Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in San Jose.
Co-Founder/CTO/COO The Happy Home Company.
Co-Founder & CEO at @streem (YC S12; acq. by @box) • 2012 Thiel Fellow • Previously at @twitter, @intel • UC @university-of-california-berkeley EE/CS
Co-founder Collectrium.com, IGN.com, Cadence (SDA); emp #1 excite; emp #2 Frame. All but excite are current leaders.
http://kellerapps-blog.blogspot.com/
Entrepreneur; Team Development Specialist at the Strayer Consulting Group
President of @paypal. Investor. Previously Serial Entrepreneur (@zong, Echovox, VOX, GTN, a few others). Scheming to make the world better with technology.
Founder @friendfinder-networks (FFN) Sold 2007 Founder @fupa-games-inc
Active Angel Investor and Advisor. Since 12' Focus on building early stage tech/VC practice @first-republic-bank Prior was @silicon-valley-bank for 13 years
http://pevcbanker.com
Worked at @boku, @yahoo,@amazon, @samsung • Studied at @rutgers-university-new-brunswick, @indian-institute-of-technology-bhu-varanasi
CEO @shanda-online, former SVP Global Search @yahoo
VP of Design at @brigade • Co-founder of @votizen • Designer-in-Residence at @bessemer-venture-partners • Lead Designer at @mint
http://jasonputorti.com/rss
Currently B2C Strategy at Marketo. Previously founder of email SaaS company @kenzei. High level online marketing, media buying, business development.
VC focused on early stage (seed/series A) in Cloud, Commerce, Mobile. High-engagement model. Can make seed investments as angel.
Product Management executive with strong technical and business background. Worked at eBay, PayPal, Groupon & LivingSocial. Studied at IIT (BS), UMD (MS) & Berkeley (MBA).
CEO, Co-Founder of Doctella.com. Focused on revolutionizing patient safety with doctors and scientists from Johns Hopkins
VPE/Fellow Zynga (ZNGA), Founder/VPE Support.com (SPRT), Developer Hewlett Packard, Developer Apple, BA Computer Science Stanford University
CEO, Founder at TidePool. Previously at @zynga, @ebay, @paypal and @yodlee.
Co-Founder, EVA Automation; Founder, Liucrative Endeavors • Advisor, Entrepreneur, Financier, Investor • @harvard-business-school, @university-of-pennsylvania
Mobile Javascript, Mobile, LinkedIn, Maybe Inc, ex-AdMob (4 years), Xoogler
At @linkedin • Founded several startups • Strong business sense • Studied at @queensland-university-of-technology
CEO @predpol. Co-Founder @nextspace-co-working-innovation-inc Startup lawyer. @university-of-pennsylvania & @university-of-california-los-angeles grad.
http://www.predpol.com/blog
Google Glass @google Previously at @google @amazon, @intel • Studied at @university-of-california-san-diego, @UMich, @stanford-graduate-school-of-business
Hacker at a social network. Founded a few bad companies. Consulted for a few suckers. Has a somewhat useful degree.
http://blog.anhangzhu.com
Entrepreneurial technology and operations executive. @massachusetts-institute-of-technology Computer Science '99, @harvard-business-school '05.
Managing Director, Concours Ventures. Founded first educational software company for the Apple Macintosh Computer in 1984. Recognized as one of the Top 20 DVD Executives worldwide. Antiques Roadshow pilot co-producer; Director/Producer
Head of Infrastructure at Apple. Former VP of Operations at Yahoo. Former Head of Global Data Centers at AboveNet. Previously founded two companies.
Current: RVP, Sales - North America at @ringcentral. 12 years SMB Sales/Marketing experience - Loudcloud, WebEx, SuccessFactors, @ringcentral
More than 12 yrs of experience in digital media,online advertising,enterprise software, web applications,ad networks,local advertising with 3 successful exits
Distinguished Engineer, @cisco Collaboration • Investor
Founded startup in the broadband nw, consumer media and security space, PhD, MBA and serial entrepreneur & angel investor, working on the next exciting play
http://sventure.tumblr.com
Investing in companies that have passion.
Director of Talent at Axiom Zen. Formerly worked at Facebook, Google, and other tech companies. Angel Investor and Real Estate investor. Founder of www.worldstreeteats.com
Founder of Mesh Acoustics (July 2014). Former core-team at @qik (acquired by @skype for $150m). Former design lead + front end engineer at WiFast.
Serial Entrepreneur and Angel Investor. Expert in mobile, social, consumer internet, crowd, SaaS, enterprise software, big data/analytics, and e-commerce.
Founder, @disruptive-design-and-technology
CEO and Founder of Ridezu. Founder of @spare-change-payments, acquired by @playspan, acquired by @visa. ex-@PayPal, @etrade.
Entrepreneur focused on building.
http://www.PVdepot.com/blog
Investor @tesla-motors, @bloom-energy
Founding Team Member @newzsocial.
Capitalist head with a socialist heart. Enjoys the adrenaline rush after a struggle, loves speed & fears heights.
Co-founder and CEO of RAE Systems, experienced with Start ups, Growth phase, M&A, IPO.
Developer (C#.Net) at myCCA.net
Founder Cerberus Co. • Worked at @NMB, @ethentica,@Trusted Computing Group,@wave Systems. Studied at @HBS & @california-state-university-northridge
Founder @luly-inc, @luly-inc • Studied at @columbia-university
http://www.mariandusan.ro/despre-mine/
Inventor Music Download Founder @vascular-designs-inc-2 , @konnect-solutions , GetMedia. Worked at @intel, @lockheed-martin • Studied at @syracuse-university
Investor in @zabu-studio.
CEO at @feefind Inc
Marketing Exec - Wharton MBA; Worked at Intuit, Adobe, NetApp, Isilon
CEO and Co Founder @appsperse . 3rd startup. Master in Software Engineering.
Investor @iprotect @realspeaker-www-realspeaker-net
Startup guy with experience in sales leadership at 11 startups including two that did IPOs. MSEE with over 25 years making complexity simple to close deals that make the numbers.
(North West Quadrant- Ventures)
Founder @capism-foundation, @e-cubed-ventures • Worked at @lam-research, @kla-tencor • Studied at @stanford-university, @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign
Entrepreneur, Adventurer, and Builder. Nothing is impossible. Enterprise SW/SaaS startups and $140M biz @ibm in my career. Lucas School of Business MBA, MA.
CTO at Acesse, 15+ years experience in Software, Internet, Mobile and Big Data. Worked at @google, @oracle-corporation, @cisco • @university-of-michigan
at Pacific Printing
R&D at Apple.
Founder
http://guitarwithrob.com
Akbank, Teknosa, Aksigorta, Central Europe on Demand, Member of BOD, all current. Cisco Vice President 1999 to 2012.
Director of Product Management at Enstratius, acquired by Dell.
http://compete.io
strategic ▪ agile ▪ iterative − helping to make technology more accessible & easy-to-use
VP, Mobile Products at Trunomi, pioneering B2ME for the financial industry
A proven high tech startup executive and Internet pioneer, I have led major product intros, high growth and successful turnarounds at many network security cos.
Worked at @santa-clara-county-health-and-hospital-system • Investor @rpost • Studied at @california-state-university-chico
Experienced financial executive. CFO for thirteen private, venture-backed startups and one public company.
Startup marketer in enterprise tech with strong background in virtualization, business continuity, storage, IT management. Currently VP Marketing @ Neverfail.
First User, Blit It Inc.
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.
over 25 years of experience in developing and managing early stage technologies, start-ups, and advanced engineering projects in a wide variety of roles.