Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in San Jose.
Worked at @coupons-com, @risesmart
Head of Infrastructure at Apple. Former VP of Operations at Yahoo. Former Head of Global Data Centers at AboveNet. Previously founded two companies.
Director of User Experience at Oration, 15 years of Product Design, Visual Design, UXD, and Team Management.
UX / Information Architect. Integrates product management, marketing, product development and user experience goals. http://DanMontano.com Los Angeles, San Jose
http://multispective.wordpress.com/
Designer for Naja. Cofounder at @rasteroids-design. Cofounder at @ohana. Artist for the City of San Jose Public Art, Japantown San Jose, Superhappydevhouse.
Searching for simplicity in software and in life. Founder of TapCanvas and MogoTix, and organizer of Mobile Hackers & Founders.
Contact me if you have a design problem. My goal is to help dedicated startups develop great products, so I am keeping few hours every week to help for free.
Designer, developer, and founder @weddinglovely • @500startups and @designer-fund • Future superhero.
http://limedaring.com
UX Lead for the big & small
Recent graduate from Santa Clara University. Previous experience: product design at Cube/SlidePay (YC W12), SquareU Rep, QA and PHP Developer intern at Workday.
VP of Design at @brigade • Co-founder of @votizen • Designer-in-Residence at @bessemer-venture-partners • Lead Designer at @mint
http://jasonputorti.com/rss
Strong focus in product innovation, data, strategy, and business development. In my last startup, worked with One Kings Lane, ebay, URBN, and Huawei.
iOS developer and User Experience Designer; Stanford CS; Worked at Apple, TiVo, Duff Research, Oracle, and a number of startups
Head of Product Experience, Invisioneer. Product and design advisor and mentor at 500. Player of games, shooter of pictures. @amazon, @yahoo, @paypal
Founder, Kaizen Creative Parntership
Former Creative Director, Global Marketing, Netflix.
Brand, acquisition/subscription & design.
Sr UX Designer & Lead Project Manager. Over 400 customized website solutions. Passion for distilling complex visions into functional and engaging experiences.
Visual designer; crazy about details; tech savvy; worked at PayPal Labs.
Designed apps and websites being used by millions of users!
UI / UX Design & Front-End Code
http://briandelaney.me/blog
Founder of @squezy. 1st web startup out of high school. Strong technical background. Full-stack developer and designer @bidaway, @eversnap-pro, @infofactory
Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer, RAC at InSound Medical
Founder @catzilla • Worked at @netscape, @microsoft • Studied at @usc, @pennsylvania-state-university
http://bit.ly/gunshor_resume
Experienced and trusted industry professional with over 50 published products on Facebook, iOS, PC, and consoles
Products and product lines have generated over $500M in revenue. Experienced running both small independent teams and larger organizations
Co-founder & CEO of @fanmeetr. Innovator, UX Jedi, and super-duper geek.
CTO of @govoluntr. Previously a trainer at @apple. Second tech startup, design consultant to small and large corporations. Teacher. Designer. Entrepreneur.
http://zittle.com
Lead Rails Engineer at UpCounsel; Full stack; Rails; Backbone; SOA;
All around marketing, community management, account management, design hero... I think ;)
Founder of Mesh Acoustics (July 2014). Former core-team at @qik (acquired by @skype for $150m). Former design lead + front end engineer at WiFast.
UI/UX, Product, Design, Front End
UC Berkeley Engineer and Startup Founder.
I build tech and design product.
Product/UX designer, problem solver, maker.
Founder of ParticipantFinder; M.S. Informatics; Worked at @groupon @google, @electronic-arts, @raptr, @us-navy
I lead teams of creatives to create compelling, interactive experiences across a broad range of platforms and technologies, generating best practice standards.
@university-of-pennsylvania-1 2013 // @mindops image recognition // SAP software engineer // @graphmuse virality booster.
PhD Entrepreneurship
http://www.facebook.com/Zyron
Founder @pogoseat. Designed for 20+ startup campaigns at @atomic-public-relations. @university-of-california-davis double graduate w/ awards & commendations.
UI + UX + Product Design
http://gaugedesign.com
UI design whisperer that helped successfully take a 12 person gaming startup to acquirement by Fox Sports
Startup junkie. Founder iMyTechnologies, founder iMyPC, founder Cricket Craze (sold), co-founder @jad-wireless (sold)
Graphic / Web Designer focused on UI / UX / Branding & Design for Print. Delighted to now be based in San Jose, California and looking for new opportunities.
