Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Oakland.
UX Engineer at Wunwun. Previously Creative Director at Gracenote, Sony, Gravity Mobile, LiveJournal.
@appstores.com (acquired by InMobi), Ping.fm (acquired by @seesmic),Partner Engineer at @facebook, Product guy with UI/UX and coding chops.
Current Director of User Experience @redbeacon,
Former User Experience Lead at @tripit,
Studied at @new-york-university
UI + UX + Product Design
http://gaugedesign.com
Just a dude making it happen.
Product Designer
Designing meaningful products that communicate brilliance and beauty to users.
http://www.tapefamous.com
Co-founder of @rallyteam - Platform for employee empowerment. Founder of @saturna - tech consulting. Worked @oracle-1. Studied @university-of-calgary
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.
CTO of CommitChagne. I am passionate about data, UX, and abstract systems. I enjoy working on meaningful projects with awesome tools in a team of good people.
Designer, Artist, and Typography Enthusiast. Effectively developing new and appropriate visual solutions to common and complex communications problems.
Product Designer @lucid-design-group • Previously @awesomebox, @unified, @pagelever, @piecelock-70, @cavern-discos • @university-of-california-santa-cruz alumni
http://medium.com/irvinebroque
Entrepreneur, engineer, hustler, hacker, designer, yogi, musician and author.
http://bilalahmed.org
Notre Dame '11 with the dream of helping Hollywood get on Silicon Valley's level.
Creative Director @a-hundred-monkeys. Mentor @500startups. Author of dontcall.it/that. Formerly Brand Strategist @metadesign. @university-of-california-los-angeles design 2007.
Founder & Pair Designer @pairdesignco, Founding Member of @designer-fund , Former Designer In Residence @500startups.
@stanford-university Product Design. Full stack developer and entrepreneur @marker. Crowdsourcerer @crowdflower, consultant @instagram; ♥ sustainable food & ag.
UI / UX Design & Front-End Code
http://briandelaney.me/blog
Founder of @Schizofriend.me • Editor & Structured Data Project Lead at @yahoo • Writer (portfolio: robochris.tumblr.com) • Drummer
Founder of @cozyindustries, Former Apple, Life360. Strong product and design aesthetic
Interaction Design for the Public Good
http://www.twoangstroms.com
UX Designer with deep experience with Visual Identity and Branding
http://www.rolfwilkinson.com
http://www.rolfwilkinson.com
Super creative, constant researcher, and love to play in online communities
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
Former law student turned budding jr level front-end developer. Significant experience in Business Ops and Developer Relations. Excited and motivated to continually increase skills and learn new langauges. (HTML, CSS, Angular.js JavaScript, Jquery... even
UX designer who is passionate about envisioning and prototyping intuitive experiences and applying lean UX approaches to produce minimum awesome products.
https://www.vizify.com/jeff-root
Worked at @pokitdok, @frog-design • Studied at @stanford-university, @university-of-cincinnati
www.jvghealthcare.com
Creative | Designer | Developer
http://matthewcopeland.me/blog
I am a business savvy product and UX designer. I enjoy designing engaging experiences and creating products that move the world forward.
UC Berkeley, USC, worked in software in the medical device industry
Head of Business Development - Hackathon for PITME. Digital Media professional with a history in digital content and social media marketing.
http://mateotech.blogspot.com
Sales/BD @tradecraft
Product/design expertise in healthcare
Stanford engineering alum
passionate about social impact companies
Full Stack Developer & Visual Designer. Designer/Developer @inkshares. B.A. in Design from UC Davis, recently completed WDI Web Dev Bootcamp @general-assembly.
Bay Area based Web Designer and Illustrator. 4 years industry experience with a background in print design. Hard-working, passionate, always looking to learn.
http://hannahswann.tumblr.com
Product & design @prophecy-sciences, @bloodhound, @peerbetween. PhD @stanford University/SB @massachusetts-institute-of-technology. Prof. trained chocolatier.
