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Co-founder and chairman, G2 Crowd
Managing director, MATH Venture Partners
Co-founder and president, Outcome Health
President and CEO, World Business Chicago
Chairman and CEO, Marathon Pharmaceuticals
Commissioner, Chicago Public Library
President and CEO, Chicago Network
Executive director, City Digital, UI Labs
Creative director, Manual
Smart cities and mobility vertical leader at Amazon Web Services
Founder and CEO, Electronic Knowledge Interchange; CEO, Killerspin
Dean, Kellogg School of Management
CEO and founder, Instant Alliance
Founder and CEO, Raise
Managing director, Irish Angels
Founder, BLUE1647
Founder and principal, Machrie Enterprises LLC
Co-founder and CEO, RepIQ
Co-founder, West Loop Ventures
Founder and partner, The Junto Institute
Founder and executive director, My Block, My Hood, My City
CEO, Matter
CEO, Bunker Labs
CEO, EventUp
Group design director, Fjord/Accenture
Co-founder and president, GoHealth
Founder and CEO, 4D Healthware
CEO and co-founder, ParkWhiz
Executive director, Kellogg School of Management’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative, Northwestern University
Managing partner, Red Rocket Ventures
President and CEO, Women’s Business Development Center
CEO, Impact Engine
Chief information officer, city of Chicago
President, Hispanic IT Executive Council
Founder and CEO, FourKites
CEO and founder, VisMed-3D
CEO, Black Tech Mecca
Founder, Fixer Cofounder, Grubhub
Founder and CTO, Tock
Chief financial officer, Endotronix
Director of industry and strategy at Outcome Health Managing director at Flavin Ventures
Senior vice president, new ventures and corporate affairs, Invenergy
Managing Partner, Moderne Ventures
Co-founder and president, Basecamp
Co-founder and CEO, Explorer Surgical
Founder, The 3D Printer Experience
Chief operating officer, Tempus
Co-founder and CEO, GMM president, Glenborn Partners
Vice president of marketing, Trello
Former CEO, Mattel
Co-founder, ARA mentors Vice president of business development, Harvey Nash USA
Founder and CEO, LaSalle Network
Co-founder and CEO, Ocient
Co-founder and CEO, Avant
President and chief global growth officer, Tyson Foods
President and CEO, Illinois Science & Technology Coalition (ISTC)
CEO, mHUB Chicago
Co-managing director, MATH Venture Partners
Principal, MATH Venture Partners
Owner, Mac & Cheese Productions
Co-founder, Illinois Technology Association
Founder and CEO, Sprout Social
Founder and partner, TechNexus
Founder and CEO, Reverb
CEO, Illinois Technology Association
Founder and CEO, Inventables
President, i.c.stars
CEO and co-founder, Uptake Co-founder, Groupon, Lightbank
Co-founder and CEO, Siri and Viv Labs
Co-founder, Tock
Co-founder, Technori
President, Kuczmarski Innovation Co-founder, Chicago Innovation
Managing director, Techstars Chicago; Founder and former CEO, Belly
CEO, Trading Technologies
CEO, Jellyvision
Co-founder and partner, Chicago Ventures
Co-founder and CEO, SpotHero
Associate professor, marketing, Northwestern University
CEO and co-founder, 11 Roniin
CEO, Tempus Managing Partner, Lightbank Co-founder and Chairman, Groupon
Chairman and CEO, Camping World/Good Sam Host, ‘The Profit’
Co-founder and executive chairman, Shiftgig
Co-founder and chief marketing officer, Codeverse
CEO, Chicago Ideas Week Chief of staff, Uptake Technologies
CEO, GrubHub
Executive director, Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Adjunct assistant professor of entrepreneurship, University of Chicago
Former regional administrator (Midwest), U.S. Small Business Administration
CEO and founder, Eved
Co-founder, Food Genius Director of Business Strategy, IDEO
Founder, Limitless Coffee Founder, Protein Bar
Partner, Pritzker Group Venture Capital
President and founder, McCann Partners Co-founder, ARA Mentors
Director of programs, CodeNow
CEO, YWCA
Founder, PrettyQuick
Co-founder, Chicago Innovation Awards
Partner and co-founder, Origin Ventures
Professor of marketing and technology, Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
Founder, Mohop
CEO, PowerReviews
Managing director, Wintrust Ventures
Partner, Outlier Ventures
Founder and CEO, ThinkCerca
Founder, Healthbox
CEO, Load Delivered Logistics
Co-founder, Bucketfeet
Managing director, NextGen Angels Chicago
CEO, UI Labs
Chairman, Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center
President, Perimeter Advisors
Director of Inclusive Entrepreneurship, ChicagoNEXT
Executive director, Illinois Venture Capital Association
Director of business strategy and product development, Ad Hoc
Former president and COO, Motorola Mobility
Executive director, Chicago Women Developers
CEO, Invenergy
Co-founder and managing partner, Pritzker Group Venture Capital
CEO, Tovala
Executive chairman, Public Good
Founder, Open Books
Chief operating officer, PayPal
CEO, Modest
CEO and founder, Centro
Principal, Roa Ventures
Founder and CEO, Hireology
CIO, Cook County
Co-founder and managing director, Sandbox Industries
Co-CEO and president, Dough
Founder, Chicago Blockchain Center
Senior adviser for entrepreneurship, Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Founder and CEO, Incisent Labs Group
Chief Information Officer, Transport for North America at XPO Logistics
Founder and CEO, Everpurse
Entrepreneur in Residence, Abundant Venture Partners Adviser, Matter
CEO, CodeNow
Founder, The Founding Moms
CEO and president, Signal
Founder and CEO, Aim Local: Chicago Co-founder, Women Tech Founders
CEO, Zest Health
Co-founder and CEO, Outcome Health
Co-founder, Fieldglass
Co-founder, LuminAID
CEO, Relativity
Co-founder and CEO, Coyote Logistics
Managing director, Baxter Ventures
President and CEO, Gogo
Co-founder and co-CEO, Dough, Inc.
Former CEO, Trunk Club
Director, civic engagement, Microsoft
CEO and senior managing director, IllinoisVentures
CEO, Gray Matter Analytics
Chairman, ChicagoNext
Serial entrepreneur
CEO, NewFounders Founder, Sittercity
CEO, River West Brands Chairman, FarmedHere
CEO, Livongo Health Managing partner, 7wire Ventures
CEO, 1871
Partner, Hyde Park Venture Partners
Founder and CEO, Pearachute
CEO and founder, ClearEdge Marketing Co-founder, ARA Mentors
Managing partner, Lightbank
Co-founder and vice president of operations, Cleverbridge
Founder and managing partner, Freshwater Advisors
President and CEO, AnitaB.org
Managing director, Hyde Park Angels
Partner, Chicago Ventures
Founder, president and principal designer at Minimal
CEO, ShopRunner
Founder and president, Ms. Tech
President and CEO, Economic Club of Chicago
Co-founder and CEO, KnowledgeHound