Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Oakland.
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/
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
@appstores.com (acquired by InMobi), Ping.fm (acquired by @seesmic),Partner Engineer at @facebook, Product guy with UI/UX and coding chops.
I co-founded http://bloom.io and do other projects at http://certaintylabs.com.
Entrepreneur, Engineer. Founder at Appsites. Lead Engineer @inmobi. Previous: Founder @hipset #YCS12 and @shuffle-interactive.
CEO of Mosaic. Solar obsessed geek since I was a kid. 2x 30-under-30 by Forbes for Energy.
Co-founder of @rallyteam - Platform for employee empowerment. Founder of @saturna - tech consulting. Worked @oracle-1. Studied @university-of-calgary
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
Uptime
http://hannacabana.wordpress.com
CMO and Co-Founder @immunity-project • CEO @sparkart • Investor / Advisor @rally, @gyft, @hifi, @truevault, @bellabeat @trnio, @zesty-1 - Y Combinator Alum (W14)
Cofounder, CEO ToyTalk. "Lean Launchpad" instructor @stanford-university, @university-of-california-berkeley. Mentor 500 Startups. EIR AugustCapital. CTO @pixar. Supervising Tech Dir "Finding Nemo".
Technology Leader. CTO at @mosaic-2, formerly VP of Engineering at @chegg, @cramster.
Co-Founder of @rockbot and @massachusetts-institute-of-technology grad. Previously, founded @fido-factor. Working on loyalty and engagement for brands & local businesses.
Founder @clef, • Worked at @adobe-systems, @h-bloom • Studied at @pomona-college
http://blog.getclef.com
Co-founder and CTO of @rockbot. UC @university-of-california-berkeley EECS grad '03.
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
Cofounder & Head of Customer @honeybook. Previous @activehours. Studied public leadership @harvard-university, @pomona-college.
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.
Co-Founder of @dygest.
Multiple experiences as "day one" engineer successfully delivering products from scratch.
@carnegie-mellon-university CS
Founder at @kato. Product fanatic. Electronic communication enthusiast. Computer architecture geek.
http://petrohi.me
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
@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 SportsVault. Born to innovate. Growth hacker, social media fiend + fantasy sports addict.
Product at @yammer • Founder of @thrive-ly-deadpool-1 • User growth advisor to startups and nonprofits
http://nickfassler.com
CEO of Ongig: The Employer Branding SaaS; I've bought, sold & failed businesses; Author of An Enlightened Entrepreneur
http://robdkelly.com
Senior AE @quote-roller, @panda-doc • Founder @sugar-knife • Head of Sales @Pinchit • AE at @yelp • Studied at @university-of-british-columbia
Founder at @shotlist and @scal-io. Hacker, brewer, mobile and web tech enthusiast.
Founder @clef. Worked at @minted, @ning. Studied Computer Science at @pomona-college. I build apps with hundreds of thousands of downloads.
http://markhudnall.com
Experienced software engineer and manager. Experience from start ups to major corporations.
http://www.patrickford.com
Product Manager and Marketer with years of entrepreneurial experience. Founder @linepeek @centrro @gplay. Graduate @university-of-california-berkeley.
http://www.tuyennhatvo.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.
Designer/developer of Google Earth (@keyhole), Lead special projects at @walt-disney-imagineering, @microsoft-3, @amazon, President/CTO @syntertainment
http://www.realityprime.com
Entrepreneur, engineer, hustler, hacker, designer, yogi, musician and author.
http://bilalahmed.org
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
Co-Founder & CEO @honeit, Director of Global Recruiting @tubemogul, MBA @BerkeleyHass, Former Director of Talent Acquisition @mtv Networks / @viacom #HRTech
http://www.digitalsourcer.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
Ex-Airbnb and Weddington Way. Former Founder at Physicians Prima; Studied at @oklahoma-state-university-1
https://medium.com/@kwameprice
Co-founder/CEO at ShareRoot • Worked at @wildfire-interactive, @adparlor • Studied at @university-of-maryland-college-park
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 at @kato. Code, product, team, fundraising.
http://lechat.quora.com/
Designing meaningful products that communicate brilliance and beauty to users.
http://www.tapefamous.com
Founder of @north-social (exit in 2011), North Venture Partners, Echo Networks, Athleticode, & Inoak. Employee at Virgin, PTC, C-Bridge, & the NFL
Founder @brandads
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 developer at popexpert.com. Fmr lead developer for Flowful.me. Fmr Founder & CEO of Wokai. 6 years founding and operating experience.
