Transportation Startups List
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Transportation.
Ali Vahabzadeh
Investor
Founder/CEO @chariot. Fmr President @neighborcity. Finance exec @BofA. Builder of great teams and proven executor. @Vanderbilt. Unapologetic Long Islander.
Brendan Wallace
Investor
Founder/CEO of @identified. @princeton-university-1 undergrad, @stanford-university-1 MBA, @goldman-sachs Investment Banking, @the-blackstone Group PE.
Jason Cahill
Investor
CEO @traansmission. Strong business background (Carnegie Mellon MBA 2014) Worked at SRA, Unisys, AOL, US Army.
Aditya Shah
Currently lead expansion @ Instacart. Previously founded 2 companies in enterprise software and consumer ecommerce space. Waterloo engineer & Deloitte alumni.
Isaiah Duty
VP of Ops at @wunwun. Strong background focused on Ops, Biz Dev, Sales, and Marketing. Previously; @lyft @microtrip-it
Chris Dover
Investor
Founder @audienced @geniusly @enfocado-capital @desksite, • Worked at @triple-canopy @founders-institute-mentor #500strong
http://medium.com/@chrisgeniusly
Sumit Chugh
Product Mgmt & Biz Dev guy working on identifying potentially disruptive ecommerce opportunities at Amazon; MBA;Worked at Yahoo!,Times Internet,Citibank & HSBC
http://sumitchugh.com
David Davidovic
Investor
Founder pathForward • 30+yrs bio-pharma executive, entrepreneur, innovator. Many product & service launches. Strategy & Opps. Worked @genentech, @merck, @roche
John Haarer
Currently @twilio, former intern at @lovely, @everest, and @university-of-michigan-1 CFO's office. Recent @university-of-michigan-1 grad.
Federico Vega
Investor
Sontra
Prapti Mittal
Investor
Early stage investor at @terawatt-ventures, Data Scientist at @the-world-bank Engineer @URS • Studied at @harvard-business-school, @university-of-california-berkeley
http://www.terawattventures.com/white-board/
Grant Furlane
Founder @locomobi, @anai-global-media, experienced start up specialist and mentor
Jaron Ray Hinds
• • Growth #Hacker for @justgo
• • Creative at @market-me-media
• • Was an agent of @first-data-corporation
• • Studied at @missouri-state-university ago.
http://mrket.me/blog
J. Grant Mooney
Investor
Investment analyst and angel investor with a strong background in economics (MA U. of Denver) and strategic consulting (U.S. Government).
Niko Ralf Cunningham
Founder @caarbon • Founder @quilt, @nerd-swagger-inc • @koemei Fellow at @kauffman-foundation-1 • @harvard-university, @yale-university @columbia-university
Bosco Tan
Investor
Co-Founder @pocketbook, Previously co-founded @getlisted, shouldichangemypassword.com, gamerinstitute.com. Investor in @jayride, @happy-inspector
Wes Bashiti
Investor
1st startup out of high school. Strong business and ops background. founding member 2x startups.
Vinay Jagessar
Investor
Founded Arterial Marketing in 1999, operated as a highly successful marketing agency, invested in Stamford Interactive in 2009. Looking for more successful opportunities.
Stephen G. Barr
Investor
Mentor, Adviser, Strategist, Board Member, Advocate. Founder @startup-hive , CoFounder @crowdpad , CEO @sgb-media-group , Mentor @geteverwise
http://www.crowdfundingtimes.wordpress.com
Ivan Gorski
Investor
MBA FGV Business Mgmt, strong backgroung in media/advertising and product dev. Worked on Yahoo! LinkedIn and UOL Latam.
Patrick T. Hoffman
Grad of @DrexelUniv's B.Arch. & @columbia GSAPP's MSUP. @SingularityU GSP12 TF. Cities/Edu/Health/Sensors & #prodmgmt. About: http://bit.ly/NsiIMC
Clark Gates-George
Worked at @adstage - MA Economics at @sjsu
http://clarkgg.com
Varoon Jain
Customer Success @addy. Founded consulting firm; worked at Goodby Silverstein; business/pre-med @UVA.
Troy Do
Investor
Founder @simple-careers, @hitch-lab • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley, @ohio-wesleyan-university
http://blog.hitchlab.com
Casper Oppenhuis de Jong
Marketing Manager Amsterdam @uber | Political Economy @university-of-birmingham '11
http://casperodj.tumblr.com
Eric Willis
Founder of Near Inc. 1st biz in grade school. Born entrepreneur. Strong business background. World traveler (over 30 countries). Multi-lingual
Wally King
Investor
Director of Sales and Marketing @ascenergy • Co-Founder @health-hero • Worked @zipcar, @hertz-rent-a-car • Studied @university-of-california-santa-cruz
Patrick Suzuki
Business development, GTM & Sales Process. Lead role in $40,000 Kickstarter campaign. Solid results in case competitions.
