Ben Martinek

Founder of @cozyindustries, Former Apple, Life360. Strong product and design aesthetic

Karl Dotter

Founder & Pair Designer @pairdesignco, Founding Member of @designer-fund , Former Designer In Residence @500startups.

Bilal Ahmed

Entrepreneur, engineer, hustler, hacker, designer, yogi, musician and author.
http://bilalahmed.org

Chris Lindsey

Founder of @Schizofriend.me • Editor & Structured Data Project Lead at @yahoo • Writer (portfolio: robochris.tumblr.com) • Drummer

Sean McCullough

Just a dude making it happen.

Brian Delaney

UI / UX Design & Front-End Code
http://briandelaney.me/blog

Brendan Irvine-Broque

Product Designer @lucid-design-group • Previously @awesomebox, @unified, @pagelever, @piecelock-70, @cavern-discos • @university-of-california-santa-cruz alumni
http://medium.com/irvinebroque

Jay Bolton

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.

Dan Clay Ellis

Investor

Co-founder of @rallyteam - Platform for employee empowerment. Founder of @saturna - tech consulting. Worked @oracle-1. Studied @university-of-calgary

Ryan Merket

Investor

@appstores.com (acquired by InMobi), Ping.fm (acquired by @seesmic),Partner Engineer at @facebook, Product guy with UI/UX and coding chops.

Alex Henry

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.

Nick Cawthon

Investor

UI + UX + Product Design
http://gaugedesign.com

Eli Altman

Creative Director @a-hundred-monkeys. Mentor @500startups. Author of dontcall.it/that. Formerly Brand Strategist @metadesign. @university-of-california-los-angeles design 2007.

Michael Curry

Investor

Current Director of User Experience @redbeacon, Former User Experience Lead at @tripit, Studied at @new-york-university

Andrew Seroff

Notre Dame '11 with the dream of helping Hollywood get on Silicon Valley's level.

Israel Sanchez

Designer, Artist, and Typography Enthusiast. Effectively developing new and appropriate visual solutions to common and complex communications problems.

Andy Mai

UX Engineer at Wunwun. Previously Creative Director at Gracenote, Sony, Gravity Mobile, LiveJournal.

Aron Hegyi

Investor

@stanford-university Product Design. Full stack developer and entrepreneur @marker. Crowdsourcerer @crowdflower, consultant @instagram; ♥ sustainable food & ag.

Shemoel Recalde

Product Designer

Vikram Babu

Designing meaningful products that communicate brilliance and beauty to users.
http://www.tapefamous.com

Zach Warder-Gabaldon

Sales/BD @tradecraft Product/design expertise in healthcare Stanford engineering alum passionate about social impact companies

Brenon Kalu

I am a business savvy product and UX designer. I enjoy designing engaging experiences and creating products that move the world forward.

Yekaterina Novikova

Full Stack Developer & Visual Designer. Designer/Developer @inkshares. B.A. in Design from UC Davis, recently completed WDI Web Dev Bootcamp @general-assembly.

Marcus Freemon

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

Brittany Burrows

Product & design @prophecy-sciences, @bloodhound, @peerbetween. PhD @stanford University/SB @massachusetts-institute-of-technology. Prof. trained chocolatier.

Mateo Fowler

Head of Business Development - Hackathon for PITME. Digital Media professional with a history in digital content and social media marketing.
http://mateotech.blogspot.com

Alice Hyun

UC Berkeley, USC, worked in software in the medical device industry

Eric Bailey

Worked at @pokitdok, @frog-design • Studied at @stanford-university, @university-of-cincinnati

Jeff Root

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

Rolf Wilkinson

UX Designer with deep experience with Visual Identity and Branding http://www.rolfwilkinson.com
http://www.rolfwilkinson.com

Edward Lewis

Super creative, constant researcher, and love to play in online communities

Justin Graham

www.jvghealthcare.com

Fermin Mata

Founder Thread Council, You're A Rebel Worked at @live-nation, @cinder-block Studied at @academy-of-art-university

Matthew Copeland

Creative | Designer | Developer
http://matthewcopeland.me/blog

Nancy Quan

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

Anthony DOnofrio

A Unicorn in the wild. Full-stack dev, UX/UI design. Dreamy. Been in this game for years, it made me an animal.