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
Product Management. Cofounder and former Chief Product Officer of @okcupid-labs. System designer with a focus on search, recommendation, and nlp.
Full-stack engineer. Previously, cofounder and CTO of RaftOut (music tech). @harvard-university M.S. in Systems Biology. NSF Graduate Research Fellow
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.
Founder/CEO of FotoNotes; Founder Invu Technology; Former Chief Architect Smashcast, Wakesoft. Developed 20 software products. M.Sc. Engineering, U of Toronto
Founder Swift Navigation • Worked at @joby-energy • Studied at @university-of-cambridge
co-founder at SolSource, early at OpenTable, RMG, PracticeFusion, E la Carte
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
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.
I work on companies and projects that aim to make the world more transparent and easier to understand.
Founder/CEO @bluemorph-1, @jack-london-mail-sold • Worked at @beyond-com, @cybersource • MBA & BSBA from @california-state-university-east-bay
Social Entrepreneur, Connector & Organizer
Community organizer, educator and CA Wellness Foundation Fellow out of high school. Serial Entrepreneur in various verticals of music & entertainment industry
@vsco Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer
http://greg.vsco.co
Founder @vault29 + Entrepreneur + Winelover + @university-of-california-berkeley alum
Founder & CEO of deliberateLIFE • Social Impact + Design Thinking + Business Savvy • Former @us-house-of-representatives • Studied at @ucla, @georgetown
Co-founder, VP of Product at Mosaic. Founder, Internet Director at largest youth climate activism organization in the world.
15+ years experience in product management, marketing, business development in US & EU. Adept at strategy and execution. Founder @zenlist & @franglo.
CEO & Founder of Grimm Bros, LLC. Entrepreneur and Executive manager. Worked at EA, Atari, Bioware/Pandemic, Subatomic Studios and Human Head Studios.
Founder @right-brain-electronics-llc • Studied at @harvey-mudd-college
Founder/CEO of @lokion-interactive. Listed 4 consecutive years on Inc mag's Fastest Growing Private Companies.
Consumer, Mobile and Tech fanatic; Strategy, Consulting and GSD; Created and Worked at @square6-group
http://apertur.es
Lead Engineer at @nodeprime. Previously Founding Engineer at Aspera (acq. by @ibm). Ongoing open source developer.
http://www.backdrifter.com/
Chief Scientist, REX Computing
CEO & Co-Founder, Evolutionary Solutions
"20 Under 20" 2012 Thiel Fellow
COO of Vehicle Data Science. Studied @stanford-university. Startups, data, baseball, family.
Founder @sports-business-simulations, @zennie62media • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley, @university-of-texas-arlington
http://zennie62blog.com/
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
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 @utilityapi
PM @terraverde-renewable-partners
CTO @fitocracy
PM @cleanair-engineering
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
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
CEO at Sway Networks, Founder at Hatch Labs (Tinder), & Journeyer at IAC. I get excited about Product, Strategy & Anything Mobile.
Founder @trucksome-inc • Worked at @dai-soai-inc, @hoangmai-hotels • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley
Sr Product Manager @studionow . Founder @discotec - Product Development Leader @eztweets, @scrumitup, @baskitlabs @sendori
http://www.blog364.com
Founder Rippld, First Element Entertainment • Studied at @university-of-michigan
Founder @deci • Worked at @teach-for-america • Former NCAA Division I Soccer Captain • Studied Business at University of Maryland, @university-of-maryland-college-park
His company has produced corporate meetings & media for Oracle, HP, Yahoo, PepsiCo, Sanofi, Siemens Medical Solutions, Genzyme, Restoration Hardware, Gap, Avon
CEO of @INFIN3D Motion Picture Technology, 3D Production & Sound.
Product Manager @crunchbase | iOS Hacker, Inventor, Writer
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/
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.
VC @Indbio, CEO Berkeley Biolabs, my 3rd Angel funded Biotech (Halpin Neurosciences and Genescient Pharma). Prev Big Pharma/Biotech exp. Cambridge U Alum
Strategic & Financial Consultant
Founder @SivaCycle @makemesustainable • Worked at @nera-economic-consulting • Studied at @wesleyan-university
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.
