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ID 3488

Eric Manlunas

Investor

Managing Partner & Co-Founder of @siemer-ventures. Founder of Frontera Group, @sitestar & @interfoods.
http://vator.tv/news/contributors/EricManlunas

ID 98785

Todd Zino

CTO & Co-Founder at @wallaby-financial. Worked at @adobe-systems , @demdex, Panther Express. Big Data, advanced algorithms, and real-time architectures.

ID 15

David Carter

Investor

Successful, Silicon Beach entrepreneur, investor and mentor serves as managing director of Upside Ventures

ID 34886

Derrick Oien

Investor

CEO at @scorestream. CEO of @chumby-industries. President, COO & Founder @intercasting (sold to @good-technology). COO of @mp3-com (MPPP) sold to Vivendi.

ID 138779

Chung Ng

Investor

Co-Founder @rokkan exited to @Publicis $PUB.PA, 15yr UX Vet, architecting transaction/content platforms for VirginAmerica, JetBlue, AmexTravel and Dish.

ID 114752

Tianxiang Zhuo

Investor

General Partner, @karlin-ventures. Worked at McKinsey & Co and founded online textbook retail company. @stanford-graduate-school-of-business MBA.

ID 26609

Michael Steuer

Investor

CTO @playsino, @subtextual,@thq-inc VP Games @mandalay-media, MD @minick-distefora-mobile. Adv/investor in @xfire, @skillfully, @fgl, @gocoin, @five-delta

ID 664

Andrew S. Reis

Investor

Serial entrepreneur turned investor always looking for passionate entrepreneurs and amazing teams!

ID 398882

Jon Nathanson

Investor

Tech columnist @Slate. Content. Marketing. Growth. Led branded content @walmart, launched mobile @20th-century-fox, founded @mixblendr, made TV @nbc Universal
http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_bet.html

ID 5396

Christopher Grey

Co-founder and COO @caplinked. Former private equity partner and banker for $6 billion of investments. @stanford-university University years ago.
http://blog.caplinked.com/

ID 11142

Damian Manning

Investor

Hacker, investor & serial entrepreneur. Founder & CEO, @hifi. Venture Partner, @dev. Co-founder & CEO, @echospin (acquired '10). VP, Digital, MTV. 6 patents.

ID 4555

Net Jacobsson

Investor

Co-founder & General Partner @sparklabs-global-ventures & @sparklabs Accelerator in Seoul. Former Executive at @facebook. Father of 4. Mountain Biker.

ID 24357

Sean Plaice

Second time entrepreneur, Ex-Yelp, Engineer
http://plaice.org

ID 263683

Muema Lombe

Investor

Technology Risk Management.
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-Audit-Security-2359303/about

ID 279550

Ryan Bowermaster

Founder the HiVE™ • Worked at @yahoo, @glam-media

ID 732

Michael Jones

Investor

Over $1B in exits - Angel in GoodReads, HelloSociety, Klout, DogVacay, DollarShaveClub, MakerStudios, DocStoc, Userplane - Current CEO @science

ID 179635

Clinton Foy

Investor

Partner @CrossCut Ventures. Early stage VC. SQUARE ENIX former COO, GC, head of business development, mobile, social, online. Advisor, Investor, Friend.

ID 97618

Miles Beckett

Investor

Founder @eqal • Investor @chromatik, @tradesy • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley

ID 5056

Jack K.N. Tsai

Investor

Angel Investor, Entrepreneur, and Start-Up Advisor

ID 209523

Bulent Brad Yasar

Investor

Strategist, Advisor, Business Architect, Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Devil's Advocate and Family man.