Hannah Swann

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

Ryan Brock

Shaun Tai

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

Daniel Drew Turner

Interaction Design for the Public Good
http://www.twoangstroms.com

Sergio Paluch

Founder Atma Mobile Networks. Founder and Executive Principal at Montparnas.com. Studied at @dartmouth-college

Jason Knight

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/

Wendy Fischer

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

Dave Chiu

Founder @txt2wrk • Worked at @frog-design, @altera-corporation • Studied at @university-of-delaware, MA in IxD from Interaction Ivrea

Timothy Kempf

Front End / Node.js Developer with design talent. Builds real-time web applications, backend to frontend.

Ryan Tong

Business-Minded Interaction Designer/Developer

Ikon Eco

UX/Product Designer - I design experiences for web and mobile applications.
http://www.ikon-eco.com/

Colin Roache

Interaction design and graphics hacking for iOS, Web, Mac and Installation.
http://ccr.io

Amanda Finkelberg

MIT Alumni, Online designer at UC Berkeley, extensive background in media content production with a skill for parsing and communicating complex ideas.

Kemar Newell

Founder / Product Ninja • Formerly @google, @apple, & @mit-lincoln-laboratory • Studied CS at @morehouse-college

Lexi Hradisky

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

Valerie Landau

Director of Assessment, learning specialist, inventor. Books: "Engelbart Hypothesis: Dialogs w/ Douglas Engelbart" & "Developing an Effective Online Course"

Mark Gartland

Founder @minimash; Creative Director @google; Advisor @streamwize ; Digital Content Evangelist
http://blog.markgartland.com

Naresh Singhal

Investor

VP, Mobile Products at Trunomi, pioneering B2ME for the financial industry

Jesse Dhillon

Designer, developer, project manager

Jason Perez

Develop / Design / User Experience

Hass Lunsford

Worked at @couchsurfing, @bittorrent • Studied at @purdue-university

Jackie Gagarin Curry

Product Designer / UX

Omar Yacoubi

Interaction and mobile designer with 5 years' experience. I excel in fast-paced startup environments in large and small companies.
http://blog.omaryak.net

Tony Jagoda

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.

Annalis Clint

Creative, tech-savvy marketing manager & entrepreneur with 7+ years experience in online & digital media production.
http://annalisclint.carbonmade.com/

Monika Hoex

Front-end web developer, designer for digital agency Sparkart Group, Inc. as part of UX Team.

Toby Marvin

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

Chris Obermiller

8 years UX Design experience. BS from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. Communication and client relations background. Wearer of many hats.

Derek Kan, P.E., LEED AP

Graduate from UC Berkeley's School of Information. Well rounded engineer/designer armed with the scientific method and user centered design...

Moly Yim

Freelance Designer (Graphic & Web) @ moly.me

Guillaume Ardaud

Co-founder, NeonMob. Fiddling with bits and atoms, and everything in between. MSc Comp. Sci. (HCI) & Ed. Tech. — BSc. Comp. Sci. (AI)

Cassandra Marshall

Owner/Web Developer at Daydream Project
http://daydreamproject.comhttp://about.me/c4ss4ndr4http://flavors.me/c4ss4ndr4http://twitter.com/c4ss4ndr4http://c4ss4ndr4.tumblr.com/

Adam Sax

Chief Product Officer at spot labs

Rose Rainwater

Level headed, data-loving leader and jack of all trades. Thrives on problem solving.

Stephen Szermer

User Experience designer. Spent several years focused on healthcare innovation and design. Masters in Industrial Design from RISD 2010.

