Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Chicago.
Design Director of Bloc.io, Lead Designer for High Gear Media. Founder of Made by Munsters.
Creative Director at Visually; freelance designer
Designer. Husband. Friend to startups. Maker of things. Avid fan: scary movies, loud music. Work: CXO @betable. Past: @threadless, @digg, @simplegeo.
http://www.callmejeffrey.com
IT Consultant, Studied Economics @university-of-chicago and investor with @kewpie-associates.
Currently: Co-founder at digit.co. Previously: MyZeus acquired by Groupon, 2011.
http://patrickalgrim.me
Founded @public-good-software, Director of UX & Product @obama-for-america, founding team @the-point, early UXer @orbitz, founder @fuzzy-math.
Blue Tide Founder // @parkwhiz Front-End // Love a good API // Design // JS // CSS // UI/UX // Optimism // SharkWeek // From Indianapolis, IN
http://blog.iamzachreed.com/
Product Designer @quirky. Co-founder of Paid, an iPhone app to manage your Stripe account. Formerly of @groupon
Business Designer. Previously UX Designer + Innovation Strategist. Former @adaptive-path + @nike consultant.
Author of Design for Hackers (Debuted at #18 on @amazon) Mentor at 500 Startups. Changing the way you see design.
Growing @openairplane Professional pilot, husband, father, nerd. Passionate about user experience + aviation. Find me on a computer, or in a cockpit.
http://blog.aopa.org/opinionleaders/category/authors/rod-rakic/
Investor CEO of MiGym: Experience in successful startups including Betfair and The Coupons App & corporate experience at US Cellular and Allstate; Kellogg MBA
Designer, developer, builder, entrepreneur, mentor. First designer at @groupon. Currently Head of Platform Experience @quirky
Suzanne is a trained Interaction Designer who has over 15 years as a practioner applying the methodology of Design Thinking and Human-Centered Design to various projects across industries in healthcare, financial services, automotive, telecommunicatio
Designer and Developer based in Chicago
Formerly product at Twilio. Currently working on my own projects.
http://future-bits.com
MS in Product Design & Development Management @northwestern-university. Design, product, research and business focus.
Product Designer @weebly. Formerly at @backplane and @viatask.
Creative Director at @coupontrade
Technology Entrepreneur – Create, Design, Develop, Innovate
Experience Manager for Manifest Digital; Strategy & Experience Advisor for Project Travel; BFA in Graphic design with a strong development background.
Founder @monthlys-1, @mantra-1 • Worked at @benchprep, @manifest-digital - UX expert with front-end and back-end chops. 14 years in industry, know how to market.
UI at @alltuition and brilliant.org. Contributed to @food-genius and @betterfly. UChicago economics grad. Loves product, IxD, and brands that span the digital and the physical.
Developed parallel backtesting software for stock trading firm. Haskell lover. Python guru. Strong web development background. Lead developer on many projects.
Founder @monthlys-1, @mantra-labs-2 • Worked at @lightbank, @benchprep
Dan is a designer and developer, specializing in experience and interface design and front-end development.
Founder @refstop-com (sold 2007), Currently @thepizzabutton and @sway-fm • Worked at @isocket • Studied at @indiana-university-bloomington
Founder and CEO @charlie-app a @dreamit-ventures backed company. Kauffman Global Scholar 2012 @ewing-marion-kauffman-foundation
Develop and design apps. Dev/Design for @steamboat-labs-1 and @Brewerbox. Worked on @kloudless @deskhero
Techstars mentor, start-up advisor. Currently @razorfish. Acquity Group and gravitytank alum. Experience design, mobile, omni-channel focus.
CIO & co-founder at @everpurse; creator of @nomorecreeps.com and occasional freelancer.
http://jessepinho.com
Entrepreneur, User-Experience Evangelist, Sense-Maker, Founder of Cicada Design Co. (2007), CrinklePaw Pet Innovations (2009).
Entrepreneur, Designer, Teacher and Director at IDEO
Master's HCI student at Carnegie Mellon, with B.S. in Mechanical Engineering/Robotics. Worked as a generalist product designer/developer at Picplum.
