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ID 121068

Boz Bundalo

Lead Product Design at @republic-project, UX architect & Developer.Expertise in mobile & web technologies. Built award winning brand experiences for Fortune 500

ID 143079

Zach Spitulski

Co-Founder and Chief Product @enplug. Designer, entrepreneur, blogger. Strong background in front-end web dev. Studied at @ucla
http://www.zachspitulski.com

ID 74069

Mike Macadaan

Partner at @science Studio. Specialize in User Experience, Design, Brand and Identity. Product and UX Advisor, Co-Founder @urbandig, Founder @twiistup

ID 340552

Jonathan Badeen

Co-founder of Tinder and Sesame. Skilled in crafting fun apps and user experiences.

ID 107375

Alison Childs

19 years experience in Creative & Art Direction, UX/UI Design, IA, Content Auditing, Visual Systems, Advertising, Brand & Identity, Filmmaking, Team Management.

ID 35797

Corey Recvlohe

Front-End Engineer at @adly
http://www.quora.com/Corey-Recvlohe

ID 3281

Jonathan Grubb

@rvip-lounge Chairman & Driver. Product Manager, Designer, XP Coach. @lookout, Isis, @get-satisfaction, Rubyred, @yahoo, @vodafone, Valleyschwag. @angellist Scout.

ID 697

Matthias Galica

Human being, aspiring man. @sharesquare-beastmode-fm • @startupdigest LA • #DTLA
http://blog.beastmode.fm

ID 4371

Jesse Thomas

Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.com

ID 126186

Ian McDaniel

Investor

UX, UI & Front End Development. Founding Member of @yammer. Worked at @geni, @pocket-change.

ID 28921

Duncan Cork

Co-founder and first CEO at @slated. Founder and Executive Creative Director of @katharsis.
http://slatedblog.posterous.com

ID 71100

Tony Amidei

Chief Product Officer at @small-demons. Previously Senior Dir. of Product and Design at @yahoo

ID 61150

James Han

Co-founder of @seedinvest; Spent time at @francisco-partners, @morgan-stanley IBD (Technology Group), @cisco, @riot-games. MBA @wharton-school School 2012, UG Finance/CS @university-of-pennsylvania

ID 28282

Howard Marks

Investor

co-founder Activision ATVI $14B cap, founder @acclaim-games (sold to @playdom). Founder and managing partner @startenginela LA's largest accelerator.

ID 17350

Kai Gradert

Investor

Designer @angellist · UX/Design @adobe-1 Lightroom mobile · Previously @google · Founder @cheers · Owner @hingeheads

ID 366242

Ericson de Jesus

Investor

Founder @flare, @particle • Worked at @yahoo, @apple. Best drawer in class since kindergarten. Designer focused on product concept, strategy, development, and user experience.
http://ericsond.tumblr.com/

ID 35404

George Ishii

Current Co-founder and Head of Design of @betterworks. Co-founder of @geni.com and @yammer. Pre-IPO @paypal, software engineer Adobe, @kiva Fellow.

ID 131808

Kenn R

Investor

Currently at @gobbler • Worked at @apple, @line-6 • Studied at @berklee-college-of-music, @azusa-pacific-university

ID 67812

Victor Young

Investor

@uwaterloo Alum. CEO & Founder @flinja. General Partner @X-Fund, Engineer by trade, built largest insurance eApp and CRM, hired over 500 people, Grew ARR to 50M

ID 24078

Derek Wall

Investor


ID 316956

Jennifer Lin

Art Director/UX Designer/Conceptual/Branding Designer and Thinker. Fashion, Tech, Sports. Start-ups. Large corporate companies.

ID 255531

Joseph Santoro

DC/LA Superconnector @forbes @MoxieStrategy @StartupGrindDC @ADmapco Creative Strategist, Media2.0Sensei, Political Wonketeer, Entrepreneurial Techie, Neuro PhD

ID 127125

Ed Lu

UI, Visual, UX Designer for @yahoo Fantasy Sports.

