Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Oakland.
Technology Leader. CTO at @mosaic-2, formerly VP of Engineering at @chegg, @cramster.
Cofounder, CEO ToyTalk. "Lean Launchpad" instructor @stanford-university, @university-of-california-berkeley. Mentor 500 Startups. EIR AugustCapital. CTO @pixar. Supervising Tech Dir "Finding Nemo".
CEO of Mosaic. Solar obsessed geek since I was a kid. 2x 30-under-30 by Forbes for Energy.
Founder @clef, • Worked at @adobe-systems, @h-bloom • Studied at @pomona-college
http://blog.getclef.com
Co-founder of @rallyteam - Platform for employee empowerment. Founder of @saturna - tech consulting. Worked @oracle-1. Studied @university-of-calgary
Co-Founder at @madesolid (@y-combinator W14) Previously Founder/CEO at @tioki. B.A. Business/Entrepreneurship - UC Santa Barbara. Worked at @adroll and @cbiz
http://blog.madesolid.com
@appstores.com (acquired by InMobi), Ping.fm (acquired by @seesmic),Partner Engineer at @facebook, Product guy with UI/UX and coding chops.
Cofounder & Head of Customer @honeybook. Previous @activehours. Studied public leadership @harvard-university, @pomona-college.
Founder at @kato. Product fanatic. Electronic communication enthusiast. Computer architecture geek.
http://petrohi.me
Co-Founder of @dygest.
Multiple experiences as "day one" engineer successfully delivering products from scratch.
@carnegie-mellon-university CS
I co-founded http://bloom.io and do other projects at http://certaintylabs.com.
CMO and Co-Founder @immunity-project • CEO @sparkart • Investor / Advisor @rally, @gyft, @hifi, @truevault, @bellabeat @trnio, @zesty-1 - Y Combinator Alum (W14)
Co-founder and CTO of @rockbot. UC @university-of-california-berkeley EECS grad '03.
Lead Developer at @shortform. 15 year startup developer veteran. ISP, enterprise, cloud, geo, web apps. Java, Py, Ruby and more. Full stack, front to back.
http://www.jmoe.com
Uptime
http://hannacabana.wordpress.com
Co-Founder of @suiteness • VP of Product for @apartment-list, PM for @yelp, @coupa • Founder with multiple successful exits • University of Minnesota
http://blog.suiteness.io
VP of Operations @hackreactor • Founder @Louder • Led Social Media for Jerry Brown Campaign • Led Operations @rally • Helped @twitter grow from 20 to 250
http://mutgoff.com/
Co-Founder of @rockbot and @massachusetts-institute-of-technology grad. Previously, founded @fido-factor. Working on loyalty and engagement for brands & local businesses.
Co-Founder & COO of @tioki. Ph.D candidate at @university-of-california-los-angeles Graduate School of Education. Masters in Education Administration & Policy. @teach-for-america alumna.
Entrepreneur, Engineer. Founder at Appsites. Lead Engineer @inmobi. Previous: Founder @hipset #YCS12 and @shuffle-interactive.
Experienced software engineer and manager. Experience from start ups to major corporations.
http://www.patrickford.com
Co-founder of @dealflicks. Co-founded and grew last business to $1.5M+ revenue in 5 yrs. Founded NGO Project Pueblo. UCB '10 Econ, summa cum laude.
http://www.seanwycliffe.com
Co-Founder & CEO @honeit, Director of Global Recruiting @tubemogul, MBA @BerkeleyHass, Former Director of Talent Acquisition @mtv Networks / @viacom #HRTech
http://www.digitalsourcer.com
Natural born communicator with exceptional writing, PR, marketing, product development, and community-building skills.
Founder of @Schizofriend.me • Editor & Structured Data Project Lead at @yahoo • Writer (portfolio: robochris.tumblr.com) • Drummer
@syntertainment. @mox-1. Sold @cull-tv-1 as cofounder, published on scalable realtime computing at @intel. Student of prod. dev, ML, and neuroscience.
http://jhurliman.org/
Founder at @shotlist and @scal-io. Hacker, brewer, mobile and web tech enthusiast.
