Atlanta Startups List
Young and energetic city with incredible transportation connections.
Atlanta is a great place for consumer E-Commerce! We like to say "git r done".
Mike Ferguson
Co-Founder of Keen (@union-college College). Recurring revenue startups and e-commerce exits since college. Proven expert marketer, business development, sales, design.
Chuck Job
Founder @mr-arlo • Worked at @fandango-com, @pose-the-fashion-app • Studied at @university-of-wisconsin-madison
Michael Gluzman
Design Manager for Sprite & Flavors at Coca-Cola.
Design Director / UI + UX Designer @scholrly.
Former Art Director + Designer at @quo-vadis.
http://michaelgluzman.tumblr.com/
Janet Tambasco
Co-Founder of @zpm-espresso . Molecular Biology @princeton-university. Atlanta native. Crowdfunding veteran.
Dan Horn
Mobile, Desktop, and Enterprise Solutions Architect and Open for New Opportunities
Randy J. Mitchell
Founder + CEO @plisten
NewMe Accelerator Alum 2012
Featured on: TechCrunch | HuffingtonPost
http://randyjmitchell.com
Jen Gordon
UI/UX Designer • Founder Convert Themes • Worked at @yahoo & @wedmd • Studied at @art-institute-of-atlanta
Eugene Medynskiy
Director of Product Management at @tillster-inc.
Justin
Product Designer
http://justincarson.co
Brian Danin
>10 yrs in media production, video, and web/app development | Georgia Tech MBA | UBC Vancouver BFA in video / design from | Video Production, HTML/CSS/PHP/JS
Tyler Campbell
Online Marketing, UX, and Analytics expert with plenty of complimentary skills in development, research, product development, etc. Experience with international, multi-language/currency, start-ups, F500, agencies, and more.
Jared Malan
Co-founder of We&Co; project lead at eCommerce startup; @university-of-notre-dame grad
Giovanni Hobbins
Co-founder of @campus-bubble • Founded and ran @nightly-labs to pay way through @emory-university
Nicholas (Nick) Thomas
Investor
Founder @finicity-1 , @nordmark-group • Worked at @3com, @USRobotics, @Megahertz • Investor @visually, @circa, @myrooms • Studied at @BYU, @UofU
http://nicholasthomas.wordpress.com
Greg Roberts
Founder SIX Intel, @ramworks
Michael McCord
Founder @learnernation-1
Jose Dunia
MS in Digital Arts & Sciences at UF, Bachelor Computer Engineering at USB, Worked at Grooveshark and co-founder at Powerdot
Brian Regienczuk
CEO/Co-Founder @agency-spotter. Former Group Director Global Design @the-coca-cola-company, @philips, @webmd. 17+ yrs Business, Tech, UX, Design.
http://co.agencyspotter.com
Clay Garrett
Lead Engineer at Meograph and Georgia Tech grad with 15 years of experience in interactive industry.
Chris Brisson
Co-Founder of Call Loop & Automize.
Naveed Lalani
Founder & CEO @portable-boutique-inc, Advisor @thiel-fellowship. Formerly - CSO @donornation , Co-Founder @rally, Investor @Oha.na (Acquired by Facebook).
http://naveedl.tumblr.com
Dan Ramirez
Award Winning Marketing and Technology Leader
Jim Schuster
UX/UI Designer with Industrial Design Background; Worked at GE Appliances and Coca-Cola
Tory Harrison
Georgia Tech Master's Degree; Industrial Design, Math, and Art; Researcher, Team Player, and Critical and Creative Thinker.
Harshath JR
Current HCI student at Georgia Tech. Excellent designer and top notch software development skills.
Linda Eliasen
Designer at MailChimp
Shelton Davis
UX & =) designer, entreprenuer& user advocate. Schooled: @university-of-southern-california @ArtCenter @georgia-institute-of-technology. Solutions4: TheHomeDepot, BlackBerry, TheWeatherChannel & now FirstData
Scott Rowles
MBA and MS-MOIS. Founded multiple startups in divergent industries (tech, manufacturing). Excellent business planning and technology application skills.
