Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Oakland.
Co-Founder of @dygest.
Multiple experiences as "day one" engineer successfully delivering products from scratch.
@carnegie-mellon-university CS
Uptime
http://hannacabana.wordpress.com
Co-founder and CTO of @rockbot. UC @university-of-california-berkeley EECS grad '03.
Co-Founder of @rockbot and @massachusetts-institute-of-technology grad. Previously, founded @fido-factor. Working on loyalty and engagement for brands & local businesses.
Founder at @kato. Product fanatic. Electronic communication enthusiast. Computer architecture geek.
http://petrohi.me
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
Cofounder & Head of Customer @honeybook. Previous @activehours. Studied public leadership @harvard-university, @pomona-college.
Entrepreneur, Engineer. Founder at Appsites. Lead Engineer @inmobi. Previous: Founder @hipset #YCS12 and @shuffle-interactive.
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
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 & 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.
CMO and Co-Founder @immunity-project • CEO @sparkart • Investor / Advisor @rally, @gyft, @hifi, @truevault, @bellabeat @trnio, @zesty-1 - Y Combinator Alum (W14)
Technology Leader. CTO at @mosaic-2, formerly VP of Engineering at @chegg, @cramster.
CEO of Mosaic. Solar obsessed geek since I was a kid. 2x 30-under-30 by Forbes for Energy.
Founder @clef, • Worked at @adobe-systems, @h-bloom • Studied at @pomona-college
http://blog.getclef.com
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 of @rallyteam - Platform for employee empowerment. Founder of @saturna - tech consulting. Worked @oracle-1. Studied @university-of-calgary
@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.
Co-founder/CEO at ShareRoot • Worked at @wildfire-interactive, @adparlor • Studied at @university-of-maryland-college-park
Senior AE @quote-roller, @panda-doc • Founder @sugar-knife • Head of Sales @Pinchit • AE at @yelp • Studied at @university-of-british-columbia
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
Founder @clef. Worked at @minted, @ning. Studied Computer Science at @pomona-college. I build apps with hundreds of thousands of downloads.
http://markhudnall.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
@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/
CEO of Ongig: The Employer Branding SaaS; I've bought, sold & failed businesses; Author of An Enlightened Entrepreneur
http://robdkelly.com
Designer/developer of Google Earth (@keyhole), Lead special projects at @walt-disney-imagineering, @microsoft-3, @amazon, President/CTO @syntertainment
http://www.realityprime.com
Ex-Airbnb and Weddington Way. Former Founder at Physicians Prima; Studied at @oklahoma-state-university-1
https://medium.com/@kwameprice
Co-Founder & CEO @honeit, Director of Global Recruiting @tubemogul, MBA @BerkeleyHass, Former Director of Talent Acquisition @mtv Networks / @viacom #HRTech
http://www.digitalsourcer.com
Founder at SportsVault. Born to innovate. Growth hacker, social media fiend + fantasy sports addict.
Product Manager and Marketer with years of entrepreneurial experience. Founder @linepeek @centrro @gplay. Graduate @university-of-california-berkeley.
http://www.tuyennhatvo.com
Experienced software engineer and manager. Experience from start ups to major corporations.
http://www.patrickford.com
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
Entrepreneur, engineer, hustler, hacker, designer, yogi, musician and author.
http://bilalahmed.org
Seasoned tech/infrastructure exec, currently consulting in the bitcoin space, launching SF Bitcoins and advising to Armory Technologies, Inc. Looking for addtional bitcoin ventures.
Product at @yammer • Founder of @thrive-ly-deadpool-1 • User growth advisor to startups and nonprofits
http://nickfassler.com
Founder at @shotlist and @scal-io. Hacker, brewer, mobile and web tech enthusiast.
Creative Director @a-hundred-monkeys. Mentor @500startups. Author of dontcall.it/that. Formerly Brand Strategist @metadesign. @university-of-california-los-angeles design 2007.