Worked at @tapastic
Founder @synergy-communications • Worked at @telenav, @magento • Studied at University of California, Los Angeles
http://mechanismm.com/blog
Passionate full-stack developer. Enjoy working on both front-end UX design as well as backend design and architecture. Life long tinkerer of all things tech + Photographer!
Graduate Student at San Jose State, Computer Engineering. Hands-on experience, strong hardware design and firmware skills. Determined, focused to innovate.
UX Designer / Lead
http://www.vishalkmehta.com/blog
Web Developer | snowboarder
http://davedh2.com
Product Manager in title. Designer-Entrepreneur at heart.
Stanford / d.school / Persuasive Technology Lab / LUXr alum and evangelist.
CTO of @skillville-games. Webby Award honoree for work on Social Edge for @skoll-foundation. Supply chain experience via @rosettanet and @ingram-micro.
Design professional who is agile & product focused. Experienced in various sectors ranging from global enterprise, eCommerce, and early stage startups.
Founder of @stylehills. UI/UX design, Product Management, and Product Marketing. Berkeley MSME.
http://xdhacker.com/
Founder at @givify and Product Manager at @ebay. Former online marketing guy at Starpointe Marketing & @mozy (a.k.a. @vmware / @emc). BYU @MarriottSchool MBA.
Designer for Baydin.
Ex- @youtube, @paypal. UX generalist with over a decade of content and front-end dev experience, now studying UX design to be a full-fledged UX unicorn.
UI / UX and Visual Designer - http://sherzod.co/
Worked at @aviso-1, @3dbin • Studied at @foothill-college-1
http://sherzod.co/
Product/QA at Officepal • Worked at @grabtown-life, @magic-beans-inc, @goodjoe
Founder @tabule • Developer & Designer • Problem Solver • Studied CS + Psych + Business @ Illinois Tech
http://blog.metamorphium.com
Sr. User Experience Designer @zocdoc doing product design. Previously worked at agencies on accounts including Microsoft, Mattel, Disney, FOX, and Old Navy.
Santa Clara Student, BS in Mechanical Engineering, Multidisciplinary, Can Engineer and Sell
Chief Architect & Technologist; Generalist. >3 decades providing technical leadership & driving execution of successful consumer products across many markets.
BFA in Graphic Design at California Polytechnic State University (2011), Pomona Design Intern at ZURB; Designer at @neon-concierge INC.
http://dischord-e.tumblr.com
Founder @live-graffiti, @live-typing which create mobile and social applications (it consulting)
Founder Digital Peel • Worked at @cisco, @3com • Studied at @university-of-central-florida
Have more than 7 years of experience in software development. Work on web & mobile app development. Till now, we have uploaded more than 80 mobile applications on app store.
Founder @mobdb ,Co-Founder @raaz-mobile-1 , Worked at @panasonic-north-america @sony-pictures-entertainment
Duke CS student, published photographer, experienced IT support tech; passion for engaging, quality user experience and design.
http://anthonyalvernaz.com
Entrepreneur & Senior Product Manager @ PayPal, Designer, UC Berkeley grad, tech junky, carnivorous plant grower, & co-founder of CloudChow.
http://davidfefferman.com/blog/
http://ricketystitch.com
UX Designer, Architect, Enabler and Coach. Expert in operationalizing UX processes, best practices and principles in Agile, Scrum and Waterfall teams.
Product Development Engineer • Studied at @university-of-california-san-diego, @columbia-university
Senior level creative professional with agency and social network experience. Focusing on User Experience Design, Interactive and Graphic Design, Branding.
Worked at @igg-1 • Studied at @university-of-california-davis
Founder & CEO at Freshdesign Interactive. UX expert and leader for business software (Enterprise, B2B, B2C).
http://www.freshdesigninteractive.com
Fresh Jr. Web Developer, programming bootcamp graduate, ex-business lady, whiskey & bourbon enthusiast
Creative Director for Pogo.com, one of the largest online casual gaming communities. Managing UX, visual design art, MTX and marketing creative.
