Who is building in the Triangle
Founders of companies in the active directory, with their role, company, and background.
266 founders across 12 sectors
SaaS
85Adil Asif
Co-Founder & Chief Architect
Virnika
Alex Scruggs
CEO
ThermaTech
North Carolina State University
Amit Sharma
Co-Founder & CEO
CData Software
Andrew Stickney
Co-Founder
Keebler Health
Ardis Kadiu
Founder & CEO
Element451
New York University
Austin Armstrong
Founder & CEO
Syllaby
Austin Melonie Carroll
Co-Founder & CEO
Warrant
Duke University
Austin Webb
Co-Founder & CEO
Troupe
Ben Hartmere
CEO
Map My Customers
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Billy Marshall
Co-Founder, Strategic Advisor to Board
ServiceTrade
Braden Champion
Co-Founder
ChampOS
NC State University
Brian Smithwick
Co-Founder, CTO
ServiceTrade
Cameron Long
Co-Founder & CRO
Virnika
Carlos Penzini
Co-Founder
Serv Technologies
Duke University
Charles Douthitt
Co-Founder & CEO
Virnika
Chris Chuang
Co-Founder & CEO
Relay
David Baxter
Founder
Teela
Derek Conlin
COO & Co-Founder
ReFiBuy.ai
Dirk Nicol
Founder & CEO
Majentics
Dominic Giacona
Co-Founder
Reslink
George Mason University
Doug Neumann
Co-Founder and CEO
Arpio
Dustin Allen
CEO & Co-Founder
Trinitite
Dustin Amrhein
CEO
Revcast
Eric Boduch
Co-Founder
Revcast
Eric Boduch
Co-Founder
Pendo
Carnegie Mellon University
Erik Peterson
CTO and Co-Founder
Powerband.ai
Erik Troan
CTO & Co-Founder
Pendo
North Carolina State University
Erkang Zheng
CEO & Founder
Ariso
North Carolina State University
Erkang Zheng
Founder
JupiterOne
Hakjae Kim
Co-Founder & CTO
Pellucid Network
University of Michigan
Hearsch Jariwala
CTO & Co-Founder
Trinitite
Helen Gu
PhDFounder, CEO, and Chief Scientist
InsightFinder
North Carolina State University
Hersh Tapadia
Co-founder & CEO
AllStacks
Igor Jablokov
Founder, CEO & Chairman
Pryon
Pennsylvania State University
Isaac Park
Co-Founder and CEO
Keebler Health
James Avery
Founder and CEO
Kevel
Janie Hughes
Co-Founder
Bingo Bard
Jasper Svenson
Co-Founder
Serv Technologies
Duke University
Jeremy Mays
Founder
ArenaCX
Jesse Lipson
Founder & CEO
Levitate
Duke University
John Armin
PhDFounder & CEO
Utilyst
Jon Reifschneider
Co-Founder
Inquisite
Josh Guter
Founder
Elephants
Jud Bowman
Founder & CEO
Sift Media
Karl Murphy
Co-founder & CEO
Spiffy
Kevin Hill
PhDCo-Founder
Keebler Health
Kit Zhang
Co-Founder
Scale Social AI
Lee Jacobs
Co-Founder
InsightStack
Lia Reich
Co-Founder & CEO
Cloneable
Logan Whitehouse
Co-Founder & CTO
Virnika
Marc Minor
Co-Founder & CEO
Higharc
New York University
Matthew Sniff
Founder, Chief Product & Strategy Officer
Map My Customers
Max Heckel
CTO & Co-Founder
Ariso
Michael Bergin
Co-Founder, VP of Special Projects
Higharc
Michael Schank
Founder
Insight Twin
Mike Capps
PhDFounder
Howso
Carnegie Mellon University
Mike Hughes
Co-Founder
Bingo Bard
Mitch Heath
Co-Founder
Teamworks
Duke University
Nate Almond
Co-Founder
Powerband.ai
Nathan Hambelton
CTO
ThermaTech
North Carolina State University
Nick Miller
Founder & CEO
Pellucid Network
Johns Hopkins University (Carey Business School), NC State University (ME, Electrical Engineering)
Oz Merchant
Founder & CEO
Futureproof
Patrick Lohman
Co-Founder
Cloneable
Paul Greenham
Co-Founder & CTO
Scale Social AI
University of Pennsylvania
Peter Boyer
Co-Founder, CTO Emeritus
Higharc
Brown University
Rahul Jain