Full-stack engineer. Previously, cofounder and CTO of RaftOut (music tech). @harvard-university M.S. in Systems Biology. NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Founder & President @project-sport-llc | Running/Cycling Production + Entertainment. Worked @montgomery-securities. 2 successful exits 2012/2014.
http://instagram.com/ryandawkins
Founder @brandads
Designing meaningful products that communicate brilliance and beauty to users.
http://www.tapefamous.com
CEO and Founder MadeSolid, Inc. • Worked at @institute-for-creative-technologies • Studied at @university-of-southern-california, @illinois-institute-of-technology
Founder at @kato. Code, product, team, fundraising.
http://lechat.quora.com/
Biz dev for @qeyno Labs | 2013 Echoing Green Fellow | Educator-In-Residence at Hidden Genius Project
http://blog.priforce.me
Product Management. Cofounder and former Chief Product Officer of @okcupid-labs. System designer with a focus on search, recommendation, and nlp.
Founder of @north-social (exit in 2011), North Venture Partners, Echo Networks, Athleticode, & Inoak. Employee at Virgin, PTC, C-Bridge, & the NFL
Founder Swift Navigation • Worked at @joby-energy • Studied at @university-of-cambridge
Full-stack developer at popexpert.com. Fmr lead developer for Flowful.me. Fmr Founder & CEO of Wokai. 6 years founding and operating experience.
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.
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.
Digital Media exec. VP, Marketing & Content Programming & BD. Expertise in mobile, digital distribution, e-commerce and connected cars
Founder/CEO of FotoNotes; Founder Invu Technology; Former Chief Architect Smashcast, Wakesoft. Developed 20 software products. M.Sc. Engineering, U of Toronto
CMO @2lemetry and Advisor @tylr-mobile • Previously VP @appirio, @demandbase • Studied at @uc-berkeley-haas-school-of-business
http://www.2lemetry.com/blog
co-founder at SolSource, early at OpenTable, RMG, PracticeFusion, E la Carte
Founder/CEO @schoolzilla. @stanford Symbolic Systems, MS in CS. Was VP Technology @ Aspire Public Schools. Worked at startup @gearworks @Booz @microsoft.
Founder, Principal at Neppalli
Founder @sports-business-simulations, @zennie62media • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley, @university-of-texas-arlington
http://zennie62blog.com/
Founder/CEO of @lokion-interactive. Listed 4 consecutive years on Inc mag's Fastest Growing Private Companies.
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
Chief Scientist, REX Computing
CEO & Co-Founder, Evolutionary Solutions
"20 Under 20" 2012 Thiel Fellow
15+ years experience in product management, marketing, business development in US & EU. Adept at strategy and execution. Founder @zenlist & @franglo.
Founder/CEO @bluemorph-1, @jack-london-mail-sold • Worked at @beyond-com, @cybersource • MBA & BSBA from @california-state-university-east-bay
CEO & Founder of Grimm Bros, LLC. Entrepreneur and Executive manager. Worked at EA, Atari, Bioware/Pandemic, Subatomic Studios and Human Head Studios.
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 @utilityapi
PM @terraverde-renewable-partners
CTO @fitocracy
PM @cleanair-engineering
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.
Social Entrepreneur, Connector & Organizer
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
Founder @right-brain-electronics-llc • Studied at @harvey-mudd-college
Founder & CEO of deliberateLIFE • Social Impact + Design Thinking + Business Savvy • Former @us-house-of-representatives • Studied at @ucla, @georgetown
Consumer, Mobile and Tech fanatic; Strategy, Consulting and GSD; Created and Worked at @square6-group
http://apertur.es
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)
Lead Engineer at @nodeprime. Previously Founding Engineer at Aspera (acq. by @ibm). Ongoing open source developer.
http://www.backdrifter.com/
Founder @vault29 + Entrepreneur + Winelover + @university-of-california-berkeley alum
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.
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.
Strategic & Financial Consultant
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
Engineer at heart who enjoys building new things, working in fast paced environments and surpassing expectations.
www.prixfixeapp.com
Sr Product Manager @studionow . Founder @discotec - Product Development Leader @eztweets, @scrumitup, @baskitlabs @sendori
http://www.blog364.com
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.
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 @trucksome-inc • Worked at @dai-soai-inc, @hoangmai-hotels • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley
Founder @deci • Worked at @teach-for-america • Former NCAA Division I Soccer Captain • Studied Business at University of Maryland, @university-of-maryland-college-park
CEO at Sway Networks, Founder at Hatch Labs (Tinder), & Journeyer at IAC. I get excited about Product, Strategy & Anything Mobile.
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.
