http://dischord-e.tumblr.com
Creative Director for Pogo.com, one of the largest online casual gaming communities. Managing UX, visual design art, MTX and marketing creative.
Chief Architect & Technologist; Generalist. >3 decades providing technical leadership & driving execution of successful consumer products across many markets.
Founder @mobdb ,Co-Founder @raaz-mobile-1 , Worked at @panasonic-north-america @sony-pictures-entertainment
Founder Digital Peel • Worked at @cisco, @3com • Studied at @university-of-central-florida
Worked at @igg-1 • Studied at @university-of-california-davis
Founder & CEO at Freshdesign Interactive. UX expert and leader for business software (Enterprise, B2B, B2C).
http://www.freshdesigninteractive.com
Senior level creative professional with agency and social network experience. Focusing on User Experience Design, Interactive and Graphic Design, Branding.
Entrepreneur & Senior Product Manager @ PayPal, Designer, UC Berkeley grad, tech junky, carnivorous plant grower, & co-founder of CloudChow.
http://davidfefferman.com/blog/
Fresh Jr. Web Developer, programming bootcamp graduate, ex-business lady, whiskey & bourbon enthusiast
Have more than 7 years of experience in software development. Work on web & mobile app development. Till now, we have uploaded more than 80 mobile applications on app store.
Product Development Engineer • Studied at @university-of-california-san-diego, @columbia-university
Founder @live-graffiti, @live-typing which create mobile and social applications (it consulting)
Entrepreneur and Creative Director • Studied at @california-state-university-east-bay. Strong Design and Business Skills
http://blog.edesigngroupus.com
UX Designer, Architect, Enabler and Coach. Expert in operationalizing UX processes, best practices and principles in Agile, Scrum and Waterfall teams.
Duke CS student, published photographer, experienced IT support tech; passion for engaging, quality user experience and design.
http://anthonyalvernaz.com
Santa Clara Student, BS in Mechanical Engineering, Multidisciplinary, Can Engineer and Sell
Columbia Computer Engineering, Bay area, looking for a software developer position.
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Product | UI/UX | Project Management • Founder @kunance • Lead B2B engagement with @apple and @amazon-lab126 at @qualcomm • EE at @ucsd
https://medium.com/@modi_vinit
Rising Stanford freshman. Published writer & national award winner. Int'l DECA Business Operations finalist. UC Santa Cruz CS intern.
Founder & CEO at Rokaroo Classifieds • Lead UX Designer at Concur Technologies. Previously worked at eBay, Netflix, Logitech, Structural Soft, LLC and Oracle.
Currently doing Master Thesis at IBM Almaden Research Center
Building the next wave of digital interfaces and memorable brand experiences through new and unique user interactions.
http://www.experiencist.com
CTO at Acesse, 15+ years experience in Software, Internet, Mobile and Big Data. Worked at @google, @oracle-corporation, @cisco • @university-of-michigan
Product Management Executive with 10+ years in Product Management, 15+ years in Mobile and Web Software & Device Hardware development.
http://hirusty.com/blog
Founder of Play Palo Alto. 1st Prize Winner at Palo Alto Hack Challenge. Software Developer part-time contractor at Cisco Systems. Engineering student at UCL.
Humane human designer
A designer who codes (engineering education).
University of Michigan BSE. Mechanical Engineer and Designer.
http://www.btzhang.com/blog
VP, Mobile Products at Trunomi, pioneering B2ME for the financial industry
Creative designer and front-end web developer with a passion for designing and developing visually appealing web solutions.
Founder @lumin • Studied at @santa-clara-university, @university-of-california-davis
I know a lot about mobile apps.
Designer
http://photoshopsecrets.tumblr.com
• Led development of the industry’s first pre-standard wireless multimedia chips at ShareWave, Inc.
• Successfully delivered 3 multimedia products into production on time at DSP Group
Hard-working, talented Visual Designer ready to make a difference and work on some game-changing projects
Product Manager, Designer, Front-End Developer
http://vivianwxue.com
Founder @none-yet-6 • Worked at @texas-instruments, @l-3-communications • Studied at @cornell-university
Cornell masters engineering, data analytics, business consulting. Looking for job starting in December in SF area
UC Berkeley double major (Psychology and Art Practice); Graphic Designer and Visual Development Artist
Co-Founder and C.O.O. of @curveu. Lead designer for the @curveu product as well as ICConnector.
http://blog.curveu.com
Product designer and interactive art director
Expert online community product manager and developer. Lean-startup founder of the largest poetry community online. Looking for a start-up style team & variety
Front-end web developer and designer with a physics education.
Product Manager of GWC
7 years of startup and big company experience in design, product development and systems engineering with focus on precision electro-mechanical systems
Software developer / user interaction researcher
https://sites.google.com/site/srivastavaankush/resume
MFA Graduate at Parsons School of Design; Strong business design background; Innovative UX Designer; Working at Stanford University
Clinical Operations Specialist at Anatomage, UC Berkeley B.A 2011, Biology background with great experience with clinical work/marketing/sales
Strong visual designer / data visualization expert looking for a great team.