Product designer, team builder & coder getting into some new trouble. Advisor to Chicago & Detroit startups. #GoWings #GoBlue #ChicagoStartups
Co-founder and CEO of heathfinch.
http://blog.healthfinch.com
My mom told me work hard, be kind to people, and success will follow. Co-Founder of @freebie Family & friends first kinda guy. Growth hacker / biz builder
Product Designer, formerly of Groupon, Scrapblog. Creator of Vidless. Focused on UX, design, front-end.
Chief Legal Rebel • Founder @attorneyfee • Bar Association President • Relentless Hustler
Design engineer currently working at @spark • Cook Engineering Design Fellow, B.E. Mechanical Engineering (2012) at @dartmouth-college College
Interaction designer for the noun project. Thinker at Simple.Honest.Work. Bassist for Glittermouse. Making for humanity.
CEO at Windcastle Venture Consulting, Visiting Instructor of Economics at Kenyon College
Founder @tabule • Developer & aspiring UX Designer • Studied CS + Psych + Business, graduated cum laude @illinois-institute-of-technology
http://metamorphium.com
Versatile front-end designer/developer with experience across multiple fields of design.
Technical Guy with a Designer's Eye
A jovial lad & professional fellow. Eau Claire native, Dad, Design Director, UI/UX #OFATech, community organizer, civic geek, placemaker & cyclist.
Co-Founding partner of M+I Creative, and CitizenMade. I'm also a partner at TalkSession and I provide consulting services in UX Design and Digital Strategy.
http://dynasteeinc.com
Founded @fitsby, Founded @designation
http://blog.kevinyun.co
Co-founder @Doejo, Digital Agency of the year 2012, Advisor,
http://mapofthedead.com
Co-Founder of @scholastica. Academic publishing experience at Callaloo (JHU Press). Designed at many Chicago software companies.
http://www.robwalshonline.com/blog/
VP of Strategy and Design, TodayTix. Designer, strategist, tech nerd, MBA. Love building companies. Columbia University and IIT Institute of Design grad.
Product Development Executive, Partner at Digital Intent
MS Engineering Design from Northwestern, led NU Solar Car Team, 1st campus solar installation. Worked at GM & Northrop. Founded 1st tech startup in class at NU.
Award-winning software product exec with start-up DNA. Worked for Laszlo Systems (General Catalyst Partners) and LucidEra (Benchmark) and have an exit to Sun (Karelia).
Designer/art director in Chicago with 15+ years digital/interactive. Most recently Creative Director at Threadless, previously at BBDO, Goodby, Arc, and HUGE.
Entrepreneur. Hacker. Founder. Hipster. IU Kelley School of Business.
Studied at @wheaton-college
Northwestern CS, interested in a full-time position with a combination of front-end development and UI/UX design work.
Founder & Host @signal-tower. Interactive Producer @red-square-agency. Former marketer at @drchrono and @crowdfunder-com. Graduate from @the-starter-league.
Awesome iOS developer.
Senior UI Designer, 8 yrs of design exp., background in advertising, blend of product & advertising experience, passionate about building products and teams.
UChicago undergrad, founded 2 companies (one seeded, one sold), lots of startup work experience, looking for PM/Data/Design role this summer
Founding principal of N2TV Studio, LLC Architecture and Design firm.
Worked at @cisco, @sentictechnologies • Studied at @hebrew-university-of-jerusalem
Founder @p360 • Worked at @vmware, @partners-simons • Studied at @union-college
Front-End/ UX Ninja, study javascript like its my job
Front-End Developer
http://starterleague.chrismpeterson.com/
Founder @6th-man-apps • Worked at @upto, @grand-circus • Studied at @university Of Michigan
IDEO Design Lead for Digital + Physical products and services. Mentor at Excelerate.
Design Director. Unrepentant Internet addict and information junkie.