Product Manager and Marketer with years of entrepreneurial experience. Founder @linepeek @centrro @gplay. Graduate @university-of-california-berkeley.
http://www.tuyennhatvo.com
Ex-Airbnb and Weddington Way. Former Founder at Physicians Prima; Studied at @oklahoma-state-university-1
https://medium.com/@kwameprice
Founder at SportsVault. Born to innovate. Growth hacker, social media fiend + fantasy sports addict.
Creative Director @a-hundred-monkeys. Mentor @500startups. Author of dontcall.it/that. Formerly Brand Strategist @metadesign. @university-of-california-los-angeles design 2007.
Co-founder/CEO at ShareRoot • Worked at @wildfire-interactive, @adparlor • Studied at @university-of-maryland-college-park
JavaScript UI engineer and full stack python developer. Entrepreneurial background, started and sold a web hosting business, ran product at (mt) Media Temple.
http://makerberg.com
Designer/developer of Google Earth (@keyhole), Lead special projects at @walt-disney-imagineering, @microsoft-3, @amazon, President/CTO @syntertainment
http://www.realityprime.com
Senior AE @quote-roller, @panda-doc • Founder @sugar-knife • Head of Sales @Pinchit • AE at @yelp • Studied at @university-of-british-columbia
Seasoned tech/infrastructure exec, currently consulting in the bitcoin space, launching SF Bitcoins and advising to Armory Technologies, Inc. Looking for addtional bitcoin ventures.
Founder @clef. Worked at @minted, @ning. Studied Computer Science at @pomona-college. I build apps with hundreds of thousands of downloads.
http://markhudnall.com
CEO of Ongig: The Employer Branding SaaS; I've bought, sold & failed businesses; Author of An Enlightened Entrepreneur
http://robdkelly.com
Product at @yammer • Founder of @thrive-ly-deadpool-1 • User growth advisor to startups and nonprofits
http://nickfassler.com
Entrepreneur, engineer, hustler, hacker, designer, yogi, musician and author.
http://bilalahmed.org
Biz dev for @qeyno Labs | 2013 Echoing Green Fellow | Educator-In-Residence at Hidden Genius Project
http://blog.priforce.me
Digital Media exec. VP, Marketing & Content Programming & BD. Expertise in mobile, digital distribution, e-commerce and connected cars
Product Management. Cofounder and former Chief Product Officer of @okcupid-labs. System designer with a focus on search, recommendation, and nlp.
Founder, Principal at Neppalli
Founder & President @project-sport-llc | Running/Cycling Production + Entertainment. Worked @montgomery-securities. 2 successful exits 2012/2014.
http://instagram.com/ryandawkins
Founder/CEO @schoolzilla. @stanford Symbolic Systems, MS in CS. Was VP Technology @ Aspire Public Schools. Worked at startup @gearworks @Booz @microsoft.
CEO and Founder MadeSolid, Inc. • Worked at @institute-for-creative-technologies • Studied at @university-of-southern-california, @illinois-institute-of-technology
Co-founder of @bombfell. Lead developer at @lolapps. Co-founded @foodoro (YC '09). Developer at @microsoft and @goldman-sachs. @harvard-university MS/BA in CS.
Founder at @kato. Code, product, team, fundraising.
http://lechat.quora.com/
Founder/CEO of FotoNotes; Founder Invu Technology; Former Chief Architect Smashcast, Wakesoft. Developed 20 software products. M.Sc. Engineering, U of Toronto
Founder of @north-social (exit in 2011), North Venture Partners, Echo Networks, Athleticode, & Inoak. Employee at Virgin, PTC, C-Bridge, & the NFL
CMO @2lemetry and Advisor @tylr-mobile • Previously VP @appirio, @demandbase • Studied at @uc-berkeley-haas-school-of-business
http://www.2lemetry.com/blog
Full-stack engineer. Previously, cofounder and CTO of RaftOut (music tech). @harvard-university M.S. in Systems Biology. NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Designing meaningful products that communicate brilliance and beauty to users.
http://www.tapefamous.com
CDO of BriteHub. 14 years experience as an entrepreneur, designer, and front-end developer. Founded designer studio cypher13 and VP of Product for Tommaso bikes. CU Boulder BA 2003.
co-founder at SolSource, early at OpenTable, RMG, PracticeFusion, E la Carte
Founder @brandads
Full-stack developer at popexpert.com. Fmr lead developer for Flowful.me. Fmr Founder & CEO of Wokai. 6 years founding and operating experience.
