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===Methodology===
These people were found using Dr. Egan's Slack account under the team directory in the group Houstontech. They were then googled to find linked-in, twitter, or other sites which provide information on the people and their roles in the Houston entrepreneurship ecosystem. Most recent entry is from Joseph Marhee. https://houstontech.slack.com/messages/_random/team/
===Table of Key People===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="border: 1px solid darkgray; bgcolor: #f9f9f9"
|'''Name''' || '''Organization''' || '''Type''' || '''Tags'''
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|E.J. Thompson || Softlayer - IBM || Entrepreneur aids Tech Consultant ||
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|Emily Keeton || Station Houston / Flavour || Entrepreneur aids Workspace / Start-up || #Sold #VIP #VC #1.13M
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|Gina Miller || Poetic Systems || Entrepreneur aids Tech Consultant ||
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|Gira Desai || Aleberry Creative || Entrepreneur aids Tech Consultant ||
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|Apurva Sanghavi || START Houston || Entrepreneur aids Workspace ||
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|Ari Diozon || Tippit & Moo Advertising || Entrepreneur aids Marketing Consultant ||
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|Gaurav Khandelwal || START Houston || Entrepreneur aids Workspace ||
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|Adam Presley || PCSGroup || Entrepreneur aids Tech Consultant ||
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|Chris Gallo || Softlayer - IBM || Entrepreneur aids Tech Consultant ||
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|Angela Shah || Xconomy || Entrepreneur aids Journalist || #VIP #Policychanger
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|Mohammad Azam || AzamSharp Consulting || Entrepreneur aids Tech Consultant ||
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|Clayton Spivey || Softlayer - IBM || Entrepreneur aids Tech Consultant ||
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|Unknown || everbodyinhouston.com || Entrepreneur aids Funding Source || #crowdfunding
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|Chris Black || Softlayer - IBM || Entrepreneur aids Tech Consultant ||
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|Damien Franco || DTF marketing || Entrepreneur aids Marketing Consultant ||
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|Dane Witbeck James Van Dyne || Lean startup circle Sugoi Software || Entrepreneur aids Tech Consultant ||
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|James Van Dyne Hesam Panahi || Sugoi Software UH, 3DS || Entrepreneur aids Accelerator || #VIP #Professor #UH
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|Hesam Panahi Grace Rodriguez || UH, 3DS WITHouston || Entrepreneur aids Policy Influencer || #VIP #Policychanger
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|Grace Rodriguez Jeff Reichman || WITHouston Startup America / January Advisors || Entrepreneur aids Accelerator / Strategy Consultant || #VIP
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|Jeff Reichman Jenny Li || Startup America Graylog || Entrepreneur aids Startup / Tech Consultant || #SURGE
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|Jenny Li Jessica Fleenor || Surge Ventures Owlspark and Rice Alliance for technology and entrepreneurship || Entrepreneur aids Accelerator || #Rice
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|Jessica Fleenor Joe Martin || Owlspark and Rice Alliance for technology and entrepreneurship Houston Business Journal || Entrepreneur aids Journalist || #Policychanger
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|Joe Martin John Goodman || Houston Business Journal Poetic Systems || Entrepreneur aids Tech Consultant ||
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|John Goodman Astrid Countee || Poetic Systems Prenovate || Entrepreneur aids Startup || #Prefunding #Health
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|Astrid Countee Gaurav Khandelwal || Prenovate ChaiOne || Start-ups Tech Consultant ||
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|Gaurav Khandelwal Chris Gallo || ChaiOne Rex Animal Health || Start-ups Startup || #TechStars
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|Chris Gallo Anderson Ta || Rex Animal Health Open Factory || Start-ups Startup || #Owlspark
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|Anderson Ta Benjamin Lipson || Open Factory Sports Tradex || Start-ups Startup || #VC #1.5M #Sold
