People
Meet 2550 founders, developers, designers, and operators building New York's tech scene.
Benjamin Watkins
Client Relations @kinnek • former AE @yelp • @university-of-pennsylvania economics graduate • social media fiend • amateur cook • mobile photo editor • humble yogi
Curtis Shoung
Builds the business. Enterprise Sales @unified Managed BD @awe-sm Former entrepreneur. Interned @intel marketing strategy. UNC MBA 2012.
Jessica Cole
@yale-university grad & winner of Yale Venture Challenge • Cofounder/CEO of rev-gen mobile/web startup @roammeo • Led Urban Fellows, nonprofit fundraisers, & field trips.
Adam Hilss
Founder at @apollo-vibes @soundtap. Machine learning and infrastructure at @google. BSE in CS at Michigan, MS in CS at Texas. NSF Graduate Research Fellow.
Alan Cohen
Software engineer @the-climate-corporation Worked at @greenwich-consulting, @csmg • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology
Buck Wilson
Product designer with consumer and enterprise expertise. Lead design & product @turntable-fm, founded @jotlet-llc (sold to @jive-software ).
Jay Hung
CTO of @conference-hound; Founded Mixture; Ex-Yahoo.
John Urbanik
FDE @palantir-technologies through acquisition of @poptip. Formerly founder @beertending . BSE Electrical Engineering @princeton-university '13.
Kyle Poretto
Sales at @yext and @singleplatform .Currently Biz Dev @newscred
Larry Freedman
Started 18th Story, @leadtraffic,Weddings-etc. @bigfoot-interactive . Angel for @ntb-media (A Game). Successful online advertising and direct response background.
Lynn Dixon
Co-founder of Hourly.com. Worked at a broad range of Internet + Brick & Mortar companies including @cbs-marketwatch, @the-motley-fool, @merrill-lynch and Young & Rubicam Advertising
Nathan Sharp
Founder Nifti • Worked at @google • Studied at @harvard-university, @Tuck School of Business
Peter Guagenti
Mentor, Advisor, and Angel. Currently @essence-digital. Formerly in leadership @acquia, @razorfish, @accenture. Built and sold multiple digital agencies.
Sam Beaudin
Co-Founder @ Wunder, Head of Product @ AlphaBoost, Designer-in-Residence @ WGI

Andrew Yao
Buck Marshall
Director at Burch Creative Capital
Chris Korhonen
Creative Technologist
Curt Frasca
Entrepreneur, Investor. Founded Verse Music Group
David Spitzler
Biz dev exec, 20 years experience in start ups. Co-founded web tools company, sold to Adobe. Worked at NeXT for 5 years. Joined 3 other early stage companies.
Kabir Chibber
Founder of @pitch-me. Wordsmith at Quartz, Harper's, @new-york-times. Drew my own profile picture. Too British to sell myself.
Khalid Meniri
Award winning, User Experience Director and creative technologist with a goal to construct a conceptual design that is intuitive for excellence.
Michael Furlong
Founder @sliced-investing • Worked at @citigroup , @twilio,• Studied at @emory-university
Raphael Crawford-Marks
Founder @bonusly • Worked at @internmatch, @squaretrade • Studied at @hampshire-college
Tony Elliott
Founder @the-reservation-network, @tax-time • Studied at @university-of-phoenix, @new-york-city-college-of-technology