People

Meet 1950 founders, developers, designers, and operators building Seattle's tech scene.

Bill Zimmerman

Co-founder and technology guy at Venture Capital for Africa (VC4Africa). Founder of ActivSpaces, Cameroon's first technology incubation space. Board member of the AfriLabs Foundation. Formerly an engineer at Visio and @microsoft.

Scott Frank

marketing

Seasoned marketing executive with brand; product; program; advertising; direct/relationship marketing; and digital/event marketing experience

Paul Watts

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First Officer, @JOLT Labs. @htc. AOL. @wildseed. @microsoft. OneBusAway. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Ryan Snodgrass

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Engineer @amazon & Kindle • CS @carnegie-mellon-university • Investor @slidepay, @lovely, @anyperk, @drync, @true-co, @Change.org, YC S13 Fund (@fundersclub)

Stephen Purpura

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CEO/CTO @context-relevant. Co-founded from a decade of Big Data analytic work. PhD ABD from @cornell-university.

Steve Krenzel

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Co-founder at @thinkfuse

Kim Rachmeler

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Board of Directors, @vittana.org; former VP, @amazon; MS/BS in Electrical Engineering, Stanford

Matt Kowalczyk

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Former CEO of Leviathan Security Technologies. CEO/Co-Founder of 6 additional startups. Former mgr of TabletPC team at @microsoft. Mobile guy from CMU.

Kelly Eidson

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Co-Founder, Head of Product at @moveline w/ background in Consumer Behavior + UX. Strategist in ad agencies in previous life. MA/BS in Advertising UT Austin.

Robert J Taylor

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Technical customer service practitioner. Former web application developer helping the next generation succeed.

Charlie Walsh

entrepreneur

Founder and CEO, @valueappeal, CEO @issi-data (Sold to DataSpan), MS Real Estate Development @massachusetts-institute-of-technology

Kristy Graves

entrepreneur

Founder Institute. Consumer web; social enterprise; online media; sustainability; community. Former outdoor educator. Passion: Bridge building & tech for good.

Matt Lock

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Co-founder @TheGoProject • Fellow @startingbloc • Formerly @lyft @merchant-atlas

Keith Laepple

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Seeking Pacific Northwest startups for Seattle Angel's fall 2014 contest & conference • Fund Manager @seattle-angel-conference • Investor @alliance-of-angels

Michael Fountain

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Michael Fountain helps Entrepreneurs and Experts Design, Build, Deploy, & Market Software Solutions and Information Products online.

Zach Verdin

entrepreneuroperations

CEO at The @newhive. Urban Design/Sociology. I design spaces for people to connect.

Akshay Java

developerentrepreneur

Founder @percept-labs-acquired-by-google • Worked at @google, @microsoft • Studied at @university-of-maryland-baltimore-county, @university-of-mumbai

Brian Ma

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Founder @weave, @decide-2 • Worked at @zillow, @microsoft • Double majored CS/EE at @university-of-washington

Raghu Havaldar

product-manager

Product/Customer Development. Advisor to Startups. BS/MS in CS. Duke MBA. 4 Startups. Fortune 50 (IBM, GE, GM). Product Management, Development, Marketing, BD.