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|Benjamin Lipson Dane Witbeck || Sports Tradex Meshify || Start-ups Startup || #VC #50k #SURGE
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|Dane Witbeck Danielle saadia || Meshify Makeable Tech || Start-ups Startup || #VC #2M
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|Danielle saadia Jason Kaminsky || Makeable Tech BeautyNow || Start-ups Startup || #AngelInvestor #500k
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|Emily Keeton Jim Foreman || Flavour coconnect / Blue Smoke / Venturi Outcomes || Start-ups Startup ||
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|Jason Kaminsky Jonathan Hartman || BeautyNow Sandbox || Start-ups Startup ||
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|Jim Foreman Andrew Douglass || coconnect Dark Water Creative || Start-ups Tech Consultant ||
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|Jonathan Hartman Brian Dorton || Sandbox Iron Yard || Start-ups Training ||
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|Andrew Douglass Brady Morowitz || Dark Water Creative SpaceJet Media || Other Tech Consultant ||
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|Brian Dorton Bryan Wood || The Iron Yard Reality Engineering Enterprises, LLC || Other Tech Consultant ||
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|Brady Morowitz Chung Nguyen || SpaceJet Media MC2 Architects || Other Bystander ||
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|Bryan Wood Chad Parks || Reality Engineering Enterprises, LLC NASA Johnson Space Center || Other Bystander ||
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|Chung Nguyen Erik Hitchcock || MC2 Architects MBA candidate at Rice || Other Bystander || #Rice
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|Chad Parks Jenny Gustafson || NASA Johnson Space Center Integrate Agency || Other Tech Consultant ||
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|Iggy Jon Nordby || pathosgrin.pub Greater Houston Partnership || Other Entrepreneur aids || #VIP #Policychanger
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|Erik Hitchcock Joseph Marhee || Digital Ocean || Tech Consultant|-| Josephine Tran || Houston Technology Center || Entrepreneur aids|-| John Rodney || Poetic Systems || Tech Consultant |-| Justin Cordero || Poetic Systems || Tech Consultant|-| Kaitlin O’Brien || Houston Technology Center / Xela Coffee Roasters || Entrepreneur aids / Startup|-| Kenton Gray || iOffice || Startup|-| Kerri Smith || Owlspark & Rice Alliance || Accelerator || #VIP #Rice|-| Kevin Nguyen || Applied Matter || Tech Consultant |||-| Khalid Adil || Poetic Systems || Tech Consultant |-| Kim Evans || Seremedi || Startup|-| Kirk Coburn || SURGE Ventures || Venture Capital / Accelerator || #VIP #VC|-| Kenny Loveall || Towbee || Startup || #Red-Labs|-| Kyle Dixon || Towbee || Startup || #Red-Labs|-| Ladd Hoffman || Door Space/ Ideate Foundation || Startup / Training|-| Lindsay Deneault || Texas Medical Center, OwlSpark, Rice Alliance || Accelerator || #Rice|-| Luis Reyes || McKinsey & Company || Marketing Consultant|-| Matt Keas || Iron Yard || Training|-| Matthew Hager || Poetic Systems || Tech Consultant|-| Michael Brumlow || R1soft || Startup|-| Melanie Jones || Marketing Interface || Startup / Marketing Consultant|-| Adrian Cantu || Avanade || Tech Consultant|-| Micah Thomas || RaptorBird Robotics || Startup || Red-Labs|-| Michael Brown || Incipire || Startup|-| Michael Sklar || Graylog || Tech Consultant|-| Michele Price || Radio show host || Journalist || #VIP #Policychanger|-| Yvonne Doung || The Advisory Board Company || Marketing Consultant|-| Mitchell Barron || Poetic Systems || Tech Consultant |-| Edward Dodington || No Affiliation || Bystander|-| Nicholas Romero || J-tronics, Kaasol || Startup|-| Nir Leibovich || GoCo || Startup || #VC #1.8M|-| Nash Kabbara || Manna Systems || Startup|-| Norris Kwan || Poetic Systems || Tech Consultant|-| Rakesh Agrawal || Snapstream, Angel.co || Entrepreneur aids / Startup || #VIP|-| Rakshak Talwar || RaptorBird Robotics || Startup || Red-Labs|-| Rich Winley || Gnomad || Startup|-| Rishi Sohoni || 3DS || Accelerator || #UH|-| Robert De Los Santos || Sky High Party Rentals, FireStartup, IndieHouston || Entrepreneur aids / Startup|-| Rosylnn Velasquez || The Black Sheep Agency || Marketing Consultant|-| Sameer Soleja || Molecule software || Startup || #VIP #VC #2.3M|-| Sarah Rigdon || Braincheck || Startup || #Debtfinancing #745k|-| Sebastian Good || Palladium Consulting || Tech Consultant|-| Stephen White || Qukku, Fair Haven Trading Company || Startup|-| Aziz