Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Seattle.
Business Operations Leader and handy-woman who helps startups get their sh*t organized, who manages acquisitions and supports growing pains for scalability.
Seasoned marketing, operations and strategy-focused biz dev exec @publicis-groupe, Previously @switchcam & @mopix - @500-startups-2012
VP @hulu. Founder and VP at @chef-2. Early member of the Xbox product team, creator of the Xbox 360 music player, DVD player, and HD DVD peripheral.
Biz Dev @ AWS | ex-MSFT | C100 | Growlab | Advisor @ LX Ventures | Startup Advisor | Technology Evangelist | Corporate Venturing.
Cofounder at TrustLeaf. Biz Dev. Growth Hacking. Experience in both soul-crushing & non-soul-crushing sales. International Econ. Standup comedy. Ice cream.
http://blog.trustleaf.com
CEO of Mindbloom, Nearly 25 years of finance & operations experience with early-stage, high-growth companies. Worked at Amazon.com, Ernst & Young, Stripes Group Strategic Advisor. BS Accounting, NC State.
I build strategic partnerships and consumer facing technology companies.
Founder @kamada-investment-management | VP Finance @doubledutch | CFO @zaarly & @redapt | @boston-college Alum
Founder @toll-free-cellular (Trinity, Oak, CrossPoint, Brentwood, Goldman Sachs), VP @ @xypoint (sold to TCS), CEO @ @v2green (sold to @gridpoint).
Founder @ Jobaline Investor & Executive Advisor to Fortune 500, emerging and midsize technology companies.
http://www.NakedCMO.com
Serial business builder & advisor. Multiple successful exits. Former President/COO Hipcricket. Worked at Amazon, Amdocs, Accenture. Stanford Engineer. Duke MBA
Co-founder @TheGoProject • Fellow @startingbloc • Formerly @lyft @merchant-atlas
CEO at The @newhive. Urban Design/Sociology. I design spaces for people to connect.
http://zach.thenewhive.com/!
Head of Product at Raise.com. Former Strategy consultant for fortune 50 then built a company of my own. Web and mobile background. University of Chicago grad.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/weclickd-social-network-things-wedding-110000224.html
Works at @instacart • Co-founder of @mental-mojo • Worked at @stanley-black-decker • Studied at @arizona-state-university
Technical brain with a Customer Support voice. Support ninja, handling internal issues & customer communications.
MySQL Associate, product expert.
Founder / COO @load (SaaS/asp), CTO @vegas-com (sold to Greenspun Media Group), CIO CityQuick (@la-com, Hawaii.com), Adviser London Board Of Tourism
Founder of @Soda Media, President of McCaw-backed @onecast, Co-Founder of @broadstream Communications (acq'd by Avail-TVN/Vubiquity)
http://www.anthonybontrager.com
Partner @CrossCut Ventures. Early stage VC. SQUARE ENIX former COO, GC, head of business development, mobile, social, online. Advisor, Investor, Friend.
Studied at @macalester-college
CEO/Founder of @gratafy, an experience-based social gifting startup. Wharton MBA, 2011 in Strat. Mgmt. Oaktree Capital, Associate; Credit Suisse, Analyst.
20+ years startup/VC experience in USA, EU and Australia: co-founder; biz dev, advisor, angel, Boards and legal counsel. Duke J.D., M.A.; Univ of Washington
http://www.termsheetbattle.com
Founder @kiind || Worked at @metalab, UEnd.org, & Schneider Electric. || Former pro triathlete.
http://leifbaradoy.com
Technical Advisor on Scalability, Data Science, Product and Funding
Start-up enthusiast, award winning beer brewer, currently a PM at at Amazon.com.
Director of Engineering @Shift-Labs, Y Combinator alum, former COO of @viacycle. MS In Mechanical Engineering from @georgia-institute-of-technology. Worked @philips.
http://shiftlabs.com/blog/
Brand Marketing @google. 8+ years CPG Intl @starbucks. Founding Team, Growth Hacker @Tatcha Beauty. Founder @airbrush-genie @Geminievents & @bittybcosmetics.
Worked at @kiva-systems, @amazon
CTO and founder of @Viableware.
