Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Oakland.
Founder at @kato. Product fanatic. Electronic communication enthusiast. Computer architecture geek.
http://petrohi.me
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
CEO of Mosaic. Solar obsessed geek since I was a kid. 2x 30-under-30 by Forbes for Energy.
Cofounder, CEO ToyTalk. "Lean Launchpad" instructor @stanford-university, @university-of-california-berkeley. Mentor 500 Startups. EIR AugustCapital. CTO @pixar. Supervising Tech Dir "Finding Nemo".
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
Entrepreneur, Engineer. Founder at Appsites. Lead Engineer @inmobi. Previous: Founder @hipset #YCS12 and @shuffle-interactive.
CMO and Co-Founder @immunity-project • CEO @sparkart • Investor / Advisor @rally, @gyft, @hifi, @truevault, @bellabeat @trnio, @zesty-1 - Y Combinator Alum (W14)
Founder @clef, • Worked at @adobe-systems, @h-bloom • Studied at @pomona-college
http://blog.getclef.com
Co-Founder of @dygest.
Multiple experiences as "day one" engineer successfully delivering products from scratch.
@carnegie-mellon-university CS
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 & 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.
@appstores.com (acquired by InMobi), Ping.fm (acquired by @seesmic),Partner Engineer at @facebook, Product guy with UI/UX and coding chops.
Uptime
http://hannacabana.wordpress.com
Co-founder of @rallyteam - Platform for employee empowerment. Founder of @saturna - tech consulting. Worked @oracle-1. Studied @university-of-calgary
Co-Founder of @rockbot and @massachusetts-institute-of-technology grad. Previously, founded @fido-factor. Working on loyalty and engagement for brands & local businesses.
Technology Leader. CTO at @mosaic-2, formerly VP of Engineering at @chegg, @cramster.
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
Co-founder and CTO of @rockbot. UC @university-of-california-berkeley EECS grad '03.
I co-founded http://bloom.io and do other projects at http://certaintylabs.com.
Cofounder & Head of Customer @honeybook. Previous @activehours. Studied public leadership @harvard-university, @pomona-college.
Founder at @shotlist and @scal-io. Hacker, brewer, mobile and web tech enthusiast.
Co-founder/CEO at ShareRoot • Worked at @wildfire-interactive, @adparlor • Studied at @university-of-maryland-college-park
Founder @clef. Worked at @minted, @ning. Studied Computer Science at @pomona-college. I build apps with hundreds of thousands of downloads.
http://markhudnall.com
Entrepreneur, engineer, hustler, hacker, designer, yogi, musician and author.
http://bilalahmed.org
Founder of @Schizofriend.me • Editor & Structured Data Project Lead at @yahoo • Writer (portfolio: robochris.tumblr.com) • Drummer
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
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
CEO of Ongig: The Employer Branding SaaS; I've bought, sold & failed businesses; Author of An Enlightened Entrepreneur
http://robdkelly.com
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
Natural born communicator with exceptional writing, PR, marketing, product development, and community-building skills.
Senior AE @quote-roller, @panda-doc • Founder @sugar-knife • Head of Sales @Pinchit • AE at @yelp • Studied at @university-of-british-columbia
Founder at SportsVault. Born to innovate. Growth hacker, social media fiend + fantasy sports addict.
Experienced software engineer and manager. Experience from start ups to major corporations.
http://www.patrickford.com
@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/
Co-Founder & CEO @honeit, Director of Global Recruiting @tubemogul, MBA @BerkeleyHass, Former Director of Talent Acquisition @mtv Networks / @viacom #HRTech
http://www.digitalsourcer.com
Product at @yammer • Founder of @thrive-ly-deadpool-1 • User growth advisor to startups and nonprofits
http://nickfassler.com
Designer/developer of Google Earth (@keyhole), Lead special projects at @walt-disney-imagineering, @microsoft-3, @amazon, President/CTO @syntertainment
http://www.realityprime.com
Seasoned tech/infrastructure exec, currently consulting in the bitcoin space, launching SF Bitcoins and advising to Armory Technologies, Inc. Looking for addtional bitcoin ventures.
Creative Director @a-hundred-monkeys. Mentor @500startups. Author of dontcall.it/that. Formerly Brand Strategist @metadesign. @university-of-california-los-angeles design 2007.
Founder, Principal at Neppalli
CMO @2lemetry and Advisor @tylr-mobile • Previously VP @appirio, @demandbase • Studied at @uc-berkeley-haas-school-of-business
http://www.2lemetry.com/blog
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.
Founder Swift Navigation • Worked at @joby-energy • Studied at @university-of-cambridge
Biz dev for @qeyno Labs | 2013 Echoing Green Fellow | Educator-In-Residence at Hidden Genius Project
http://blog.priforce.me
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
Product Management. Cofounder and former Chief Product Officer of @okcupid-labs. System designer with a focus on search, recommendation, and nlp.
