Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in San Jose.
VP of Design at @brigade • Co-founder of @votizen • Designer-in-Residence at @bessemer-venture-partners • Lead Designer at @mint
http://jasonputorti.com/rss
VPE/Fellow Zynga (ZNGA), Founder/VPE Support.com (SPRT), Developer Hewlett Packard, Developer Apple, BA Computer Science Stanford University
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
President of @paypal. Investor. Previously Serial Entrepreneur (@zong, Echovox, VOX, GTN, a few others). Scheming to make the world better with technology.
Co-Founder, EVA Automation; Founder, Liucrative Endeavors • Advisor, Entrepreneur, Financier, Investor • @harvard-business-school, @university-of-pennsylvania
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/
Co-Founder/CTO/COO The Happy Home Company.
Entrepreneur; Team Development Specialist at the Strayer Consulting Group
Currently B2C Strategy at Marketo. Previously founder of email SaaS company @kenzei. High level online marketing, media buying, business development.
Product Management executive with strong technical and business background. Worked at eBay, PayPal, Groupon & LivingSocial. Studied at IIT (BS), UMD (MS) & Berkeley (MBA).
CEO @shanda-online, former SVP Global Search @yahoo
CEO, Co-Founder of Doctella.com. Focused on revolutionizing patient safety with doctors and scientists from Johns Hopkins
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
CEO, Founder at TidePool. Previously at @zynga, @ebay, @paypal and @yodlee.
Worked at @boku, @yahoo,@amazon, @samsung • Studied at @rutgers-university-new-brunswick, @indian-institute-of-technology-bhu-varanasi
VC focused on early stage (seed/series A) in Cloud, Commerce, Mobile. High-engagement model. Can make seed investments as angel.
Founder @friendfinder-networks (FFN) Sold 2007 Founder @fupa-games-inc
CEO and Founder of Ridezu. Founder of @spare-change-payments, acquired by @playspan, acquired by @visa. ex-@PayPal, @etrade.
Head of Infrastructure at Apple. Former VP of Operations at Yahoo. Former Head of Global Data Centers at AboveNet. Previously founded two companies.
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
Entrepreneurial technology and operations executive. @massachusetts-institute-of-technology Computer Science '99, @harvard-business-school '05.
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
Investing in companies that have passion.
At @linkedin • Founded several startups • Strong business sense • Studied at @queensland-university-of-technology
Google Glass @google Previously at @google @amazon, @intel • Studied at @university-of-california-san-diego, @UMich, @stanford-graduate-school-of-business
Founder, @disruptive-design-and-technology
Serial Entrepreneur and Angel Investor. Expert in mobile, social, consumer internet, crowd, SaaS, enterprise software, big data/analytics, and e-commerce.
Hacker at a social network. Founded a few bad companies. Consulted for a few suckers. Has a somewhat useful degree.
http://blog.anhangzhu.com
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
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
More than 12 yrs of experience in digital media,online advertising,enterprise software, web applications,ad networks,local advertising with 3 successful exits
Founder of Mesh Acoustics (July 2014). Former core-team at @qik (acquired by @skype for $150m). Former design lead + front end engineer at WiFast.
Current: RVP, Sales - North America at @ringcentral. 12 years SMB Sales/Marketing experience - Loudcloud, WebEx, SuccessFactors, @ringcentral
Inventor Music Download Founder @vascular-designs-inc-2 , @konnect-solutions , GetMedia. Worked at @intel, @lockheed-martin • Studied at @syracuse-university
Founder @capism-foundation, @e-cubed-ventures • Worked at @lam-research, @kla-tencor • Studied at @stanford-university, @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign
Founder @luly-inc, @luly-inc • Studied at @columbia-university
http://www.mariandusan.ro/despre-mine/
(North West Quadrant- Ventures)
Investor @iprotect @realspeaker-www-realspeaker-net
Founder Cerberus Co. • Worked at @NMB, @ethentica,@Trusted Computing Group,@wave Systems. Studied at @HBS & @california-state-university-northridge
Founding Team Member @newzsocial.
Capitalist head with a socialist heart. Enjoys the adrenaline rush after a struggle, loves speed & fears heights.
CEO at @feefind Inc
Marketing Exec - Wharton MBA; Worked at Intuit, Adobe, NetApp, Isilon
Developer (C#.Net) at myCCA.net
Investor in @zabu-studio.
CEO and Co Founder @appsperse . 3rd startup. Master in Software Engineering.
Co-founder and CEO of RAE Systems, experienced with Start ups, Growth phase, M&A, IPO.
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.
Entrepreneur focused on building.
http://www.PVdepot.com/blog
Entrepreneur, Adventurer, and Builder. Nothing is impossible. Enterprise SW/SaaS startups and $140M biz @ibm in my career. Lucas School of Business MBA, MA.
Investor @tesla-motors, @bloom-energy
CTO at Acesse, 15+ years experience in Software, Internet, Mobile and Big Data. Worked at @google, @oracle-corporation, @cisco • @university-of-michigan
First User, Blit It Inc.
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.
R&D at Apple.
Founder
http://guitarwithrob.com
Experienced financial executive. CFO for thirteen private, venture-backed startups and one public company.
Worked at @santa-clara-county-health-and-hospital-system • Investor @rpost • Studied at @california-state-university-chico
at Pacific Printing
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.
strategic ▪ agile ▪ iterative − helping to make technology more accessible & easy-to-use
VP, Mobile Products at Trunomi, pioneering B2ME for the financial industry
Akbank, Teknosa, Aksigorta, Central Europe on Demand, Member of BOD, all current. Cisco Vice President 1999 to 2012.
Startup marketer in enterprise tech with strong background in virtualization, business continuity, storage, IT management. Currently VP Marketing @ Neverfail.
Director of Product Management at Enstratius, acquired by Dell.
http://compete.io