Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Philadelphia.
UX Designer at @rjmetrics.
Idea cultivator, visualizer and problem solver. His work as Art Director and UX Designer allows him to consistently develop his understanding of the world.
Experienced Director for large healthcare IT company. Project managment experience for complex technical / data projects. Founded OfficePickem & ThoroughCare.
5+ years in "startup development". I work hard as a team player/team leader and love it. I love designing and learning. UX/UI/Design/Dev/Prodcut.
http://launchriot.com
Design & Dev at @brighttag . Founder of @fastfig. Studied @lafayette-college College.
http://blog.fastfig.com
Founder @hearo.fm @BrownVentureLabs • Studied at @BrownUniversity • ui/ux product designer • entrepreneur
From Philadelphia, Now living in Mountain View, CA
http://www.antar.me
DC/LA Superconnector @forbes @MoxieStrategy @StartupGrindDC @ADmapco Creative Strategist, Media2.0Sensei, Political Wonketeer, Entrepreneurial Techie, Neuro PhD
Co-Founder, VP Product @wellcomemat. Launched first video platform in 2006. Creator helping companies transform good ideas into great products. Say hello!
http://www.holaphil.com
Founder @callgrader, @cityvoice, and @bluematch. @dreamit-ventures alum. Beer lover, beard grower, bean counter.
Founder @slidejoy • Product Manager @quantcast, Software Engineer @oracle-corporation • Studied at @stanford-university, @wharton-school
@ticketleap Design lead; Working to build beautiful products and evocative brands. Visual Design/UI/UX
Co-founder @cucumbertown. UI/UX product design. Featured Tumblr theme designer. Portfolio of work for international & national brands. Currently at @automattic.
http://blog.danhauk.com
UX Architect offering extensive information architecture, responsive web & user experience design. Founding member & advisor of several startups.
http://jediwright.com/consulting/
Founder and CEO @charlie-app a @dreamit-ventures backed company. Kauffman Global Scholar 2012 @ewing-marion-kauffman-foundation
Co-Founder and VP Product @snipsnap.
Founder @no-chains • Worked at @big-spaceship • Studied at @drexel-university
CTO & Cofounder @lenda. @500startups Graduate. UXD background; full stack developer; Buying low, selling high since age 12.
http://www.elijahish.com
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Co-Founder of @zokos. I used to design stadiums & build houses made of cellophane. Now I build sites that helps you have amazing friend-funded parties.
http://blog.yourzoko.com
Software Lead for @biomeme, Composer, Instrumentalist, Recording Engineer, Studied at @california-institute-of-the-arts @sonoma-state-university
Designer / Android Engineer @stublisher-inc, Interned at @zoic-studios, Worked at @id-tech-camps
Founder @cleancoin • Worked at @sei-investments , @seventysix-capital • Studied at @drexel-university
Engineer & designer, UPenn grad, 4 years of design experience
Wharton MBA 2013; Co-founder of myGallist app & GiftHerdr.com. Focused on project management, operations, product development, business development, marketing
UX / UI / Product Designer
User Experience Designer with a passion for making people’s lives better through design.
http://www.inspireUX.com
Co-founder and CTO of Moor Games
Co-founder at Partcle. MSE in Integrated Product Design, UPenn. Design Engineer with Smart Design. Previously cofounder at Lokalty
I am passionate about building great products, creating excellent user experiences, & helping people live/work smarter. Studied at @penn_state, @CityUniLondon.
Full Stack Rails Developer, Freelance CTO, Designer, Startup Advisor
Studied at @university-of-the-arts
CoFounder Head of Product @SkillsetMe
Data geek and UX Designer of cloud-based SaaS apps: @reframer-2 collaborative research/analytics, FootPrints customer support app, Comcast VoIP w/visual VM.
Founder @gridplex-networks-llc • Worked at @schlumberger, @university-of-pennsylvania-1 • Studied at @university-of-pennsylvania, @birla-institute-of-technology
Worked at @the-walt-disney-company, @nbc-universal • Studied at @carnegie-mellon-university, @school-of-visual-arts
13 yrs at Bay Area startups | marketing and product background + MBA/finance. | payments, real estate, higher ed, food/health sector experience
Co-Founder of PointView • past Technical Director at LonMark • strategist | technologist | presenter | programmer | leader | creator | poor golfer but likes it.