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 138865

Ken Rutkowski

Investor

Host of Business Rockstars on CBS Radio. http://www.linkedin.com/in/kenradio BusinessRockstars.com

ID 43101

David Zhu

Investor

Co-Founder of @enplug.com. Former professional poker player

ID 188775

Lee Hanson

Investor

Founder LivnGiv • Investor @nimble @abri-industries, @filter-platforms • Studied at @university-of-southern-california

ID 46445

David McGrath

Investor

Founder Stimulate Media & Intabank. Advisory Board Nearmap. Former CEO VIAP, SVP Telstra, VP Yahoo!, VP IMG, BSkyB.
http://intabank.com

ID 129064

Caleb Baskin

Investor

CEO @predpol. Co-Founder @nextspace-co-working-innovation-inc Startup lawyer. @university-of-pennsylvania & @university-of-california-los-angeles grad.
http://www.predpol.com/blog

ID 160821

Wade W. Pierson

COO Hero Network- (www.heronetwork.com) Co-Founder & Managing Partner - Lee & Pierson Associates

ID 71042

Nanxi Liu

CEO and Co-Founder of @enplug. Founded @nanoly Bioscience, named Top Social Innovation by @intel-capital. Worked at @goldman-sachs, @cisco-systems , @citigroup

ID 5236

Steven Clarke-Martin

Technical CEO. Expert Software Architect. ATG Dynamo Java Application Server vet. Ad Tech vet at Goto, Overture -> @yahoo. Patents on media monetization. @worcester-polytechnic-institute

ID 141078

Alex Reinlieb

Founder/CEO @plug-dj • Worked at @lifebooker-com, @worklight, @lehman-brothers • Studied Comp Sci at @university-of-michigan , MBA @stern-school-of-business
http://blog.plug.dj

ID 145929

Eli Zepeda

Top Sales Producer at Yelp, successful first hire at RolePoint. Looking for the next exciting startup to help grow in a sales or account management capacity!

ID 7925

Thom Kozik

LA based Tech veteran, mentor, advisor, angel & gadfly. Founder Institute Mentor, lecturer HBS, USC, UCLA.
http://thomkozik.tumblr.com

ID 37603

Tony Gentile

CPO eDriving. Advisor: Agile Credit and Rexter.

ID 526912

Beth Bradmon

Investor

Successful COO/CFO/Entrepreneur that has worked on start-ups to turnarounds to major corporate reorganizations/recapitalizations.

ID 20685

Quinn Goldstein

Start-up Consultant

ID 66376

Jason Seldon

Founder at @p4rc / Founder at @eye-interactive / Worked for Disney, MGM, and Electronic Arts / Wharton Undergrad / UCLA MBA

ID 23519

Dean Gebert

Investor

7 startups, with 2 failures. Getting the startup itch again... searching for EIR and Management opportunities. Part time Angel investor and Advisor.

ID 53299

Adrian de Montfalcon

Investor

Media, content and tech. Director of Sales Planning & Analytics at Lionsgate. Previous experience at Warner Bros, NBCUniversal, Citigroup and StormHarbour.
https://profiles.google.com/108606554951783575740/about

ID 4419

Mojdeh Eskandari

Investor

Managing Partner at @bayspring-ventures

ID 30507

gregory nicholas

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

ID 130086

Nadav Wilf

Founded and sold 2 companies in the internet marketing and entertainment space. Focused on leadership, sales and marketing

ID 6473

Christian Smith

Co-Founder, COO of @trackr-by-phone-halo. Manufacturing Engineer at @tyco-electronics, managed a production line. Bachelor in Mech. Engr. from @university-of-california-santa-barbara.
http://about.me/johansmith

ID 327988

Ian Taylor

Making Tech Solutions That Work.