Founder, @mediaplex ($4.5 Billion IPO). 12+ business combinations. CEO, @saflink (took valuation from $8M to $420M). Juris Doctor (USD, @oxford-university University).
@flypaper-io, COO, @the-bulletproof-executive, @chef (Series D), @cheezburger CFO, @picnik (M&A), @isilon (IPO) VP. Fin., @Metawave
Biz Dev @oozou, Founder at @dojothreads, @jajoop & @startup-watches Love Growth Hacking & online to offline models.
http://about.me/JustinColeSmith
http://www.linkedin.com/in/smithjustin
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zw16glmzd22knyl/Justin%20Smith%20Resume%2005022014.pdf
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zw16glmzd22knyl/Justin%20Smith%20Resume%2005022014.pdf
Emergency Response Director - @nethope by day. Advisor to startups, VCs, investors, companies, and governments around the world at other times.
http://blog.disasterexpert.org
Lead Technical Recruiter & Talent Guy - Working in, on & for startups. Been on the other side of the fence; now helping others hire amazing people.
http://recruitingbandwidth.blogspot.com/
Josh Leichtung - a tech startup VP/CMO/COO that executes and leads, moves needle w/o huge budget, & scale teams for hi-growth-Inc.500 x3 | 6 Startups |VP 20yrs+
http://GetJosh.com
Startup Operations guru. Tango Card | Whole Foods | Zipfizz | Phix | nuun | KingofCaffeine.com | consultant for several others.
Experience building, mentoring and managing teams in operations (finance, accounting, BI, CS, payments processing and fraud prevention) 10+ years in startups
Management, business development, product management
Former @google Engineer. Founder of @blink-online-marketing. Specialized in Mobile Apps design, Social Media strategy, trends in the deal space and gamification.
Columbia MBA, VC and Startup Experience, work at Amazon
Global Supply Manager; Magnetics at @apple Inc.
JD/MBA- @university-of-california-berkeley Grad-Startup Development @crowdclock Founder @amendment-m @punchkeeper Biz Dev, Marketing, Partnerships & Investment
Demand gen expert, experienced developing and marketing SaaS solutions and acquiring and converting new customers. Worked at @ibm, @autodesk and @evault.
Owner @aupportunities, Co-Owner @arc-reactor
http://www.readyforclarity.com/
Business Development Professional with Extensive Product Management Experience, Networker and Technical enough to be dangerous.
U.S. diplomat transitioning to strategy and business development • Worked at @u-s-department-of-state, @harvard-university • Studied at @harvard-university
Worked at @openmarket • Studied at @university-of-warwick
SVP @ PCM, Former EVP & MD at Elevation Home Loans. Advisory Boards Zillow, Follr, Progress in Lending, Easy Mortgage Apps.
Seattle, WA · http://follr.me/joe
Worked at @bank-of-america, @sierra-club • Studied at @claremont-mckenna-college, @university-of-edinburgh
Co-Founder and CEO of @lacuna-systems. 25-years loving IT and Webops. Cook and maker of music.
MIT Dual Degree MBA & MS Systems Engineering with Ops and Supply Chain management experience, sharp technical skills, and passion for excellent user experiences
Executive @hpSoftware. Leader of new incubation, M&A and turnarounds. Startup to big co. experience as a creator and operator. Prior @vertica, @hp and AdobeCap
Drew Morrison, Seattle is an entrepreneur who loves food and fashion. He has taken his passions and created CityGuru, Seattle a community for food and fashion.
http://drewmorrisonseattle.blogspot.com/
Successful Entrepreneur, Full stack generalist; spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield NYC, Worked at Procter & Gamble and the Kroger Corporation
http://www.pablojr.co
Founder Jamaica Labs • Worked at @children-s-hospital-boston • Studied at @harvard-university, @mit-sloan-school-of-management
Founder/CEO at @beer2buds.com, Founder/CEO PromoBomb.com, COO TalentSpring.com (acquired by TalentTech), former Adobe.
http://www.anywhereprofessional.com
Experienced digital marketing and strategy consultant. Worked with Infosys, Microsoft, Intel, DuPont, eBay and several tech statups.