GM, VP Corporate Development & Co-Founder
Pendo
Georgia Institute of Technology
Runbin Dong
Founder & CEO
Scale Social AI
Duke University
Ryan Walsh
Founder & CEO
RepVue
Scot Wingo
Co-Founder
ReFiBuy.ai
Scot Wingo
Co-founder & CEO
Spiffy
Shaw Terwilliger
Co-Founder
Arpio
Sreedhar Peddineni
Co-Founder & CEO
GTM Buddy
Sudha Meghan
CEO & Co-Founder
Rozie Synopsis
Taylor Wrice
Founder and CEO
DocuLingo
Terrell Bacchus
Founding Chief Medical Officer
Keebler Health
Thomas Holt
Co-Founder, VP of Visualization
Higharc
Todd Olson
CEO & Co-Founder
Pendo
Carnegie Mellon University
Travis Almond
Co-Founder
Powerband.ai
University of Utah David Eccles School of Business; Westminster University
Trevor Champion
Co-Founder
ChampOS
NC State University
Tucker Hawkinson
Founder
Console Innovations
Tyler Collins
Co-Founder
Cloneable
Vijay Dheap
CSO & Co-Founder
Rozie Synopsis
Will Shearin
CMO and Technical Director
ThermaTech
North Carolina State University
Y.B. Carr
Founder
VoxIntel AI
Duke University
Zachary Maurides
Founder & CEO
Teamworks
Duke University
Biotech
37Akira Matsuno
Co-Founder, President & CFO
Tune Therapeutics
Andrey Zarur
PhDCo-Founder, President & CEO
GreenLight Biosciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Anjani Jha
PhDFounder, President and CEO
MAA Laboratories
Pennsylvania State University
Aravind Asokan
PhDScientific Co-founder
StrideBio
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bruce Donald
PhDFounder, James B. Duke Professor
Ten63 Therapeutics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Charles Gersbach
PhDCo-Founder, Acting Chief Scientific Officer
Tune Therapeutics
Georgia Institute of Technology
Chase Beisel
PhDScientific Co-Founder
Locus Biosciences
Damon Race
CEO
GeneVentiv Therapeutics
Daniel Delubac
PhDCo-Founder
iOrganBio
Dave Ousterout
PhDCo-Founder
Locus Biosciences
David Hsu
PhDCo-founder
Xilis
Duke University
Ed Breitschwerdt
PhDCo-founder
Galaxy Diagnostics
North Carolina State University
Fraser Wright
PhDCo-Founder
Kriya Therapeutics
Fyodor Urnov
PhDCo-Founder, Scientific Advisor
Tune Therapeutics
Brown University
Gregory Oakes
CEO
Slate Medicines
Jared Resnick
Founder and CEO
Sennos
Jay Stevens
Co-founder
Galaxy Diagnostics
Jim Swartz
PhDCo-Founder & Director
GreenLight Biosciences
Stanford University
Joshua Pierce
PhDFounder
Synoxa Sciences
North Carolina State University
Katie Warner
PhDCo-Founder / Chief Scientific Officer
Ribometrix
University of Cambridge
Marcel Frenkel
PhDCo-Founder & CEO
Ten63 Therapeutics
Duke University
Mark Hallen
PhDCo-Founder & CTO
Ten63 Therapeutics
Duke University
Nancy Miller-Rich
Co-Founder
Ten63 Therapeutics
Norman Sharpless
Co-Founder
G1 Therapeutics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Patrick Ritschel
CEO
Atsena Therapeutics
Paul Garofolo
Co-Founder and CEO
Locus Biosciences
Richard Spero
PhDCo-Founder & CEO
Redbud Labs Inc.
Richard Superfine
PhDCo-Founder
Redbud Labs Inc.
Rodolphe Barrangou
PhDScientific Co-Founder
Locus Biosciences
Roger Jeffs
PhDCo-Founder
Kriya Therapeutics
Russell Taylor
Co-Founder
Redbud Labs Inc.
Shankar Ramaswamy
Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO
Kriya Therapeutics
Shannon Boye
PhDCo-founder & CSO
Atsena Therapeutics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Shuibing Chen
PhDCo-Founder
iOrganBio
Timothy Haystead
PhDFounder & President
EydisBio Inc.