UPenn graduate with experience in graphic design, UI/UX, and SEO looking to make a big impact on a small team before returning to Wall Street
• Studied at University of Pennsylvania, @maryland-institute-college-of-art
http://jollybureau.com/blog/
Director of UX at @bluewolf, Co-Founder of Pavo and @parlez. Worked at Apple; Consulted with United Nations WFP, Western Digital, and GlaxoSmithKline.
http://medium.com/@Chanelle777
CEO & Founder Nicole Kelner Designs. Design enthusiast. Winner of Alibaba's Women Empowerment Award.
http://101designs.tumblr.com
Multidisciplinary designer with training in integrated design and several years of experience in User Experience, Service Design and Graphic Design.
Founder of @messageturf.com, 12 years of work experience in building software products, including mission critical real time stock quote & telephony applications
marketing and brand strategy, consumer insights, and innovation
Student at UPenn. Full stack generalist. Strong design sensibilities. Interned at Microsoft and NewsCred.
Designer and Illustrator; University of Pennsylvania, BA Fine Arts, Communication Design; Hackathon experience; web, mobile, print, interactive design
http://jeanyoungkim.com
Strategist, Consultant, & Researcher
Founder @kompact, @gps-extractor @us-naval-research-laboratory @nasa-goddard @DrexelAutonomousSystemsLab @drexel-university @johns-hopkins-university
Bioengineer from University of Pennsylvania; working at Epic, the leader in EMR software in the U.S.; interested in the push for digitizing healthcare
Currently building the future of SDN @GencoreSystems. Pursuing Computer Science, Marketing & Statistics @Penn. Previously @microsoft and @Booz.
http://bitsandquarks.com/
Worked at @osmosis-2
Studied at @university-of-california-los-angeles, @carnegie-mellon-university
Wharton '15, tech strategy, marketing, and business development
Worked at @beacon-lively, @paul-morelli-design • Studied at @university-of-pennsylvania, @temple-university
CTO, GeoTraffic Networks
Management and Technology Student @ University of Pennsylvania; Studying CompSci and Management; Worked @ @office-of-naval-research and @basecamp-ventures
Undergraduate at @wharton-school Business @ UPenn. Aspiring Entrepreneur, Web Designer, Great Learner.
Upenn Masters (Systems Engineering);Worked at a startup;Hardworking and Creative;Oil Painting;Speech Signal Separation;Fast Learner;Made a working prototype of a washer dryer combo.
Ivy League Bioengineering Graduate looking for position in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, health care, consulting, programming, or data processing/analysis.
Web Developer at @drexel-university and @biomeme. Maker at NextFab Studio. Able to take on multiple roles. @williams-college College.
Co-founder and Creative Director of @matchbook-magazine
Product Designer. University of Pennsylvania, BS Mechanical Engineering w/minor in Fine Arts. Solidworks, Maya, Matlab, Adobe CS
A designer with love for a simple & clean user experience
http://www.dribbble.com/ilcreations
Major in Animation and Business Minor at @philadelphia-university University; freelance animations for The NFL, The Brooklyn Brothers, Stand Up 4 NYC, and Oink Ink Radio
Flexible skillset allows for participation in the creation process from market research to prototyping and user testing to development and launch
Husband, Dad & Designer of good stuff for kids and families.
Founder @brielle-rae-design-co Art director with strong client and presentation skills focus on brand development.
Front-end software engineering lead. Strong background in UI development and UX design. Masters in engineering. Work published in IEEE Transactions.
I have had exposure in corporate, start-up, and project environments.
Founder at etrackr, full stack developer, and Penn State graduate
Head of Design for @peoplelinx. UX/UI junkie. Avid outdoorsman. Lego enthusiast. Foodie. Tube amplification+heavy riffage. Creation/Destruction/Evolution.
University of Pennsylvania Computer Science, Experienced in Web Design/Development and Video Production.