Lisa Perdichizzi

Founder of TinSaucer Productions. Visionary of the alien invasion. Saver of CommerceOne BuySite and PeopleSoft i8. I don't believe in the Kobayashi Maru.

Jeremy Tribby

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/

Dave Le

Founder The Cognitive Healthcare Company. UX & visual designer. Longtime freelance ninja coming out of the wilderness to start a company. Worked at @sapient

Ian Ross

Founder OppSites and Founding Principal City Design Collective. 15 years professional urban design. Strong design, policy and public speaking. MLA Cornell 1999

Eric Iffland

UI/UX designer + front-end developer.

JULIAN MACLIN

I am a Mobile/ Web/ UI/UX Visual Design hybrid, with a background in print, design, brand, motion, animation and fashion.

Nelson Cooper

Simon Wiscombe

Interactive Media Designer. Creates experimental games, experiences, and interactions.

Jonathan Haggard

Native creator of digital goods. More pet projects than a farm.

Alana Aquilino

Researcher

Nate Dolan

Founder @harvestlink. Design & Business Development

Michael Benson

E-mail Marketing Agency experience, self-taught HTML/CSS/SQL, quick-study for technical skills

Christopher Wirick

Berkeley Math and Cognitive Science. Want to write lines.

zach rubin-rattet

Hampshire BA in Digital Media, advanced to master level of most aspects of digital media production

Martin Mittner

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

Ehab Bandar

Seasoned UX/startup guy.
http://drawntosimplicity.tumblr.com

Jessica Henricks

Passionate educational program developer, experienced event and media producer

Wayne Montague

Full stack Javascript Engineer with a passion for data visualization and interaction design. Proficient in both Angular and D3 frameworks.
http://montague.io

bruce rinehart

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

Sean Narvasa

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

Trish Ang

UI Engineer @counsyl , with a graphic design background from @uc-davis. Tweets for Creative Mornings Oakland

Leslie Carlson Vaughan

Principle UX/Visual Designer at @fanminder

Charles Marks

CS foodie looking to promote sustainable agriculture.

Brook Stevenson

Product/UX Designer rooted in an Architect-Economist background. Let's Make _____ Better.

Alex Ross

McGill graduate with strong academic credentials, research, verbal reasoning and legal writing capabilities. Tech interest with front end programming languages.

Peter Odum

Balancing business requirements with intuitive usability, and creating moments of delight for users: these are the key to delivering great user experience.

Poamrong Rith

Visual designer, looking for work.
http://www.rithfolio.com/

Ron Griffiths

Seasoned creative with skills in UX, advetising, brand development — designing lasting brand stories that engage audiences and bridge gaps (sometimes chasms).

Kara Zamora

Staff Ethnographic Researcher at UCSF in the School of Medicine. Background in applied anthropology and qualitative research methods. MA student at CSUEB.

Ruby Kane

Exceptional writer, analyst geek

Loe Lee

User experience designer with experience in startups, ecommerce, and health and wellness mobile applications.
http://www.loelee.com/blog

Jhonatan Paredes

Webmaster and Front-End Engineer. Worked with Non-Profits and B2B companies on designs, UX/UI, wireframes, and SEM.

Matt Owen

Specialties Include: Information Architecture, Interaction Design, Visual Design, User Interface Design, Product Strategy, User Experience Design, Mobile Design

Matt Hunt

I like gadgets & pugs. Lover of life just enjoying the journey.

Mei C. Chen

Studied at @university-of-california-davis

Justin Brinkmeyer

Strong visual designer with front end coding skills. Swiss army knife of design, from video and animation to web and print.

Sarah Celso

Jordan Braun

Product Designer at @beats-music-formerly-mog • Masters of Digital Media from @university-of-british-columbia 2011. Ping pong champion.

Ryan C. Anderson

Freelance UI & Visual Designer. BA in Multimedia.

