Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Providence.
I do R&D @sendgrid-1 making developers lives more awesome. Husband to @bethrowan, dad of @demirowan & bred in RI. Helping tech in RI thru @betaspring
http://mikerowan.org
Was largest Blockbuster Franchisee in Northeast before selling in 2008. Been involved in various other businesses. Teach Management classes at Bryant University. Member of the Boulevard Investment Group in Providence RI.
Co-Founder @tellme (@microsoft), Founder @swipely
Co-founder and mobile development guy at @splitwise • Worked at @zattoo, @mobiata • Studied at @university-of-michigan
COO at Moo. Mentor at Providence based incubator Betaspring. Previously VP Ops at Ofoto (Acquired by Eastman Kodak)
Investor in @dijipop, Tracelytics, @infusion-resource, @tunr, @jobzle, @albion-special-care, @aces-technologies, @er-card, @diavibe, @catapult-er, @databraid...
Co-founder @splitwise. All-around developer and designer. @yale-university '12.
Software developer at @change-collective. Computer Science student at @brown-university University. Board game/table top geek and edtech enthusiast.
Investments for @hvf and @mlevchin.
CEO at Gbooking LTD (former XLR Group), MBA (Technion), B.A in Math & CS (Technion)
Co-founder of @121nexus. Software & patent practitioner. Worked at BofA and Goldman. @cornell-university '07.
http://www.albertho.net/blog/
Managing Partner of @betaspring, top 15 accelerator in US. Approaching 100 investments. 2-1-1 record as founder, $20M raised. I like to help.
CEO, Co-Founder of @121nexus
http://121nexus.blogspot.com/
Brown CS & English; Android Developer; Former intern @foursquare and @animoto.
CEO and Co-founder of Splitwise, Dropped out of @harvard-university Astrophysics PhD. Forbes 30 Under 30 2011.
http://blog.splitwise.com
DC/LA Superconnector @forbes @MoxieStrategy @StartupGrindDC @ADmapco Creative Strategist, Media2.0Sensei, Political Wonketeer, Entrepreneurial Techie, Neuro PhD
Wells Fargo Retail Finance- Business Development, VP
Marketing and Technology Professional | Marketing Technologist
UX designer. Slurpee aficionado.
Investor in @cmp-ly, @betaspring, @placester, @golocal-prov, @airkast, @mofuse, @accuradio, @bia-kelsey-group, Mercury Digital Marketing, @livio-radio, iWeb...
Specializing in doing stuff I've never done before. Dual BS in CS/CompE from The U of K. Former overachiever at @lexmark.
Former firefighter, owned multiple sm. biz's, dabbled in politics & non-profits before falling in love with startup. Selling, marketing, biz dev=it's what I do.
Leader, architect, entrepreneur. Director at Cyber Care, founder of @joinvestor, consultant at @healey-engineering, educated at @northeastern-university.
http://www.healeyengineering.com/thoughts/
Care Thread – Cofounder, COO; Healthcare IT Entrepreneur
Co-dev education funding formula for RI, integration & analysis @ state department, predictive analytics as Harvard Strategic Data Fellow. Dir of Data @allovue
Creator of InPerson meetup website + Brown Conversation student organization; all about making ideas happen + bringing people together for dinner + conversation
CEO / Co- Founder @recroup with experience in searching job and hiring people in the most competitive job markets in the world "India" .
http://blog.recroup.com
Director of Customer Success @swipely. Former first employee @the-resumator.
CEO of @iontera. Experience with startups - Jana, @bandgap-engineering (co-founder); @ecredit (acq. by Fidelity Ventures) and larger co's - P&G. Harvard MBA
http://www.choicehobson.com
Tech and music enthusiast, Graduate of Founder Institute, Graduate of Betaspring. Built www.Tabber.co, 1st place @angelhack
CCO at @sproutel | Co-founder & National Board Advisor at @design-for-america | @Northwestern Alum | "15 Women to watch in Tech 2012" by Inc
Strong experienced business background. Very current on big data mining to unearth sales.
Front-End Designer / Developer with 17 years experience. I've worked for: @gamespy @okcupid @crispy-gamer @goldenspear
http://cwbuecheler.com/
Founder @astroprint.
Past founder of FindYogaNow.com, a yoga class search engine with over 4K studios and 20K classes listed daily.
http://blog.3DaGoGo.com
CEO at @sproutel || @DellSocialInnov Fellow || National Board Advisor @design-for-america || @Northwestern alum
My clinical practice involves the surgical treatment of liver tumors, pancreas tumors, endocrine tumors, melanoma and sarcoma. Multidisciplinary management is strongly emphasized.