Masters Student at SJSU ; Worked at Xilinx,Juniper Networks, Robert Bosch and Infosys Graduate
Entrepreneur and Creative Director • Studied at @california-state-university-east-bay. Strong Design and Business Skills
http://blog.edesigngroupus.com
Product Management Executive with 10+ years in Product Management, 15+ years in Mobile and Web Software & Device Hardware development.
http://hirusty.com/blog
CTO at Acesse, 15+ years experience in Software, Internet, Mobile and Big Data. Worked at @google, @oracle-corporation, @cisco • @university-of-michigan
Building the next wave of digital interfaces and memorable brand experiences through new and unique user interactions.
http://www.experiencist.com
Rising Stanford freshman. Published writer & national award winner. Int'l DECA Business Operations finalist. UC Santa Cruz CS intern.
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University of Michigan BSE. Mechanical Engineer and Designer.
http://www.btzhang.com/blog
Currently doing Master Thesis at IBM Almaden Research Center
Designer
http://photoshopsecrets.tumblr.com
Founder & CEO at Rokaroo Classifieds • Lead UX Designer at Concur Technologies. Previously worked at eBay, Netflix, Logitech, Structural Soft, LLC and Oracle.
Hard-working, talented Visual Designer ready to make a difference and work on some game-changing projects
Creative designer and front-end web developer with a passion for designing and developing visually appealing web solutions.
Founder @lumin • Studied at @santa-clara-university, @university-of-california-davis
VP, Mobile Products at Trunomi, pioneering B2ME for the financial industry
• Led development of the industry’s first pre-standard wireless multimedia chips at ShareWave, Inc.
• Successfully delivered 3 multimedia products into production on time at DSP Group
Columbia Computer Engineering, Bay area, looking for a software developer position.
I know a lot about mobile apps.
Humane human designer
Founder of Play Palo Alto. 1st Prize Winner at Palo Alto Hack Challenge. Software Developer part-time contractor at Cisco Systems. Engineering student at UCL.
Product | UI/UX | Project Management • Founder @kunance • Lead B2B engagement with @apple and @amazon-lab126 at @qualcomm • EE at @ucsd
https://medium.com/@modi_vinit
A designer who codes (engineering education).
Product Manager, Designer, Front-End Developer
http://vivianwxue.com
Product Manager of GWC
Expert online community product manager and developer. Lean-startup founder of the largest poetry community online. Looking for a start-up style team & variety
UX/UI Grad Student looking for Design Opportunities
Cornell masters engineering, data analytics, business consulting. Looking for job starting in December in SF area
Clinical Operations Specialist at Anatomage, UC Berkeley B.A 2011, Biology background with great experience with clinical work/marketing/sales
Product designer and interactive art director
Strong visual designer / data visualization expert looking for a great team.
Founder @none-yet-6 • Worked at @texas-instruments, @l-3-communications • Studied at @cornell-university
MFA Graduate at Parsons School of Design; Strong business design background; Innovative UX Designer; Working at Stanford University
I bring design-thinking and continuous learning to products to achieve business goals while optimizing the customer experience.
Front-end web developer and designer with a physics education.
UC Berkeley double major (Psychology and Art Practice); Graphic Designer and Visual Development Artist
Software developer / user interaction researcher
https://sites.google.com/site/srivastavaankush/resume
7 years of startup and big company experience in design, product development and systems engineering with focus on precision electro-mechanical systems
Hand coding designer with 15 years of experience. Portfolio at http://chudoloo.com
Co-Founder and C.O.O. of @curveu. Lead designer for the @curveu product as well as ICConnector.
http://blog.curveu.com
Founder of xchema, software startup focused on development of web applications. Always looking for ways to make things simple.
http://www.marizmelo.com
IIT Bombay (Engineering). Worked in two early stage start-ups in 1990s. Developed and managed many s/w products and IT systems.
UI/UX web and interaction designer with 15+ years of design experience. Worked with startups and variety of high-tech firms such as Asus, Nvidia, and Motorola.
Designer, programmer, and digital artist with a background in UI/UX design, creating user flows, wireframe prototyping, and UI implementation.
PhD graduate from TU Eindhoven. Strong analytic skills, lightning-fast learner, can write clean code and artist at heart.
Designer & educator with experience in financial, pharma, product on both sides of the agency/in-house wall creating a unique approach to solving problems.
Behavioural scientist (PhD) with demonstrated technology/ start-up interest. More than seven years experience in user research, study design, and evaluation.