Xiling Shen
PhDCo-founder
Xilis
Duke University
Xiling Shen
PhDCo-Founder
iOrganBio
Healthtech
36Adam Schultz
CEO
mindr
Ben Neubert
PhDFounder
Toilemetry
Duke University
Bethany Darragh
Co-Founder
Theralinq
Bill Ssewanyana
Co-Founder
Helian
Duke University
Brandon Chaney
Co-Founder
Moments
Brennan Barber
Co-Founder & CEO
Theralinq
Cade Spector
Co-Founder & CEO
GreySun Technologies
North Carolina State University
Charlotte C. Louis
Founder & CEO
SenterME
Clark Bulleit
Co-Founder
PROTECT3D
Duke University
David Werry
Co-Founder, President & COO
Well
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ewan Bradley
Co-Founder
Jeani
Duke University
F. Scott Moody
Co-Founder & CEO
K4Connect
Gary Loveman
PhDCo-Founder
Well
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Grant Kaley
CEO and Co-Founder
NexStratus
Inna Marquart
Co-Founder
mindr
Jack Mulcrone
Co-Founder
GreySun Technologies
John Buxton
Co-Founder
Helian
Duke University
Jonathan Gould
Co-Founder
K4Connect
Justin Lechner
CEO
Harmony
Carnegie Mellon University
Kevin Gehsmann
CEO & Co-Founder
PROTECT3D
Duke University
Lucy Shores Kosturko
PhDCPO & Co-Founder
Social Cascade
North Carolina State University
Mark Piehl
Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer
410 Medical
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mark Sendak
Founder & CEO
Vega Health
Duke University
Mike Desai
CEO and Co-Founder
Truentity Health
Mike Halpert
Founder & CEO
Ver Coaching
Neal Shah
Founder & CEO
CareYaya
Duke University
Philippe Sabourin
CTO & Co-Founder
Social Cascade
Pramod Singh
PhDCo-Founder
Trialogix
Rajit Malhotra
Co-Founder
Truentity Health
Riya Jain
Founder & CEO
Voice Back
Duke University
Roston Rodriguez
PhDCo-Founder
SonoVoice
Duke University
Saif Saleh
Founder and Software Engineer
DentalHold
North Carolina State University
Sandeep Bhatt
Co-Founder & CEO
SonoVoice
Scott McQuiggan
PhDCEO & Co-Founder
Social Cascade
North Carolina State University
Shayna Dahan
Founder
WeGotYou
Duke University
Tim Skapek
Co-Founder
PROTECT3D
Duke University
Climate
22Anthony Atti
Co-founder & CEO
Phononic
Barrett Ames
PhDCo-founder & CTO
BotBuilt
Duke University
Brent Wadas
Co-founder & CEO
BotBuilt
Brian Worfolk
PhDCEO & Founder
Lukera Energy
University of Alberta
Cory Sanderson
Co-Founder & VP of Technology
Sustaera
Dustin Abele
PhDCTO & Co-Founder
Lukera Energy
George Washington University
Ginger Krieg Dosier
Co-Founder (former CEO)
Biomason
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Huade Tan
Co-Founder, Co-CEO & CTO
Plantd
Columbia University
Jason Massey
Co-Founder & CEO
ndustrial
Jeanine Fry
PhDFounder
LOOM3D
North Carolina State University
John Starke
CEO
MyMatR
Josh Dorfman
Co-Founder & CEO
Plantd
University of Pennsylvania
Josh Prueher
Founder
FlexGen Power Systems
Judy Riffle
Co-Founder
NALA Membranes
Justin Senkbeil
Founder
CompostNow
Marc Deshusses
PhDCo-founder & Director
374Water
Duke University
Michael Dosier
Co-Founder (former CEO)
Biomason
Nathan Silvernail
Co-Founder, Co-CEO & VP Engineering
Plantd
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Raghubir Gupta
PhDCTO & Co-Founder
Sustaera
University of Illinois
Shantanu Agarwal
CEO & Co-Founder
Sustaera
Harvard Business School
Sue Mecham
Co-Founder and CEO
NALA Membranes
Yaacov Nagar
Co-founder
374Water
MedTech
20Adam Irving
CEO
Levee Medical
Ashutosh Chilkoti
PhDCo-Founder & Chairman
inSoma Bio
Bruce Choi
Executive Officer
Levee Medical
Cambre Kelly
President & CEO, Co-Founder
Reselute
Daniel Estay
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
SonoVascular
David LaVance
President & CEO
Surround Medical Systems
Ellora McTaggart
Co-Founder & CEO