Founder Swift Navigation • Worked at @joby-energy • Studied at @university-of-cambridge
I work on companies and projects that aim to make the world more transparent and easier to understand.
Founder @sports-business-simulations, @zennie62media • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley, @university-of-texas-arlington
http://zennie62blog.com/
Founder/CEO @bluemorph-1, @jack-london-mail-sold • Worked at @beyond-com, @cybersource • MBA & BSBA from @california-state-university-east-bay
Executive Director at Oakland Digital (ODALC.org). M.A, B.S, B.A | eMarketeer, creative strategist, and tech philanthropist. More shauntai.com and @shaun-tai.
http://www.odalc.org
Founder & CEO of deliberateLIFE • Social Impact + Design Thinking + Business Savvy • Former @us-house-of-representatives • Studied at @ucla, @georgetown
Founder/CEO of @lokion-interactive. Listed 4 consecutive years on Inc mag's Fastest Growing Private Companies.
@vsco Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer
http://greg.vsco.co
CEO & Founder of Grimm Bros, LLC. Entrepreneur and Executive manager. Worked at EA, Atari, Bioware/Pandemic, Subatomic Studios and Human Head Studios.
Lead Engineer at @nodeprime. Previously Founding Engineer at Aspera (acq. by @ibm). Ongoing open source developer.
http://www.backdrifter.com/
COO of Vehicle Data Science. Studied @stanford-university. Startups, data, baseball, family.
Founder @vault29 + Entrepreneur + Winelover + @university-of-california-berkeley alum
Biz Builder. Raised capital at Elanex. VP Biz&CorpDev/1st empl at XOOM.com/NBCi(IPO, Merge w/ NBC); BizDev at Quote.com/5th empl (Sequoia, Sold to Lycos)
Chief Scientist, REX Computing
CEO & Co-Founder, Evolutionary Solutions
"20 Under 20" 2012 Thiel Fellow
Co-founder, VP of Product at Mosaic. Founder, Internet Director at largest youth climate activism organization in the world.
VP Platform & Mobile @successfactors. Founder @dreamcommerce. Previously, @nvidia exec, Engineering Lead @ KPCB/Benchmark/DFJ startups. @princeton-university CS / @university-of-michigan MBA.
http://www.dreamcommerce.co/blog
15+ years experience in product management, marketing, business development in US & EU. Adept at strategy and execution. Founder @zenlist & @franglo.
Founder @utilityapi
PM @terraverde-renewable-partners
CTO @fitocracy
PM @cleanair-engineering
Social Entrepreneur, Connector & Organizer
Founder @right-brain-electronics-llc • Studied at @harvey-mudd-college
Consumer, Mobile and Tech fanatic; Strategy, Consulting and GSD; Created and Worked at @square6-group
http://apertur.es
Community organizer, educator and CA Wellness Foundation Fellow out of high school. Serial Entrepreneur in various verticals of music & entertainment industry
Founder @deci • Worked at @teach-for-america • Former NCAA Division I Soccer Captain • Studied Business at University of Maryland, @university-of-maryland-college-park
CEO at Sway Networks, Founder at Hatch Labs (Tinder), & Journeyer at IAC. I get excited about Product, Strategy & Anything Mobile.
CEO of @INFIN3D Motion Picture Technology, 3D Production & Sound.
I connect the dots between what you need, who you need and show you how to get it. I build the relationships you need to grow your brand in new markets.
Big companies, big ideas.