Gilani || Mercury Fund || Venture Capital || #VIP #VC #Professor #Rice|-| Tim DeSilva || Culture Pilot || Marketing Consultant / Startup|-| Travis Potter || SoftLayer, awkward situations web design || Tech Consultant / Startup|-| Tri Nguyen || Zodist, Sensibly, PixelRocket || Tech Consultant / Startup|-| Daniel Buentillo || Mioty || Startup|-| Wes Gamble || The Advisory Board Company || Tech Consultant|-| Wesley Okeke || Fruition Technology Labs || Marketing Consultant|-| James Phelan || White Space, Houston Professionals, Startup Grind Houston || Entrepreneur aids / Startup || #VIP|-| Yael Hochberg || MBA candidate at Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, seedranker || Other Accelerator || #VIP #Professor #Rice
|}
===Details on Key People===
'''Gaurav Khandelwal'''
Founder/CEO at ChaiOne and co-founder at START Houston. ChaiOne is a leading mobile agency focused on helping companies launch new products and services on mobile and online.
START provides a professional and yet fun space for designers, developers, freelancers, entrepreneurs, employees or thought leaders to collaborate together in the Tech & Mobile space. (Co-Founded with Apurva Sanghavi)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chaione
http://chaione.com/
http://www.starthouston.com/
'''Adam Presley'''
GE Healthcare Software architect and Software Engineer at PCSGroup. PCSGroup provides IT Solutions and Web Services for local businesses.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adampresley
http://www.pcsgrp.com/
'''Chris Gallo'''
Developer Advocate at SoftLayer Technologies, an IBM Company specializing in cloud infrastructure.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophergallo
www.softlayer.com
'''Amado Guloy'''
CEO, Co-founder, and data scientist at Rex Animal Health. Rex Animal Health is an online company specializing in cloud population health and analytics for the animal health industry. Participated in 2015 Sprint Accelerator powered by Techstars.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amadoguloy
http://rexanimalhealth.com/
'''Amy Evans'''
Web Developer, no listed company or entrepreneurial experience.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyevans87
'''Anderson Ta'''
Founder of Open Factory, a 3D printer making company, which was a start-up at Owl Spark Last Year. Previously worked at Rice as a research technician. Frequents MakerFaires domestically and internationally, worked in the 3D printing industry for the past 6 years. Lead the first 3D printer build workshops, reviewed 3d printers for magazines like MAKE. Believes 3D printing is just getting started, “As the initial hype fades away and we focus on bringing out what this technology is really good for, we'll start to see the "killer apps" of 3D printing emerge. I founded Open Factory to do just that!” Previously founded Matterfy a company which was established in Washington and was a precursor to Open Factory.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anderson-ta-4442307b
http://openfactory.co/pages/about-us
(No matterfy site)
https://www.meshtomold.com/
https://twitter.com/openfactoryco
'''Andrew Douglass'''
Creates websites and branding materials at Dark Water Creative a Houston creative agency which does graphic design, web development, and research/analysis. (very new agency) Also an application developer at University of Houston. Previously a Student Director of Operations at RED Labs.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ardouglass
http://dou.glass/
'''Angela Shah'''
Editor for Xconomy in Houston, writes about startups and entrepreneurship in Texas. Xconomy hosts entrepreneurship events: Private dinner series, healthcare summit, Houston 2035 conference, Innovative Cities series, and publishes articles about entrepreneurship. Previously wrote for NY Times, Forbes, Time. Large Twitter presence.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelashah
http://www.xconomy.com/author/ashah/
Twitter: @angelashah
'''Apurva Sanghavi'''
Co-Founded Houston's first technology niche co-working space, START. START provides a professional and yet fun space for designers, developers, freelancers, entrepreneurs, employees or thought leaders to collaborate together in the Tech & Mobile space. (Co-Founded with Gaurav Khandelwal) Also employed as a branch manager at Internet mortgage branch of Network Funding, LP.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/apurvasanghavi
'''Ari Diozon'''
Copywriter at Tippit & Moo Advertising in Houston, TX.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aridiozon
https://twitter.com/thearisays
'''Astrid Countee'''