Angel, Los Angeles technology policy adviser, team execution.
UCLA Anderson School of Management.
12 years Microsoft.
Two startup exits.
Supply Chain Sustainability and Business Development Specialist with experience creating and leading ventures in the US, China, Middle East, and Africa.
Investment Banking at Wells Fargo covering consumer tech. Strong business background with analytical, project management, and strategic skills. MBA @wharton-school 2010
Business Consultant, Financial Analyst, CFO, Strategy Consultant, @exeter MBA, Over 12 Years Experience in Financial Management and Business Planning
http://lscocpa.com
CEO & Co-founder at findwell
http://blog.findwell.com/
Combine my vision, creativity, technical skills, & business acumen with my project management & leadership qualities to create world class software
Inventor, "Med-Surg Onshoring" (pat. pend.). Project leader $50MM ILEC COs. Leading Wall St. analyst Cable-Modem 1.0. MBA, UNC-Chapel Hill. U-Mich. award.
Customer Support & Operations Executive, Creative Problem Solver, Inspirational Leadership.
Poli Sci major from Colgate University, Entertainment guru, Digital Advertising newbie, and born Entrepreneur
Project Coordinator at Monsoon Company.
http://tripdujour.wordpress.com/
Bitcoin and trading enthusiast with experience working a variety of business development and operations type roles in start-up companies
MBA @ INSEAD, MSc @ Dartmouth College, PharmD. Strong background in pharma, R&D, and retail.
Early hire @LivingSocial--led home, retail, and content teams. Worked @national Geographic. Just back from a big trip (zinkyear.com) and looking for work!
Data-driven product development; complex problem solving
Founder @localisto • Business Development • Studied at @university-of-british-columbia
Scientist and MBA, Healthcare and New product development experience, Consultant at the Gates Foundation, multilingual and cross-functional expertise
System operations engineer/architect with large scale experience. Worked @zynga, @amazon, @paypal
VP Strategy @aplaceformom (@warburgpincus portfolio company). Previously @olympics 2010 @mckinsey @INSEAD MBA. Advisor to great leaders & companies.
Mission-driven administrative manager with demonstrated leadership abilities developed in nonprofits w/ expertise in assessment, operations, and communications.
Founder swop • Studied at @brigham-young-university, @brigham-young-university-hawaii
GM/PM @amazon; MIT Sloan MBA 2012
Marketing / Operations / Business Leader / MBA with creative background
http://lauraenelson.com/blog/
Generalist with focus on DevOps, SRE, and Performance. Unix and IP-based mobile messaging systems architecture, deployment, and operations in 22 countries.
Healthcare (Fuqua Health Sector Management, National MS Society, Solucient), e-commerce marketing & strategy for oracle.com/store, set strategy for enterprise sales and manage team of analysts
Worked at Facebook, Marketing and Ops background, looking to make an impact at startup
Get Things Done Guy -Biz Dev - Partnerships - Go-to-Market- Marketing - Product Management - Microsoft - Yale -University of Texas - Startup experience
UCLA MBA with CSE background w/deep domain experience in analytics within life sciences. Demonstrated leadership of diverse teams in program / project mgmt.
Worked at @robert-bosch-gmbh • Studied at @university-of-washington, @indian-institute-of-technology-kanpur, @iim
Biz Dev & Strategy at Microsoft Xbox (Mobile, PC, Console). Former PE Investor and M&A banker. UPenn Wharton MBA 2012.
Recent Graduate. @thinkspace Marketing/PR Admin @university-of-washington Research Assistant.
Pitchbook Data.
Founder Supirb, @mba123-biz • Worked at @orange-county-s-united-way, @alliance-of-angels-1 • Studied at @university-of-california-san-diego, @university-of-washington
Co-Founder & CMO @saltbox. Inbound marketing & sales. Worked at @t-mobile. @university-of-washington Physics, published research.
http://blog.saltbox.com
CEO of @edge-it-group. Founded @celestial-products (Acquired by Anlekus Investments), Killing the baby monitor.
MBA with Engineering Degree, Manager, Business Development, Strategy and Design Experience, Worked at Boeing.