David Munoz
User experience researcher and designer with degrees in psychology and HCI from Duke and Georgia Tech. NSF Graduate Fellow with four research publications
http://munozdesignreflections.wordpress.com
Amrutha Krishnan
MS HCI student at Georgia Tech; Worked at Bloomberg and Samsung Electronics
Hamed Shams Mousavi
Georiga tech photonics engineer
Gentry Sherrill
UX Obsessed, Self-Taught Dev - Work at @costar - Studied at @georgia Tech - Wants to Unchain Mobile Payments from Near Field Communication Technology with @piad
Jerome Choo
Founded Startup Exchange, 100+ member startup collective at Georgia Tech. Engineer & Web Developer turned Experience Designer.
Aaron Ruffin
Founder, @twitchat-2 Inc.
Kim Furuya
GeorgiaTech Grad Student in UX and ML; neuroengineer and software dev freelancer; worked at NASA/JPL and Caltech.
Joelle Alcaidinho
Current MID Georgia Tech '16, Fordham MS. Worked at Mixel, Apple, & Apartment Therapy. Designer, writer, product manager.
http://www.thetechbird.com
Antonio Guglielmo
CEO / Architect at ThruView Full stack developer. Worked at Palm, HP, AT&T, as EPM with enterprise clients and troubleshooting.
http://Bison.io
Eric Rabinowitz
Georgia Tech CS, IB Diploma, Started own web startup freshman year, Worked at Atlanta Startup Pipefish, active in Atlanta/Georgia Tech startup scene.
Ashton Thomas
Founder @acrinta. Technology and design enthusiast. Teaching assistant, instructor (Doha, Qatar), US Representative at One Young World.
Kirsten Simmons
Polymath interested in productivity, how ideas spread, gardening, marketing, entrepreneurship and models of social networks and disease transmission.
Taggart Bowen-Gaddy
Georgia Tech CS, Passion for elegant solutions that benefit the user and designer
Will Brodnax
Seller / Doer - expert connector and product/service manager.
Akash Shah
A GaTech ninja seeking to bring strong growth by doing whatever he can.
http://www.livescience.com
Christine Scarborough
Owner, Christine Scarborough & Assoc. until enrolling at Georgia Tech in 2012 (B2B services); worked at & held equity position in tech start up (2000 - 2004).
Dale
Michael Simon
Founder PosterFuse • Studied at @emory-university
http://michael.aminus3.com
Imran Momin
Industrial Engineering student at @georgia-institute-of-technology; Currently working on @eventluv; Looking for opportunity in fresh, young companies
Jay Sueksagan
Georgia Tech Student, specializing in UI/Visual Design. Worked at The Campus Recreational Center.
Annette Sage
Creative, strategic and results oriented team player. Advertising and Marketing Consultant. MBA International Marketing.
Justin Schneider
Notre Dame BFA, Product Designer, NatGeo Illustrator
Paul Beresuita
Georgia Tech Computer Science
Triesha Fagan
MS in ECE @ Georgia Tech
http://dulce0periculum.blogspot.com/
Govind Lingam
Digital Media Masters student at Georgia Tech; Skilled visual and interaction designer with experience in Mobile UX.
http://www.pixelillustrated.com/blog-2
Stephen Thomas
An experienced front end developer with a leaning towards user experience
http://blog.sathomas.me
brandon rowlett
Goal oriented project manager mindset, passion for design and innovation, advanced in brand strategies and brand development, http://be.net/BrandonRowlett
Teresa Hu
CS 2014 at Georgia Tech, Ruby on Rails at Ericsson. Former Microsoft, Cisco intern. Looking for technical PM role post-graduation
Abhishek Nandakumar
Needs more dessert.
http://xabhishek.com/
Wesley Wang
Sheeka Strickland
Media Strategy student at Northwestern, McCormick Scholar, human centered design enthusiast. Excited about the future of storytelling.
Ann Eliese Grey
Internet Technology Entrepreneur. Helping startups grow their development team, web presence, and business. Work with brands like Microsoft, HBO, Mercedes, AT&T
http://www.anneliesegrey.com
Alex Overall
Problem solver, Build/Break/Fix software. Customer focused, deep email marketing experience. I love python and good coffee.
James Slack
Industrial designer with a passion for changing the world, good design, and good beer. Experienced at working in multidisciplinary teams.
sam
Georgia Tech CS. Designer + Developer.
