San Jose Startups List
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in San Jose.
Fawad Khan
Advisor @glassjar VP @relevvant , Ran a $3B business @ibm , oversaw @coremetrics $400MM acquisition, successful IPO @rightnow-technologies MBA @stanford
Joe Monastiero
Founder of nFlate. Former President of @ludei. Co-Founder, @appmobi and @intervideo. Helped start 2 industries, DVD software and HTML5 mobile app development.
Mimi Nguyen
Co-Founder of @vakargo, former Senior Analyst at @goldman-sachs, fervent "Y'all" Advocate
Nikhil "Nik" Kundra
Founder/CEO of @partender • @quilt Alum
BS in Neuroscience & Behavioral Biology @emory-university and MS in Entrepreneurship @university-of-florida.
Connor McGill
Product Manager / Developer @hackers_and_founders & @h-f-fund-2014-oversubscribed-1.
http://hackersandfounders.com/blog/
Sharlik Shah
Investor
Google Glass @google Previously at @google @amazon, @intel • Studied at @university-of-california-san-diego, @UMich, @stanford-graduate-school-of-business
Marian Dusan
Investor
Founder @luly-inc, @luly-inc • Studied at @columbia-university
http://www.mariandusan.ro/despre-mine/
Robert Finney
BS in Business Administration, JD from USF.
Jonathan Summerton
Entrepreneur, Investor, Racing Driver, and Sales Executive
Mohamed Kassem
Investor
Founder efabless.com • Worked at @texas-instruments, @mentor-graphics • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Brian Berger
Investor
Founder Cerberus Co. • Worked at @NMB, @ethentica,@Trusted Computing Group,@wave Systems. Studied at @HBS & @california-state-university-northridge
Cameron Wendt
Founded Vinehub, a social media aggregator. Sold company after strong growth, and joined Palantir's BD team.
http://cameronwendt.com/category/blog/
Jonathan Chizick
Investor
COO @ Candy Lab • Founder @walkabout-wireless-inc & @marketingcamp • Mentor @500startups & @thiel-fellowship-20-under-20 • Angel Panel @fundersclub
http://jonathanchizick.com
Jim Schreitmueller
Co-founded Spotzot (Foundation), Navis (Summit Partners); ADP (sold to Solera for $1B). Studied at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Tracy Lee
Founder enjoying the thrill of the hunt. Mastered what most people cannot- offline infrastructure. Grew @dishcrawl into 250 cities in 1 yr. Worked w/100+ brands
Jonathan Cortes
Manager of Innovative Business Development, Competitive and Innovative
Chadwick Horn
Graduated with a double major in Computer Science and Biology from @stanford-university. Avid sweat equity investor in promising startups.
http://www.ChadHorn.com/
Ian Utile
Husband, Father, Chief at Gorilla Branders and Partner at Slingshot SV. I empower organizations to leverage art & technology. Passionate about entrepreneurship!
http://gorillapodcast.com
Patrick Suzuki
Business development, GTM & Sales Process. Lead role in $40,000 Kickstarter campaign. Solid results in case competitions.
Ngan Pham
Finance/Tax
Zev L
Previously Founder @StorageBucket
Christian Demartini
BA from UC Santa Cruz in Business Management and Economics with experience as a small business operator and immense experience in European and Asian Culture.
Elias Eldabbagh
Investor
Unhindered Innovator and Empathetic Pioneer -- Worked at @best-buy, @the-geek-squad • Studied at @california-state-university-sacramento.
Abasi Ene-Obong
Imperial London Grad., PhD in Cancer, Masters in Business-California. Management Consultant- IMS. Previously consultant at Gilead, Panasonic, Univ of California
Joseph Okafor
Co-founded B2C marketplace. Strong business background (private equity)(PPGV) @broadcom, @american-century-investments • Studied at @california-polytechnic-state-university-san-luis-obispo
Sam Chen
UC Berkeley grad; @jive-software ;have extensive experience in startups like @techvalidate-software and @yuuzoo-global-mobile
Shrenik Dedhia
Navepreet Brar
Student, programmer, and entrepreneur studying Business and Computer Science at UC Berkeley
Aubrey Littleton
Global Citizen | Brand Enhancer | Solution Creator | Tech Aficionado | Voracious Learner | Seeking new challenges
Daniel Charvat
Strategy at Innovation Cafe. MA from Tsinghua University, China. Worked on social innovation theory with Jay van Zyl on Built to Thrive.
Victoria Krivtsova
David Sato
BS in Economics from Santa Clara University, consulted for startups in Europe, interned for Paymentwall, and have a fire to continually improve my skillset.
Doreen O'Donovan
EdTech for 10 years. Worked for SmarterCookie, SchoolCity and Santa Clara County Office of Education. Extensive K-12 Contacts primarily in California.
Chris Guayasamin B
Global Marketer. Adwords Guru. Social Media Hacker and advocate for Autism.
Jacob Rodak
Creative marketing and business strategist.
Wesley Roberson
San Jose State Graduate. Previous Fluent Grp - Microsoft marketing intern with skills in sales, marketing and public relations with a strong passion to grow.
Eric Gonzalez
Technology executive with over 12 years experience, combining creative dealmaking, technical acumen, c-level leadership, and entrepreneurial drive.