People

Ryan Schroeder

Worked at @adready, @evri • Studied at @western-washington-university

Safouen Rabah

VP of Products @socrata, the startup making government data useful to millions of people. Love to meet product managers, UX and data visualization geeks.

Tony Shahbazian

Founder Smart Layover

Wade Curtiss

Worked at @microsoft, @nsa • Studied at @College Park

Alan Balasundaram

CTO & Co-Founder @inside-social (@techstars Seattle 2013) • Worked at @microsoft, @inrix, @boeing • Studied at @rose-hulman-institute-of-technology-1. I write teh codez.

Amit Grover

Chris Orem

Experienced business developer. Passionate about IT, finance, and project development. Entrepreneur. Founded @engine , @Aquatic Energy.

Drew Koch

Co-founder/CEO/Head of Product @farmplicity (acquired by Sunfarm Food Service). Code Fellows UX Engineering Bootcamp Graduate 2014. Wash U BSBA 2013.

Gordon Hempton

Ex-Microsoft. YC Alum S'08. Independent App Developer. Founder @grouptalent.

Kathleen Weber

Worked at @morgan-stanley, @smith-barney • Studied at @wharton-school, @university-of-washington

Kevin Chau

Big fan of startup culture and the business side of things. Light development - what some call full-stack in marketing. Let's make magic happen.

Mohamed Rafiq

Founder of Winfosys Technologies, Experienced Technology Executive, Entrepreneur, Google+ Evangelist.

Norm Bontje

Angel and Alternatives investor.

Paul Lippert

Seattle-based strategist and social scientist, PhD Kellogg School of Management, Harvard AB in sociology, director of $300M+ tech-oriented manufacturing firm.

Rohan Wagle

Technical Account Manager, Product/ Technology consultant. Startup experience. @FurtherLLC @t-mobile MBA @new-york-university MS EE @drexel-university

Stefan Sharkansky

Founded Prospero Systems (sold to Quarterdeck), founded PersonalFund.com, MS Computer Science (Stanford), MS Statistics (U. Washington)

Akankshu Dhawan

Product Manager @ Windows (Microsoft) • Chicago Booth MBA ' 15.

Akshat Thanawala

• Seasoned professional with 14+ yrs. global experience in eCommerce, Travel, Software, and Telecom spaces • Extensive experience in Product Management, Technology Innovation and Business Process Optimization • Strong track record in Vendor/ Relationship

Andrew Morrison

Passionate and driven consumer product visionary and business leader with more than 15 years experience in Wireless and Consumer Electronics.

Barry Kaplan

CTO at @pike-productions, Inc. B. Computer Science and Cognitive Science at @carnegie-mellon-university.

David Iseminger

Content Director, Author and Online Instructor. Expert at converting complex topics into understandable information. Executive experience in strategy creation.

Jason Gowans

Co-Founder @aerobatic

Luke Ordway

Founder @myreplaylive • Studied at @warner-pacific-college, College Soccer Coach.

Michael Mott

I start new businesses, expand businesses or expanded to new markets. I establish & deliver on strategic direction & operational excellence.