Graduated with a double major in Computer Science and Biology from @stanford-university. Avid sweat equity investor in promising startups.
http://www.ChadHorn.com/
Big companies, big ideas.
Engineer at heart who enjoys building new things, working in fast paced environments and surpassing expectations.
www.prixfixeapp.com
Computer Science undergrad with MBA. Strong business background (P&G, and PepsiCo). Stanford MBA 2006.
Co-founder of @recess; Sponsorship marketing lead at City Parks Foundation and SummerStage; event production professional + parks advocate; B.A. @middlebury
Pediatrician, blogger, health and wellness expert, health care leader, Co-Founder HealthBegins
http://blog.sfgate.com/rchoi/
Founder Velvet Ape • Worked at @go-com, @blue-lithium • Studied at @bethany-college
UX/Product Designer - I design experiences for web and mobile applications.
http://www.ikon-eco.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 @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.
Social Media, Business and Environmental Addict - Contributing Writer at Forbes, Entrepreneur and The Huffington Post
http://DrewAHendricks.com
Founded @teleb, Grok Business Solutions, and Rouge Chef. Killer salesman.
http://skylarcraig.blogspot.com/
Management Consultant with 20 years experience. MTM's service is scalable due to Odette's business process consulting experience.
Media executive, MBA, Design Strategy
CTO and co-founder of Heliotrope Technologies. In charge of all product development.
VP, Mobile Products at Trunomi, pioneering B2ME for the financial industry
Founder & CEO at onehackmind. Strong experience in product ideation, management and large-scale event planning. Studied @columbia University.
Worked at @yodlee, @Groundwork Open Source @nextweb-wireless-covad @libritas-inc @dslnetworks @xipcom-inc
Founder & CEO @LogradoInc
Owner/Director of Operations at Evermore Pet Food, Inc.
CEO and co-founder of GuideOn - Translating skills for U.S. Military Veterans for better career opportunities; Cornell MBA 2009; US Army Captain
Founder @txt2wrk • Worked at @frog-design, @altera-corporation • Studied at @university-of-delaware, MA in IxD from Interaction Ivrea
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
Founder @projectvision. Solution design and project management at Cerner, @kaiser-permanente. @carnegie-mellon-university grad in Decision Science.
http://www.projectvision.org/blog
Founder of Prep.a.Trip. Starting businesses to help people get connected, outside.
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
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
Founder at iEnso Consulting, marketing & biz dev whiz, eco-entrepreneur, social media junkie, health fanatic, coffee snob, and curious about all things tech.
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 @martin-marino • Studied at @babson-college
E-Commerce, CRM, Marketing Automation, Salesforce, Sales Operations, Logistics, SAAS, Startups
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 Swappin • Worked at @Peet's Coffee & Tea • Studied at @University of California, Santa Cruz
Program Coordinator for international nonprofit. Background in nonprofits focusing on programming and community engagement.
Freelance Designer (Graphic & Web) @ moly.me
founder of maison zahara. hoya saxa.
http://tumblr.maisonzahara.com
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.
California lawyer for entertainment/digital deals, licensing/franchise agreements and business development consulting.
Recent graduate from the University of Wisconsin - Madison looking to begin a career in Social Media, Advertising, and Marketing.
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.
Owner Nacho Hut LLC. Looking to open an expanded version of Nacho Hut type restaurants throughout the bay area.
Founder Uzaa Networks • Studied at @hunter-college
Entrepreneur, Writer & Publisher
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
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
The Bicycle Network, Inc.
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
BetOn Studios cofounder, Rails fullstack developer.
Founder @lee-gardens-www-haveagarden-com • Worked at @vo-s-restaurant, @animal-safehouse-of-brevard • Studied at @university-of-central-florida
Co-Founded Sherwood Forest, an SEC registered firm in Virginia. The company manages the Sherwood Forest Alternative Mutual Fund (Ticker: SFCMX)
Founded Kiptronic (sold to Limelight). Currently building a new company, Cloudstead.
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
Co-founder of The Hamel Group & BioView.com (both sold to Monster Worldwide), MBA Finance & Marketing Univ. of Washington
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.
Aspiring Engineer, Inspiring Peer. CEO Study Savior. Web-app enthusiast.
Studied at @university-of-the-pacific, @brooklyn-college