Founder: @eddefy, @avacon-inc, @the-vesuvius-group, @deskhappy.
Alumni @singularity-university U. @startupweekend Boston.
Lateral thinker / Creative futurist
BA in Interactive Media. Big Thinker. Expert Live Streaming Video, Video Production, Design, CSS, HTML, and User Interaction. Exp in Game Industry/Higher Ed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLxyUcq71Qc
Brown University: Mechanical Engineering and Economics. Diverse interests and a broad skill set. Eager to help a young company make the world a better place.
COO cofounder @xactsense Founder @aidg -- 2010 TED Senior Fellow, TED Speaker, background in BOP hardware development, IT, and helping startups. @yale grad
Growth hacker at @splitwise. @venture-for-america fellow. Brown University alumna.
Founder Consignd • Studied at @rhode-island-school-of-design-1, @brown-university, @harvard-university
CEO @shuttercal. Former Sr. Interactive Designer @AMNH, Moey Inc, Nickelodeon, Media Records, sci & children's museums nation wide. Directed $1M+ exhibit builds
Co-founder of Chicdata. MD, MPH from Brown 2006/2011.
Founder at @recdesk & @triplefy; Ruby & .NET web developer; Hacker & Dreamer; @university-of-connecticut MBA
http://mikeymo.net
Founder of MoFuse
RISD Furniture Design, Interested with what design can accomplish for our cognitive and physical needs - I create work that facilitates specific narratives.
http://www.benjaminkicic.com/Resume.pdf
The first online marketplace for global health technologies.
http://maternova.net/blog
Founder @overhead-fm • Worked at @google • Studied at @brown-university
http://blog.overhead.fm
TennisHub founder. We help tennis players play more and book tennis online. Check us out at www.tennishub.com
Mech Eng at Yale, Elec/Mech Eng generalist, Joined two startups <10 employees, developed, managed launch, and oversaw manufacturing of three products
http://ethan-carlson.com/blog.html
Founder and CEO HMSolution. Specialist in Entrepreneurship and Arsenic Water FIltration. Worked at @gerdau. MSc at Brown University.
Worked @trilogy, @versata-enterprises • Founder @world-wide-talent-search • Studied MBA @southern-new-hampshire-university
Two decades of experience at the intersection of healthcare, technology and finance. Sales & Marketing consultant. Angel investor. Startup advocate. Family guy.
http://www.meelia.com
Managing Director, Swifton CFOs. Member of MA2 and Beacon Angels. Adjunct Instructor, Tufts, WPI. Mentor and advisor to many entrepreneurial companies.
Worked at @hcl-technologies, @trianz • Studied at @dharmsinh-desai-institute-of-technology-nadiad @Tolani Institute of Management Studies
Project Manager, Educator, Software Developer. Currently teaching at a local University while overseeing several mobile and web development projects.
Looking for a freelance
VP of Engineering @sproutel | Former Lead Mobile Developer @zazu: a @masschallenge finalist and PepsiCo10 winner
Founder @surprise-ride. Strong experience in business development and execution; worked @jpmorgan-chase in M&A. Completed MBA @harvard-business-school.
Founder @smc, Experienced starting up and growing profitable sales organizations. Looking for a new Sales and Business Development leadership position.
http://frielich.blogspot.com/
Founder of Panoptic Development. Builder of web/mobile software. Com Sci and Mathematics at @university-of-rhode-island.
Dir Engineering (Mobile Apps) @ozmott, Sr. PM @pfizer, @merck-and-co, Dir Tech Ops @webct; @dartmouth-college @harvard-graduate-school-of-education
http://NavigatingTheWaters.com
Business Developer | Entrepreneur | Problem Solver | People Person Hashtag of the moment is #LeBroning
Dual Degree: Brown CS, RISD Design. UI/UX design. Worked as game developer for UglySoft. Fluent in Chinese.
Founder @tbdconsulting @startup-street • Worked @stubhub, @napster @mertado @ecast
Co-Founder & CMO @locusplay • Worked at @digital-chocolate
Bain AC | Google Intern | Project Manager Techstyle Haus | Electrical Engineering at @brown-university 2014
http://followthescience.tumblr.com/
Research Analyst at DD of RI
Venture for America Fellow Class of 2013. Cofounder @SocialProv, Pitt BioE 2013. Entrepreneur / Bioengineer / Musician.
Industrial Designer, UI/UX Designer, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) BFA Industrial Design 2013
Grad student at Brown; Worked at KOTRA and Samsung
Co-founder @crave-food-services
A driven 23 year old, I have always pushed myself to reach new heights for ambitiously set goals.
