June 19, 2012
12:25 pm
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):
- Godard Abel – CEO, BigMachines
- John Aiello – Co-founder & CEO, SAVO
- James Albaugh – President & CEO Boeing
- Michael Alter – CEO Surepayroll
- John Banta – CEO Illinois Ventures
- Zac Boca – Co-founder & CEO SingleHop
- Gregory Brown – Chairman & CEO Motorola
- David Budworth – Chief Architect Peak 6
- Michael Burke – Co-founder & President appssavvy
- David Calhoun – CEO, Nielsen
- Leon Chism CTO Analyte Health
- Lon Chow – General Partner, Apex Venture Partners
- Brandon Cruz – Founder, President & CTO, GoHealth
- Mary Dillon – President & CEO, US Cellular
- Howard Draft – Exec Chairman, DraftFCB
- John Edwardson – Chairman & CEO, CDW
- Rahm Emmanuel – Mayor, City of Chicago
- Mike Evans – Co-founder, GrubHub
- Seyi Fabode – Chief Electricity Officer, Power2Switch
- Matt Ferguson – CEO, Careerbuilder
- Michael Ferro – Chairman & CEO, Merrick Ventures
- David Fisher – CEO, OptionsXpress
- Brian Fitzpatrick – Head Engineer, Google
- Paul Ford – CEO, Total Attorneys
- Ian Foster – Professor and Director, University of Chicago Computation Institute
- Amy Francetic – Executive Director, Clean Energy Trust
- Stuart Frankel – CEO, Narrative Science
- John Freeland – President & CEO, SymphonyIRI
- Jason Fried – Co-founder & CEO, 37Signals
- Gian Fulgoni – Co-founder & Executive Chairman, comScore
- Jim Gagnard – Chairman, Illinois Technology Association
- Phupinder Gill – President & CEO, CME Group
- Christopher Gladwin – President & CEO, Cleversafe
- Frank Gruber – Co-founder & CEO, Tech Cocktail
- Sam Guren – Managing Director, Hyde Park Angels
- Barney Harford – President & CEO, Orbitz
- Sean Harper – Co-founder & CEO, FeeFighters
- Troy Henikoff – CEO, Excelerate Labs
- Josh Hernandez – Founder & CEO, Tap.Me
- Dan Hess – CEO, Local Offer Network
- Fred Hoch – President, Illinois Technology Association
- Justyn Howard – Founder & CEO, SproutSocial
- Dan Jauernig – President & CEO, Classified Ventures
- Sanjay Jha – Chairman & CEO, Motorola Mobility
- Bryan Johnson – Founder & CEO, Braintree
- Clint Jones – Co-founder & CEO, GoHealth
- Jeff Judge – CEO, Signal
- Steve Kaplan – Professor, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- Zach Kaplan – Founder & CEO Inventables
- Megan Kashner – Founder & CEO, Benevolent.net
- Chris Kennedy – Former President Merchandise Mart Properties
- Brad Keywell – Managing Partner, Lightbank
- Ross Kimbarovsky – Co-founder, crowdSPRING
- Dag Kittlaus – Inventor Siri
- Seth Kravitz – Co-founder & CEO, Technori
- Logan LaHive – CEO, Belly
- Amanda Lannert – President, Jellyvision
- Paul Lee – Partner, Lightbank
- Eric Lefkofsky – Managing Partner, Lightbank
- Eric Lunt – CTO, BrightTag
- Dan Lyne – Director, Technology Development, World Business Chicago
- Matt Maloney – Co-founder & CEO GrubHub
- Talia Mashiach – CEO, Eved
- Andrew Mason – Founder & CEO, Groupon
- Matt McCall – Partner, New World Ventures
- Carole McCluskey – Corporate Shared Services, Redbox
- Ben Milne – Founder & CEO, Dwolla
- Matt Moog – Founder, Viewpoints & Built In Chicago
- David Nelms – Chairman & CEO, Discover Financial
- Maura OHara – Executive Director, IVCA
- Andrew Parkinson – Founder, Chairman, President & General Manager, Peapod
- Jack Philbin – Co-founder & President Vibes Media
- Michael Polsky – President & CEO, Invenergy LLC
- J.B. Pritzker – Managing Partner,Pritzker Group
- Robert Pullen – President & CEO, Tellabs
- Dhiraj Rajaram – CEO, Mu Sigma
- Harper Reed – CTO, 2012 Obama Presidential Campaign
- Shawn Riegsecker – Founder & President, Centro
- Nik Rokop – Managing Director, Knapp Entrepreneurship Center
- Nick Rosa – Co-founder & Managing Director, Sandbox Industries
- Tom Ryan – CEO, Threadless
- Neal Sales-Griffin – CEO, Code Academy
- Ed Scanlan – Founder & Chairman, Total Attorneys
- Irv Shapiro – CEO & CTO, IfByPhone
- Jai Shekhawat – CEO, Fieldglass
- Andrew Sieja – President & CEO, kCura
- Deepak Sindwani – Partner, Bain Capital Ventures
- Michael Small – CEO, Gogo, Inc.
- Tom Sosnoff – Founder, Tasty Trade
- Brian Spaly – CEO, TrunkClub
- Emerson Spartz – CEO, Spartz Media
- David Speer – Chairman & CEO, Illinois Tool Works
- Rishad Tobaccowala – Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer, Vivaki
- Josh Tsui – Co-owner, Robomodo
- Glen Tullman – CEO, Allscripts
- Howard Tullman – CEO, Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy
- Kevin Willler – CEO, Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center
- Wolcott – Executive Director, Kellogg Innovation Network
- Desiree Vargas Wrigley – Co-founder & CEO, GiveForward
- 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.
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