Founder Thread Council, You're A Rebel
Worked at @live-nation, @cinder-block
Studied at @academy-of-art-university
A Unicorn in the wild. Full-stack dev, UX/UI design. Dreamy. Been in this game for years, it made me an animal.
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
Worked at @couchsurfing, @bittorrent • Studied at @purdue-university
Founder Atma Mobile Networks. Founder and Executive Principal at Montparnas.com. Studied at @dartmouth-college
Visual, UI/UX, product designer with thirteen years of experience in the digital space. Worked at Current TV until the Al Jazeera acquisition for $500M in 2013.
http://jasonknightsf.com/blog/
Interaction and mobile designer with 5 years' experience. I excel in fast-paced startup environments in large and small companies.
http://blog.omaryak.net
MIT Alumni, Online designer at UC Berkeley, extensive background in media content production with a skill for parsing and communicating complex ideas.
UX/Product Designer - I design experiences for web and mobile applications.
http://www.ikon-eco.com/
Business-Minded Interaction Designer/Developer
Director of Assessment, learning specialist, inventor. Books: "Engelbart Hypothesis: Dialogs w/ Douglas Engelbart" & "Developing an Effective Online Course"
MBA in design strategy, a degree that mixes business and creative strategy. Experience working with a variety of sizes from Exxon Mobile, to Kara’s Cupcakes.
UX/UI designer with experience in consumer & enterprise applications and 8 years mobile UX (feature phones, iOS, Android, Responsive Design)
http://www.behance.net/wbboucher
Founder @minimash; Creative Director @google; Advisor @streamwize ; Digital Content Evangelist
http://blog.markgartland.com
Designer, developer, project manager
Product Designer / UX
Front End / Node.js Developer with design talent. Builds real-time web applications, backend to frontend.
Develop / Design / User Experience
VP, Mobile Products at Trunomi, pioneering B2ME for the financial industry
Founder @txt2wrk • Worked at @frog-design, @altera-corporation • Studied at @university-of-delaware, MA in IxD from Interaction Ivrea
UX Design + User Research + Product Market Fit + Lean UX. 3 yrs' Human Resources experience inspired me to improve processes for people and businesses.
http://www.medium.com/@lexin8r
Founder / Product Ninja • Formerly @google, @apple, & @mit-lincoln-laboratory • Studied CS at @morehouse-college
Interaction design and graphics hacking for iOS, Web, Mac and Installation.
http://ccr.io
Founder OppSites and Founding Principal City Design Collective. 15 years professional urban design. Strong design, policy and public speaking. MLA Cornell 1999
Front-end developer, visual designer, UI/UX researcher, huge typography nerd. Can do full-stack, too (founder @valleyvpn). Studied @university-of-california-berkeley. Cooks pizza @900º.
http://jeremytribby.com/
Founder The Cognitive Healthcare Company. UX & visual designer. Longtime freelance ninja coming out of the wilderness to start a company. Worked at @sapient
Founder of TinSaucer Productions. Visionary of the alien invasion. Saver of CommerceOne BuySite and PeopleSoft i8. I don't believe in the Kobayashi Maru.
UI/UX designer + front-end developer.
Creative, tech-savvy marketing manager & entrepreneur with 7+ years experience in online & digital media production.
http://annalisclint.carbonmade.com/
Front-end web developer, designer for digital agency Sparkart Group, Inc. as part of UX Team.
Co-founder, NeonMob.
Fiddling with bits and atoms, and everything in between.
MSc Comp. Sci. (HCI) & Ed. Tech. — BSc. Comp. Sci. (AI)
Level headed, data-loving leader and jack of all trades. Thrives on problem solving.
Freelance Designer (Graphic & Web) @ moly.me
Native creator of digital goods. More pet projects than a farm.
User Experience designer. Spent several years focused on healthcare innovation and design. Masters in Industrial Design from RISD 2010.
