Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in San Jose.
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
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
Co-Founder, EVA Automation; Founder, Liucrative Endeavors • Advisor, Entrepreneur, Financier, Investor • @harvard-business-school, @university-of-pennsylvania
VPE/Fellow Zynga (ZNGA), Founder/VPE Support.com (SPRT), Developer Hewlett Packard, Developer Apple, BA Computer Science Stanford University
VP of Design at @brigade • Co-founder of @votizen • Designer-in-Residence at @bessemer-venture-partners • Lead Designer at @mint
http://jasonputorti.com/rss
CEO, Founder at TidePool. Previously at @zynga, @ebay, @paypal and @yodlee.
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
Currently B2C Strategy at Marketo. Previously founder of email SaaS company @kenzei. High level online marketing, media buying, business development.
Co-Founder & CEO at @streem (YC S12; acq. by @box) • 2012 Thiel Fellow • Previously at @twitter, @intel • UC @university-of-california-berkeley EE/CS
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 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
Mobile Javascript, Mobile, LinkedIn, Maybe Inc, ex-AdMob (4 years), Xoogler
CEO @shanda-online, former SVP Global Search @yahoo
Co-Founder/CTO/COO The Happy Home Company.
Hacker at a social network. Founded a few bad companies. Consulted for a few suckers. Has a somewhat useful degree.
http://blog.anhangzhu.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
Entrepreneurial technology and operations executive. @massachusetts-institute-of-technology Computer Science '99, @harvard-business-school '05.
At @linkedin • Founded several startups • Strong business sense • Studied at @queensland-university-of-technology
CEO and Founder of Ridezu. Founder of @spare-change-payments, acquired by @playspan, acquired by @visa. ex-@PayPal, @etrade.
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
Head of Infrastructure at Apple. Former VP of Operations at Yahoo. Former Head of Global Data Centers at AboveNet. Previously founded two companies.
Investing in companies that have passion.
Founder, @disruptive-design-and-technology
Google Glass @google Previously at @google @amazon, @intel • Studied at @university-of-california-san-diego, @UMich, @stanford-graduate-school-of-business
Current: RVP, Sales - North America at @ringcentral. 12 years SMB Sales/Marketing experience - Loudcloud, WebEx, SuccessFactors, @ringcentral
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
Founder of Mesh Acoustics (July 2014). Former core-team at @qik (acquired by @skype for $150m). Former design lead + front end engineer at WiFast.
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
Distinguished Engineer, @cisco Collaboration • Investor
More than 12 yrs of experience in digital media,online advertising,enterprise software, web applications,ad networks,local advertising with 3 successful exits
Serial Entrepreneur and Angel Investor. Expert in mobile, social, consumer internet, crowd, SaaS, enterprise software, big data/analytics, and e-commerce.
Entrepreneur, Adventurer, and Builder. Nothing is impossible. Enterprise SW/SaaS startups and $140M biz @ibm in my career. Lucas School of Business MBA, MA.
Co-founder and CEO of RAE Systems, experienced with Start ups, Growth phase, M&A, IPO.
Founder Cerberus Co. • Worked at @NMB, @ethentica,@Trusted Computing Group,@wave Systems. Studied at @HBS & @california-state-university-northridge
Entrepreneur focused on building.
http://www.PVdepot.com/blog
Founder @capism-foundation, @e-cubed-ventures • Worked at @lam-research, @kla-tencor • Studied at @stanford-university, @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign
Investor @tesla-motors, @bloom-energy
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.
Investor @iprotect @realspeaker-www-realspeaker-net
(North West Quadrant- Ventures)
CEO at @feefind Inc
Inventor Music Download Founder @vascular-designs-inc-2 , @konnect-solutions , GetMedia. Worked at @intel, @lockheed-martin • Studied at @syracuse-university
Marketing Exec - Wharton MBA; Worked at Intuit, Adobe, NetApp, Isilon
Investor in @zabu-studio.
CEO and Co Founder @appsperse . 3rd startup. Master in Software Engineering.
Developer (C#.Net) at myCCA.net
Founder @luly-inc, @luly-inc • Studied at @columbia-university
http://www.mariandusan.ro/despre-mine/
Founding Team Member @newzsocial.
Capitalist head with a socialist heart. Enjoys the adrenaline rush after a struggle, loves speed & fears heights.
Founder
http://guitarwithrob.com
at Pacific Printing
Akbank, Teknosa, Aksigorta, Central Europe on Demand, Member of BOD, all current. Cisco Vice President 1999 to 2012.
strategic ▪ agile ▪ iterative − helping to make technology more accessible & easy-to-use
Experienced financial executive. CFO for thirteen private, venture-backed startups and one public company.
First User, Blit It Inc.
Startup marketer in enterprise tech with strong background in virtualization, business continuity, storage, IT management. Currently VP Marketing @ Neverfail.
VP, Mobile Products at Trunomi, pioneering B2ME for the financial industry
over 25 years of experience in developing and managing early stage technologies, start-ups, and advanced engineering projects in a wide variety of roles.
Director of Product Management at Enstratius, acquired by Dell.
http://compete.io
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.
CTO at Acesse, 15+ years experience in Software, Internet, Mobile and Big Data. Worked at @google, @oracle-corporation, @cisco • @university-of-michigan
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.
Worked at @santa-clara-county-health-and-hospital-system • Investor @rpost • Studied at @california-state-university-chico