ID 297300

Ben Cerveny

Founded @bloom-studio. Named & helped conceive of @flickr. Design Fellow at @samsung-electronics, Advisor to @arup, @snibbe-studio, @scoot-networks, and @funomena

ID 49477

Addison Kowalski

Disney Obsessed Designer behind EightBit.Me My past: Designer of WeFollow / Designer @ @digg / http://dribbble.com/addison
http://blog.addisonkowalski.com

ID 4873

Aubrey Johnson

Previously Product and Design lead at @twilio, @memolane and @color. Designed entire product and brand for YC companies Authy and Bop.fm

ID 57559

Jason Carlin

Redesigned @youtube. Conceived and designed Text+.

ID 70991

Rebecca Lerner

6th generation Californian, SaaS strategist, seeker of new experiences, great stories, & better gadgets. I want to make technology easy for everyone.

ID 195186

Andres Montano

Currently at @eqal, Worked at @minted, Freelanced with Dizzywood.com, Homerun.com • Studied Conceptual/Info Arts w/ Technology @SFSU
http://cargocollective.com/andresmontano

ID 396698

Wyndham W Chow

User Experience, Product, Vision

ID 216903

Joshua Purvis

MBA grad, product marketing communications expert. Launched many successful campaigns.

ID 205377

Nikita Bier

Investor

Co-founder/CEO @five, former founder @outline, @techstars Boston, @uc-berkeley

ID 89817

Osandi Sekoú Robinson

Simplify simple.

ID 92526

Bobby Rivera

IA | UX | UI Designer, Co-Founder @startupsocial, Alumnus @startengine ▲

ID 30507

gregory nicholas

founder @unvael-fm. founded @pict (@angelpad S12, acquired by @popsugar). founded @vael-project (manufacturing/footwear brand). engineer @broadcom

ID 96047

Sash Catanzarite

Cofounder @tradesy. Designer, reader, runner. Obsessed with user experience.
http://www.thesash.me

ID 56045

Michael Mayes

Investor

Product and UX leader. Worked at @work-market, @gerson-lehrman-group, @capitalone • Studied at @university-of-virginia • Fond of Marketplaces, creators, agile / lean, TCB
http://circaviso.com

ID 231859

Alper Cakir

Creative Director, Co-founder at Fake Crow (UX/UI Studio) Cofounder at Xtensio (Visualization toolbox for startups) www.fakecrow.com | www.screenmarks.com
http://fakecrow.com/journal/journal/

ID 61505

Lauren M Wolff

Creative Director and Studio Director at The Mobile Majority, Co-founder spotsi, MFA Design as Entrepreneur SVA, worked in adverting, tech, social, mobile.
http://www.majority.co

ID 171594

Harold Herbert

back to simplicity

ID 3447

Gary Baker

Serial entrepreneur/co-founder. Specialize in de-risking startups with lean methods. Worked at IBM, Disney, UCLA. Sold first digital startup in 1995.
http://www.strikingly.com/garybaker

ID 296024

Ray Hernandez

I CREATE PRODUCTS - Entrepreneur - Daddy (not the cool kind) - Working on some cool EdTech software - Donut Lover
http://www.stoodio.com/blog/

ID 40155

Abby Sturges

Product Manager @tastemade. Founder/COO @culture-kitchen, @500startups, @designer Fund. MFA Design @stanford-university University. BFA Industrial Design @carnegie-mellon-university University.

ID 374383

Andy Fisher

Product Manager

ID 93966

Seth Sandler

Developer @workpop • Founder @affinityblue, @sparkon-network, @Buzzed • Former Product/Dev @mogl • CCO @NUIGroup

ID 288892

Keith Bormuth

Product Design @pinterest. Previously @good.
http://www.tomorrowthings.com

ID 205432

Gordon Tindall

Founder Gourmet Forest • BA Political Science at @university-of-california-san-diego
http://invis.io/D2H4SR9P

ID 272123

Dan Montano

UX / Information Architect. Integrates product management, marketing, product development and user experience goals. http://DanMontano.com Los Angeles, San Jose
http://multispective.wordpress.com/

ID 16834

Barrie James Robinson

CEO @clip. Previously Creative Director (Agency, WPP, Framfab). Led Future of TV research. Brand, digital and product strategy for major media, sports, music.

ID 185954

Amer F.

Worked at @docstoc • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley, @university-of-florida

ID 121106

Jay Stakelon

VP Product Design @fullscreen, designer who codes, product-y UX-ish entrepreneur-esque startup-ster who builds software and organizations.

