Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Houston.
@cubit-planning. Advisor to Giftiki, @storymix-media.
http://www.startuphouston.com
Founder @gripeo • Founder @simple-apply • Studied at @state-university-of-new-york-at-buffalo
Co-Founder Omnipaste
Co-founder of three global cleantech startups (two acquired), CXO of two more (one acquired). @imd-1 MBA, @rice-university CS/EE, and ex @uunet
Diggin' big ideas, start-ups, and entrepreneurs. Dir of Corp Dev at a Texas startup. Wife of a Texas entrepreneur.
Product Marketing Manager for @tendenci CMS.
http://blog.tendenci.com
Created, put together, managed and grew Seagate/Seagate Software, McAfee, Openwave, Sybari Software( acquired by MSFT), Netforensics, OPG Tech in the U.S., LATAM and Europe.
CEO of Microcinema Intl. Strong international business background. MBA @university-of-chicago.
Founder, Navigation Partners LLC; Global Marketing Strategist & Entertainment Consultant
2 startups in Afghanistan; US Air Force comms & recon satellites; Stanford MBA, MSE; Princeton BSE; manage complex engr programs; int'l structure & finance
Founder of @social-meter-inc
Founded @whatsbusy. I execute like the Spanish Inquisition. Passionate about value. Conservative business models.
2 Turnarounds and Exits ; Over $200million in revenue generation; International Experience ; Board Member, Angel Investor; " RainMaker "
Founder @no-chains as my 4th company. With over 15 years experience in sales and marketing.
Auto Industry Expert. SVP, @carquest; VP of Operations at WorldPac; Founder - @myrepairshop.com
Sales and Marketing Consultant. Always on the lookout for fun, life changing products, that want to grow big and tall :)
Founder and CEO of @farmplicity. Strong business background (@shutterfly , Best Buy Europe). Wash U BSBA.
Founder @noble-iron
Head of Sales and Marketing at Forbes' 22nd Most Promising Company 2013. Decision scientist and architect, technophile, hater of salespeople, sales 2.0 journeyman, value generator. Site of the moment: http://picard.ytmnd.com/
Recognized thought leader and visionary who leads through the conveyance of desired outcomes and creating strategic advantages through people and technology
Adam Helsinger
An innovative global executive with a successful track record in developing new business, marketing, managing projects, commercializing technology, and raising capital.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/adamhelsinger
https://sites.google.com/site/adamhelsinger/
Stanford STS; Innovator; Stanford football player; Worked at Accenture; Launched Successful marketing and design firm
Investment professional with significant experience in Business Development, Financial Analysis, Sales & Trading for large merchant energy trading companies, O&G producers and start-up energy companies. I’ve been involved and added value to different busi
Project Management background (@accenture). Experience with technology startups. Joining Berkeley-Haas MBA program Fall 2012. B.S. Biomedical engineering.
Co-founded nonprofit. (www.spaceacad.org), organized two international conferences, self-learned web development for own projects, worked/s at two startups
http://thoughtful2.blogspot.com/
MIT MBA, IT and Gen Mgmt in Corp & High Growth - Looking to Make a Change to Product Marketing, Roadmap, Mgmt, Cross-Industry Experience- Media, Energy, Network
Founder, VP Sales & Marketing @medical-informatics-corp-1. Healthcare software company designing clinical decision support solutions. MBA from Rice University and software consulting background.
Founder A Advantage Safe & Lock, LLC • Worked at @continental-airlines, @cutting-edge-closets
Project Coordinator. Entertainment background. Skilled at building teams, anticipating needs, and implementing new technologies into existing workflow.
Chief Operating Officer/Co-founder at @solspot-systems Inc.
Worked at @hp-software, @bmc-software, @idf
Current Management Consultant at Deloitte, Texas MBA. Looking for challenging opportunity to drive growth, sales and marketing effectiveness. Extremely driven...right team and environment is key!
Technology Marketing Manager, recent grad from Tech Commercialization degree, launched Pushr for iPhone App, looking to be part of the next big thing.
http://madebymoxi.com
Manage portfolio of $8M of environmental remediation projects across four states, $1.6M of break-in work, $400k of structural improvements
Entrepreneur, Advisor and Project Manager. Work at Uber Opearations. Co-founded BCMPros. Founded @gonzalez-loumiet-group and FuseTank.
http://blog.eduardogonzalezloumiet.com/
Founder and President of IntegratePR, social media PR agency.
http://integratepr.com/blog
Founder: Big Vision Advisors, Tops Global, Inc., Alliance Media Group. Advisor: Mach10Ventures, Moolala.com. Former CSO, Flippen Group & CEO, Joel Osteen Min.