I bring design-thinking and continuous learning to products to achieve business goals while optimizing the customer experience.
Hand coding designer with 15 years of experience. Portfolio at http://chudoloo.com
UX/UI Grad Student looking for Design Opportunities
Presentation layer coder with skills in HTML, CSS, JQuery, and Javascript knowledge. At Cisco I was the UX for the Cisco Certified Mngmt Training interface.
UI/UX web and interaction designer with 15+ years of design experience. Worked with startups and variety of high-tech firms such as Asus, Nvidia, and Motorola.
USC Graduate student(Computer Science), worked at Genesys International and startups like 9K9, Monte Carlo solutions LLC.
Worked at @cks • Studied at @art-center-college-of-design, @srishti-school-of-art-design-and-technology
http://aartivashisht.com/index.php
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IIT Bombay (Engineering). Worked in two early stage start-ups in 1990s. Developed and managed many s/w products and IT systems.
Platform Independent Product Developer - Consumer Products, Web Products and Devices. MS Product Development @university-of-southern-california 2011
Santa Clara University, BA; Professional Graphic Designer, adventurer, optimist
Seeking a full-time opportunity that allows me to utilize my analytical and programming skills in software/web/application development.
Behavioural scientist (PhD) with demonstrated technology/ start-up interest. More than seven years experience in user research, study design, and evaluation.
Web Enginerring & Design at SCU | Intranet Product Management, Web Development, UX, & Analytics at Adobe | Photographer | Yearbook & Digital Publishing Guru
Founder of xchema, software startup focused on development of web applications. Always looking for ways to make things simple.
http://www.marizmelo.com
Designer, programmer, and digital artist with a background in UI/UX design, creating user flows, wireframe prototyping, and UI implementation.
2x social entrepreneur. UX nerd. Passionate about education, health and public services. Created India's National EdTech Policy. Worked at @pwc • @indian-institute-of-technology-kharagpur grad '06
Designer & educator with experience in financial, pharma, product on both sides of the agency/in-house wall creating a unique approach to solving problems.
Contract Interaction Designer, UI Architect at Yahoo!, founder of The Portable Baby and Baby Gear Trader
PhD graduate from TU Eindhoven. Strong analytic skills, lightning-fast learner, can write clean code and artist at heart.
UX/UIDesigner. Have startup and corporate experience. Worked on iOS, Android, Web Apps and UX for several OEM flagship phone. UCLA masters in Media Arts.
http://www.yitingwang.com/Files/portfolio20121107_v2.pdf
Senior Consulting Engineer specializing in the deployment of Linux and opensource projects in embedded systems.
UC Irvine BS and BA, worked at startup from ground level to fruition. Strong Web Development and Design background along with hardware and software IT
http://www.becreative360.com, http://mthood.becreative360.net, http://www.theroutepro.com, http://socalcleaners.org, http://www.perfectcleaners.com, http://libertocleanersnola.com, http://www.brotherscleaners.com, http://carouselcleaners.ca
Studied at @university-of-california-davis
Digital Media, social media, video production and web development
Mobile Designer and Entrepeneur at Retrographic. Currently building the Sprocket bicycle app.
User experience researcher. Experience planning, designing, moderating, synthesizing results and presenting usability testing and user research findings.
UX/UI Researcher. Experience in Usability Test Design, Moderation & Reporting, Heuristic Evaluations, Mobile App Research, Ecommerce, Paywall, Affiliate Mktng.
http://bobby.gs
Graphic Designer/Project Manager for Skype. Quick learner, strong organizational and planning background. Volunteer at numerous Portuguese Groups in San Jose.
MFA in IXD, Internship at Philips
Principal Engineer, Software & Systems for Automation, Process Control & Data Analysis. 17 years practical experience delivering solutions for cutting edge R&D, capital equipment, distributed automation, smart grid and process control.
Boston University BSBA Entrepreneurship & Advertising
HCI Engineer with good knowledge of Backend software, looking for an Internship.
Recent Graduate at @university-of-california-davis + Minimalistic Graphic Design + Reading + Landscape Architecture Design + Professional / Principled Business Leader
Multi-Media Designer at @qmi-systems-inc, and Graphic Designer @kaiser-permanente worked as an Interaction Designer at @july-systems
Founder @fuckyeahsexycars, @a-to-z-bookstore • Studied at @san-jose-state-university
http://fuckyeahsexycars.tumblr.com
Applications Engineer for a Motion Control Company. Background in Mechatronics. Skilled in automation, motor sizing, with a knack for customer service.
Purdue Engineer and Product Manager infusing customer interests in the design and development of successful high-tech products.
http://www.linkedin.com/today/author/1751413
creator designer dreamer
Nearly 15 Years of Experience in Visual Design.
Worked at @airtight-networks • Studied at @pune-institute-of-computer-technology Passionate about technology.Give an opportunity,won't disappoint.