ID 295199

Vincent Iadevaia

Co-founder @pullist. Product Design @superhuman
http://kirbycovers.com

ID 104771

Chuka Amadi

design @childishgambino | @disneyaccel • worked at @techstars & @betaltd • Studied at @startupinst • Designed for @powerinbox, @eyenetra & @zagster.

ID 130947

Alex McDonald

Product Designer • Front-end Developer • Aspiring Entrepreneur • Startup Junkie • Currently at @pogoseat • Studied at @university-of-california-los-angeles

ID 76615

Jose Caballer

Chief Education Officer of The Skool, 11 years as CEO of The Groop a digital agency. Helped design over 30 startups. Product & user experience design focused.
http://www.twiwebdesign.com

ID 4050

Eren Emre Kanal

I like to help companies accomplish things. Designed things @vast, @artlimits.

ID 84314

Jessica Levaton

Web, Mobile, UI / UX Design @ BBDO.com CSOD.com NURV.nu ( AAU Alumni )
https://www.facebook.com/JessicaLevaton

ID 114433

Chelsea Kent

Founder @scratch Product Developer + Web Designer + Front-end developer in L.A.
http://365colorproject.com

ID 450453

Danielle Corey

User experience expert. Over-the-top video, 10ft connected devices, iOS, Android, Win Mobile, responsive and adaptive web. Worked @sony-pictures-entertainment

ID 476255

Katelan Cunningham

Strategist at startup @HonorRolll; Copywriter/Designer @modnique; Freelance Editor @Brit+Co
http://katelancunningham.tumblr.com/

ID 15427

Nick Alt

Investor

Founder of Appetites and Echograph. Echograph acquired by Vimeo in 2013
http://nickalt.com

ID 3710

Brady Brim-DeForest

Investor

Product Designer, Startup Advisor, Brand Strategist, and Open Web Advocate

ID 133748

Jennifer Puno

Previously UX Director for Call of Duty Elite, designed web, mobile, and console apps used by 12M people (2.3M subscribers).

ID 38821

Evonne Heyning

Connects people, ideas and organizations. Creative Transmedia Producer, Edtech, AGI, Interactive Networks, Collective Intelligence + Social Action Games.
http://amoration.wordpress.com

ID 578076

Krista Knapp


ID 415554

Ana Lopez

Visual Designer and Illustrator; collaborated with artists during Art Basel Miami. Worked at CareCloud.

ID 104105

Helen Park

CEO of UXTalent. The Talent Agency for User Experience Professionals.

ID 240217

Ian Alas

Investor

Special Projects, Office of @reid-hoffman, @linkedin • Marketing Director @start-up-of-you • Biz Dev @rapid7 • Creative Development @disney-interactive

ID 225681

Dzuy Linh

iOS engineer looking to build things with people.

ID 337883

Pat Cheung

Founder @fotodeck

ID 103941

Marissa Hu

Cofounder @GetSwaggerApp / @CoEdSupply. Dorm Room Fund. Wharton MBA Candidate. Prev: Goldman Sachs and Disney.

ID 111755

Alvin Hsia

Product Designer @edmodo. Previously, @sceneshot and @udemy. Studied Business-Economics and CS @university-of-california-los-angeles.
http://medium.com/@alvinhsia

ID 248406

Sanket Chauhan

EE student at USC, Frontend developer, Hardware enthusiast

ID 348486

Alon Blum

User Experience Engineer at PaeDae. Designer and front-end developer with a background in gaming and mobile. Worked in advertising, gaming, multimedia, fashion, and telecommunications.

ID 286818

Gabby Oglesby

Top level strategies implemented for some of the most engaged footprints on social media including the most talked about social actress on the most social TV show in history. Developed strategies that we're implemented on the most subscribed to profile on
http://gabbyoglesby.brandyourself.com

ID 12046

Vivian Xue

Chief Executive at The Box Noir, Design & Product at Soothe, designer, product manager, and pro race car driver in the making :)
http://vivianwxue.com

ID 37681

Vishaal Melwani

Co-Founder & CEO of @combatant-gentlemen

ID 182326

Katherine Rea

Writer and data-sifter @hulu • Passionate about good storytelling • Studied economics and journalism @university-of-pennsylvania

ID 19242

Jolon Bankey

20+ years of delivering high quality software solutions. Out-sourcing expert who has built production centers from the ground up. Product and project manager.