Co-founder at Prenovate, free-lance UX designer and software developer, DevOps Engineer (contractor) at HP.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/astridcountee
'''Mohammad Azam'''
Founder of AzamSharp Consulting, Senior Mobile Developer at blinds.com. Runs Youtube channel detailing how to write code has tens of thousands of views. Developed numerous apps and runs a consulting service to develop iOS applications.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammad-azam-5537993
https://www.youtube.com/user/azamsharp
http://www.azamsharp.com/
http://www.blinds.com/
'''Benjamin Lipson'''
Sport Tradex founder, raised $1.5M in three rounds of capital funding and reached $4M revenue run rate from 10,000 total users. Hired and managed 5 person team in the areas of technology, marketing, and operations. Won Rice University’s “Most Promising Company” at the 2014 Southwest Tech Venture Forum. Company was acquired by DraftDay Gaming Group, Inc.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-lipson-6b818643
https://www.sportstradex.com/home
'''Brady Moritz'''
CTO at SpaceJet Media in Houston, founded in 2011 as an internet marketing firm.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradymoritz
'''Brian Dorton'''
Campus Director at The Iron Yard, a coding school for adults.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-dorton-37559a88
www.theironyard.com
'''Clayton Spivey'''
Project Management Director at SoftLayer Technologies, an IBM Company specializing in cloud infrastructure.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/clayton-spivey-9aaa361
'''Bryan Wood'''
Regional Manager at Reality Engineering Enterprises, LLC. a company devoted to helping creating interactive exhibits at trade shows.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-wood-0634646
http://www.realityengineering.com/
'''Chung Nguyen'''
Co-founded MC2 Architects a firm in Houston, TX.
http://www.mc2architects.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66&Itemid=60
'''Chad Parks'''
IT Supervisor at NASA Johnson Space Center.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chad-parks-897bb946
'''Unknown'''
http://everybodyinhouston.com/
crowdfunding organization
'''Chris Black'''
Network Analyst at SoftLayer Technologies, an IBM Company specializing in cloud infrastructure.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-black-674620a5
'''Damien Franco'''
Marketing Consultant at DTF marketing, a self named ‘modern marketing’ firm.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/damienfranco
'''Dane Witbeck'''
Co-Founder at Meshify a technology startup that integrates sensors, satellite data, and comprehensive analytics to make software which aids oil companies in tracking data from the field. Leader of Houston lean startup circle an organization designed to educate entrepreneurs on lean start-up management techniques. Participant in The Rice Alliance for technology and entrepreneurship and surge accelerator.
http://www.surgeventures.com/
http://www.meetup.com/leanhouston/events/144686712/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dane-witbeck-688838a
'''Danielle Saadia'''
Founder at Makeable Tech, a company devoted to researching and developing the latest STEM curriculums for children and adults.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-saadia-68343753
'''E.J. Thompson'''
Network engineer at SoftLayer Technologies, an IBM Company specializing in cloud infrastructure.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ej-thompson-a500183b
'''Emily Keeton'''
Co-Founder and managing director at Station Houston an incubator to connect startups with accelerators, capital, coworking and mentorship. (not yet open) Previously co-founder and CEO at Flavour, an app for restaurant discovery, sold to Tasting Table, a leading digital property for food and drink enthusists.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-keeton-73188167
'''Erik Hitchcock'''
MBA candidate at Jones school of business.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikmhitchcock
'''Gina Miller'''
Executive Assistant at Poetic Systems, a company devoted to developing websites, apps, and marketing.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginarmiller
'''Gira Desai'''
Founding Partner at Aleberry Creative. Aleberry Creative is a Houston-based design firm focused on branding and design, they serve primarily the start-up community designing logos and websites.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/giradesai
'''Grace Rodriguez'''
No job at present, previously creative director for TED, founding member of Mayor’s Innovation & Technology Advisory Board, Co-Founder of Women in Tech: Houston(WITHouston), Co-founder of C2 create.