Digital Media exec. VP, Marketing & Content Programming & BD. Expertise in mobile, digital distribution, e-commerce and connected cars
Founder at @kato. Code, product, team, fundraising.
http://lechat.quora.com/
I work on companies and projects that aim to make the world more transparent and easier to understand.
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.
CEO and Founder MadeSolid, Inc. • Worked at @institute-for-creative-technologies • Studied at @university-of-southern-california, @illinois-institute-of-technology
Founder/CEO @schoolzilla. @stanford Symbolic Systems, MS in CS. Was VP Technology @ Aspire Public Schools. Worked at startup @gearworks @Booz @microsoft.
Designing meaningful products that communicate brilliance and beauty to users.
http://www.tapefamous.com
Founder @brandads
Full-stack engineer. Previously, cofounder and CTO of RaftOut (music tech). @harvard-university M.S. in Systems Biology. NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Full-stack developer at popexpert.com. Fmr lead developer for Flowful.me. Fmr Founder & CEO of Wokai. 6 years founding and operating experience.
Founder & President @project-sport-llc | Running/Cycling Production + Entertainment. Worked @montgomery-securities. 2 successful exits 2012/2014.
http://instagram.com/ryandawkins
co-founder at SolSource, early at OpenTable, RMG, PracticeFusion, E la Carte
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
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
@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.
15+ years experience in product management, marketing, business development in US & EU. Adept at strategy and execution. Founder @zenlist & @franglo.
Chief Scientist, REX Computing
CEO & Co-Founder, Evolutionary Solutions
"20 Under 20" 2012 Thiel Fellow
Founder/CEO of @lokion-interactive. Listed 4 consecutive years on Inc mag's Fastest Growing Private Companies.
Community organizer, educator and CA Wellness Foundation Fellow out of high school. Serial Entrepreneur in various verticals of music & entertainment industry
Consumer, Mobile and Tech fanatic; Strategy, Consulting and GSD; Created and Worked at @square6-group
http://apertur.es
Founder @sports-business-simulations, @zennie62media • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley, @university-of-texas-arlington
http://zennie62blog.com/
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)
Founder/CEO @bluemorph-1, @jack-london-mail-sold • Worked at @beyond-com, @cybersource • MBA & BSBA from @california-state-university-east-bay
Founder @vault29 + Entrepreneur + Winelover + @university-of-california-berkeley alum
Lead Engineer at @nodeprime. Previously Founding Engineer at Aspera (acq. by @ibm). Ongoing open source developer.
http://www.backdrifter.com/
Founder & CEO of deliberateLIFE • Social Impact + Design Thinking + Business Savvy • Former @us-house-of-representatives • Studied at @ucla, @georgetown
Founder @right-brain-electronics-llc • Studied at @harvey-mudd-college
COO of Vehicle Data Science. Studied @stanford-university. Startups, data, baseball, family.
Co-founder, VP of Product at Mosaic. Founder, Internet Director at largest youth climate activism organization in the world.
Founder @utilityapi
PM @terraverde-renewable-partners
CTO @fitocracy
PM @cleanair-engineering
Social Entrepreneur, Connector & Organizer
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.
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
Founder @SivaCycle @makemesustainable • Worked at @nera-economic-consulting • Studied at @wesleyan-university
Founder and COO of Dan's Plan, helping members achieve
Optimal Health in a Modern World.
Investment Banking. Private Placements. CFA Program.
Product Manager @crunchbase | iOS Hacker, Inventor, Writer
Strategic & Financial Consultant
Founder @trucksome-inc • Worked at @dai-soai-inc, @hoangmai-hotels • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley
Founder Rippld, First Element Entertainment • Studied at @university-of-michigan
CEO of @INFIN3D Motion Picture Technology, 3D Production & Sound.
Big companies, big ideas.
Product Manager • Founder @HeLLaRides • Worked at @greenbiz-group • Studied at @occidental-college • A firm believer in technology as a vehicle for radical change.
His company has produced corporate meetings & media for Oracle, HP, Yahoo, PepsiCo, Sanofi, Siemens Medical Solutions, Genzyme, Restoration Hardware, Gap, Avon
Sr Product Manager @studionow . Founder @discotec - Product Development Leader @eztweets, @scrumitup, @baskitlabs @sendori
http://www.blog364.com
CEO at Sway Networks, Founder at Hatch Labs (Tinder), & Journeyer at IAC. I get excited about Product, Strategy & Anything Mobile.
