Startups Chicago
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Chicago.
Amrit Ayalur
Worked at @ribbon, @mobile-captain • Studying EECS at @university-of-california-berkeley. Web developer. Rails specialist.
Naveen Aggarwal
Technical co-founder of rfphunter with 13 years of coding and consulting experience.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Kl_G4yiwWXNFQ4Um9HdEZ0Uzg/edit?usp=sharing
Chris Zamierowski
Worked at @betterfly-1, @magnani-caruso-dutton • Studied at @northwestern-university
Bruce Ackerman
Founder Printavo [Screen-printing shop management software] • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign
Michael Hofer
Web Developer at @spartz . Writing code, crunching data, and moving forward.
Geoff Crittenden
Worked at @dev-bootcamp, @us-navy • Studied at @university-of-michigan, @depaul-university
http://blog.geoffcrittenden.com
Albert Pak
I’m creative designer and front end developer for web and print. I love building ideas, websites and brands.
Omair Mirza
Founder and CEO @fitcline • College student • Tech and fitness enthusiast. • Self-taught; web developer and graphic designer.
Patrick Madden
Worked at @hft-quant-hedge-fund, @ibm. Studied Physics at UT: Dallas. 1st startup in high school. Solid technical background.
Jennifer Thomas
Founder Project Travel • Pun Champion • 2013 "Hottest Women in Tech" @killerstartups • #Quadricorn #Hacker #Hustler
Brian Zable
Worked at @every-last-morsel, @american-hospital-association • Studied at @north-central-college
Kunal Bhat
Interaction designer and front-end developer, CS background. Start-up enthusiast. STEM for girls advocate. Worked at dscout, Gravitytank, and VSA Partners.
Tobias Lei
Data mining researcher & Master student at UIUC CS. #hackathons, #startups. Co-founder of StylePuzzle.
Julian Miller
Co-founder of @learnmetrics real-time analytics for education. Obsessed with the power of education to change lives.
http://julianmiller.tumblr.com
Robbie Abed
Founder @rawdesignr. Coder, Blogger, Connector.
http://www.robbieabed.com
Ardean Christian
Founder @postster-com
Eugene Revzin
COO of @silvrspoon. Founded tech consulting and development firm for startups in 08. Strong business background BS in Mgmt & Intl Bus from Kelley School (IU)
http://blog.silvrspoon.com/
Brian Busche
Founded RPMworld, an online drag racing game that had 2.7 million users. Worked for several large ad agencies as a key member of the digital development team.
http://rendition.posterous.com
Jonathan Kelley
Co-founder of @buzz-digital, Co-founder of Element Bars.
JD Hartley
Lead front-end developer at @stagebloc, founder @mirrorgram. Hopelessly addicted to Doctor Who, awful puns, and Oxford commas.
Evan Lewis
Co-Founder @eprof - Dev/Design @StarterLeague - Ivey HBA 2012
http://blog.eprof.com
Jessica Sheft-Ason
Investor
IT Consultant, Studied Economics @university-of-chicago and investor with @kewpie-associates.
Ryan Schultz
Founder of OpeningDesign.com--basically Github.com for Architects/Engineers (building/construction industry).
http://blog.openingdesign.com/