ID 87732

Ross Weinstein

Digital Media and Technology Executive; Business Development, Marketing, Revenue

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 235052

Mark De Avila

Looking for new opportunities - Experiences include bizdev @quarterly, bizdev @12society, consultant @nbcuniversal, consultant @joneslanglasalle

ID 7437

Rachid Sefrioui

Investor

Leader CEO COO President, making 2 companies successful in fundraising & transformation. VC, Backed over 30 startups and growth companies in last 20 years.
http://rachid-sefrioui-venture-capital.blogspot.com

ID 134972

Peter Sellis

Investor

Product, Venture, Analytics. COO @hellosociety. @science. Past @ustream, @lek-consulting. Studied @university-of-chicago, @massachusetts-institute-of-technology

ID 37975

John Affourtit

Founder @virtual-chapter-1 • Worked at @sparkcentral, @h-bloom • Studied at @miami-university, @ohio-wesleyan-university

ID 43380

Ryan Stoner

Seasoned marketing, operations and strategy-focused biz dev exec @publicis-groupe, Previously @switchcam & @mopix - @500-startups-2012

ID 166273

Alex Osborne

Worked at @redpoint-ventures • Studied at @stanford-university

ID 687281

Shasta Weinerman

MBA student at Oxford Saïd Business School; Mobile Marketing and UX expert; Looking for a great opportunity to build a brand into a globally renowned powerhouse

ID 139273

Mikhael Felker

Directory of Security & Compliance. Conference speaker & freelance writer. Experience in Advertising, Healthcare, Education, Defense and Non-Profit
http://mikhaelfelker.com

ID 164152

Tonya Michlin

Investor

Worked at @green-dot, @quarterly • Investor @wallaby-financial-1 • Studied at @arizona-state-university

ID 291276

Ryan O'Connor

Strategic Partnerships | Business Development | Bow Ties

ID 79452

John W. Gibbons

CEO @neongrid. 12+ years @amazon as principal of @imdb team (Prod Dev, initiated/drove int'l rollout, & drove business profitability). 2 years VP Global AdTech.

ID 191529

Rico Pichardo Abreu

UChicago Econ Grad. Lead Gen, Biz Dev & Operations. Hustler. Founded Dominican SocEnt Network. Worked at Impact Engine ,Relief 2.0 and United Nations.

ID 381182

Jaime Roth

Worked in operations @fab.com and @RenttheRunway.com. Studied @UPenn MFA 2009.
http://onmywaytowork.tumblr.com

ID 191210

Thuy Truong

Founder/CEO @tappy, formerly @greengar • @500startups Batch 6 • @university-of-southern-california
http://www.thuymuoi.com

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 68187

shai kedem

Business Engineer. Intuitive risk taker. Future first Jewish President of the U.S

ID 594775

Sara Nofeliyan

USC recent grad. Lean and project management experience. Engineering background, business skills.

ID 178617

Silvia Albasini

Mobile & web advertising and product marketing expert with 14+ years of global experience. Lead teams at Yahoo! , MySpace and have startup experience.

ID 592287

Helena Li

Head Counselor at educational consulting co. with top college admissions. Educator by training & relationship-builder by nature. M.Ed. & Teaching Cred., @ucla
http://blog.classdojo.com/post/82651863855/encouraging-students-the-right-way-building-the

ID 366790

Brett Gailey

Systems Engineering Manager at DreamHost. Manage 5 Million Services. Infrastructure Development. Software Development. Run Projects and Teams.

ID 75437

Erik Preston

Biz Dev for @lovely, Ops for @citrusbyte, RE Development for startup hotel in Buenos Aires, proud alum @university-of-california-los-angeles
http://startops.tumblr.com/

ID 386909

Travis Schlueter-Beckner

Technology geek with customer/client service skills. Always looking to the bigger picture with products, analytics, and support.

ID 489369

Larry Haertel Jr.

MBA Intern @orchard-platform Worked @chownow @curbed-network @ubs Studied @brown-university @ucla-anderson-school-of-management-1

ID 103941

Marissa Hu

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

ID 438721

Stephanie Sutanto

UCLA Business Economics with a specialization in computing, worked in 2 startups with one just acquired, passionate about encouraging entrepreneurship among undergrads

ID 93694

Evan Tahler

Investor

Founder @EvilGeniusDesigns • Worked at @modcloth, @taskrabbit, @the-walt-disney-company • Studied at @carnegie-mellon-university • Open Source Contributor
http://blog.EvanTahler.com