VC @Indbio, CEO Berkeley Biolabs, my 3rd Angel funded Biotech (Halpin Neurosciences and Genescient Pharma). Prev Big Pharma/Biotech exp. Cambridge U Alum
Founder Rippld, First Element Entertainment • Studied at @university-of-michigan
Product Manager @crunchbase | iOS Hacker, Inventor, Writer
Owner/Director of Operations at Evermore Pet Food, Inc.
Founder Velvet Ape • Worked at @go-com, @blue-lithium • Studied at @bethany-college
Founder & CEO @LogradoInc
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
Computer Science undergrad with MBA. Strong business background (P&G, and PepsiCo). Stanford MBA 2006.
Co-Founder @tinygive • Founder @clovest • Worked at @board-of-governors-federal-reserve • Studied at @tufts-university • Fellow @startingbloc
Founded @teleb, Grok Business Solutions, and Rouge Chef. Killer salesman.
http://skylarcraig.blogspot.com/
Co-Founder/CEO of @foss-hill-labs. Recent @wesleyan-university University grad. Founded first company in college and sold in Dec 2011.
CEO and co-founder of GuideOn - Translating skills for U.S. Military Veterans for better career opportunities; Cornell MBA 2009; US Army Captain
Pediatrician, blogger, health and wellness expert, health care leader, Co-Founder HealthBegins
http://blog.sfgate.com/rchoi/
Media executive, MBA, Design Strategy
VP, Mobile Products at Trunomi, pioneering B2ME for the financial industry
Co-founder of @recess; Sponsorship marketing lead at City Parks Foundation and SummerStage; event production professional + parks advocate; B.A. @middlebury
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.
Founder @txt2wrk • Worked at @frog-design, @altera-corporation • Studied at @university-of-delaware, MA in IxD from Interaction Ivrea
CTO and co-founder of Heliotrope Technologies. In charge of all product development.
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.
UX/Product Designer - I design experiences for web and mobile applications.
http://www.ikon-eco.com/
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.
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/
An experienced finance professional with deep knowledge & understanding of analytics, financial models, and tech industry. BS Math. MA Economics, FRM and CFA L2
Founder at iEnso Consulting, marketing & biz dev whiz, eco-entrepreneur, social media junkie, health fanatic, coffee snob, and curious about all things tech.
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
California lawyer for entertainment/digital deals, licensing/franchise agreements and business development consulting.
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 @projectvision. Solution design and project management at Cerner, @kaiser-permanente. @carnegie-mellon-university grad in Decision Science.
http://www.projectvision.org/blog
Seasoned UX/startup guy.
http://drawntosimplicity.tumblr.com
Founder @martin-marino • Studied at @babson-college
founder of maison zahara. hoya saxa.
http://tumblr.maisonzahara.com
Program Coordinator for international nonprofit. Background in nonprofits focusing on programming and community engagement.
Founder Swappin • Worked at @Peet's Coffee & Tea • Studied at @University of California, Santa Cruz
10+ years doing UX and Product Design. A mind for business. Highly collaborative with tech and biz. Plus front end chops-css, javascript, jquery.
Recent graduate from the University of Wisconsin - Madison looking to begin a career in Social Media, Advertising, and Marketing.
Multi Lingual International Business Experience and Creative Problem Solving Specialist
Freelance Designer (Graphic & Web) @ moly.me
Founded Kiptronic (sold to Limelight). Currently building a new company, Cloudstead.
Music Director of Dorsett Round Table for NBC Sports Net. Managing Partner of SMG Holdings; Author of A Dangerfield Manifesto; Ghostwriter for many.
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
Co-Founded Sherwood Forest, an SEC registered firm in Virginia. The company manages the Sherwood Forest Alternative Mutual Fund (Ticker: SFCMX)
Co-founder of The Hamel Group & BioView.com (both sold to Monster Worldwide), MBA Finance & Marketing Univ. of Washington
Founder @lee-gardens-www-haveagarden-com • Worked at @vo-s-restaurant, @animal-safehouse-of-brevard • Studied at @university-of-central-florida
worked as Software Developer at Asperity Employee Benefits Ltd, pureholidahomes.com
Studied at @university-of-the-pacific, @brooklyn-college
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.
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.
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.
Owner Nacho Hut LLC. Looking to open an expanded version of Nacho Hut type restaurants throughout the bay area.
The Bicycle Network, Inc.
BetOn Studios cofounder, Rails fullstack developer.
Entrepreneur, Writer & Publisher
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