Senior Analyst at the Yale Investments Office. BA in Economics and Math from Yale. Harvard MBA student beginning fall 2013. Prior internship experiences at Lehman Brothers and Citi.
SEO Specialist at Forthea in Houston, Texas. Recent graduate from Univ. of the Ozarks (AR).
http://zldoty.tumblr.com/
co-founder | sales & marketing at The MobiSolution | Serial entrepreneur.
Texas Business Lawyer. Health Information Exchange Leader.
Full fellowship to CCA; Core Program Fellow; Created and taught university level classes; Visiting Artist at SMU; Murphy & Cadogan Fellowship and Jurors Award.
coming soon
President of Rice Entrepreneur Club; Synthetic Biology Researcher at Rice University with First Author Publication; Biotech Equity Research Experience
I am looking for a career. Not many people can say that they worked for the Pittsburgh Steelers, coached a soccer team, and been an extra in movies.
Rice University BIOE, interested in biological solutions to food/energy scarcity and medical device development/maintenance
Led U.S. Marketing at @home-away-inc, Marketing and Distribution @starwood-hotels-and-resorts • Studied at @university-of-virginia
Worked at @ingrain, @s2s-systems-international-llc • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1, @university-of-houston
Content strategy and writing are two of my favorite things. Fan of SXSW, ACL Music Fest and other entertainment/marketing events.
Founded Ternion CrossFit, Engineer at Shell, Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech.
Account Manager | Client Services | Luxury Brands | Ray of Sunshine
Licensing/Business Development Consultant & PT Talent Recruiter
All-around busy body
Rice MBA, M&A experience acquiring 2 companies, Energy Commodity Marketing with Logistics Experience
Individual focused on business development & market penetration.Founder of Philkens Consultant Group.MS Finance at Thunderbird School of Global Mangement
Rice MBA whose only experiences are with startups; intimately familiar with culture and environments focusing on flexibility and sweat equity.
Head of Houston Business Development for @loop-and-tie; M.S. in Global Health and Public Policy from the @university-of-edinburgh; Former junior lobbyist.
Worked at @systematix-infotech
Louisiana State University student, Writing/Finance enthusiast, 2-time published author, 2-time intern at Gregg & Valby, LLP
business development
Texas A&M EET, Engineer at Texas Instruments, L-3 Communications, and Cisco Systems. Strong entrepreneur aspirations. Experience in Sales, EE, marketings, Software, etc.
Fulbright scholar, UCLA PhD and international award winning communications researcher with multi-year social media and market entry strategy experience.
CFO/Owner at Bread and Fish, LLC. A diverse background, with a combination of legal knowledge as well as significant understanding of marketing strategies...I am currently learning certain programing languages (javascript, ruby, python)
http://www.breadxfish.com
Strong business mind focusing on financial analysis, modeling, forecasting, sales and marketing.
Business-minded front end developer and UI/UX designer who loves using design and technology to solve problems and do good since 2007.
Studied at @university-of-texas-austin
Experienced Technology Marketing Executive
Marketing, advertising and sales for NRG Energy and AT&T. Co-Founder Kelly Hughes Designs. Investor and marketing advisor to start-ups and SMB's.
Engg Product Line Manager. EE/CE PhD.
I have designed 30 apps using Patented User Interface technologies, I have launched 3 apps, working on the next 5.
Marketing, Sales, and Entreperneurship
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Strategy and Finance professional looking to work in Banking tech.
University of Texas at Austin; Masters in Accounting. 5 years spent in a combination of public accounting and operations analysis. Passionate and ready to translate corporate competency to a startup.
Founder @enventure, @brightwork-coresearch • Worked at @baylor-college-of-medicine-1 • Studied at @baylor-college-of-medicine, @augustana-college
Digital Marketing Guru, Food and Wine Enthusiast
http://justaddcheese.com
Worked as Marketing Director at Maykah, Inc. Facebook and Google Advertising expert. Diverse background (Unilever and Applied Materials+ start ups and strong marketing+technical skills). University of Florida MBA 2011.
Experience in operations & product mgmt. 6 Sigma black belt. Baylor entrepreneurship BBA. Advanced project mgmt, process improvement, & negotiation skills.
