Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in San Jose.
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/
VP of Design at @brigade • Co-founder of @votizen • Designer-in-Residence at @bessemer-venture-partners • Lead Designer at @mint
http://jasonputorti.com/rss
Product Management executive with strong technical and business background. Worked at eBay, PayPal, Groupon & LivingSocial. Studied at IIT (BS), UMD (MS) & Berkeley (MBA).
Currently B2C Strategy at Marketo. Previously founder of email SaaS company @kenzei. High level online marketing, media buying, business development.
CEO, Founder at TidePool. Previously at @zynga, @ebay, @paypal and @yodlee.
Entrepreneur; Team Development Specialist at the Strayer Consulting Group
CEO, Co-Founder of Doctella.com. Focused on revolutionizing patient safety with doctors and scientists from Johns Hopkins
CEO @shanda-online, former SVP Global Search @yahoo
Founder @friendfinder-networks (FFN) Sold 2007 Founder @fupa-games-inc
VPE/Fellow Zynga (ZNGA), Founder/VPE Support.com (SPRT), Developer Hewlett Packard, Developer Apple, BA Computer Science Stanford University
VC focused on early stage (seed/series A) in Cloud, Commerce, Mobile. High-engagement model. Can make seed investments as angel.
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
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
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/CTO/COO The Happy Home Company.
President of @paypal. Investor. Previously Serial Entrepreneur (@zong, Echovox, VOX, GTN, a few others). Scheming to make the world better with technology.
Worked at @boku, @yahoo,@amazon, @samsung • Studied at @rutgers-university-new-brunswick, @indian-institute-of-technology-bhu-varanasi
Founder of Mesh Acoustics (July 2014). Former core-team at @qik (acquired by @skype for $150m). Former design lead + front end engineer at WiFast.
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
Distinguished Engineer, @cisco Collaboration • Investor
Founder, @disruptive-design-and-technology
CEO and Founder of Ridezu. Founder of @spare-change-payments, acquired by @playspan, acquired by @visa. ex-@PayPal, @etrade.
Hacker at a social network. Founded a few bad companies. Consulted for a few suckers. Has a somewhat useful degree.
http://blog.anhangzhu.com
Serial Entrepreneur and Angel Investor. Expert in mobile, social, consumer internet, crowd, SaaS, enterprise software, big data/analytics, and e-commerce.
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
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
At @linkedin • Founded several startups • Strong business sense • Studied at @queensland-university-of-technology
Investing in companies that have passion.
Head of Infrastructure at Apple. Former VP of Operations at Yahoo. Former Head of Global Data Centers at AboveNet. Previously founded two companies.
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
More than 12 yrs of experience in digital media,online advertising,enterprise software, web applications,ad networks,local advertising with 3 successful exits
Current: RVP, Sales - North America at @ringcentral. 12 years SMB Sales/Marketing experience - Loudcloud, WebEx, SuccessFactors, @ringcentral
Google Glass @google Previously at @google @amazon, @intel • Studied at @university-of-california-san-diego, @UMich, @stanford-graduate-school-of-business
Founding Team Member @newzsocial.
Capitalist head with a socialist heart. Enjoys the adrenaline rush after a struggle, loves speed & fears heights.
Inventor Music Download Founder @vascular-designs-inc-2 , @konnect-solutions , GetMedia. Worked at @intel, @lockheed-martin • Studied at @syracuse-university
(North West Quadrant- Ventures)
Co-founder and CEO of RAE Systems, experienced with Start ups, Growth phase, M&A, IPO.
Investor in @zabu-studio.
Founder @capism-foundation, @e-cubed-ventures • Worked at @lam-research, @kla-tencor • Studied at @stanford-university, @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign
Developer (C#.Net) at myCCA.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.
Founder Cerberus Co. • Worked at @NMB, @ethentica,@Trusted Computing Group,@wave Systems. Studied at @HBS & @california-state-university-northridge
Investor @iprotect @realspeaker-www-realspeaker-net
Entrepreneur focused on building.
http://www.PVdepot.com/blog
CEO and Co Founder @appsperse . 3rd startup. Master in Software Engineering.
Marketing Exec - Wharton MBA; Worked at Intuit, Adobe, NetApp, Isilon
CEO at @feefind Inc
Investor @tesla-motors, @bloom-energy
Entrepreneur, Adventurer, and Builder. Nothing is impossible. Enterprise SW/SaaS startups and $140M biz @ibm in my career. Lucas School of Business MBA, MA.
Founder @luly-inc, @luly-inc • Studied at @columbia-university
http://www.mariandusan.ro/despre-mine/
Experienced financial executive. CFO for thirteen private, venture-backed startups and one public company.
R&D at Apple.
Worked at @santa-clara-county-health-and-hospital-system • Investor @rpost • Studied at @california-state-university-chico
Startup marketer in enterprise tech with strong background in virtualization, business continuity, storage, IT management. Currently VP Marketing @ Neverfail.
Akbank, Teknosa, Aksigorta, Central Europe on Demand, Member of BOD, all current. Cisco Vice President 1999 to 2012.
over 25 years of experience in developing and managing early stage technologies, start-ups, and advanced engineering projects in a wide variety of roles.
CTO at Acesse, 15+ years experience in Software, Internet, Mobile and Big Data. Worked at @google, @oracle-corporation, @cisco • @university-of-michigan
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.
strategic ▪ agile ▪ iterative − helping to make technology more accessible & easy-to-use
Director of Product Management at Enstratius, acquired by Dell.
http://compete.io
at Pacific Printing
VP, Mobile Products at Trunomi, pioneering B2ME for the financial industry
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.
First User, Blit It Inc.
Founder
http://guitarwithrob.com