Head of Technology/CTO, entrepreneur, Worked at Yahoo
Entrepreneur and Consultant; University of Illinois Alumni; former Co-Founder and COO of two startups.
Humble state school graduate. Resume will not blow you away. Jack of all trades. News junkie. Know a little about alot. Easy to work with. Not cocky. Or a dbag.
An Engineer with a flair for business and product improvement
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Licensed attorney, with 2+ years of legal and business development experience. Effective project management, and focused adaptability are strengths.
Strong background in hardware and cloud technologies. Extensive service management experience. Worked at Microsoft SQL Azure, Expedia, and Rexall Sundown
Business and technology consultant with software engineering experience. Finance background (hedge funds, investment bank). University of Chicago MBA.
Solution architect 10+ years of IT experience including software engineering (e.g. Object-Oriented, SQL, XML), data modeling (e.g. relational, semantic).
Accelerator, Hedge Fund, VC, and Startup Experience (Razoo.com, Ability Dynamics). 3rd Place Washington Post BBQ Sauce Competition. MBA from Thunderbird 2014.
Founder @glove-box-inc • Worked at @carmax • Studied at @university-of-washington
Software technology professional, technical consultant, research professional, developer, adventurer
http://www.2w2c.com
Passionate about helping businesses grow...Looking to combine my experience as outsourced in-house counsel / small biz counsel in a hybrid biz dev/legal role
Product Creator and Manager, Startup founder, Studied @rensselaer-polytechnic-institute
Technical Account Manager, Product/ Technology consultant. Startup experience.
@FurtherLLC @t-mobile
MBA @new-york-university MS EE @drexel-university
Recent University of Washington graduate; Working at Zappos.com
Experinced product management and strategy professional, MScEng, MBA
Freelance strategist/analyst/PM. Multi-industry experience (Microsoft, General Electric, Levi Strauss, Frost & Sullivan, health care). Yale School of Mgmt MBA.
Co-founder and lead designer of the Puzzle Break startup. UW PhD in Classics.
Multidiscipline software and cloud executive focused on disruptive solutions.
Innovation @sonos. Past @factorymade-ventures-wme @the-walt-disney-company @nbc-universal Founder @levitech , @badoonga
http://iamcpramirez.tumblr.com
GW Law + Bucknell B.A. | experienced corporate lawyer | interested in ops, business dev, & health + wellness
Professional educator, advisor, and supervisor experienced in program design and management. MA student at HNU EDU 2015.
http://instagram.com/noahoak
Tuck MBA; IS undergrad from BITS-Pilani, India; Worked at Microsoft; Looking to be a proactive juggler in start-up space
Director of Finance and Operations. Yale MBA.
Worked at @microsoft, @evo-com • Studied at @university-of-washington
Leading the team responsible for planning and managing the expansion of AWS datacenter portfolio in Existing Regions (EMEA, US and Japan).
M.S. Geo/Chem from Univ. of Washington; One year boutique strategic consulting for top hedge fund and high profile clients; 2.5 yrs Gov. Rel. and Higher ed Exp.
Experience in shipping, managing services, and getting it done
Jane of all trades with a knack for idea development and management
MBA candidate at Georgetown MSB. Looking to fill a business management role at a promising startup. East coast native but west coast wannabe.
Delivery Head (Accenture-Amazon engagement), Cornell Johnson MBA, Strong business background across various industries, Strong negotiation skills
Supply Chain professional with manufacturing and e-commerce experience.
Entrepreneurial Finance Director w/ outstanding project management and cross-functional team leadership skills. Seeking PdM role to leverage unique attributes.
Brings structure to chaos with a focus on customer satisfaction. Business Development and Marketing @microsoft.
Kellogg MBA, BI/Data Warehouse, Bigdata, UX
Successful sales track record in technology, advertising, and consumer products. Currently studying business development at UW. Award winning homebrewer.
Carnegie Mellon grad student, 5 years Business Intelligence experience, Currently interested in machine learning and data science using Python.
Program Management | Product Architect | Non-profit Director and Fundraiser
http://cmitchnetwork.wordpress.com