People
Meet 1950 founders, developers, designers, and operators building Seattle's tech scene.
Chris Lynch
CTO of FlyPaper.io, CTO of SparkRadius, CEO of North by Nine/Thoughtful (acq. ConversIQ), VP Eng. of Daptiv/eProject, Vp Eng xLoom, Microsoft Dev Mgr
Doug Aley
Founder and CEO of Off & Away, husband to amazing wife, proud father, lover of travel & music, Seattle fanboi
Emer Dooley
Executive Director at Alliance of Angels Seed Fund
Robel Alemu
Working on a StartUp- Seattle area
Giri Sreenivas
Founder @mobilisafe, acquired by @rapid7 • Now VP/GM for Mobile @rapid7 • Worked at @lockheed-martin, @t-mobile • Studied at @stanford-university, @carnegie-mellon-university
Scott Hildebrand
Entrepreneur, manager, vegan, dad, designer & developer. Have ventures in oven, and we do consulting via www.blackantelope.com
David Raskino
Director @ Microsoft Ventures . Previously founded two companies. Working on another one. Active adviser. Coder with background in AI/Machine learning.
Darren G. Austin
VP of Products at @glympse • Founder @seattlerentals-com, @playfield • Pioneered mobile initiatives at @amazon.com, @realnetworks and @expedia.
Scott Ruthfield
Founder @rooster-park, a consulting/recruiting firm. Consult on engineering turnarounds and M&A/interview prep. Worked at @whitepages-com, @amazon. @rice-university grad.
Dan Hoff
Senior Marketing Executive and Serial Start-Up Vet. Marketing driver within tech sector 10+ years. Strong expertise in launching and driving past the Chasm.
Mark Monroe
Founder @myunfold, CancerSurvivor, with strategic product planning, BizDev and leadership skills. Hustle, Learn, Execute and Dominate is my motto. #CoolKidsClub
Tyler Menezes
@y-combinator alumni, former @framebase founder. Exec Director at StudentRND. Occasional public speaker on technology education topics.
Emily Obukowicz
Entrepreneur/Technologist/Futurist/Event Innovator/Philanthropist
Jason Fischel
Digital Media Executive current at @amazon Music
C.Y. Lee
Cofounder @xdjs. PM on photo, game, shopping, productivity products @amazon, @smilebox, @realnetworks, @microsoft. @massachusetts-institute-of-technology 4B/6-3
James Gwertzman
Founder & CEO @PlayFab. Sold @SproutGames to @popcap-games. Founded PopCap Asia. Led #HourOfCode for @CodeOrg. A.B. Harvard CS. 15 yrs game industry experience.
John Scrofano
Founder, CEO @onewed-formerly-nearlyweds, Inc. / OneWed.com. Previously helped build 3Gupload to $10mm in sales in 3 years.
David Arnsdorf
Co-Founder, @neverblue-media., bootstrapped to mid 8 figures rev in 4 years then exited. Angel Investor.
Enmi Sung Kendall
health & wellness ventures, med devices
Nick Macey
Chief Product Officer @rosetta-stone
Tren Griffin
I work for Microsoft. Previously I was a partner at Eagle River, a private equity firm established by Craig McCaw.
Adina Mangubat
Founder @spiral-genetics, Dragon Curve • Early employee @distributed-energy-management, @lagotek • Psychology and Entrepreneurship at @university-of-washington
Erik Porter
Owner of Hidden Pineapple, former Microsoft (PM/Dev on web platform, Channel 9) for over 7 years.
Kevin Merritt
President & CEO of Socrata