Vick Bouloute
Founder of Miyou. Second start-up. Strong UI/UX background and business development skills
Josh Gary
UI Design, Web design, Typography, Illustration; created World Aids Day campaign at Museum of Design Atlanta.
Nachiket Kumar
UI Designer and front-end developer. Co-founder of Curri. Background in Graphic Design and Natural Sciences.
http://nachiketkumar.com/writing
David O'Brien
Founder GBE InterActive, LLC • Founder of FanU.com & Reel Time Movie Preview; novelist; screenwriter; television writer; cartoonist;
Studied at @pennsylvania-state-university
Tony Lynn
Multifaceted, resourceful technology professional with a distinguished career building world class technology environments and teams. Experience in building teams from the ground up in start-ups to re-factoring well established teams in public companies.
Jennifer Damis
I am not a unicorn just an experienced digital marketer, project manager and experience designer. I have worked for a start up, corporate and government sector.
Zeeshan Khan
Student Entrepreneur, founded 3x startups; Took the first company from 1 store to 5 stores with almost $450K in revenue as a sophmore. Super Mobile Designer.
http://zeeshoy.tumblr.com/
Moises Lomas
UX/UI Designer and Developer; Working on large scale, high transaction volume, web app
Jami McNear
#Innovative 26 year old turns speeding ticket into a new product for #students: about.me/jdperoro #Design #Creative #Marketing #ResultsDriven #SocialMedia
http://www.jdperoro.org
Jessica Bernstein
NYU Tisch Photography/Imaging, UGA Communication Sciences and Disorders- still in undergrad. Worked for NYC Fashion Week, proficient in photoshop and people skills.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessbernstein/
Michael Hagel
Investor
Experience Designer and Entrepreneur looking to engage with high-potential ventures where I can contribute expertise as well as funding.
http://www.michaelhagel.com
K. Anne Harper
Creative Director & UI Designer - Experienced in Mobile Application Design, Visual Design, Adobe Creative Suite, UI/UX Design, Typography and User Flows for Fortune 500 clients and tech startups.
Shane Dobes
Since founding his company in 2008, Shane Dobes has provided clients in a variety of industries with creative services including website and logo design.
http://shanedobes.wordpress.com/
Bora Ercan
Creative Producer. 1st production company startup.
Strong film & science background.
Reaching to new media markets.
Lauren Peters
Founder at Vého; contracting service and user experience strategist; startup groupie.
http://laurenpeterss.tumblr.com
Proper Cursive
Proper Cursive is the interactive design & development studio of Ryan Watkins-Hughes.
Samuel Solomon
Founder & Host @signal-tower. Interactive Producer @red-square-agency. Former marketer at @drchrono and @crowdfunder-com. Graduate from @the-starter-league.
Shubh Singhi
Product, Digital, and Creative Strategist. Developed 4 patents. Worked on over 80 brands. Know UX, Design, Business Strategy, Tech trends. Emory BBA 2012
Jon Thompson
Enterprise learning architect looking to apply learning 3.0 tech & strategies to help the enterprise maximize collaboration and productivity through motivation.
Leland Patterson
Seventeen years experience designing and coordinating visual arts projects from thumbnail design to client acceptance.
http://www.lelandpatterson.com/leland_portfolio.pdf
Brooke Creef
User-centered designer obsessed with ubiquitous computing, aka Internet of Things.
realniggashit.com
A college dropout who started @realniggashit-com, made hundreds of t-shirts and they sold out the first week. Ready to take it to worldstarhiphop.com level.
Dave Black
Ex @apple sol. architect, and Thingsly CEO. Product Management, Design Thinking facilitation with hi-fidelity prototyping, and full-stack MVP development.
Courtney Bortle
Web dev and UX engineer at gaming startup. Background in UI/UX, ed tech, game dev, and software engineering. Looking for new startup opportunities in Atlanta.
Luke Thornton
Luke Thornton - Graphic Designer
http://www.behance.net/lukethornton
Terri Hollins (Elly Gee)
Founded Ushü; 1st startup out of college; Strong creative background; Knowledge of athletic shoes
octavia warren
Founder Octavia Warren Design • Worked at @att, @kaiser-permanente • Studied at @savannah-college-of-art-design
Cliff Seal
UX Designer at Pardot, a salesforce.com Company; Founder of Logos Creative, MusicGrid.me, and Evermore (launching soon)
http://logoscreative.co/blog
Jessica Harris
Hardworking student looking to further my knowledge of the design industry, while pursuing my BA in Graphic & Web design.