ID 87407

Skylar Williamson

Worked @dogvacay as SVP, Product. Engineering and design background. UCLA.

ID 48299

Marc Macleod

Co-founder of @limelight & @the-whoot. 1st startup in high school. Spent the last 20 months working as the VP of Tech at @abroad101.

ID 380375

Michelle Ung

Passionate and skilled in creating meaningful communication through interactive visual design.

ID 208648

Tessa Lewis

Founder @madison-maxey
http://madisonmaxey.tumblr.com

ID 36883

Federico Bucchi

My studies and strong interest in information and communications technology, computer science, social networking and the web have become my career.
http://www.bucchi.me

ID 326894

Liron Markovich

Visual/Ui designer looking for a new opportunity

ID 163894

Michael Chu

Studied at @georgia Institute of Technology, passionate about web development and learning new technologies.

ID 272653

James Noyes

Visual Designer; Currently work at CustomMade; Have worked on projects for Yahoo and all Boys Brands at Mattel
http://www.james-noyes.com/about/james_noyes_resume.pdf

ID 320307

taylor moss

Before founding @estify I was a full time student at BYU. I have worked mainly in the web design, web marketing, and product management areas.

ID 160991

Claire Armstrong

Sr. UX at @ubiquiti-networks • UI, UX, Product, Front End • LA web & mobile startups • B.S. in Graphic Design
http://www.about.me/claire

ID 498254

Stephen Perkins

I am a UX designer in Los Angeles. Looking for some fun opportunities to make some great experiences that help people's everyday lives.

ID 516164

Zak Richards

UX/Visual designer that delivers innovative conceptual and creative solutions while supporting business objectives.

ID 159846

Alexander Leung


ID 67946

Shane Ermitano

Co-founder @PistolLake. Co-founder @LangoLab, @techstars Alum '09.

ID 105972

Michael Dennis

CEO and Co-founder, Entrepreneur, and Recruitment Strategist
http://findhire.tumblr.com/

ID 214153

Alex Henry

CDO of BriteHub. 14 years experience as an entrepreneur, designer, and front-end developer. Founded designer studio cypher13 and VP of Product for Tommaso bikes. CU Boulder BA 2003.

ID 32378

Ron Kurti

Making technology friendly since 1998. Chief Creative Officer of @vast.com. 15+ years experience. Proven track record increasing revenue via analysis & design.
http://p.ortra.it

ID 42236

E.J. Coughlin

Lead designer and founding team at Scopely. Designed some of the most successful mobile games in the world.

ID 227714

Eric Kabisch

Director of User Experience at Scopely, a mobile games and entertainment company.

ID 146234

Ruben Dua

Investor

CEO of Spreeify, Helped build web products/companies sold to Lending Tree, Meredith Corp., MBA lecturer, growth hacker, lean startup student, agile developer
http://www.spreeify.com

ID 129905

Claire Cannon

founder/hustler/point guard @statistified • co-founder/product @rexter • BS/MEng @cornell-university • MBA @university-of-california-los-angeles.

ID 87475

Christopher Truman

iOS Developer in LA. Currently with Lettuce Apps.
http://dontmakecrap.tumblr.com

ID 602518

Elaine Chernov

I'm an Art Director with design chops, illustration skills, UI/UX know-how, broadcast experience, and a curiosity for copywriting. I love making brands.

ID 465041

Calley Nye

Holistic creative technologist
http://calley.tumblr.com

ID 159121

Hau Tran

5+ years visual/UI designer with front-end knowledge (HTML/CSS/jQuery). Works cross-platforms and cross-browsers. Evangelizes web standards + accessibility.

ID 134561

[email protected]

Entrepreneur. Founding Team @chirpme-1

ID 172430

Sarah Mackinnon

Currently freelancing; previously Sr. UX Designer for Amazon, Director of UX at Viddy, and Sr. UX Designer at eHarmony.

