Chicago Tech Scene
A list of people living in the Chicago area that are involved in startups and tech.
Created by
@zackgilbert.com
@elliothirsch.bsky.social
Founder of Lake Forest Farms, AdYapper, and SwapSimple. Chicago based. Techstars NYC Alum. Data nerd, UX designer, product developer. Supporter of democracy, economic equality, and a living wage.
@therealfitz.com
Chasing Wonder, Engineer, Author, ORD Camp Instigator, Feminist. Previously: Founder & CTO of Tock, Xoogler, Ex-Apple. He/Him. Optimizing for kindness wonder.voyage debuggingteams.com
@troyhenikoff.bsky.social
@jeffjudge.com
I live in the city of Chicago with my wife and five children. As a fractional CTO, I help startups, growth companies, and investors with technology leadership. I love building stuff, being outside (running, riding, skiing), geeking out about coffee.
@jbranchaud.bsky.social
Free-Range Software Dev and Consultant ✨ PostgreSQL • Ruby on Rails • TypeScript • React ✨ 🏃🐈🍹🎱 (he/him) | Chicago | Work with me: visualmode.dev
@kevinreedy.net
23rd Best Shuffleboard Player in the World, Cyclist, Founder of RecRec, Customer Success Architect at @github.com, Organizer of @chicago.devopsdays.org
@bykelseygk.com
✶ Building WeekoftheWebsite.com in Chicago ✶ Squarespace from Signup to Launch (Packt, 2023) ✶ John and Mary had never met- like two hummingbirds who had also never met ✶ She/Her
@nickd.org
i run draft. i’m cute & good & fun at parties, and everything i say is universally correct. you can find me at https://draft.nu
@codefreedomritr.bsky.social
Sometimes I do things. https://github.com/blacksky-algorithms/safe-skies-api https://github.com/blacksky-algorithms/SAFEskies
@matty.wtf
not nearly as hot as expected Chicagoland area Dogs > people he/him Contact info: https://links.mattstratton.com/ #DevRel #DevOps #Weightlifting
@jasonfried.bsky.social
Founder & (sometimes) CEO at 37signals (makers of Basecamp and HEY). Non-serial entrepreneur, serial author. Email me at jason@hey.com.
@ryan-evans.bsky.social
Chicago | farm-raised, private pilot, stand-up fan, long swimmer, ironman, entrepreneur, 2000+ rides on Divvy, husband, dad & human. getting people together with Domino.
@cassidoo.co
Making memes, dreams, & software! Sr. Director of Dev Advocacy at GitHub. Married to a dweeb and mom to a nerdy toddler. She/Her ✝️ CHI 🏠 Subscribe to my newsletter! cassidoo.co/newsletter
@jonbuda.com
⚡ Software, Ruby, SaaS, Running, Bread 🎙️ Co-founder of Transistor.fm (podcast hosting).
@harper.lol
post-normal person harper.lol / reading.lol / photos.lol / harper.blog @harper on the other place
@zackgilbert.com
Wfh dad, fractional CTO and building mycpaconnect.com Side projects include: rails.market & susanssudoku.com