This Friday marks the commencement of Techweek, a four day technology conference in Chicago.  In anticipation of the event, Techweek recently announced the Techweek100, a lineup of the top technology leaders and business visionaries in Chicago and Greater Midwest.  The 100 entrepreneurs, thought-leaders and executives were pulled together by a group of judges, based on the following characteristics: impact on their startup or corporation, reach and influence, and their continued contribution to the local tech community.

Tech Cocktail has partnered with Techweek to host our classic mixer style event on Sunday evening to preview some of the startups participating in the Techweek LAUNCH event on Monday. We will also be curarting a speaker session on Monday at 4pm, so be sure to check back to the schedule when it’s announced.

The full Techweek 100 list is as follows (in alphabetic order by last name):

1. Godard Abel – CEO, BigMachines
2. John Aiello – Co-founder & CEO, SAVO
3. James Albaugh – President & CEO Boeing
4. Michael Alter – CEO Surepayroll
5. John Banta – CEO Illinois Ventures
6. Zac Boca – Co-founder & CEO SingleHop
7. Gregory Brown – Chairman & CEO Motorola
8. David Budworth – Chief Architect Peak 6
9. Michael Burke – Co-founder & President appssavvy
10. David Calhoun  – CEO, Nielsen
11. Leon Chism CTO Analyte Health
12. Lon Chow – General Partner, Apex Venture Partners
13. Brandon Cruz – Founder, President & CTO, GoHealth
14. Mary Dillon – President & CEO, US Cellular
15. Howard Draft – Exec Chairman, DraftFCB
16. John Edwardson – Chairman & CEO, CDW
17. Rahm Emmanuel – Mayor, City of Chicago
18. Mike Evans – Co-founder, GrubHub
19. Seyi Fabode – Chief Electricity Officer, Power2Switch
20. Matt Ferguson – CEO, Careerbuilder
21. Michael Ferro – Chairman & CEO, Merrick Ventures
22. David Fisher – CEO, OptionsXpress
23. Brian Fitzpatrick – Head Engineer, Google
24. Paul Ford – CEO, Total Attorneys
25. Ian Foster – Professor and Director, University of Chicago Computation Institute
26. Amy Francetic – Executive Director, Clean Energy Trust
27. Stuart Frankel – CEO, Narrative Science
28. John Freeland – President & CEO, SymphonyIRI
29. Jason Fried – Co-founder & CEO, 37Signals
30. Gian Fulgoni – Co-founder & Executive Chairman, comScore
31. Jim Gagnard – Chairman, Illinois Technology Association
32. Phupinder Gill – President & CEO, CME Group
33. Christopher Gladwin – President & CEO, Cleversafe
34. Frank Gruber – Co-founder & CEO, Tech Cocktail
35. Sam Guren – Managing Director, Hyde Park Angels
36. Barney Harford – President & CEO, Orbitz
37. Sean Harper – Co-founder & CEO, FeeFighters
38. Troy Henikoff – CEO, Excelerate Labs
39. Josh Hernandez – Founder & CEO, Tap.Me
40. Dan Hess – CEO, Local Offer Network
41. Fred Hoch – President, Illinois Technology Association
42. Justyn Howard – Founder & CEO, SproutSocial
43. Dan Jauernig – President & CEO, Classified Ventures
44. Sanjay Jha – Chairman & CEO, Motorola Mobility
45. Bryan Johnson – Founder & CEO, Braintree
46. Clint Jones – Co-founder & CEO, GoHealth
47. Jeff Judge – CEO, Signal
48. Steve Kaplan – Professor, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
49. Zach Kaplan – Founder & CEO Inventables
50. Megan Kashner – Founder & CEO, Benevolent.net
51. Chris Kennedy – Former President Merchandise Mart Properties
52. Brad Keywell – Managing Partner, Lightbank
53. Ross Kimbarovsky – Co-founder, crowdSPRING
54. Dag Kittlaus – Inventor Siri
55. Seth Kravitz – Co-founder & CEO, Technori
56. Logan LaHive – CEO, Belly
57. Amanda Lannert – President, Jellyvision
58. Paul Lee – Partner, Lightbank
59. Eric Lefkofsky – Managing Partner, Lightbank
60. Eric Lunt – CTO, BrightTag
61. Dan Lyne – Director, Technology Development, World Business Chicago
62. Matt Maloney – Co-founder & CEO GrubHub
63. Talia Mashiach – CEO, Eved
64. Andrew Mason – Founder & CEO, Groupon
65. Matt McCall – Partner, New World Ventures
66. Carole McCluskey – Corporate Shared Services, Redbox
67. Ben Milne – Founder & CEO, Dwolla
68. Matt Moog – Founder, Viewpoints & Built In Chicago
69. David Nelms – Chairman & CEO, Discover Financial
70. Maura OHara – Executive Director, IVCA
71. Andrew Parkinson – Founder, Chairman, President & General Manager, Peapod
72. Jack Philbin – Co-founder & President Vibes Media
73. Michael Polsky – President & CEO, Invenergy LLC
74. J.B. Pritzker – Managing Partner,Pritzker Group
75. Robert Pullen – President & CEO, Tellabs
76. Dhiraj Rajaram – CEO, Mu Sigma
77. Harper Reed – CTO, 2012 Obama Presidential Campaign
78. Shawn Riegsecker – Founder & President, Centro
79. Nik Rokop – Managing Director, Knapp Entrepreneurship Center
80. Nick Rosa – Co-founder & Managing Director, Sandbox Industries
81. Tom Ryan – CEO, Threadless
82. Neal Sales-Griffin – CEO, Code Academy
83. Ed Scanlan – Founder & Chairman, Total Attorneys
84. Irv Shapiro – CEO & CTO, IfByPhone
85. Jai Shekhawat – CEO, Fieldglass
86. Andrew Sieja – President & CEO, kCura
87. Deepak Sindwani – Partner, Bain Capital Ventures
88. Michael Small – CEO, Gogo, Inc.
89. Tom Sosnoff – Founder, Tasty Trade
90. Brian Spaly – CEO, TrunkClub
91. Emerson Spartz – CEO, Spartz Media
92. David Speer – Chairman & CEO, Illinois Tool Works
93. Rishad Tobaccowala – Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer, Vivaki
94. Josh Tsui – Co-owner, Robomodo
95. Glen Tullman – CEO, Allscripts
96. Howard Tullman – CEO, Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy
97. Kevin Willler – CEO, Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center
98. Wolcott – Executive Director, Kellogg Innovation Network
99. Desiree Vargas Wrigley – Co-founder & CEO, GiveForward
100. Sam Yagan – Founder, OkCupid

Born and raised in Illinois, it is an honor to be listed on the Techweek100 with such a great group of people. We look forward to seeing you later this week.