8 years UX Design experience. BS from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. Communication and client relations background. Wearer of many hats.
Chief Product Officer at spot labs
Interactive Media Designer. Creates experimental games, experiences, and interactions.
I am an artist with 12 years experience in the gaming industry.
Currently, I work for Zynga in their San Francisco studio as an in-house UI Consultant. My previous roles include UI Designer, Art Lead, Product Design Consultant, Visual FX Artist, Characte
Graduate from UC Berkeley's School of Information. Well rounded engineer/designer armed with the scientific method and user centered design...
I am a Mobile/ Web/ UI/UX Visual Design hybrid, with a background in print, design, brand, motion, animation and fashion.
Owner/Web Developer at Daydream Project
http://daydreamproject.comhttp://about.me/c4ss4ndr4http://flavors.me/c4ss4ndr4http://twitter.com/c4ss4ndr4http://c4ss4ndr4.tumblr.com/
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
At the intersection of tech and design. Have designed, built, and launched products for a bunch of startups. UC Davis '03
http://snarvasa.tumblr.com
Seasoned creative with skills in UX, advetising, brand development — designing lasting brand stories that engage audiences and bridge gaps (sometimes chasms).
Seasoned UX/startup guy.
http://drawntosimplicity.tumblr.com
Staff Ethnographic Researcher at UCSF in the School of Medicine. Background in applied anthropology and qualitative research methods. MA student at CSUEB.
Balancing business requirements with intuitive usability, and creating moments of delight for users: these are the key to delivering great user experience.
UI Engineer @counsyl , with a graphic design background from @uc-davis. Tweets for Creative Mornings Oakland
Researcher
Full stack Javascript Engineer with a passion for data visualization and interaction design. Proficient in both Angular and D3 frameworks.
http://montague.io
Berkeley Math and Cognitive Science. Want to write lines.
Founder @harvestlink. Design & Business Development
E-mail Marketing Agency experience, self-taught HTML/CSS/SQL, quick-study for technical skills
Visual designer, looking for work.
http://www.rithfolio.com/
Hampshire BA in Digital Media, advanced to master level of most aspects of digital media production
McGill graduate with strong academic credentials, research, verbal reasoning and legal writing capabilities. Tech interest with front end programming languages.
Product/UX Designer rooted in an Architect-Economist background. Let's Make _____ Better.
CS foodie looking to promote sustainable agriculture.
Principle UX/Visual Designer at @fanminder
Creative designer with strong technical skills. Experience in both start-ups and large firms. Excellent academic credentials coupled with good business acumen.
http://www.martinmittner.com/blog
Passionate educational program developer, experienced event and media producer
California College of the Arts, Animator/Artist, contracted by various startups.
http://mexastexas.blogspot.com
I like gadgets & pugs. Lover of life just enjoying the journey.
I create immersive experiences for web and mobile applications.
Freelance UI & Visual Designer. BA in Multimedia.
Strong visual designer with front end coding skills. Swiss army knife of design, from video and animation to web and print.
User experience designer with experience in startups, ecommerce, and health and wellness mobile applications.
http://www.loelee.com/blog
Studied at @university-of-california-davis
Webmaster and Front-End Engineer. Worked with Non-Profits and B2B companies on designs, UX/UI, wireframes, and SEM.
Art Center College of Design B.S. Product Design, Former Interaction Designer at Frog Design
Software Engineer, CrossFit Athlete and Bio-hacker. Successful @upstart. JavaScript, Python, Angular, Node, Flask, Scikit. http://harleykwyn.com/
http://harleykwyn.com/
Expert Office Manager Master | BA in HDEV | I thrive on efficency | I get the job done and then some | Wearer of many many hats | Office organizer extrodinarire
Product Designer at @beats-music-formerly-mog • Masters of Digital Media from @university-of-british-columbia 2011. Ping pong champion.