ID 212489

Fabien Soudiere

VR Designer @wemolab . Founder/CEO @zofash + @zo-creative-1. French. Creative Geek. Ex-Illusionist. Consulted at @ddb, @fremantlemedia.

ID 249873

Frank V. Pinto

Founder @monthlys-1, @mantra-labs-2 • Worked at @lightbank, @benchprep

ID 302401

Yaron Sadka

Building beautiful and functional websites

ID 396270

Sergii Popovych

Head of UX & Design at Venture-Backed Playsino and Front-End Developer Looking for Room to Grow

ID 391063

Cindy Nguyen

UI/UX Designer for games/products, avid gamer, dog lover, and connoisseur of all things cute!

ID 408613

Sara Habecker

CEO of Potlucket, Adobe Certified in UI Design, CUA Human Factors Int'l, Successfully launched an online apparel brand & over 15 years of experience in design.

ID 414519

Shannon Veerkamp

Worked at @enplug, @healthx • Studied at @ball-state-university
http://www.veerkampvisuals.com/blog

ID 456773

Julius Ross

Creative Director @shift-1

ID 147734

Devin Smith

Founder & CTO @crunchbutton, lover of new tech, pretty pixels and beer.

ID 373876

Matthew Baird


ID 95201

Dan Ripoll

Founder @content-blvd • Studied at @stanford-university * Strong web marketing background * Recovering startup hedge fund manager
http://www.contentblvd.com/blog

ID 272258

Adam Meyer

Co-founder @monospace. Previous Creative Director @stussy-inc Experience with Disney, Def Jam, General Mills, Jack in the Box, NBA, Nike, Xbox, Xfinity, more.

ID 68236

Bill Fishkin

CEO of Urban Living Marketing, founder of SynMedia, dadx3, mad scientist, minister of propaganda, fixer of broken things, mystery solver, mobile/social junkie.
http://www.sockmonkeysandvodka.com

ID 37343

David C. Murphy

Founder, @radar-for-ios-android, Angelenos Against Gridlock (funded by Elon Musk), Friendgiftr, @hotline-communications • Worked @space-adventures • @claremont-mckenna-college Grad
http://endinggridlock.org

ID 113546

Cole Rise

founder / chief creative at @particle, winter 2006 Y-Combinator alumn, visually-adept quilted quicker starter-upper, photographer, pilot.

ID 23266

Tom Nora

STARTUP RAINMAKER | CEO FOR HIRE | Many funding rounds, exits, IPOs. | tomnora.wordpress.com | tomnora.com : : CS/EE @stanford @usc
http://tomnora.wordpress.com

ID 427286

Daniel Romano

Creative Technologist

ID 240716

Nick Ghirardelli

Started 1st company in high school. Stong Business/ Web Background, Founder @filmmo-acquired & @sprungg @Pacific LMG, worked @promontory-financial .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwK_8c-ryog&feature=youtu.be

ID 206315

Shahruz Shaukat

Founder @periodical. iOS & Web Developer + Designer. Former CTO @Earwolf. Received BA in Computer Science + BA in Communications from @university-of-california-davis at 20.
http://t.shahr.uz

ID 2299

Edward Aten

Founder & CEO of Swift.fm. Design-obsessed leader and builder of $10M+ & 50+ employee teams. Just getting started. I can also run quickly for great distances.
http://edwardaten.posterous.com

ID 53770

Mani Gandham

CEO / Founder of @instinctive Previously built @automd (sold to US Auto Parts) and worked on the platforms for @nativo and @adsupply-inc

ID 64428

Michael Pan

Product oriented technology leader

ID 74610

Jason DelValle

Design, Branding and Customer Experience are where I hang my hat. I genuinely enjoy the creative process & working with great individuals on exciting journeys.
http://masterfulweb.com

ID 355895

Julia Kim

Designer + Front-End Developer @tradesy. Former Art Director @2020ave. Studied Architecture @uc Berkeley 2011.

ID 29617

Asher Hunt

Entrepreneur. Lead Product Designer @ Learnist. Former Head of Product at Look.IO (acquired by LivePerson), Former designer of @chill.com
http://www.asherkyle.com

ID 45205

Ryan Ford

Former Creative Director at @deviantart. Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award Nominee. Serial award-winner in branding, UI, and design.

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