Aaron Robinson
@zockster and @parametric • Worked at @google (public policy, HR tech), @obama for America (operations) • Studied at @Wash U (economics)
Nadia Yun
Brand Marketing @google. 8+ years CPG Intl @starbucks-coffee-company Founding Team, Growth Hacker @tatcha-llc . Founder @airbrush-genie @Geminievents
Mike Waltman
VP of Fleet at Scoot Networks. Business development, strategy, project management, operations; Worked at Bain, Daimler, eBay, Better Place, and Volvo Ventures
Hicham Jorio
Investor
Founder @citi-capital • Worked at @expedia, @qwest-communications • Studied at @san-jose-state-university
Jack Wheeler
Business innovator. Former Founder in Residence at Sandbox Industries - ideating, testing, launching new startups, including Lost Crates. Early Groupon employee
Fred Thuard
Investor
App economy veteran ex App Annie EVP. CEO 3* Start-up founder EU/US, raised/deployed X million early stage AAA B2B sales portfolio. Insead & Paris Sorbonne.
http://www.digitalatelier.co.uk
Aditya Pandyaram
Product Manager @augmate . Worked at @general-electric, @Esterline • Studied at @georgia-institute-of-technology, @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign
Russ Wallace
Investor
Managing Director, SF at Prolific Interactive. Previously founded @civicsponsor and @trendero.
Dennis Chiuten
Investor
NYU Stern MBA, currently in investment banking, former nonprofit fundraising professional
Sebastian Dehling
Business Developer, Maker and Strategist - I go with the flow but regularly off the beaten pass to fail, learn and repeat.
Malaika Judd
Principal at Savannah Fund, a seed technology VC fund based in Kenya. Corporate experience in Marketing, Branding, & Product Development. MSc in Economics.
http://www.savannah.vc/blog/
Daniel Cohen
I take complex situations and make them easier and executable. Formerly sat on investment committee of $4billion PE fund. Interested in product/bizdev roles.
Sumeet Batra
Problem solver and idea generator with wide array of finance experience (research, equities, technology transfer commercialization). "wearer of many hats"
Patrick Flemming
Analytical business leader with strategy consulting and startup experience. Creative problem-solver with a get-it-done approach. Berkeley-Haas MBA.
Kendrick Geluz Kho
Multidiscplinary student from Stanford, with an education in sociology, engineering, environment, and design. Looking for opportunities to learn and contribute.
Stelios Sbyrakis
curious
http://www.sbyrakis.net
Dimas Avila
I am a serial entrepreneur and I´ve been awarded with National and International startups contest. I am always looking for new challenges and new ventures
Anna Caroline
Harvard MA, expert on Middle East, fluent in 4 languages, creative, passion for vintage fashion
Cate Hull
Founder @freightexchange • Started life as a data geek. Strong background in business @ernst-and-young, @citibank @commbank. BA.MBA
Gold
Current MIT Sloan Fellow focused on logistics & operations. Expertise in vendor management, demand planning & process development. Analytical and data driven
http://golden-tone.blogspot.com
Eric Veleker
New Ventures, Operations & Strategy Consultant
http://ericveleker.tumblr.com
Bill McNeely
Founder @convoyer ; Retail at @target / @nordstrom; Logistics, Transportation & Leadership @USArmy
Amy Warren
Built out the strategic approach to managing Indeed.com's highest spending accounts. Currently responsible for $16m in revenue and over 10% YOY growth.
Christer Andersson
Investor
Worked at @nokia, @ericsson • Studied at @stanford, @london-business-school
Omar Nathaniel Ely
President / CTO @ Cupp Computing. A designer solves problems. Comprehensive knowledge of HW & SW, IT ecosystems. Driving strategic vision into deployment.
Dmitriy Pustovalov
Founder at @mycitycar, Worked at @microsoft, @superdeal-ua • Studied at @state-university-of-new-york-system, @budapesti-corvinus-egyetem
Alex Mitchell
Launched CODA retail sales network. Worked at @world-economic-forum @mckinsey-company, @toyota @chrysler-group • Studied at @stanford-university, @wharton-school
Aziz Pabani
Founder Clipas. Simplifying commercial real estate search. Education enthusiast.
Previously Printi, First Round Capital, Citi. Studied at Wharton.
Jeffrey Henderson
Former VP of Sales and Marketing @invested-in. Background in sales and business development for digital marketing and technology companies.