Seeking a full-time opportunity that allows me to utilize my analytical and programming skills in software/web/application development.
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Platform Independent Product Developer - Consumer Products, Web Products and Devices. MS Product Development @university-of-southern-california 2011
USC Graduate student(Computer Science), worked at Genesys International and startups like 9K9, Monte Carlo solutions LLC.
Presentation layer coder with skills in HTML, CSS, JQuery, and Javascript knowledge. At Cisco I was the UX for the Cisco Certified Mngmt Training interface.
Web Enginerring & Design at SCU | Intranet Product Management, Web Development, UX, & Analytics at Adobe | Photographer | Yearbook & Digital Publishing Guru
UX/UIDesigner. Have startup and corporate experience. Worked on iOS, Android, Web Apps and UX for several OEM flagship phone. UCLA masters in Media Arts.
http://www.yitingwang.com/Files/portfolio20121107_v2.pdf
Contract Interaction Designer, UI Architect at Yahoo!, founder of The Portable Baby and Baby Gear Trader
Senior Consulting Engineer specializing in the deployment of Linux and opensource projects in embedded systems.
2x social entrepreneur. UX nerd. Passionate about education, health and public services. Created India's National EdTech Policy. Worked at @pwc • @indian-institute-of-technology-kharagpur grad '06
Worked at @cks • Studied at @art-center-college-of-design, @srishti-school-of-art-design-and-technology
http://aartivashisht.com/index.php
Santa Clara University, BA; Professional Graphic Designer, adventurer, optimist
Digital Media, social media, video production and web development
Studied at @university-of-california-davis
Applications Engineer for a Motion Control Company. Background in Mechatronics. Skilled in automation, motor sizing, with a knack for customer service.
Purdue Engineer and Product Manager infusing customer interests in the design and development of successful high-tech products.
http://www.linkedin.com/today/author/1751413
Nearly 15 Years of Experience in Visual Design.
Boston University BSBA Entrepreneurship & Advertising
Mobile Designer and Entrepeneur at Retrographic. Currently building the Sprocket bicycle app.
Founder @fuckyeahsexycars, @a-to-z-bookstore • Studied at @san-jose-state-university
http://fuckyeahsexycars.tumblr.com
Multi-Media Designer at @qmi-systems-inc, and Graphic Designer @kaiser-permanente worked as an Interaction Designer at @july-systems
creator designer dreamer
HCI Engineer with good knowledge of Backend software, looking for an Internship.
UC Irvine BS and BA, worked at startup from ground level to fruition. Strong Web Development and Design background along with hardware and software IT
http://www.becreative360.com, http://mthood.becreative360.net, http://www.theroutepro.com, http://socalcleaners.org, http://www.perfectcleaners.com, http://libertocleanersnola.com, http://www.brotherscleaners.com, http://carouselcleaners.ca
Graphic Designer/Project Manager for Skype. Quick learner, strong organizational and planning background. Volunteer at numerous Portuguese Groups in San Jose.
Worked at @airtight-networks • Studied at @pune-institute-of-computer-technology Passionate about technology.Give an opportunity,won't disappoint.
MFA in IXD, Internship at Philips
Recent Graduate at @university-of-california-davis + Minimalistic Graphic Design + Reading + Landscape Architecture Design + Professional / Principled Business Leader
Principal Engineer, Software & Systems for Automation, Process Control & Data Analysis. 17 years practical experience delivering solutions for cutting edge R&D, capital equipment, distributed automation, smart grid and process control.
UX/UI Researcher. Experience in Usability Test Design, Moderation & Reporting, Heuristic Evaluations, Mobile App Research, Ecommerce, Paywall, Affiliate Mktng.
http://bobby.gs
User experience researcher. Experience planning, designing, moderating, synthesizing results and presenting usability testing and user research findings.
UX/UI Designer delivering human concepts, not trendy styles
Founder @trilab-media-llc, Lead designer @ T2Themes, Musician
http://elizabethalli.roon.io/
Designer
Computer Science Graduate Student at Syracuse University; Worked as Software Developer at Tata Consultancy Services.
Founder of Aecore • Worked at @turner-construction-company, @south-bay-construction • Studied at @san-jose-state-university
Looking for a full time Security analyst intern position for Summer from June 2014 onwards
Consultant at Deloitte Consulting; Wireframing and User Experience Design; Worked with multiple clients creating simple and intuitive front end designs.