Worked at @walls-360
COO of MikiYaka, worked at Google and Orbitz, Design Freelancer for Hoodle Inc., Pivot Media, LLC., Sumpura, Inc., Gyantra, Inc., and Nuggets by Gyantra.
http://blog.mikiyaka.com
Director of UX @ Reverb.com
http://nicholasevans.org
CEO & Co-Founder @mercier-jones. Strong background in engineering and product design and development (Insitu-Boeing, Radio Flyer, Fellowes).• Studied at @virginia-commonwealth-university
Founder at Packanimal Creative. UX IA UI
http://matthewcopeland.me
Mobile designer and developer with strong foundation in native iOS apps; Lead dev/designer for PocketCab.
Active in a broad range of activities in the Chicago area, Claudine Tambuatco is particularly well known in philanthropic circles.
http://claudinetambuatco.org/
Brown University Grad; Headed Brown Entrepreneurship Program; Performance Poet; Lover of Ideas; Wanderer of Words and Worlds
http://hamadachronicles.wordpress.com/
Co-Founder @shopgab • Worked at @sprint, @pureadds
Founder @coursecloud-1 • Studied at @northwestern-university, University of Notre Dame
Interaction designer and front-end developer, CS background. Start-up enthusiast. STEM for girls advocate. Worked at dscout, Gravitytank, and VSA Partners.
Founder Printavo [Screen-printing shop management software] • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign
Architecture & Interaction Design. Job Captain for two National museum exhibitions. Owner of three companies and a miniature schnauzer.
http://www.TanaGreen.com
Founder Griot Enterprises • Worked at @draftfcb, @adobe • Studied at @UMich, @School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Long-time collaborator on multiple projects. Design, strategic input, developing sites & branding from start to finish.
Consultant in the world of Web and Mobile Design - User Experience, Usability, HCI, Information Architecture, SEO, Web and Mobile app programming, Social Media
Hybrid cross-platform mobile first engineer - specialize in creating hardware accelerated JS apps - one code base, all platforms - Yo, Bower, JS, Node, Ruby
Shawna is an experienced consumer insights analyst with a proven track record of delivering actionable data driven insights through primary market research data. She is currently pursuing her master’s at Northwestern University with a focus on statistica
http://packagedesign.tumblr.com/
UI/UX Designer + FED.
Marketing Associate at @dealsgoround-1, Podcaster at @InsightIntell, Post Rock enthusiast, Aspiring Designer... Oh yeah & I have rocking fiance @LindsayONeal
Conceived & developed first 7 years of John Madden Football, participated in launching startups thru IPO, Harvard Masters in Ops&Mgmt - disruptive technology.
Creative and social strategist in advertising. Writer, art director, design director in past lives at agencies and startups. Available for freelance.
UPenn grad, web product designer. I create great web experiences and I make good web experiences better.
Founding Member at @every-last-morsel, Worked for @happyfantickets • Studied at @depaul-university
I'm helping build a great community at G2 Crowd
Worked at @amc-networks, @u-s-ambassador • Studied at @northwestern-university, Trinity
Master of design from top art school. Mobile designer, Built 4 apps (2 iOS, 1 Android, 1 Chrome)
Worked at @active-mind-technology, @elevate-studios
Founder and CEO @fitcline • College student • Tech and fitness enthusiast. • Self-taught; web developer and graphic designer.
@intel Engineer; Tenacious Technologist;
@carbonmade @magnum-ci @instafeed; MS @UIUC; PhD @university-of-illinois-chicago and so on
Intuitive multi-platform product builder. Information consumer. Startup junky. Interactive Art Director and UI/UXer for mobile at Draftfcb Chicago.
Worked at @mit-media-lab, @bytemobile, @citrix-systems
Designer, engineer, scientist and entrepreneur. Taught seniors as a freshman, made LEDs which emit sunlight, and am Fellow at VC firm. Inventor to a good home.
Good business needs good marketing. Good design is good marketing. MIT grad turned UX/Product Designer - translating user needs into useful & valuable products.
Owner of Catalyses LLC built from the brand Aspire Technologies. Please take a look at my personal profile and the new website.
An Avid Domain Trader and Business Brain-stormer
ThinkBank & ThinkTank Member
Looking for Mentors and Possible Partners/Inve
User Experience Craft-titioner
Worked at @built-in-chicago, @belly • Studied at @abilene-christian-university
http://www.bodyshopbids.com