Co-Founder, Dsg.nr. Stanford BS Mechanical Engineering. UCLA Anderson MBA. Restaurant Owner. 10+ Years Professional Designer: Interior, Product, Web & Graphic.
http://blog.dsg.nr
Graduated with a double major in Computer Science and Biology from @stanford-university. Avid sweat equity investor in promising startups.
http://www.ChadHorn.com/
Founder @SivaCycle @makemesustainable • Worked at @nera-economic-consulting • Studied at @wesleyan-university
VC @Indbio, CEO Berkeley Biolabs, my 3rd Angel funded Biotech (Halpin Neurosciences and Genescient Pharma). Prev Big Pharma/Biotech exp. Cambridge U Alum
His company has produced corporate meetings & media for Oracle, HP, Yahoo, PepsiCo, Sanofi, Siemens Medical Solutions, Genzyme, Restoration Hardware, Gap, Avon
Founder Rippld, First Element Entertainment • Studied at @university-of-michigan
Award winning teacher/math coach. Created math intervention program for CA School District. Awarded $700k EETT Grant. Programmer-Analyst at HP for 9 years.
http://www.digitwhiz.com/digiblog/
Sr Product Manager @studionow . Founder @discotec - Product Development Leader @eztweets, @scrumitup, @baskitlabs @sendori
http://www.blog364.com
Engineer at heart who enjoys building new things, working in fast paced environments and surpassing expectations.
www.prixfixeapp.com
Founder @trucksome-inc • Worked at @dai-soai-inc, @hoangmai-hotels • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley
Founder and COO of Dan's Plan, helping members achieve
Optimal Health in a Modern World.
Investment Banking. Private Placements. CFA Program.
Product Manager • Founder @HeLLaRides • Worked at @greenbiz-group • Studied at @occidental-college • A firm believer in technology as a vehicle for radical change.
Strategic & Financial Consultant
Product Manager @crunchbase | iOS Hacker, Inventor, Writer
Founder & CEO at onehackmind. Strong experience in product ideation, management and large-scale event planning. Studied @columbia University.
Co-Founder @tinygive • Founder @clovest • Worked at @board-of-governors-federal-reserve • Studied at @tufts-university • Fellow @startingbloc
Co-Founder/CEO of @foss-hill-labs. Recent @wesleyan-university University grad. Founded first company in college and sold in Dec 2011.
CEO and co-founder of GuideOn - Translating skills for U.S. Military Veterans for better career opportunities; Cornell MBA 2009; US Army Captain
Founded @teleb, Grok Business Solutions, and Rouge Chef. Killer salesman.
http://skylarcraig.blogspot.com/
Owner/Director of Operations at Evermore Pet Food, Inc.
Founder Velvet Ape • Worked at @go-com, @blue-lithium • Studied at @bethany-college
Worked at @yodlee, @Groundwork Open Source @nextweb-wireless-covad @libritas-inc @dslnetworks @xipcom-inc
Lead software engineer @delivery-agent. 12 yrs in e-commerce as engineer and founder. Started e-commerce company as sophomore at UCLA. Classifieds power seller.
Co-founder of @recess; Sponsorship marketing lead at City Parks Foundation and SummerStage; event production professional + parks advocate; B.A. @middlebury
Founder @txt2wrk • Worked at @frog-design, @altera-corporation • Studied at @university-of-delaware, MA in IxD from Interaction Ivrea
Management Consultant with 20 years experience. MTM's service is scalable due to Odette's business process consulting experience.
UX/Product Designer - I design experiences for web and mobile applications.
http://www.ikon-eco.com/
Pediatrician, blogger, health and wellness expert, health care leader, Co-Founder HealthBegins
http://blog.sfgate.com/rchoi/
Computer Science undergrad with MBA. Strong business background (P&G, and PepsiCo). Stanford MBA 2006.
VP, Mobile Products at Trunomi, pioneering B2ME for the financial industry
Founder & CEO @LogradoInc
CTO and co-founder of Heliotrope Technologies. In charge of all product development.
Media executive, MBA, Design Strategy
Social Media, Business and Environmental Addict - Contributing Writer at Forbes, Entrepreneur and The Huffington Post
http://DrewAHendricks.com
Freelance Designer (Graphic & Web) @ moly.me
10+ years doing UX and Product Design. A mind for business. Highly collaborative with tech and biz. Plus front end chops-css, javascript, jquery.