Co-Founder & COO World Village • Worked at @apple, @getthere UX Designer, Creative Director, End to End SaaS Apps, designed first online travel booking software
Specialties Include:
Information Architecture, Interaction Design, Visual Design, User Interface Design, Product Strategy, User Experience Design, Mobile Design
Creative Leader. Design Director. Translate complex ideas, information, & data into great design. Visual • Web • Interaction • Brand • UX • Strategy • Marketing
It's dangerous to develop alone. Take Seg! Designer and programmer of interactive media for web, console, desktop, and mobile platforms.
http://segonmedia.com
VP of software development with experience in web development, project management, online marketing, computer security. Interested in early-stage start-ups.
Design freelancer at needlemedia. Solid fine art background. Illustrator.
Exceptional writer, analyst geek
Lead Designer + iOS Engineer (@marqeta, @pepsi). Son + Brother. Oakland born. Vegas raised. Flagstaff educated. California native.
Front End Developer working with a non profit organization funded and backed by Google and Facebook.
Product Manager, UI/UX Designer at Ancient Goose Network.
http://daveross858.com
Web dev student looking for work with your company
Multimedia U/X designer and developer, experienced in leveraging emerging technologies, seeks a collaborative environment at a new media company. Specialties include user experience, branding, and communications.
Sr. UX/UI designer for Realpage. Designed/launched multiple mobile apps. Worked at Aol, Adobe, and Walmart
Award-winning Web Producer; Strong background in Enterprise customer support (Cisco, Juniper); Proven blend of Technical and Project Management skills.
Experienced design leader
Co-founder @stubstorm
Designer and front-end dev.
Mechanical Design Engineer, piezoresistive sensors, consumer electronics, wearable computing, DFM.
I am a visual designer focused on branding, web design, UI/UX and package design. I enjoys designing for all media (web, mobile and print).
Jampa Thinlay, Tibetan American Web Architect
http://www.jtwebarchitect.com
Smart questions, powerful insights. Have worked in advertising, tech and entertainment. Specialize in creative qualitative research methods for all budgets.
Recent college graduate with a diverse education and gobs of visual literacy.
Senior Designer, experienced in leading projects from conception through implementation.
UX designer specializing in creating clean and thoughtful experiences for users of complex and powerful software.
3d Artist & Designer in the San Francisco Bay Area
Technology Evangelist - Creative Product & UX Designer - Music Centric - Exciting Marketing Approaches - Highly Unique
Graphic designer with strong photography background. Strong startup experience.
Energetic UX Designer; Digital Native; Strong Advertising/Vis. Design background; Small team experience; Loves Sloths; Adobe CC, HTML, & CSS.
I design & build digital products focused on solving complex process & workflow problems. I enjoy creating efficient, satisfying user experiences, especially for sectors that generally suffer from poor usability.
Product Designer and Creative Director.
Graphic/Visual/UI/UX Designer. San Jose State University BA in Graphic Design. Advanced skills in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver. Mac and PC.
Interaction Design Student at CCA;
Wide-ranging Technical Support Specialist, with experience in Desktops, Mobile, Networking, and POS Systems
I make music, code, and design.
Im passionate in making the next Generation of interactive websites.
Graphic Designer
http://kylejhalvorson.wordpress.com
Multimedia Journalist and Full Stack Web Developer
http://www.soundfra.me/blog
Problem solving is my passion and software is my favorite Swiss army hammer. I prefer open source because { innovation.should > capital }.
Icon + Logo design | Graphic design | Print Production expert
Designer. Traveler. Observer. Appreciater of things that appeal to any or all of the senses. http://maggietaurick.com
Mobitv Launch operator launch new devices into production line.
Worked at @tiburon-inc, @data911
Techie by trade | Businessman by profession | Creative by lifestyle
Creative Professional for IxD, UX, UI, and traditional media
Full Stack.
http://stumptownbear.com