Luke Bennett
A.B. English at UGA; UI/UX Design for websites & iPhone; customer service expert.
Aaron Coles
Studied at the University of Georgia, founder of Carlyle Industrial Advertising, currently the Director of Marketing for FONM.
Jeff Henry
Founder @fitpixel, 1st major app deployment, Strong entrepreneurial background, great vision for design and how things work the right way.
Colin
Worked at @assisted-choice • Studied at @academy-of-art-university
Jack Bloom
Super-sarcastic designer, I run on root-beer & dark chocolate.
Jeff Simpson
Director of Tech for UGA. Advisor to recreating the the class management/registration system and the new UGA mobile app
Daniel Klein
@university-of-alabama CS undergrad with Business & Econ minors, @adtran co-op, CAPS Data Analyst
John Aiken
Researcher at Georgia Tech; interested in how people interact with technology and how the analytics provided by those interactions.
DeMoine Lovelace
Interactive Designer with Front End capabilities and agency experience
Joseph Calvo
Web Designer. Excellent proficiency in ideating, interactivity, leading designers and working with developers and UX designers.
http://www.calvographics.com/blog
Aura-Leigh Sanders Jenkins
Founder @meadowgroup-consulting • Worked at @taleo, @ihg • Studied at @american-intercontinental-university
http://github/auraleigh
John Holland
Kick-ass designer. Owner and Senior Designer of John Holland Creative. BA at Georgia State. Strong Design Background. Large agency and small studio experience.
Barbara Miles
UX Unicorn - Skilled in Graphics Design and UX processes and flows. Flexible and the right fit for a startup.
https://www.behance.net/babsmiles
Sloan Hawthorne
Full Sail University Mobile Development.
Yair Yépez
Investor
Founder @atomic-smile-productions • Worked at @ch2m-hill • Studied at @unitec-institute-of-technology
Denzel Henri Smith
Created 3 websites for people to generate more business for their companies. Brought in multiple clients for HA&W through design alone.
http://denzdesigns.tumblr.com
Adam Arthur
2.0 Knowledge Network and Virtual Platform Evangelist. Innovative technology guru.
Andy Mitchell
Worked in agency and in-house roles, 10 years of experience covering multiple facets of multimedia including audio, video and interactive; not afraid to be geek
Jason White
Social Media Aficianado. Politico. MBA Candidate. Legal Eagle. Blogger. Effectively merging Legal Biz Dev with Social Strategy.
Charles Dyer
COO of Atlanta BOS. Built and designed website, create and manage content, market, advertise, sales, review products and restaurants, and schedule appointments.
Kaleigh Allen
Marketing Student by Day. Event Planner by Night.
Dwayne Walker
CMO & Cofounder GVG Arena, Marketing and Comp. Sci Double Major, Innovator, Multi-Talented with Art/Marketing Direction Skills, Studied Art and Design in Europe
Timothy Nummy
BSME/MBA Robotics/Mechatronics, Finance, PHP, C, MATLab, thrive on start up environments and able to wear many hats.
Leyda Vega Hughes
Designer/Art director/Freelancer. Art Director @cartoon-network. Senior Designer @cox-interactive-media
Seth Owings
Passionate about applying behavioral psychology to user-centered design in order to deliver meaning, intuitive experiences.
Denis Sergeychik
UI/UX Designer for mobile and web
Reginald Whibbey
The Greatest person in Recycling
Ola Olusoga
UX/UI Designer, Art Director and Frontend Dev, who specializes in creating digital products.
Tiha Baker
Freelance Instructional Designer!
Carlos Maldonado R.
Owner of Eló Inc. | Experienced background in online marketing and business strategies in a visual communications and bilingual business environment.
http://carlosmaldonado.co/blog
martinlouiethekingjr
BEE Clothing Co Team Designer [email protected]
Aaron Asbury
A proven professional with over a decade of experience in areas including data management, digital media technology, video production, IT system administrations, and logistical planning. I am used to working in high pressure environments and excel when i
Casey Smith
BS student at GT; CM = CS + UX/art; Interned at IBM; love mobile dev and new media
Andre Chang
Musician/Programmer/Designer,Open Source Advocate + Contributor
MaggieMayes
Creative Circus interactive design student, seeking potential interships.