UX Product Designer - specializing in the building of software platforms
Swarthmore College CS, Fluent in Python, Basic knowledge in C, C++, and C#,
Haverford College Computer Science major
Swarthmore Honors Economic Anthropology, experience in social enterprise ops & mgmt (Ashoka, Clinton Global Initiative), co-founder of hip-hop arts initiative,
RISD MFA 2004, full-stack generalist and Art Director; Managed 16-person creative group at Lincoln Financial, AD for Martha Stewart + DeBeers.
UPenn Digital Media Design, interaction and information design, storyteller
Interactive Designer and Illustrator. Extensive design experience in interactive, branding, print and social media. Hardworking, passionate, pleasant.
Undergrad at Penn. Majoring in philosophy, politics and economics. Minoring in computer science. Chinese and Spanish speaker.
CMU Comp Sci. Competition Programming - topcoder, ACM ICPC World Finals. Experience at 2 big data startups. Full stack and system architecture experience.
Founder of Ablaze and Wavecam. Electronic and software product design. 13 cool patents. Prof at Villanova. Worked on Skycam, Wavecam & your new idea.
Built and sold companies. MS and MBA with 4.0 GPA
CTO, at Sequoia Waste while studying MIS @villanova-university. Strong business background, able to bridge the gap between management and tech development.
Self-starter front-end developer who excells in mobile development and front-end engine developer.
Passionate, modern front end developer with a drive to deliver nothing but quality. Strong desire to learn, explore, and contribute to success.
Healthcare provider, designer, mHealth developer, web wrestler, always thinking about sustainability, DIY tinker and always questioning the Socratic method.
UX Designer at Vanguard; Worked at SAP, Dow Chemical, and City of Philadelphia.
Front-End Developer at Fancy Hands
Penn State Engineer, maker, interested in M2M/M2C and the Internet of Things, driven to create.
http://disruptable.cc
Engineering Student at Drexel University. Freelance Web Designer & Developer.
CEO of Nuristur, Graduate of the Daymond John academy, Strong business background, Network with Mike Kusak, First start-up social media,
Practicing UX/UI Design, Thinking in Code.
CompSci + Graphic Design + Behaviorial Psych.
http://ahhhnice.com
Full Stack Developer, Focus on High Quality UI / UX with application / system. Passion for cutting edge technologies and solid design / planning.
Full stack engineer / visual designer
Managing Partner - Swagger Agency Inc.
Self-motivated Drexel Product Design graduate with strong digital media skills & will to learn on the go.
http://viiithnerve.tumblr.com
Owner of Code & Arrow and Shuttergap Photography. Designer. Developer. Photographer. Student of life.
Co-Founder and CTO at Easypose, LLC
IT Systems Administrator and Web Developer at PRO-MIC Corporation
Full Stack Developer with an affinity for Ruby on Rails, javascript, and Java. Aspiring designer. English minor.
http://www.ryanepp.com/blog
front end web programmer. JavaScript
Customer Experience, Marketing and Product focussed entrepreneurial MBA.
Highly motivated self-starter with both entrepreneurial and corporate managed experience. Web/Biz Dev with a passion to learn bleeding edge web techniques.
http://www.alrivera.me/AlRiveraResume.pdf
Founder @eye-able • Studied at @ursinus-college
Forging my path to victory. Co-founder of Feels. 2015 BFA Candidate for Service Design @ SCAD. Worked at AOL, Reebok, and Microsoft.
UX/Front End Developer who believes that a good app or site starts with the users first.
UX / Product Designer at @curalate. Visual story teller at heart. Agency and large corporation work. Digital nerd. Loves technology.
http://www.alexandermayes.com
Founder Humanaliens. Worked with Jeffrey Campbell shoes, Nasty Gal and Privileged shoes. Strong background in fashion design and visual arts.
http://humanaliens.tumblr.com/
User experience strategy, web and user interface interaction design.
Founder/Art Director at @velorastudios & @clear-goals-2. Co-host of @brightlounge. Designer, developer, musician, entrepreneur and traveler. Always improving.
Designer and cofounder of Skyscraper Solutions and OrderDeck.