ID 103196

Juan Ramon Zarco

JRZ is experienced as CxO, GC, and Secretary to global companies. Established track record of producing strategic, practical, revenue-focused solutions.
http://jrzarco2001.wordpress.com

ID 308955

Chris Dover

Founder @justlaunch Founder @geniusly @enfocado-capital @desksite, • Worked at @triple-canopy @founders-institute-mentor #500strong
http://geniusly.co/blog

ID 408184

Kevin Patrick Roth

"...The fact that a person in Africa can afford a piece of high-technology that a billionaire couldn’t have afforded 50 years ago is kind of astonishing.”

ID 90665

Michael Carney

LA Startup/Tech Writer @PandoDaily, Lifelong Entrepreneur, Former VC, Competitive Golfer, CrossFit Athlete, and World Traveler.
http://pandodaily.com/author/mcarney7/

ID 59364

Tom Kuhr

Investor

Product + marketing leader. Growth Hacker. Startup operations and management expert. All about execution.

ID 90716

Tom Jones

Investor

Co-Founder of @babyjunk - Co-Founder of @backyard, acquired by PixelFish - Experienced business professional and all around problem solver.

ID 14502

Kenny Berlin

Founder and CEO at @12twenty.com

ID 321154

Laurent Grill

Expansion Manager @ Eat Club. Co-Founder of PlayTiki. Former Director of Business Development @ Miso Media. Board Member of American Red Cross for 5 years.

ID 498510

Ilias Beshimov

Investor

CPO @timefly , Formerly PM at @zynga and @scopely , Co-Founder @myhealth, BA from @harvard-university-1

ID 57334

Rita Ravindra

Investor

VP, Ops (biz dev, finance, ops) @radpad. Former VP, Ops @wittlebee. @myspace for 4 years (int'l business, biz dev). Former i-banker. UofC Booth MBA. UCLA B.A.

ID 540423

Alvin Fong

Senior executive and advisor leading strategic, operational, financial, and product development decisions in the digital space.

ID 79245

Dmitry Shapiro

CEO of @anybeat, a new social media platform. CTO of @myspace-music. Founder of @veoh, an online video service. Founder of @akonix, a network security company.
http://blog.anybeat.com

ID 31684

Anthony Broad-Crawford

CPO @giveforward , Formerly CTO @within3 , Executive Director @startupbus , Entreprise Product Architect @progressive-insurance
http://blog.anthonybroadcrawford.com

ID 211249

Scott Ling

CEO @InstantAPI, Mentor @bitangels First book published on .NET in 2001, various others since.
http://blog.instantapi.co

ID 191211

Cory Capoccia

Investor

President @womply | Previously co-founder of @verifi | BA in Economics and Accounting from @university-of-california-los-angeles

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 121741

Thor Alexander

Investor

Founder @cliff-hanger, @lucky-puppy • Worked at @zynga, @metaplace, @electronic-arts
http://www.cliffhangerapp.com

ID 48499

Georgie Thomas

banker turned MBA entrepreneur turned vc investor

ID 94978

Diego Prats

Director Product @clublocal. Co-founded @spire-io. Co-founded @border-stylo, (web, mobile, browser products). @harvard-university. @university-of-southern-california Engineering PhD.

ID 157373

Josh Clapper

Studying @yale, looking to work in operations/corporate marketing

ID 110627

Garrett Brodie

Chief Operating Officer at @republic-project; Worked at Disney; @university-of-southern-california MBA 2006

ID 339089

michael j talarczyk

Investor

Engineer, Architect, Investor @campus-explorer, Worked @rent.com, @rentpath , @ebay , @stamps-com , @dreamworks-animation-skg
http://www.mijit.com

ID 74037

Ramin Farzami

Former Co-Founder of @dynasty-league-gaming. Currently @ PIMCO. Versatile business/finance background. Previously @ State Street Bank & Trust. Pepperdine 2007

ID 32900

Jonathan Chang

Former Senior Product Manager at @vmware via @socialcast acquisition (May 2011). Previously, private equity associate at Hyperion Capital.