http://gracerodriguez.com/about/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracerodriguez
http://www.edforh.com/issues/technology/
http://withouston.org/
http://c2create.org/
'''Hesam Panahi'''
Clinical Assistant Professor at University of Houston, lecturer at Rice University, 3DS organizer, Surge Accelerator participant, co-founder of Appology Labs.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hpanahi
'''James Van Dyne'''
Sugoi Software founder, a software consulting company which designs apps and websites.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-van-dyne-2002882
http://www.sugoisoft.com/
'''Jason Kaminsky'''
Founder at Worthit.co, COO at BeautyNow, 2014 winner of 40 under 40 Houston Business Journal. Worthit.co is currently ‘on pause,’ BeautyNow is an app for making appointments at beauty salons and spas in real time. BeautyNow recieved an angel investment from John Paul DeJoria (from John Paul Mitchell).
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonrkaminsky
'''Jeff Reichman'''
Entrepreneur, runs January Advisors a consulting firm in Houston. Houston Chair of StartUp America, an organization committed to aiding entrepreneurs funded corporate sponsors and the Federal government.
https://www.crowdfunder.com/user/17296
https://www.whitehouse.gov/economy/business/startup-america
http://www.startupamericapartnership.org/
'''Jenny Li'''
Marketing Manager at graylog, a machine data management systems company. Previously with Surge Ventures a fund investing in entrepreneurs solving energy problems through technology.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilynnej
https://www.linkedin.com/company/2358533?trk=prof-exp-company-name
'''Jessica Fleenor'''
Assistant Director for programs at Rice Alliance for technology and entrepreneurship and owlspark. Previously founded Medulla, a company devoted to branding, design, and event planning.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicafleenor
http://alliance.rice.edu/
http://www.owlspark.com/
'''Jim Foreman'''
Co-founder at Coconnect a company that builds custom apps for convention organizers. Also employee at Blue Smoke a digital agency for small businesses. CIO at Venturi Outcomes, a specialty building company.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimforeman
'''Joe Martin'''
Covers technology, money, and law for the Houston Business Journal.
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/bio/22601/Joe+Martin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joemartin91
'''John Goodman'''
Creative developer at Poetic Systems, a company devoted to developing websites, apps, and marketing.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pardontheprogress
'''John Reale'''
Managing director at Arete Ventures and advisor at owlspark.
http://www.owlspark.com/peoplewise-john-reale/
https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=ADEAAAI0EDYBm8kFUrmt2bl-xYc0mHIZ6HmMUqQ&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=wfTW&locale=en_US&srchid=3780625331449270090931&srchindex=1&srchtotal=41&trk=vsrp_people_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A3780625331449270090931%2CVSRPtargetId%3A36966454%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary%2CVSRPnm%3Atrue%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH
'''Jonathan Hartman'''
Co-founder and product manager at Sandbox Inc. a company that develops geospatial networks for users based on location.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanlhartman
'''Jenny Gustafson'''
Public Relations and Social Media Account Executive at Integrate Agency a Houston based marketing and public relations firm.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennyselbergustafson
http://integrateagency.com/about-us/meet-the-team/jenny-gustafson/
'''Jon Nordby'''
Director of talent attraction and marketing at Greater Houston Partnership. The Greater Houston Partnership is a business organization in Houston devoted to aiding in the growth of business, entrepreneurial or otherwise in Houston.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonordby
https://www.houston.org/
'''Joseph Marhee'''
Customer Success Engineer at Digital Ocean, a company that provides internet services including cloud computing and storage and leasing data centers.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephmarhee
https://www.digitalocean.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=brand_sem&utm_campaign=Brand_Protection&utm_term=digital%20ocean&adgroup=9971414725&matchtype=e&network=g&device=c&position=1t1
'''Josephine Tran'''
Community Development Manager at Houston Technology Center. Josephine fosters an entrepreneurial community and collaboration in the Houston entrepreneurial scene.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephinetran
http://www.houstontech.org/
'''John Rodney'''
Developer at Poetic Systems, a company devoted to developing websites, apps, and marketing.