Multi Lingual International Business Experience and Creative Problem Solving Specialist
Founder at iEnso Consulting, marketing & biz dev whiz, eco-entrepreneur, social media junkie, health fanatic, coffee snob, and curious about all things tech.
Founder of CIeTY. Mobile app developer since 07. Lots of experience taking app from idea to production fast. Android, iOS, J2ME & server side. EE/CS - UCLA.
Recent graduate from the University of Wisconsin - Madison looking to begin a career in Social Media, Advertising, and Marketing.
Founder @martin-marino • Studied at @babson-college
Seasoned UX/startup guy.
http://drawntosimplicity.tumblr.com
An experienced finance professional with deep knowledge & understanding of analytics, financial models, and tech industry. BS Math. MA Economics, FRM and CFA L2
creativity engineer: expert in the internet stack, the business stack and the social science stack - 20 years of net dev - teaching python this Summer('14) @UCB
http://startinvestingresponsibly.com
California lawyer for entertainment/digital deals, licensing/franchise agreements and business development consulting.
Founder of Prep.a.Trip. Starting businesses to help people get connected, outside.
Founder @projectvision. Solution design and project management at Cerner, @kaiser-permanente. @carnegie-mellon-university grad in Decision Science.
http://www.projectvision.org/blog
E-Commerce, CRM, Marketing Automation, Salesforce, Sales Operations, Logistics, SAAS, Startups
Program Coordinator for international nonprofit. Background in nonprofits focusing on programming and community engagement.
Randy Thieben furnishes mobile satellite uplink and downlink solutions for network news organizations and other clients through Central Coast Uplink.Our mobile KU satellite van is proud to be the only independent full service mobile dual path HD redundant
http://mrrandythieben.wordpress.com/
Founder of TinSaucer Productions. Visionary of the alien invasion. Saver of CommerceOne BuySite and PeopleSoft i8. I don't believe in the Kobayashi Maru.
founder of maison zahara. hoya saxa.
http://tumblr.maisonzahara.com
Founder Swappin • Worked at @Peet's Coffee & Tea • Studied at @University of California, Santa Cruz
Owner Nacho Hut LLC. Looking to open an expanded version of Nacho Hut type restaurants throughout the bay area.
Founded Kiptronic (sold to Limelight). Currently building a new company, Cloudstead.
Studied at @university-of-the-pacific, @brooklyn-college
Founder Uzaa Networks • Studied at @hunter-college
Currently at Grass Shack Events & Media, over 25 years in the meetings industry, mostly in audio visual, staging and technical production of events.
http://www,meetingspodcast.com
I've spent most of my career in finance until co-founding All You Can Arcade. I've also spent time working in the legal and accounting industries.
http://blog.allyoucanarcade.com
Founder of Gamer's Guild of America, 1st start up company out of college. BA in Business management from Boise State University. Worked in QA at EA for 2 years.
Music Director of Dorsett Round Table for NBC Sports Net. Managing Partner of SMG Holdings; Author of A Dangerfield Manifesto; Ghostwriter for many.
Co-Founded Sherwood Forest, an SEC registered firm in Virginia. The company manages the Sherwood Forest Alternative Mutual Fund (Ticker: SFCMX)
worked as Software Developer at Asperity Employee Benefits Ltd, pureholidahomes.com
The Bicycle Network, Inc.
W* Founder & Director. Idea whisper & creative goddess (in training). Known for waking people up in the middle of their dreams, to go out & make them come true.
http://wakeupwynwood.com
Founder @kinderloop
B.A. Princeton University, J.D. Univ of Michigan.
Legal work: teaching at UC-Berkeley Law School, work with California and US Government.
BetOn Studios cofounder, Rails fullstack developer.
Aspiring Engineer, Inspiring Peer. CEO Study Savior. Web-app enthusiast.
Entrepreneur, Writer & Publisher
Founder @lee-gardens-www-haveagarden-com • Worked at @vo-s-restaurant, @animal-safehouse-of-brevard • Studied at @university-of-central-florida
Co-founder of The Hamel Group & BioView.com (both sold to Monster Worldwide), MBA Finance & Marketing Univ. of Washington