Ronald Burt
Founder CKA - corporate kings of America
SQ
Founder & radio/podcast DJ at @midnight-snacks • Freelance LAMP/frontend developer
http://midnightsnacks.fm
Michael Ruddy
Founder Brawl • Worked at @turner-broadcast, HS Grad, Robotic Hobbyist
Sarah
Front End Developer/UI Developer
Astrid Paris
Doc Wallace
Started my first catering company in high school. Worked food service and management postions before college. Founded The Catering Brigade while in college.
Matthew Woodard
Freelance web designer and developer.
Sharjil Muhammad Saleem
CEO Of ATL Eye Marketing. A Complete Media and IT Needs Solution.
Robert Berris
I'm like that kid from 'Powder', but without any cool powers and big hair. And I'm the Executive Producer @22squared.
http://robertberris.com
Scott Cook
Product Designer / UI Designer / Art Director
Previous: Founder of driftlab Inc. - Award Winning Creative Studio in Atlanta & St. Louis; Designed & built Blöki iOS app; Art Direction/Design on newest TWC Weather app;
Clients: GM, Ford, AB
Richard Sanchez
Curt Lucas
Employed developer seeking higher ground, Idea guy, Hack Minded
Bobby Rohrer
Programmer / developer for investment firm, into tech and startups.
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http://www.adelgazarya.net/2011/05/los-anticonceptivos-inciden-en-el-colesterol-alto/
Elise Grace
From Fortune 500 to government agencies, I've launched 'em all + University-level instructor, strong creative direction; all-in-one UI/UX designer/developer
Kalimah A. Patterson
Artist, beginning designer, open to learn any & everything!
Brett Rakestraw
Founder @resonator, @_tonall, Designer, musician, and instrument lover.
Robert Wilkinson
Owner/Founder @ @carter-media-group. Award winning business collective specializing in all areas of print, web, mobile, and commercial media design.
http://www.facebook.com/CarterMediaGroup?sk=wall
ERIC GELMAN
Marketing Expert - strategy, multi-channel marketing, eCommerce, and analytics
Ty Colbert
Feb 5th at The Soundtable at 483 edgewood ave, HIP HOUSE SOUL BEATS with Kool Dj Redalert, Davesoul and ME!! 8til 1am every first sunday.
Mahesh Soori
Experience working on both client and server tech in multiple industries; Bio-Tech, Games, Enterprise Systems, Broadcasting, Financial.
Devin Flynn
Full Stack Generalist, Designer, Problem Solver
Nick Agarwal
These days I eat, drink and dream SharePoint, where as I bleed burnt orange all the time. A Longhorn for life!!!
Frank Phillips
Worked at @NorthAvenueTech
Henry Zhu
Georgia Tech
EDISON CAI
USER EXPERIENCE RESEARCHER, DESIGN CONSULTATION
P R Khan
Award-winning graphic, web & UI designer. Entrepreneur enthusiast. Architect. Tech
Christian Haskins
Zach Pousman
Lee Plunkett
Founder and CEO of @short-bus-creative. 20+ year veteran of the design, print, and sign industries. Newly appointed Art Director @ CanYouBeFamous.com
Fay Consulting
Software consulting and development services.
Rohit Bhatia
Worked at @scoutmob • Studied at @georgia-institute-of-technology
Lisa Lynn
Past CEO & Founder of Specialty Freight Services, Inc. #30 of The
"50 Fastest Growing" Privately Held Companies in NE FL 2004-2006 Jax Biz Journal, @circa 2007
Willie Weeks
Founder @AnonymousTips • Worked at @walgreens for the last 5yrs! • Entrepreneur | Music Producer | Recording Artist | Graphic Designer | American Inventor
Mike Kotanian
Jon Gosier
Investor
Serial tech entrepreneur, investor in frontier markets, and data scientist. Founder of: @appfrica @d8a-group @market-atlas
http://gosdot.com
Jim Dollens
PhD Information Systems, MS Computer Science, BS Mathematics
Online College Professor Strayer, DeVry, St. Leo
Project Manager, Systems Analyst: Assurant Group