https://poeticsystems.com/about
'''Justin Cordero'''
Developer at Poetic Systems, a company devoted to developing websites, apps, and marketing. Also a freelance developer.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-cordero-6112b817
'''Kaitlin O’Brien'''
Marketing Director of Houston Technology Center and Co-Founder at Xela Coffee Roasters, a start-up producing specialty coffee roasters in Houston, Texas.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/obrienkaitlin
http://www.houstontech.org/
http://xelaroasters.com/
'''Kenton Gray'''
CTO at iOffice, leads a team of developers to create whatever software is needed by iOffice. iOffice is a company that develops software to unlock the full potential of another corporations workforce.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenton-gray-16572b31
http://www.iofficecorp.com/about-us/leadership-team/kenton-gray
http://www.iofficecorp.com/
'''Kerri Smith'''
Managing Director at OwlSpark Accelerator and Associate Managing Director at Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship. OwlSpark is a three day start-up accelerator. Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship is a university initiative to drive the commercialization of technology.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerrismith1
http://alliance.rice.edu/
http://www.owlspark.com/
'''Kevin Nguyen'''
Employee at Applied Matter a company devoted to helping businesses drive traffic to their sites and engage customers.
http://appliedmatter.com/
https://plus.google.com/103328061818318521835/about
'''Khalid Adil'''
Web developer at Poetic Systems, a company devoted to developing websites, apps, and marketing.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/khalidadil
https://poeticsystems.com
'''Kim Evans'''
Co-founder and CEO at Seremedi. Seremedi is a start-up in Houston that works with hospitals and physicians to improve outpatient care.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimbevans
http://www.seremedi.com/#home
'''Kirk Coburn'''
Founder and Managing Director of SURGE Ventures. Previously founded three successful start-ups, supports the Rice Alliance, and is a HALO investor in his spare time. SURGE ventures is an investment company for technology in the field of energy. His previous three companies included Chief Outsiders, a marketing firm, and the PGA TOUR network on Sirius XM.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirkcoburn
http://www.surgeventures.com/
'''Kenny Loveall'''
Student at University of Houston and co-creator of Towbee a start-up founded in Red-Labs which will allow users to request assistance when their car breaks down.
http://www.kennyloveall.com/pages/web_design.php
https://www.linkedin.com/in/klloveall
http://redlabs.uh.edu/meet/towbee/
http://towbee.com/
'''Kyle Dixon'''
Student at University of Houston and co-creator of Towbee a start-up founded in Red-Labs which will allow users to request assistance when their car breaks down.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-dixon-38b06448
http://redlabs.uh.edu/meet/towbee/
http://towbee.com/
'''Ladd Hoffman'''
Senior Engineer at Door Space, a company that develops education for adult education. Also director at ideate foundation, a non-profit research and development start-up.
http://ideatefoundation.org/
https://www.doorspaceinc.com/
'''Lindsay Deneault'''
Strategist at Texas Medical Center, an accelerator for health care start-ups. Lindsay previously worked at Rice OwlSpark and the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsaydeneault
'''Luis Reyes'''
Product Manager at McKinsey & Company, a consulting firm that finds better business solutions for clients.
http://www.mckinsey.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/luisreyes
'''Matt Keas'''
Mentor and instructor at Iron Yard, a modern boot camp style code school.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-keas-46141421
'''Matthew Hager'''
CEO at Poetic Systems, a company devoted to developing websites, apps, and marketing.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewhager
'''Michael Brumlow'''
Lead Software Engineer at R1Soft, a server backup manager.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-brumlow-5abaa88
http://www.r1soft.com/
'''Melanie Jones'''
Marketing Technologist at Marketing Interface. Previously director of marketing at SURGE accelerator.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanieajones
http://marketing-interface.com/
'''Adrian Cantu'''
Senior software engineer at Avanade, an IT company with many different services.