I am a web developer, designer, musician, and student. I also help run @UHREDLabs, University of Houston's tech startup accelerator.
Mother, Loves to play, Sees the world as a cartoon
Innovative education specialist looking to branch out into the evolving technological era.
Small business, high growth experience
Creative professional with extensive background in branding and product dev for luxury, games, tech and media. 20 yrs/exp
Founder Aleedex Inc • International Technology Consultant worked in five diverse countries with Off Shore development house in US and Pakistan.
Proven community organizer, event planner and educator. Worked at award-winning non-profit organization. High energy, fast learner, passion for sustainability.
Founder @mykelarry @ Urbflix • Studied at @full-sail-university-1 University Worked as a 3rd party with Google
BS in Econ and BBA from #1 Entrepreneurship Program. Interned in finance, worked on team that got a book to NYT bestsellers list, also not an asshole
Expert in digital, online, social and mobile marketing strategies and platforms, as well as data collection and analytics
Worked at @SoftwaySolution @heatwaveint @ILIOSLighting • Studied at @universitat-autonoma-barcelona, @saint-edward-s-university - CSM & MBA in Digital Media Management
Owner of Infiniti Graphics. Strong graphic design and web design background as well as photography and photo editing/manipulation.
Entrepreneur, Brand Chemist, Web Developer, Graphic Designer, Photographer, Integral Theory & Cryptocurrency Enthusiast.
Creativity + Analytics = Modern Marketing
http://damienfranco.com
Strong business background. Brought several new technologies to market.
Co-founder of SyncReel. Supply Chain Analytics for Sysco. High level of Supply Chain, Finance, and Customer Service background.
Experience in searching for opportunities, seeing technological trends and evaluating novel product offerings for potential commercialization.
Successful at building large high-performance sales teams and leading sophisticated sales and marketing organizations to new levels of success.
Management Consultant from Deloitte and now Supply Chain Manager at Air Liquide; served JPMC, Walmart, ConocoPhillips, BP, UMDNJ looking for a new challenge
Internet Professional / Technology Specialist, specialization in networking
Creative, motivated, and skilled Graphic Designer with experience in sports graphics, marketing and print design.
Founder of Vermont Print Recycling. B.S. in e-Biz Mgmt. Focused on Agile Development, Marketing, Media industry disruption
Project manager at Snooplo.com
Business Growth and Innovation Executive
Real Estate Broker with techincal background
Successfully raised visibility for B2B & B2C brands.Worked at Entrust Energy, Reliant/NRG, Hafele America, and Gilbarco Veeder-Root
http://www.robainbinder.com
Founder of Media Gearbox. Current UHD student majoring in EIS. Strong business background with advanced technical skills.
Worked at @zara • Studied at @sam-houston-state-university
Working as SEO for Shop Cheap Energy
http://blog.shopcheapenergy.com
Founder @express-legal-service, @onsite-transport • Worked at @terrapetro-llc
Entrepreneur, Mobile Computing Enthusiast, Customer Relationship Manager
http://jacobhines.com
Vendor Consultant of 1800Registry.com; Strong Sales and Negotiation background. Worked for Cbeyond as a top sales producer .
Studied at @saint-edward-s-university
Jesus Believer, UX Designer. Brand Strategist.
Passionate about entrepreneurship, education and books. Impresario of Africa.
http://freshwordsinspired.tumblr.com
Commercial Pilot and Top Graduate MBA, Diversified business background, 2 startups pending patents.
Simulation, well test analysis, ms project, matlab, excel, vba,
Experienced in ramping up start-ups with minimal resources to go-to-market across enterprises, smbs.
Houston's Hottest Hostess - The Entertainment Startup Consultant, CEO of Sirens Promo, Radio Personality for Dirtbag Radio, DJ Manager, Host on The Ruben Stunner Show, Content Coordinator for Voodoocru Mag - Houston
15+ years of experience in Sales, Marketing, Leadership and Organizational Efficiency. Owned, operated and consulted for multiple orgs. in various industries
Tufts University 2013. Engineer. Passionate about technology, management, and innovation.
Phlebotomist
VP Partnerships AMEX, Worked across Europe, US Markets, Three Industries (Payments, Travel, B2B Card)Strong Marketing/.Bus Dev Background(Univ of Chicago MBA, Physics Undergrad)
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MBA Student
Creating opportunities. Entrepreneur, full-stack marketer, product.
Multi-talented project manager with a strong drive for self-improvement and setting ambitious goals.