CEO @revenue-architects. Founder/Investor @revenizer. 20 years management consulting, sales, marketing at IBM, AT&T, Viant, PA Consulting.
http://www.revenuearchitects.com/blog
Brown/RISD Dual Degree '15. CS + Animation.
Vanderbilt Grad, Venture for America Fellow, ready to do what you need done
Co-founder of Mingleton • Studied at @harvard-university • Worked at @bain-company
International Relations student at Brown. Varsity lacrosse player. Proficient in English and Spanish. Marketing: Waveconnex Inc. and Trout and Partners Group.
Founder @foodler • Worked at @brown-university-1 • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology
Brown Mech Engineering, design process master, extensive project leading, entrepreneurship, design & problem solving. 1st place RI Elevator Pitch Competition.
Soon to be Brown University graduate with an interest in media and marketing as well as journalism.
Co Founder Telescope Health • Studied at @brown-university
Coordinator of Rhode Island Urban Debate League. Balance sheet virtuoso. Extreme familiarity with language. BA Brown 2013
Co-Founder and CEO of BurnFisch. Ex-Googler. Experienced Product Manager.
Brown student & Techstars graduate at 18. When not consulting small businesses, I'm teaching student entrepreneurs or writing my novel.
http://blog.spanishcurls.com
Current Brown University undergraduate studying Neuroscience. Biological Computer Vision researcher in the Serre Lab. Ex-hacker schooler.
Product Manager at @bottomline-technologies
Worked at @navigant-consulting, @solidworks-1 • Studied at @dartmouth-college
Startup obsessed, golf addict
Sucessful HR Professional who loves working with Start-ups. Reciently established the HR department at ROAM Data.
Founder of CherryCard and student at Brown.
Economics major Brown University. Background in political finance, investment presentations and finance blogging. Concentration: socially responsible investing.
http://theifj.com/?author=50
Current Operations & Brand Manager for student services start up, experience as copywriter & designer, previous political Campaign Manager, Duke 2010.
Brown University Senior passionate about technology; worked as a consultant in KPMG's Advisory Practice; looking for opportunities to get involved in tech.
Founder Vana • Studied at @worcester-polytechnic-institute
Senior CS student at Brown. Former Quora and Facebook intern
iOS Engineer. Background in machine learning, neuroscience, cognitive psychology, robotics, mathematical modeling...
http://www.fabiancanas.com
Founder @student-moving-service • Studied at @brown-university
Degrees in physics, engineering, and sustainable design; nordic skier, runner, and cyclist.
Brown CS; Google Intern; Head TA for CS class at Brown; Experience with large datasets, code optimization; Android Developer; International Relations enthusiast
Undergraduate student at Brown University graduating in December 2014
Master in CS@ Brown, love to learn new stuff.
Executive director of Beat the Streets Providence. Soon to be graduate of Brown University. Experience in business development and marketing.
http://thebrownbagger.com
Brown Sc.B in Social Analysis and Research - Strong background in Marketing and Marketing Analytics
Engineer with a Right Brain: Brown MechE student; Design for America Team Lead; Brown CubeSat Power Lead; Worked @Makeable and @loft
Young & driven marketing professional. Brown '11 grad. Former collegiate & professional athlete.
Brown Philosophy, tried many startups myself but now want to join one, experience in India and Brazil
Brown University Student, Division 1 Hockey Player, Current Brown University Sports Foundation Worker, Former Analyst at Barclays Capital
Brown CS, 1st software startup out of school, economics and business background
Brown University Economics; startup & Wall Street experience
Undergrad at Brown University; design enthusiast
Brown University '14.5; BA in Economics & Psychology; 2+ years experience in research and strong organizational skills.
Brown University 2015
Technical co-founder and student. Worked in payments, databases, and customized garments.
MBA Graduate with a passion for branding
http://brndbl.tumblr.com
Investor in Sports Recruits LLC, Founder of ValCourse Inc., VP Marketing at Tuatara Corp, and Biz Dev at Pearson Learning Solutions/Online Learning
http://livecurious.squarespace.com
Founded Essex Street Capital; long time senior executive of a specialty finance company. Especially interested in tech-enabled fin co's
Product Manager at Skyhook. Loves working with people and data. Worked at Google and Kickstarter. First class honours degree from Trinity College Dublin.
Worked at @swipely, @verisign • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley
http://logscale.com/blog/
RISD trained industrial designer, swiss-army-knife skillset, thinker, tinkerer, mover, builder, leader, fundraiser, researcher.