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 @deci • Worked at @teach-for-america • Former NCAA Division I Soccer Captain • Studied Business at University of Maryland, @university-of-maryland-college-park
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/
VC @Indbio, CEO Berkeley Biolabs, my 3rd Angel funded Biotech (Halpin Neurosciences and Genescient Pharma). Prev Big Pharma/Biotech exp. Cambridge U Alum
Engineer at heart who enjoys building new things, working in fast paced environments and surpassing expectations.
www.prixfixeapp.com
Founded @teleb, Grok Business Solutions, and Rouge Chef. Killer salesman.
http://skylarcraig.blogspot.com/
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.
Founder & CEO at onehackmind. Strong experience in product ideation, management and large-scale event planning. Studied @columbia University.
Computer Science undergrad with MBA. Strong business background (P&G, and PepsiCo). Stanford MBA 2006.
CEO and co-founder of GuideOn - Translating skills for U.S. Military Veterans for better career opportunities; Cornell MBA 2009; US Army Captain
Co-Founder/CEO of @foss-hill-labs. Recent @wesleyan-university University grad. Founded first company in college and sold in Dec 2011.
Co-Founder @tinygive • Founder @clovest • Worked at @board-of-governors-federal-reserve • Studied at @tufts-university • Fellow @startingbloc
UX/Product Designer - I design experiences for web and mobile applications.
http://www.ikon-eco.com/
Worked at @yodlee, @Groundwork Open Source @nextweb-wireless-covad @libritas-inc @dslnetworks @xipcom-inc
Social Media, Business and Environmental Addict - Contributing Writer at Forbes, Entrepreneur and The Huffington Post
http://DrewAHendricks.com
Founder Velvet Ape • Worked at @go-com, @blue-lithium • Studied at @bethany-college
Owner/Director of Operations at Evermore Pet Food, Inc.
VP, Mobile Products at Trunomi, pioneering B2ME for the financial industry
Pediatrician, blogger, health and wellness expert, health care leader, Co-Founder HealthBegins
http://blog.sfgate.com/rchoi/
CTO and co-founder of Heliotrope Technologies. In charge of all product development.
Media executive, MBA, Design Strategy
Founder & CEO @LogradoInc
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 at iEnso Consulting, marketing & biz dev whiz, eco-entrepreneur, social media junkie, health fanatic, coffee snob, and curious about all things tech.
California lawyer for entertainment/digital deals, licensing/franchise agreements and business development consulting.
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.
Founder @projectvision. Solution design and project management at Cerner, @kaiser-permanente. @carnegie-mellon-university grad in Decision Science.
http://www.projectvision.org/blog
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
An experienced finance professional with deep knowledge & understanding of analytics, financial models, and tech industry. BS Math. MA Economics, FRM and CFA L2
E-Commerce, CRM, Marketing Automation, Salesforce, Sales Operations, Logistics, SAAS, Startups
Seasoned UX/startup guy.
http://drawntosimplicity.tumblr.com
founder of maison zahara. hoya saxa.
http://tumblr.maisonzahara.com
Founder of Prep.a.Trip. Starting businesses to help people get connected, outside.
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.
Founder Swappin • Worked at @Peet's Coffee & Tea • Studied at @University of California, Santa Cruz
Recent graduate from the University of Wisconsin - Madison looking to begin a career in Social Media, Advertising, and Marketing.
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/
Multi Lingual International Business Experience and Creative Problem Solving Specialist
Program Coordinator for international nonprofit. Background in nonprofits focusing on programming and community engagement.
Founder @martin-marino • Studied at @babson-college
Music Director of Dorsett Round Table for NBC Sports Net. Managing Partner of SMG Holdings; Author of A Dangerfield Manifesto; Ghostwriter for many.
worked as Software Developer at Asperity Employee Benefits Ltd, pureholidahomes.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
Aspiring Engineer, Inspiring Peer. CEO Study Savior. Web-app enthusiast.
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
Studied at @university-of-the-pacific, @brooklyn-college
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.
Founded Kiptronic (sold to Limelight). Currently building a new company, Cloudstead.
Co-Founded Sherwood Forest, an SEC registered firm in Virginia. The company manages the Sherwood Forest Alternative Mutual Fund (Ticker: SFCMX)
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.
Entrepreneur, Writer & Publisher
Co-founder of The Hamel Group & BioView.com (both sold to Monster Worldwide), MBA Finance & Marketing Univ. of Washington
BetOn Studios cofounder, Rails fullstack developer.
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 Uzaa Networks • Studied at @hunter-college
The Bicycle Network, Inc.
Owner Nacho Hut LLC. Looking to open an expanded version of Nacho Hut type restaurants throughout the bay area.
Founder @lee-gardens-www-haveagarden-com • Worked at @vo-s-restaurant, @animal-safehouse-of-brevard • Studied at @university-of-central-florida