Carolina Instruments
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jake Donovan
Co-Founder
Reselute
Juliet Wu
Co-Founder & CFO
Sensible
University of Pennsylvania
Ken Gall
PhDCo-Founder
Reselute
Ken Gall
PhDCo-founder
restor3d
Duke University
Kishen Mitra
Co-Founder
Levita Health
Duke University
Namita Lokare
Founder
Kinove Lab
Nandini Kanthi
Founder & CEO
Sensible
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Otto Zhou
PhDCo-Founder
Surround Medical Systems
Saba Kamal
President & CMO
Kinove Lab
Scott Hollenbeck
Co-Founder & Lead Medical Advisor
inSoma Bio
Stefan Roberts
PhDCo-Founder & CEO
inSoma Bio
Duke University
Vaishnavi Kode
Co-Founder & VP of Growth
Sensible
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Vrutika Soneji
Co-Founder & COO
Sensible
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
DeepTech
19Alice Fulton
PhDCo-founder
Carolina Cloud
University of Cambridge
Bhavya Jain
Founder
EnviraCell
Cheng Qian
PhDFounder
NCXtec
Daphne Earley
Co-Founder
Mentim
Dario Muller
CTO & Co-Founder
CN-Seamless
North Carolina State University
David R. Smith
PhDCo-Founder & CSO
Extellis
Derek Fulton
CEO
Carolina Cloud
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Haroon Inam
Co-Founder & CEO
DG Matrix
Jeff Ludwig
COO
Extellis
Josh Cooper
CEO & Co-Founder
CN-Seamless
North Carolina State University
Ladson Brearley
Co-Founder
ARtx
Matthew Earley
Co-Founder
Mentim
State University of New York at Buffalo
Michael Boyarsky
PhDCo-Founder & CEO
Extellis
Rakesh Khan
Co-Founder
ARtx
Rob Creighton
Founder & CEO
Windlift
Sam Marcom
COO & Co-Founder
CN-Seamless
North Carolina State University
Subhashish Bhattacharya
PhDCo-Founder & CTO
DG Matrix
Tyler Keith-Pedersen
Founder
Windlift
Walid Mustafa
CEO
NCXtec
Consumer
15Alex Slater
Co-founder
Shibumi Shade
Anthony Alers
Co-Founder
Bristles
Cooper Delo
Founder
PlugVerse
Dane Barnes
Co-founder
Shibumi Shade
Ferol Vernon
COO & Co-Founder
Written Word Media
Boston University
Isabel Lehrman
Co-founder & Head of Operations
Students Who Sit
Kevin Barry
Co-Founder
Second Nature
North Carolina State University
Megan Aljian
Founder
Forest Found Products
Page Conway
Founder & CEO
Ensembled
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Raya Caldwell
Co-founder
Students Who Sit
Ricci Wolman
CEO & Founder
Written Word Media
Harvard Business School
Scott Barnes
Co-founder
Shibumi Shade
Sydelle Bernstein
Co-founder & CEO
Students Who Sit
Thad Tarkington
Co-Founder & CEO
Second Nature
North Carolina State University
Tina Tang
CEO & Co-Founder
Bristles
AgTech
12Brian Green
PhDCEO and CSO
5Metis
David Liu
PhDScientific Co-Founder
Pairwise
Feng Zhang
PhDScientific Co-Founder
Pairwise
Guilherme Tejada
Co-founder & CEO
Solvata
Haven Baker
PhDCo-Founder
Pairwise
J. Keith Joung
PhDScientific Co-Founder
Pairwise
Qingshan Wei
PhDCo-Founder
Verdia Diagnostics
North Carolina State University
Ramin Karimpour
Founder & CEO
TARGAN
Steven Tuttle
COO
5Metis
Tom Adams
PhDCo-Founder & CEO
Pairwise
Yong Zhu
PhDCo-Founder
Verdia Diagnostics
North Carolina State University
Zach Hetzler
Co-Founder and CEO
Verdia Diagnostics
North Carolina State University
GovTech
9Adil Asif
Head of Engineering
CivicReach
Chip Kennedy
Founder & CEO
CivicReach
Case Western Reserve University
Clark Dudek
Technical Advisor
CivicReach
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
James Gieszelmann
Co-Founder
Roboro
Jenny Bo
Co-Founder
Roboro
Jocelyn Howard
VP of Customer Experience
CivicReach
Columbia University
Lindsay Freeman Avagliano
COO
CivicReach
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Matthew Matos
Co-Founder & CEO
BeamRail
Paul Rava
Co-Founder and CEO
Roboro
