Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Oakland.
Community organizer, educator and CA Wellness Foundation Fellow out of high school. Serial Entrepreneur in various verticals of music & entertainment industry
Founder, Stealth Startup
Currently the principal of Ayers-Johnson and Associates, a consulting firm specializing in public relations for both community and governmental organizations.
http://dayersjohnson.wordpress.com/
Software engineer @Askdotcom. Global Mentor @spaceapps, Alumni, Judge, Conductor @TheStartupBus.
http://mikecap.squarespace.com
Angel Investor, @university-of-california-berkeley
President @monsoon-company, building the future of interaction and commerce. First company at age 12. Proud TEDster / Summit family member. Let's do great work.
http://designlessbetter.com
Most comfortable out of my comfort zone. Managing Director @annika-linden-centre, President Director @inspirasia-foundation. @obama-for-america & @dasra alum.
Ambitious, innovative, and dedicated electrical engineer. Product Development Engineer and RF Design Engineer at AT&T.
CEO of Dealbase. Former President of Hotwire. Worked at McKinsey, Gap Inc., and Accenture. Haas MBA 2000
His company has produced corporate meetings & media for Oracle, HP, Yahoo, PepsiCo, Sanofi, Siemens Medical Solutions, Genzyme, Restoration Hardware, Gap, Avon
Seasoned creative with skills in UX, advetising, brand development — designing lasting brand stories that engage audiences and bridge gaps (sometimes chasms).
Physician technologist working in Biotechnology and Digital Health.
Worked at @apple, @adobe-systems • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1
Founder @sports-business-simulations, @zennie62media • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley, @university-of-texas-arlington
http://zennie62blog.com/
Founder @minimash; Creative Director @google; Advisor @streamwize ; Digital Content Evangelist
http://blog.markgartland.com
Founder, Principal at Neppalli
Seasoned tech/infrastructure exec, currently consulting in the bitcoin space, launching SF Bitcoins and advising to Armory Technologies, Inc. Looking for addtional bitcoin ventures.
CEO of Threadbare Games. Previously co-founder and CPO of @sidereel, acquired by Rovi. Product, Technology, Teams. Lean and LeanUX advocate. Giant nerd.
http://zachlarson.org
Lead Engineer at @nodeprime. Previously Founding Engineer at Aspera (acq. by @ibm). Ongoing open source developer.
http://www.backdrifter.com/
CEO of @INFIN3D Motion Picture Technology, 3D Production & Sound.
@appstores.com (acquired by InMobi), Ping.fm (acquired by @seesmic),Partner Engineer at @facebook, Product guy with UI/UX and coding chops.
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
co-founder at SolSource, early at OpenTable, RMG, PracticeFusion, E la Carte
Uptime
http://hannacabana.wordpress.com