Tufts Logic MA; Learning Rails and Javascript at Startup Institute Boston; Worked in genetics lab for 4 years prior
http://davidlaprade.github.io/blog.html
I'm a creative mobile architect, focusing on original Android app development as well as porting iOS apps to Android. I love building mobile apps!
http://gyurigrell.com
Brown Biostats, Research, Quantitative Analysis, Modeling, Machine Learning
Cognitive Science and Design student at Brown University, UX and Visual Designer, Varsity Athlete
International Trade Maven
Copywriter
Frontend developer at Advent Software with 4+ years of experience designing and building user interfaces for investment professionals.
Founder of DigiSole. Strong background in interactive product management, worked @gtech & @bluecrossRI, B.S. from Bryant University
Resident Physician, Internal Medicine, Brown University
Union College, completed MBA at Suffolk. Currently working as an Independent Consultant
University of San Diego law grad, admitted to the Massachusetts bar. Hoping to continue working with small businesses/startups in the Greater Boston Area.
Founder LineSaver
Industrial Design Student at RISD, Maker, Researcher, Problem-solver
Driven to improve healthcare. 20yrs. sales/mktg. in HC startups & global giants. Looking for a startup where innovation, creativity, change and teamwork count.
Graphic Designer, RISD, UX/UI Design, AIGA, piano instructor
Auditor with deep understanding of accounting and finance best practices, data analytics, process improvement, business risk, and internal controls.
Founder & CCO GRIP • Partner at @the-engine-design-studio • Studied at @rhode-island-school-of-design • Excellent design, team, and communication skills.
http://greatimages.tumblr.com
Graphic Design and @risdeship at @risd, Previously @kpcb Design Fellow at @flipboard
Mechanical Design Engineer at Sensata Technologies, Tufts University, Sailor
Master's from Karolinska Institut in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Successfully founded and ran a firm developing NLP data-mining technologies. Driven.
Vassar BA, Mayoral Fellow, Commissioned Public Artist
Creative Full Stack Web Developer - Web Dev Immersive General Assembly, BFA RISD
RISD Designer
Graduating Industrial Design student at RISD.
Connecticut College BA English Lit & American Studies, 6+ years of newspaper, online, social media experience. Writer, editor, critical thinker, quick learner.
http://thecollegevoice.org/
Worked at @university-of-northern-iowa-2, @fiveq • Studied at @auckland-university-of-technology, @university-of-northern-iowa
http://www.dustinrcollins.com
Savvy Admin | Detail Oriented | Results Driven | Creative Problemsolver
© 1984 • Social Strategy; Social Media Management & Consulting; Community Engagement; Online Marketing; Web & Graphic Design; WordPress Writer for Smashing Magazine; Positive Thinker.
MA graduate with extensive client facing experience. Seeking Account Management position in a start-up with a keen focus on developing a great company culture.
Aero/mech engineer
MBA professional with practical knowledge in strategic innovation with 8 years financial services experience interested in Lean/Six Sigma & Business development
Background in litigation, contracts (drafting and negotiation), and antitrust.
B.A degree holder in Government and Environmental Studies. Independent Spiritual Guru. Strong Leadership and Communication Skills, Sun Saluter.
http://reallifefacts4u.wordpress.com/
Research Associate at AaryaAroma. Past: Liberty Mutual Insurance, Standard Chartered Bank, and Carlsberg Group
Founder of @softwareengineers-co, the home of Mobile Copy Paste. MCP is the first (and only) mobile application to enable copy / paste over the internet !
I'm a designer with a knack for creating websites, brands, and experiences.
CPA. Master of Accounting. Experience in medical device industry.
CEO-UnPlanned Events
Author-Terms of Engagement
Producer-Catalytic Communities
entrepreneur writer collaborator optimist student blogger leader adventurer
http://from-seed-to-fruition.blogspot.com/
Thrive on Finance and Investing. Always up for a challenge. Eager to learn.
I want to change the world by investing in innovation that helps all of mankind.
COO - Founder Zazz
Founder BaseRails • Studied at @rutgers-university-new-brunswick
http://www.susieye.com
I gaduated from Bates College in 2012 with a degree in Economics and a minor in Spanish. I have worked at PharmLogic and Falvey Yacht Insurance.
Founder of Witsem. Strong open source development background (ADP, Wells Fargo, Domino's). MA, BA CSU, USAF.
Full stack Software Engineer.
http://zachgibb.com
Mobile Development, and Audio Engineering degrees; Product Manager at TennisHub; Strong development problem solving skills with a solid design background.
Left the corporate world to work and learn on an organic veggie and chicken farm. Most likely to continue farming, but I am always looking for new opportunities
From education to entrepreneurship, all squarely ground in arts integration.
Highly motivated technical professional with experience in Informational Technology.
An observer and world-creator.