Yanin Alexa Kramsky

Art Center College of Design B.S. Product Design, Former Interaction Designer at Frog Design

Andrew Bertrand

I create immersive experiences for web and mobile applications.

Deborah Dennis

Co-Founder & COO World Village • Worked at @apple, @getthere UX Designer, Creative Director, End to End SaaS Apps, designed first online travel booking software

Kwyn Meagher

Software Engineer, CrossFit Athlete and Bio-hacker. Successful @upstart. JavaScript, Python, Angular, Node, Flask, Scikit. http://harleykwyn.com/
http://harleykwyn.com/

Andrew Ortiz

California College of the Arts, Animator/Artist, contracted by various startups.
http://mexastexas.blogspot.com

Adam Cadieux

VP of software development with experience in web development, project management, online marketing, computer security. Interested in early-stage start-ups.

Aaron Stienstra

Creative Leader. Design Director. Translate complex ideas, information, & data into great design. Visual • Web • Interaction • Brand • UX • Strategy • Marketing

Timothy Smith

Design freelancer at needlemedia. Solid fine art background. Illustrator.

John "Seg" Seggerson

It's dangerous to develop alone. Take Seg! Designer and programmer of interactive media for web, console, desktop, and mobile platforms.
http://segonmedia.com

Aidan Keefe Rayner

Paris Xavier Pinkney

Lead Designer + iOS Engineer (@marqeta, @pepsi). Son + Brother. Oakland born. Vegas raised. Flagstaff educated. California native.

Erin Rinker

Graphic designer with strong photography background. Strong startup experience.

Christina Chun

3d Artist & Designer in the San Francisco Bay Area

Kwadwo Otempong

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).

David Ross

Product Manager, UI/UX Designer at Ancient Goose Network.
http://daveross858.com

Karen Utrera

Senior Designer, experienced in leading projects from conception through implementation.

tommy gebru

Web dev student looking for work with your company

Eric Johnson

Sr. UX/UI designer for Realpage. Designed/launched multiple mobile apps. Worked at Aol, Adobe, and Walmart

Nick Myers

Experienced design leader

Jamie Freeman Turner

Technology Evangelist - Creative Product & UX Designer - Music Centric - Exciting Marketing Approaches - Highly Unique

Barbara Reece

Award-winning Web Producer; Strong background in Enterprise customer support (Cisco, Juniper); Proven blend of Technical and Project Management skills.

Nathan Becker

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.

Rob Reeves

Recent college graduate with a diverse education and gobs of visual literacy.

Allan Steiner

Smart questions, powerful insights. Have worked in advertising, tech and entertainment. Specialize in creative qualitative research methods for all budgets.

Nhat Ho

Front End Developer working with a non profit organization funded and backed by Google and Facebook.

Joey Hiller

Co-founder @stubstorm Designer and front-end dev.

heather quintal

UX designer specializing in creating clean and thoughtful experiences for users of complex and powerful software.

Kyle Lobedan

Mechanical Design Engineer, piezoresistive sensors, consumer electronics, wearable computing, DFM.

Jampa Thinlay

Jampa Thinlay, Tibetan American Web Architect
http://www.jtwebarchitect.com

Chadwick Swenson

Michel Milano

Product Designer and Creative Director.

Shilo Pierce

Mobitv Launch operator launch new devices into production line.

Lauren [Lo] Bénichou

Multimedia Journalist and Full Stack Web Developer
http://www.soundfra.me/blog

David Gee

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.

maggie taurick

Designer. Traveler. Observer. Appreciater of things that appeal to any or all of the senses. http://maggietaurick.com

Daniel Duvall

Problem solving is my passion and software is my favorite Swiss army hammer. I prefer open source because { innovation.should > capital }.

Jasmine Calderon

Interaction Design Student at CCA;

Dimitri Frolov

Graphic/Visual/UI/UX Designer. San Jose State University BA in Graphic Design. Advanced skills in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver. Mac and PC.