Software Engineer @syncbak • Studied @university-of-iowa
San Jose State University MS in Software Engineering, Actively looking for summer internship, Worked on couple of web development projects.
Worked at @apple • Studied Advertising at @san-jose-state-university, Art Direction Student @ @virginia-commonwealth-university Brandcenter
Founder,CEO at @aironix-motion-pictures • Studied aeropsace engineering @san-jose-state-university
Web developer
BA in Graphic Design at SJSU, 2012.
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.
UX Designer/Product Manager at a handful of startups. On a mission to find heroes and help them change the world. Let's talk over coffee and bacon.
http://parisvega.com/blog
MS Software engineering graduate student seeking internship in cloud computing , virtualization & software development
Actively looking for summer internship 2014
Entrepreneur and inventor of Mr. Spring Roll's water bowl. Business Marketing student from San Jose State University 2007.
Interactive designer with front end development experience.
Experienced Graphic Designer. Worked at Velodyne Acoustics, Halosys Tech, Northwest YMCA of SV, and recently designed a book cover published by Trafford
Human Factors Student
UI Designer; New Grad with BS in Graphic Communication from Cal Poly
Digital visual design professional with over two years of experience In holistic user experience design, development.
President of Lambda Phi Epsilon, organized our first blood drive on campus, worked with AADP to put on a bone marrow drive at our school
Worked at @ebay-inc, @dst-worldwide-services • Studied at @san-jose-state-university
Seeking challenging job in a company where I can utilize and enhance my skills in the field of Software engineering
Actively seeking internship/ full-time position as a Web Developer,Mobile App Developer, Data Analyst.
A creative mind first
Mobile UI / UX Designer based in Silicon Valley!
SJSU SE, Looking for Summer/Fall 2014 Intern/co-op positions in the field of Software development/QA test Engineer.
Sr. UX Designer. Worked with companies such as: eBay, FICO, Delta, AT&T and more.
Actively Looking for Spring 2015 Internships Interested in Big Data Mining and Java application development and Selenium Automation |Ms in CS @ SJSU|
Graduate Student Looking for a Fall Internship in Firmware/Embedded System/Hardware and Software domain
Actively Looking for Spring 2015 Internships
I want to put something amazing here, however, nothing satisfying that I feel fits.
Chief Engineer at PrizeBox™, Software Engineer at Grocery Outlet, Inc., Web Developer at PetoVera, Web Developer at Tower Hill.
Graphic & Web Designer. Strong in iconography and creating print collateral.
Unhindered Innovator and Empathetic Pioneer -- Worked at @best-buy, @the-geek-squad • Studied at @california-state-university-sacramento.
Seeking a challenging Spring/Summer Internship in Software Development to gain valuable industry experience
Front-End Developer Graduate of SJSU Design Program and General Assembly, Proficient in Developing Web Applications using All Front End Technologies and Ruby
Expert app, extensions & web developer which engineering degree. Strong business background (GE, Genpact, Swiss Re, Nissan, Cisco). Six Sigma Black Belt
Full stack programmer, 3 years experienced in Java, SQL, JavaScript, HTML
Student at San Jose State University actively looking for summer internship
I'm a concept artist working in the game industry.
http://dangnguyenportfolio.blogspot.com/
Developer, designer, evangelist. Worked at YC backed Filepicker.io
Software Engineer, Actively looking for Spring 15 Internships
San Jose State University,Software Engineering Masters. Actively looking for an internship.
Hard working, dedicated and a self starter eager to get into a face paced environment to apply everything I have learned to the world of Business and IT
Masters Student in Electrical Engineering majoring in Computer networks at San Jose State University. I have secured 92%(A Grade) in the course named Internetworking in my first Semester.
San Francisco Bay Area photographer of all people, places, and things.
http://carolynseng.com
All round web aficionado with 5 years of design/dev experience. Worked in industries ranging from Cloud Computing, Biotech, Hospitality, and Non-Profits.
SJSU SE, Launched a successful desktop application for Traffic Controlling
Graduate Student at San Jose State University; Worked at Wipro Technologies.
SJSU CS, 2nd topper in Pune Univeristy among 20000 students and awarded with rising star title in Zensar technologies