A real estate investor based in New England, Robert Campellone works to facilitate opportunities for clients in conjunction with Realty Associates
http://robertcampellone.tumblr.com/
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Medical Marketing, Communications and Events
Donald T. Welsh served in the United States Marine Corps for nearly a quarter of a century, and maintains relationships with a number of military organizations.
http://donaldtwelsh.tumblr.com/
Currently I help young 'treps accelerate the materialization of their start-up companies. I facilitate conversation to consult upon existing business models.
http://BryantVentures.org
Founder @obzerved - Creative Director / Editor. I like making something out of nothing; Art. Strong skills in Branding, Marketing and Social Media. Positivity!
http://www.youtube.com/armenadamian
Furniture industry veteran. Strong design and marketing background. RISD ID.
http://www.shawngargiulo.com
Experienced Wall Street Strategist with proven track record in Sales, Brokerage, Business Development, Risk Management, and Product Development
Human Resources professional actively seeking ambitious, dedicated, and fun technical and sales leaders!
Digital Branding Specialist. Marketing experience with tech start-up, global travel firm, and online newspaper. Passion for video editing and production. Adobe Creative Suite guru.
Designer & Developer. Founder of @pear-buzz & @pear-printing in Providence. Worked with several startups including @orkiv . @bryant-university IT 2014
Browsing
Straight out of high school to my father's sign and tint business. I have been working there since middle school.
Customer Service Professional, Strong Environmental Education Background, B.A Sociology/Environmental Studies
Biology Sc.B. at Brown University
Student at URI; Freelance JavaScript developer.
Telecommunications Switch Technician. Product Management for Wireless Application Protocol 1.0
http://facebook.com/jianina.pagliarini
Our fund invests softwareware development startups. I have awesome dealflow in this fund - everyone knows to send the BitCoin software startups my way.
Accomplished Facilities Manager with 15+ years of logistical, operations and project management expertise.
Part time student looking for a full time position
Startup Advisor , Network Administrator , Web Developer , Business Conultant & Fan of FCBarcelona
Developer/hacker of back-end systems slowly pushing towards native apps. Some front-end experience.
newbie, I've never venture funded, just getting started
Programmer, writer and editor, artist (musician and actor).
I build things that get users' attention and help them complete their task.
http://amazingwebapplications.blogspot.com/
Brown University Economics Student
Start Up Consulting; Legal Research and Advising in IP, Copyright, Trademark, Trade Secret, Business, and HR/Labor Law.
Masters in Entrepreneurship and Teaching Assistant at Brown; Worked in Real Estate and Construction industry; Undergraduate major in Electronics and Communications Engineering
Marketing Coordinator for luxury jewelry and accessories designer. Avidly seeking a career with room for growth in Marketing, Public Relations, and Events.
CS Junior at Brown University
Econ student willing to do anything for a cool startup.
Worked at ABC Co.
Solutions-oriented advisor, strategic thinker
Worked at @united-states-marine-corps
UX/UI Visual Designer. Co-Founder & CCO @rootless. Studied at @university-of-cincinnati.
Co-Founder Thryve • Studied at Rhode Island School of Design
EdTech specialist, business professional, 12+ yrs global exp; productizing, scaling K-12 EdTech solutions that have impacted more than 1M+ kids & educators.
Designer of DanielleCicero bridal and Special Occasions www.daniellecicero.com, custom clothing designer and fashion consultant/aspiring personality.
http://daniellecicero.tumblr.com
Founder JumpOffCampus • Worked at @factset-research-systems, @tra • Studied at @tufts-university
Business Administration Professor and Social Entrepreneur (in training)
Founder @surprise-ride • Worked at @jwt, @omnicom Media Group • Studied at @pc
I think data, content, analytics, and insight.
Worked at @testa-hurwitz-thibeault • Studied at @university-of-pennsylvania, @boston-university
Founder and Managing Partner of startup accelerator @betaspring, top 15 accelerator in US.
Senior at Brown University Interested in Contemporary Art, Marketing, and PR
Cherrystone Angel Group Executive Director, Startup Enthusiast, Kayaker, Hiker, Photographer, Foodie
I'm a Co-Founder and Partner at Betaspring, Providence-based accelerator
CEO of Care Thread. 10 years background enterprise/mobile software consultant (HP, Palm, Autodesk); MD from Dartmouth and Brown.
Founder @healthid-profile • Studied at @university-of-rhode-island, @johnson-wales-university
CEO of @revenizer - supercharge business growth. Digital / conversion optimization, product management, business development background. MBA.
http://blog.revenizer.com
Design Head / Co-founder @recroup full stack programmer and a designer. 3 years of experience in web development.
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