People
Meet 250 founders, developers, designers, and operators building Washington DC's tech scene.
Bijan Salehizadeh
Managing Director at NaviMed Capital
Lawrence Black
Angel Investor. Trader. Founder. Author. Advisor. Early adopter/developer of direct-access trading platforms. Apostle of Liberal Arts. Former DC Cop.
Edward Barrientos
CEO of Brazen Careerist • Angel Investor •1st Startup in H.S. • EIR at U. of Md • Built Indoor Laser GPS startup and sold it to Metris • Helped take Metris public
Blake Hall
Airborne Ranger. Decorated Combat Veteran. Harvard Business Graduate Frequent Contributor to NPR and BBC via Public Radio International. Entrepreneur.
Daniele Calabrese
Founder and Ceo at @soundtracker
Michael Rihani
Co-founder & CEO of @koofers. Raised $6MM. Featured in Entrepreneur Magazine. Launchbox Digital Alumnus. Mentor. Advisor. Virginia Tech.
Carla Valdes
Founder of Handpressions, General Partner Fortify.vc, Co-Founder of TheFort.vc, Co-Creator Distilled Intelligence, St. Jude Supporter, Mom.
Ben Welch-bolen
CEO/Founder at World Wide Web Hosting. Life long entrepreneur and learning to love management. 120+ remote team running 24/7 around the world.
Kevin Lenane
Founder, @veenome. Raised 2M in angel/vc. Advisor @iq Engines (Image Data). Legal key in @pointabout acquisition. Pays the Iron Price.
Michael Goldstein
Founded @switchpitch, @exhilarator, DealPal (sold to XL Marketing), Magazine-of-the-Month (sold to Magazines.com)
Mark Hatch
CEO and Co-Founder of TechShop. Launched 3 Fortune 500 websites: Avery, Kinkos (ecommerce), & HealthNet's benefits ASP. Author, Speaker, MBA, Green Beret.
Tom Giannattasio
Founder of Macaw. Designer, developer, author.
Bobby Ocampo
Director at Revolution
Adam Lehman
COO @ @lotame Solutions, and Angel @ @rock-ridge-ventures
Elana Fine
Investor in @sitscape, @kidsafe, @mysbx, @max-endoscopy, @mememe, @gold-lasso, @seguro-surgical, @interaction-labs, @content-now, @bid4health, @hook-ladder, @sensics...
Khalid Itum
Active Angel, Entrepreneur & Advisor Top VP @ $110mm Company Brand, Marketing, Biz & Partner Dev Strategy Star Mountain Capital, Alliance for Veteran Support
David Sandrowitz
In a world of hackers and hustlers, I'd rather just be a guy known for getting things done. The Execution-er?
Ely Kahn
Co-founder of Big Data startup, @sqrrl. @wharton-school MBA. Director of Cybersecurity at @white-house. @harvard-university BA.
Jason Caplain
GP at Bull City Venture Partners, Board member at Etix, ReverbNation and Zift Solutions.
Raj Bhaskar
Software Entrepreneur
Frank LLosa Esq
CEO of 3 start ups taken from $1k to $1M+. Sold one to a Pre-IPO co. Innovator of the Year 2009. @university-of-virginia Biz Undergrad, Law Degree. Attorney in NJ. New: PreMLS.com
Shaun Johnson
Co-founder at @StartupInst. Associate at @techstars. @georgetown Hoya & Entrepreneur-in-Residence.
Dave Helmreich
Founder & GM, Advertising Solutions at Neustar (NYSE: NSR) - VP, Digital, TARGUSinfo - Former Naval Aviator - MBA @SmithSchool - BS, CS @NavalAcademy
Vinay Bhargava
7 yr @google alum with 2 EMG Awards for toolbar distribution deals. Co-founded @google TV Ads. Received MBA from @massachusetts-institute-of-technology, EE degrees from Purdue. Early @epinions guy.