MS Software engineering graduate student seeking internship in cloud computing , virtualization & software development
Founder,CEO at @aironix-motion-pictures • Studied aeropsace engineering @san-jose-state-university
Web developer
Worked at @apple • Studied Advertising at @san-jose-state-university, Art Direction Student @ @virginia-commonwealth-university Brandcenter
Founder @trilab-media-llc, Lead designer @ T2Themes, Musician
http://elizabethalli.roon.io/
San Jose State University MS in Software Engineering, Actively looking for summer internship, Worked on couple of web development projects.
UX Designer/Product Manager at a handful of startups. On a mission to find heroes and help them change the world. Let's talk over coffee and bacon.
http://parisvega.com/blog
Actively looking for summer internship 2014
Computer Science Graduate Student at Syracuse University; Worked as Software Developer at Tata Consultancy Services.
UX/UI Designer delivering human concepts, not trendy styles
Software Engineer @syncbak • Studied @university-of-iowa
Looking for a full time Security analyst intern position for Summer from June 2014 onwards
Software Development Manager with 23 years experience. Managed teams both on-shore and off-shore. Worked in 4 startups, 2 from the first day. BSEE.
Founder of Aecore • Worked at @turner-construction-company, @south-bay-construction • Studied at @san-jose-state-university
Consultant at Deloitte Consulting; Wireframing and User Experience Design; Worked with multiple clients creating simple and intuitive front end designs.
Designer
Entrepreneur and inventor of Mr. Spring Roll's water bowl. Business Marketing student from San Jose State University 2007.
BA in Graphic Design at SJSU, 2012.
Actively Looking for Spring 2015 Internships Interested in Big Data Mining and Java application development and Selenium Automation |Ms in CS @ SJSU|
Actively Looking for Spring 2015 Internships
Seeking challenging job in a company where I can utilize and enhance my skills in the field of Software engineering
UI Designer; New Grad with BS in Graphic Communication from Cal Poly
Interactive designer with front end development experience.
Worked at @ebay-inc, @dst-worldwide-services • Studied at @san-jose-state-university
President of Lambda Phi Epsilon, organized our first blood drive on campus, worked with AADP to put on a bone marrow drive at our school
Graphic & Web Designer. Strong in iconography and creating print collateral.
Graduate Student Looking for a Fall Internship in Firmware/Embedded System/Hardware and Software domain
Mobile UI / UX Designer based in Silicon Valley!
Digital visual design professional with over two years of experience In holistic user experience design, development.
Chief Engineer at PrizeBox™, Software Engineer at Grocery Outlet, Inc., Web Developer at PetoVera, Web Developer at Tower Hill.
Human Factors Student
Sr. UX Designer. Worked with companies such as: eBay, FICO, Delta, AT&T and more.
Actively seeking internship/ full-time position as a Web Developer,Mobile App Developer, Data Analyst.
SJSU SE, Looking for Summer/Fall 2014 Intern/co-op positions in the field of Software development/QA test Engineer.
Experienced Graphic Designer. Worked at Velodyne Acoustics, Halosys Tech, Northwest YMCA of SV, and recently designed a book cover published by Trafford
I want to put something amazing here, however, nothing satisfying that I feel fits.
A creative mind first
SJSU SE, Launched a successful desktop application for Traffic Controlling
Unhindered Innovator and Empathetic Pioneer -- Worked at @best-buy, @the-geek-squad • Studied at @california-state-university-sacramento.
Graduate Student at San Jose State University; Worked at Wipro Technologies.
I'm a concept artist working in the game industry.
http://dangnguyenportfolio.blogspot.com/
Student at San Jose State University actively looking for summer internship
Seeking a challenging Spring/Summer Internship in Software Development to gain valuable industry experience
SJSU CS, 2nd topper in Pune Univeristy among 20000 students and awarded with rising star title in Zensar technologies
San Francisco Bay Area photographer of all people, places, and things.
http://carolynseng.com
Hard working, dedicated and a self starter eager to get into a face paced environment to apply everything I have learned to the world of Business and IT
Full stack programmer, 3 years experienced in Java, SQL, JavaScript, HTML
San Jose State University,Software Engineering Masters. Actively looking for an internship.
Expert app, extensions & web developer which engineering degree. Strong business background (GE, Genpact, Swiss Re, Nissan, Cisco). Six Sigma Black Belt
Developer, designer, evangelist. Worked at YC backed Filepicker.io
Masters Student in Electrical Engineering majoring in Computer networks at San Jose State University. I have secured 92%(A Grade) in the course named Internetworking in my first Semester.
Software Engineer, Actively looking for Spring 15 Internships
All round web aficionado with 5 years of design/dev experience. Worked in industries ranging from Cloud Computing, Biotech, Hospitality, and Non-Profits.
Front-End Developer Graduate of SJSU Design Program and General Assembly, Proficient in Developing Web Applications using All Front End Technologies and Ruby