Front end
Directors of a small web design studio. Animation director and artist
Senior fashion industry management major at Philadelphia University, associate consultant at Commonwealth Proper, strong background in sales/production through internships
Director of Operations at RealWinWin
Graduate of University of the Arts with a BFA in Graphic Design. Have experienced both startup and ad agency culture.
http://minjikwon.tumblr.com
Multidisciplinary creative whose as comfortable leading big strategic projects as he is jumping in and designing the experience. Yet finds time to play his PS4.
Front End Web Developer • Studied at @seton-hall-university
CEO & Co-Founder Backpac • Worked at https://angel.co/, @the-cooper-foundation-cooper-university-healhcare • Studied at @rowanuniversity
http://www.whatiknownoww.wordpress.com
Designer // Developer // Product Manager // UX Enthusiast
http://thedotmack.com
Solutions Developer
Lead Designer & Product Developer @colabination.
Clear craftmanship with high standards.
Founder ARTMUZO • Studied at @california-state-university-sacramento, @bowie-state-university
Hello, my name is Frankelly Valdez. I’m a designer and developer who dabbles in music and photography, and enjoys creating things.
Founder STYCZ • Worked at @unisys-corp • Studied at @southwestern-college
Founder of @kensumer. I enable state-of-the-art technology mixed with design, w/ the goal of creating extraordinary value to both buyers & sellers.
A young tech entrepreneur with vision and ability.
UX/UI Designer with a focus on mobile applications. Strong background in digital and print. Art Institute of Philadelphia grad 2008.
Art Director/Sr. Designer
Drexel University, Senior, Web Developer, primarily front-end with emphasis on user experience
Web Developer, Entrepreneur, Tech Geek, Founder
UI/UX Designer and entrepreneur with a self starter attitude and a passion for telling compelling stories.
IT graduate with entry-level experience in Web Development and Systems Administration, looking to learn and contribute.
Founder @complex-concepts-media-group-llc, @inkyou-net
http://InkYou.net/blog/wordpress
DEsigner, developer, ideator, concept vigilante, and innovation addict
http://imakethingssometimes.tumblr.com
UPenn Digital Media Design with Fine Arts and Math minors, interested in bringing a digital skill-set to the world of entertainment; www.rinakrevat.com
Creative Problem Solver.
Business Innovation / User Centered Designer
CG Generalist, Compositor, and Motion Graphics artist. I create high quality visual effects for every employer I work with.
UPenn CS major, minoring in entrepreneurship. Worked at Google, but I'm looking for something smaller... I'm looking to help build a company.
Senior User Experience Leader with strong design, business, and software background.
Philadelphia-based interactive art director, designer, thinker.
n/a
Front end designer with experience managing content & social media.
Founder & CEO of upcoming start up Qwesky; Internet Entrepreneur, Self-taught computer programmer, and freelance graphics designer.
Application architect; user advocate.
http://http:/zettlemoyer.com
17. Squarespace Freelance Designer / Developer. Learning.
Over a decade of national brand experience, I visually bring to life a brand promise, a new product launch & an entrepreneur’s dreams from conception to launch.
http://www.imeup.com
Game Designer / Narrative Designer
Focus on storytelling and Gameplay.
Worked for @atari, @ubisoft.
Serial tech entrepreneur, investor in frontier markets, and data scientist. Founder of: @appfrica @d8a-group @market-atlas
http://gosdot.com
Founder @dear-laney
http://www.xodearlaney.blogspot.com
Creative Director/Digital Mercenary, Worked With Wikipedia Co-Founder Larry Sanger & Patriots' Quaterback Tom Brady, Winner Of Multiple Design Awards
Creative Director, Designer, Problem Solver, Motivator. www.katerobbinsdesign.com
Web Designer and Front-End Developer. Fanatical about details and clean, usable design. ([email protected])
Christ-following, family-loving, {human} experience craftsman. Helping build @theuxworkshop.
Award-winning graphic, web & UI designer. Entrepreneur enthusiast. Architect. Tech
NBC Sports Network graphic designer, print and digital designer, BFA Tyler School of Art, Temple University
http://popflys.com
excellent at design and concept construction
On my way.
Marketing Expert - strategy, multi-channel marketing, eCommerce, and analytics
Independent Antique Broker
Former Buyer, Merchandiser Planner & Allocation Analyst for TJX Companies
Design, Fashion, Art lover