http://www.avanade.com/en/home
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-cantu-1112388a
'''Micah Thomas'''
Lead developer at RaptorBird Robotics, a new droid company that develops drones and drone platforms.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/micahthomas4
http://raptorbird.com/
'''Michael Brown'''
Recently founded Incipire a technology company with unclear ambitions. Michael is currently president and CTO of Incipire and has a background in technology.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbrown77
'''Michael Sklar'''
CEO at Graylog, a machine data management systems company.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/msklar
https://www.graylog.com/
'''Michele Price'''
Business Guru and host of radio show, broadcaster, and producer.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/micheleprice
http://whoismicheleprice.com/
'''Yvonne Doung'''
Front End designer at the advisory board company creating websites for clients. The Advisory Board Company is a consulting company with a wide variety of services.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yvonneduong
https://www.advisory.com/
'''Mitchell Barron'''
Developer at Poetic Systems, a company devoted to developing websites, apps, and marketing.
https://poeticsystems.com/about
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mtchllbrrn
'''Edward Dodington'''
Received Masters in architecture from Rice University. Edward (or Ned) is now a full time architect and part time creative entrepreneur working to develop new practices for biologically inclusive design.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/neddodington
http://archinect.com/people/cover/18908110/ned-dodington
'''Nicholas Romero'''
Business Owner at J-tronics, a webdesign and IT consulting firm, Nicholas is also the technical co-founder of Kaasol, a company designed to make buying a home effortless.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ncrmro
https://www.linkedin.com/company/kaasol
https://www.linkedin.com/vsearch/p?company=J-Tronics&trk=prof-exp-company-name
'''Nir Leibovich'''
Currently the CEO and founder of GoCo.io Inc (recently received 1.8m in funding) a business solutions company and an angel investor. Formerly a serial entrepreneur Nir was co-founder at Trendfund, owner of a Checkers Burgers in Dallas, Co-founder and CEO at QuadEnergy, founder and director of MarketZero (later acquired by Zynga), Co-founder and CEO at Arpeggi (later acquired by Gene by Gene).
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nirleibovich
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nirleibovich
https://www.goco.io/
'''Nash Kabbara'''
CTO at Manna Systems a software consulting shop for businesses. Formerly founded and Exited ZipZoomAuto, a market platform for car dealerships, and ran marketing and management at Motors on Wheels.
http://nashkabbara.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nkabbara
http://www.zipzoomauto.com/
http://mannapc.com/
'''Norris Kwan'''
Developer at Poetic Systems, a company devoted to developing websites, apps, and marketing.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/norriskwan
'''Rakesh Agrawal'''
Start-up investor and founder of snapstream, a way of watching and recording television then extracting the useful clips from it. Essentially snapstream strives to make TV searchable. He has invested in over 60 start-ups and is a limited partner at two venture capital firms. Most of his investments occurred through angel.co.
http://rake.sh/
http://www.snapstream.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/raaaaakesh
https://angel.co/rakeshagrawal
https://angel.co/
'''Rakshak Talwar'''
Founder and CEO at RaptorBird Robotics, a new droid company that develops drones and drone platforms. RaptorBird was a product of RedLabs.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rakshak-talwar-71759053
http://raptorbird.com/
'''Rich Winley'''
An entrepreneur that has a background in sales, Rich is a VP at GUI Global and a founder at Gnomad, an advertising network. He previously completed an IronYard course in South Carolina and founded No-Chains an app featured in Forbes but that ultimately appears to have failed.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richwinley
http://gnomadnetwork.com/
http://www.blackenterprise.com/technology/rich-winley-no-chains-food-app/
'''Rishi Sohoni'''
Construction Manager and organizer at 3DS, a startup accelerator from the University of Houston’s Bauer college of business.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rsohoni
http://www.bauer.uh.edu/3ds/about.php
'''Robert De Los Santos'''
CEO of Sky High Party Rentals, a company that sells inflatable bounce houses for parties. Co-founder of FireStartup Web Technology, a company that helps small businesses in Houston gain a web presence. Co-founder at Indie Houston a website devoted to promoting art in Houston.
