People
Meet 1318 founders, developers, designers, and operators building Oakland's tech scene.
Darlene Ayers-Johnson
Currently the principal of Ayers-Johnson and Associates, a consulting firm specializing in public relations for both community and governmental organizations.
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

Derek Liu
UC Berkeley Computer Science, extensive QA experience
Hicham Bouabdallah
iOS Software Engineer at Pandora
Jamie Way
Worked at @ecast, @quannumprojects, @ingrooves-fontana • Studied at @san-francisco-state-university, @diablo-valley-college
Jeff Lane
Digital Marketing specialist with startup experience. Specialize in SEM, web analytics, CRO, and solving problems
Jeff Pilisuk
Founder at iEnso Consulting, marketing & biz dev whiz, eco-entrepreneur, social media junkie, health fanatic, coffee snob, and curious about all things tech.

Matthew D. Caudill, Esq.
Finance GC; Looking for interesting startup
Maya Gilliss-Chapman
Marketing @trulia ; previously @nextdoor ; studied @cal.
Mikhail Borisovskiy
Marketing Professional with extensive experience in Marketing and Project Management. Successfully led and coordinated projects and marketing campaigns, which resulted in sales increase and strong brand awareness. A highly motivated team player who takes
Monica Wunderman
Communications and Sales Extraordinaire. Studied at UC Davis. Worked for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and STA Travel
Ron Griffiths
Seasoned creative with skills in UX, advetising, brand development — designing lasting brand stories that engage audiences and bridge gaps (sometimes chasms).
Sally Ann Berk
Author of 12 books, including 3 bestsellers; Traffic Reporter at 511.org;Columnist at OaklandLocal.com; Experienced publicist and Social Media addict.
Chris Kosednar
Connor Paull
Record of success in sales and marketing, Strong Background in Asian Market, Saint Olaf College BA 2012
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...
George Cooper
Strong background with startups, worked with the largest angel investor network in the world and have gained more then $75,000 in revenue.
Janice H Ma
Business Economics BA & MBA (Emphasis in Marketing); Marketer; Fashion junkie; Passionate about hiking & gardening; Beginner Fly Fisherman
Joey Hiller
Co-founder @stubstorm Designer and front-end dev.
Johnel Ellison
Senior Recruiter, Taulia, Inc
Keith Copenhagen
Designed & developed systems, sensors, software and hardware; Run proposals, projects, patents, simulated, engineered, debugged, validated and deployed.
Kimmy Paluch
MIT MBA. BA Computer Science Dartmouth. Entrepreneur, UX specialist, innovator, product manager, product marketer.
Leslie Carlson Vaughan
Principle UX/Visual Designer at @fanminder
Matt Trescot
Worked at @studyblue, @amazon-web-services • Studied at @university-of-maine