ID 45561

David Kressel

Founder Pepper Gaming, Advisor Gofer It! • Worked at @fidelity-investments, @healthpointcapital • Studied at @harvard @dartmouth

ID 240973

John Kempe

$ talent | twenty20 # Network Builder, People Connector

ID 688454

Mark Rapoza

Trust & Safety Specialist + Lead Analyst looking to help another startup move in the right directions.
http://cornerofthecabinet.com/

ID 107668

Kent Speakman

Investor

COO & Founding Partner @fameus-2 - Previously Founded @engageia & @speakman-entertainment Strengths -Building Teams, Digital Strategy, Social Media & Leadership
http://www.kentspeakman.com

ID 599444

Andy Cheatwood

Hands-on product management and operations leader with 10+ years experience in editorial and product design, engineering and operational management

ID 161389

Anton Reut

Investor

SVP of Product @onestop-internet • Former VP, Product @us-auto-parts-network • Co-Founder @ework • Worked at @gifts-com, Studied at University of Virginia

ID 106819

Raffi Bagdasarian

Co-Founder @Innov8tr Studios • Head of Platform Services @ouya • Worked at @the-walt-disney-company • Worked at @sony-pictures-entertainment

ID 190636

Charles Shapard

Worked at @groupon, @tradesy, @glossybox-usa • Studied at @university-of-southern-california

ID 381296

Omid Hami

Accomplished manager of a successful start-up with diverse experience in operations management, HR, finance, marketing, sales, and business development.

ID 164388

Laura ODonnell

Worked at @directv, @sirius-satellite-radio • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1

ID 144152

Colin Specter

Entrepreneur and sales extraordinaire. Looking to help a young company grow. Spanish. Portuguese. Graduated UCSB, School of Hardknocks

ID 42724

Shaun King

Founder & Former Creative Director of @upfront-2; Founded & Sold @twitchange (Arenda Capital); 2010 Mashable Award Winner for Most Creative Social Good Campaign

ID 63786

Mike Silverstein

Formed Liquidnet Private Shares Group, Deep relationships with founders & investors, Operating experience, UCLA MBA, Duke BA: www.linkedin.com/in/msilverstein1/

ID 589990

Michelle Hernandez

Effective Manager & Communicator

ID 52982

Allan Jones

CEO & Co-founder. Dir. Product at @docstoc, built sub. product (3x rev), Lead conversion/email/retention teams at @scorebig (2x core #'s) - http://linkd.in/GQJ8o8

ID 137213

Luke Cherrington

Currently @caplinked • Funding with @independent-ventures • Advisor to assorted Startups • Stint in Private Equity • Studied @dartmouth-college

ID 22584

David Calabrese


ID 666757

Shafiur Rahman


ID 102117

Benjamin Bear

VP Sales & BD - Vungle * Industry leading mobile video advertising platform funded by crosslink & google

ID 487943

Brian Richards

Partner Dev @truecar. BD @pogoseat and @parking-panda. Investment Banker @houlihan-lokey. Studied @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business (MBA 2011).

ID 8732

Ben Perreau

CEO & Co-founder Synkio. Writer & Journalist, Consultant, Ex-Editor NME.COM (Music) | Ex-Product, BSkyB (TV) Global (Radio), BBC, Founder at Gigulate.
http://benperreau.com

ID 244191

Tony Zammikiel

Head of Talent @motek-technologies , formerly Recruiting Manager @riviera-partners. 14 years of talent acquisition experience.

ID 303208

Michael Kluchin, Esq.

Director of Operations @caplinked, Attorney, JD/MBA, Michigan Man

ID 86492

Pablo Grandinetti

Serial entrepreneur, advisor and investor. Co-founder & COO at @urbita. Co-founder & Board Member at @Blink-2.