http://www.skyhighpartyrentals.com/
http://www.firestartup.com/
http://indiehouston.org/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertdelossantos
'''Roslynn Velasquez'''
Community Outreach Officer at The black sheep agency, a marketing firm.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/roslynnfitch
http://theblacksheepagency.com/the-flock/
'''Sameer Soleja'''
Founder and CEO at Molecule Software as well as an Adjunct Professor at UH. Molecule software is a website that assists in commodity trading.
http://www.molecule.io/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ssoleja
'''Sarah Rigdon'''
Marketing director at Braincheck a website that allows you to check if you have a concussion based on initial baseline testing.
http://braincheck.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahrigdon
'''Sebastian Good'''
Owner of Palladium Consulting Inc. and Computer Software Consultant who specializes in high end custom scientific and economic software.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastiang
http://www.palladiumconsulting.com/
'''Stephen White'''
Founder of Qukku, a platform for video viewers and watchers to come together. Co-Founder and Director of Fair Haven Trading Company, a social enterprise devoted to reselling and marketing organic and fair trade products.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenrwhite
https://www.linkedin.com/company/fair-haven-trading-company
http://www.qukku.com/
'''Aziz Gilani'''
Mercury Fund investor and expert in Start-Up accelerators, also an adjunct Professor at Rice’s Jones School of Business, where he teaches a course on venture capital.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/azizgilani
http://mercuryfund.com/
http://mercuryfund.com/team/aziz-gilani/
'''Tim DeSilva'''
Founder of Culture Pilot in 2003 it is now a successful marketing consulting firm.
http://timdesilva.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/timdesilva
http://culturepilot.is/
'''Travis Potter'''
Customer Service Technician at SoftLayer Technologies, an IBM Company specializing in cloud infrastructure. Travis is also the owner and founder of awkward situations web design.
www.softlayer.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-potter-4b822416
'''Tri Nguyen'''
Co-Founder at Zodist, a subscription box service for vaping enthusiasts. CEO at Sensibly a medical innovation company. Director of Marketing at PixelRocket a creative solutions firm specializing in technology and design.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/trisongz
https://www.linkedin.com/company/3628804?trk=prof-exp-company-name
http://www.zodist.com/
http://www.pixelrocketapps.com/
'''Daniel Buentillo'''
Chief Engineer at Mioty a brand new start up with no published goals.
https://angel.co/mioty-startup
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielbuentello
'''Wes Gamble'''
Senior software engineer at The Advisory Board Company. The Advisory Board Company is a consulting company with a wide variety of services.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesgamble
'''Wesley Okeke'''
CEO Business Strategist at Fruition Technology Labs a marketing consultant company. Former volunteer at OwlSpark.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fruitiontech
'''James Phelan'''
Founder and CEO at White Space a platform for connecting work space with small businesses. Managing Director at Houston Professionals a networking organization in Houston. Partnership Director at Startup Grind Houston, an event series to educate and inspire local Houston entrepreneurs.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesphelan2
http://whitespacehou.com/
'''Yael Hochberg'''
Ex-entrepreneur and current professor of entrepreneurship at Rice University currently studying the effects of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurs. Academic director of Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship. Created seedranker a website that ranks start-up accelerators around the nation.
http://www.seedrankings.com/
http://yael-hochberg.com/
==Important Institutions to Research==
**serves in 5 industry sectors: IT, Life Sciences, Energy, Nanotechnology, Aerospace
**see excel file for list of HTC graduates
*[[Mercury Fund]]**Venture Capital firm focused on software and science startups in the mid-continental US*[[enventure]]
**life sciences hub
*[[Texas Medical Center Innovation]]
**TMCx
**TMCx+
**TMCbiodesign
**Jlabs@TMC (in partnership [[Johnson and Johnson Innovation]] )
*bioHouston
*Platform
*SurgeSURGE Ventures
*Poetic Systems
*[[OwlSpark]]*[[RED Labs]]*SXSW Interactive http://www.sxsw.com/interactive/about