ID 206323

David Mancherje

Co-founder @periodical (@launchpadla Class 5). Former VP Biz Dev and Operations @Earwolf. Developer. Studied at @university-of-southern-california

ID 493271

Jason Kabaker

TBA

ID 315838

Robert Rashtian

Seasoned pro in the tech/media sector seeking new opportunities. 20-year veteran in theatrical & technology industries with a wide range of responsibilities.

ID 361472

Eric Jones

Investor

Worked at @morgan-stanley, @the-walt-disney-company • Studied at @cornell-university, @ucla-anderson-school-of-management-1

ID 64428

Michael Pan

Product oriented technology leader

ID 90892

Val Brennan

Fmr. bigfirm Laywer turned entrepreneur-business expert passionate about the health & fitness space. Fndr @three-day-rule • Wrkd at @bryan-cave • Studied at @university-of-florida

ID 628566

Apar Kothari

Apar is an experienced business development executive in the tech-fashion world, with expertise in e-commerce, partnerships, product marketing, and strategy.

ID 114958

Abhishek Tripathi

Manager, Human Certification of Dragon and Falcon 9

ID 338257

Jade Tran

Editorial Director, Events - LAUNCH Media. Lover of DIY, startups, and community building
http://diyfo.tumblr.org

ID 412071

Allie Krummel

Versed in social media and e-mail marketing, client relations, and creative writing. @university-of-southern-california alum, music nut.

ID 208186

Stewart Padveen

Investor

Founder and CEO of HotOffice, MotionPoint and Nutrio.

ID 12644

Jordan Lyall

Co-Founder & Product Lead at Hello Santa ~130k downloads, thousands of happy kids, 100 remote Santas, & a 4.5 star app store rating. Open to new opportunities.

ID 576645

Philip Shin

Strategy and business development analyst for Disney. Previously worked for Morgan Stanley's Western Region M&A group after studying economics from Princeton.

ID 167691

John Asalone

Product Manager (Zynga, Brainscape). Strategy + Operations consultant (Booz Allen). CEO of E-commerce brokerage (Surplus Hubb). Clean-tech analyst (White House)

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 184839

Marissa Rosemblat

Customer Insights @lendup @university-of-california-berkeley Grad 2012.

ID 281803

Annie Chang

Developer @chasm-io. Hacker @doglog. Fellow @Hackbright Academy. Founder/CEO @Best_Chuck. Project manager @wikia, @Smalltown. Studied @UCI B.A. Psychology & Social Behavior
http://anniechang.wordpress.com

ID 240884

Regina Lee

Duke graduate. Film/TV content creator. "Hollywood" rolodex. Biz dev. Partner builder. Consulting for app developer. Worked at NBC Universal, 20th Century Fox.

ID 365687

Michael Mizrahi

Digital Media Investment Banker

ID 123405

Jared Hoffman

Investor

CFO at Arborbridge, Inc. Prev, MD at Native Instruments North America, CEO at Knitting Factory Entertainment. Harvard A.B., Columbia Univ. Business School MBA

ID 5252

Joe Shapiro

CEO of oncam. 8 year making hi-tech internet video. Strong business and product development background. Wharton 2005.

ID 41075

Josh Pink

Innovative & Dynamic BD/Corporate Development CRO; 3 Startups; Entrepreneur; Big Picture Idea Guy; Worked with Nike, Microsoft, Apple, Disney & more.

ID 431748

Michael Rivera

Investor

Founder @6th Street Investments, LLC @6th Street Fitness, LLC @Westside Trading Company • Investor @Event Farm @OnFarm Systems @balqon @unvael.fm

ID 59219

Jordan Katz

Investor

CEO @create-it. 15 years monetizing products and talent @facebook, NHL, Golf Channel, Fox Sports. Helping brands interpret the cause of influence.

ID 174506

Stephanie Ardrey

Founder @iVentLABS Business Accelerator, @ArdreyGroup LLC • Partner at @K5 Launch Alliance @maverick Angels

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