Jeffrey Weber
Experienced entrepreneur co-Founder of Transfix) and Technology Sales expert and marketing professional (Gartner)
Spencer Irvine
Founder of Airventions Inc. Developed 2 issued patents. MIT Sloan MBA, Aerospace Background (Lockheed Martin, Georgia Tech)
Daniel Sincavage
Leader, Entrepreneur, Innovator, Self-Starter, Team-Builder, Workhorse, Cold Caller, Closer: Launched a successful venture; Self-taught web developer
Chris Nyenhuis
Co-Founder of @eyesonfreight . 6 yrs experience in logistics & international business development • Studied at @university-of-missouri Political Science and Business background
Steve Hurvitz
Experienced professional fundraiser who is great at closing deals and getting results!
Andy Jones
Craft Beer Investor/Afficianado
Smart Card Consultant
Studied at @university-of-vermont
Adam Levent
Strong Business and Business Devlopement background in the technology space (Lufthansa Systems); ready to roll up my sleaves and be part of something great.
Adam Pegues
Investor
Navy fighter pilot and investor
Aman Jain
3+ years in Banking/Financial Services, Ran Analytics for strategy projects in Sales, product development and Customer Acquisitions
Jianhan Wang
Student and MRC student manager at @babson-college '15. Previous Summer Study Mentor @babson-college
Chris Sorenson
Bay Area native, University of Michigan graduate. Passionate about digital content and revolutionizing the way we utilize the internet. Always eager to learn!
Kevin Wong
Investor
Business Development Professional with experience in sales, marketing, managment with start-up and corporate. PE in tech, mobile, commodity, entertainment, R/E
Patrick Beard
Worked at @booz-allen-hamilton, @accenture • Studied at @college-of-william-and-mary Mason School of Business (BBA)
Kamila Kotlewska
International Business Launcher @ Expeditors; Strategic Business Development.
Ben Isenstein
BA in Econ/Finance at WashU; Interned in Finance for Nissan and Random House Publishing; Goal is to do cool things in cool places with cool people.
Alexander Richards
Candidate for BizDev&Strategy/Ops roles. Strong quant and qualitative background working with C-Suite during company turnaround. Undergrad @colby-college
Douglas Fleming
Technology sales specialist, company and product collaborator, commercial relationship builder and expert in security market requirements.
Justin Ker
Strategic Partnerships and Brand Management Marketing Expert, Consumer Marketing, Digital Media, Business Development and Negotiations
Julia Szatar
Comms all rounder: Marketing, Biz Dev, PR. International Expansion. Studied @USYD. Worked with SideCar, Uber, Virgin Australia & Australian Government.
r zamora
Investor
17+ years in overall high-tech industry experience in technical sales & business development calling on startups to Global 500 account. Based in San Francisco
Adam Rochford
Curiosity Engineering, University of Michigan
Jen Riedel
Operations Guru, Designer, Worked for PMG Entertainment
Jasjit Singh Dhanoa
J.D.; Sikh Coalition Advocacy Fellow; Successfully ran a transportation company; Started transportation brokerage.; H.S. teacher; Human/Civil Rights.
Gaven Rolfe
Dynamic & polished leader for one of worlds largest employers looking to drive sales for start up as well as potential investor
Steven R. Carini
Investor
Steven R. Carini grew up in Canarsie Brooklyn and helps Business obtain Working Capital & Short-Term Capital.
http://stevenrcarini.blogspot.com/
Christo Yotov
Investor
Physical Commodity trader with a background in operations and management. Interested in startups, technology and social impact projects.
Bryan Molyneux
Marketing professional, Rutgers graduate, Entrepreneurial min.
Ben Hope
Head of Client Service at EF / Englishtown.com B2B. (Adoption and Lifecycle guru). Love to scale great human experiences in the online space. Good salesman to boot.
Fabien
Chief Driver & co-founder at taxishare. Walk the talk.
http://blog.taxisha.re
James Graves
MBA student in Brazil, worked in commercial property markets in Australia in general management and leasing.
Zain Farooq
Purchasing Manager of Dollar Deal LLC. Strong retail and business background. B.S Rutgers Business School 2014.
Joan Senent
Investor
http://www.talentos.co.uk/
Laura Reynolds
Ex-banker, Travel lover, Looking for a new opportunity
Jean Carlos Lopez
Designed and developed Daisita Food Broker's logo.
Matthew Dyer
Project Manager at Verb DB • Studied at @TaylorU
Nicholas Christianson
Founder/Owner of Van Maren Concepts. Exceptional in sales, marketing and product development. Passionate about design, entrepreneurship, and the startup world.
http://www.vanmarenconcepts.com
Jose Davis
Confident and results driven, extensive knowledge in global logistics and business operations. Passionate drive to excel and excede expectations.
Roger Kirkpatrick
Strategy & Ops consultant at Deloitte; Background in market entry, business process, IT in the energy, sustainability, and transportation industries.
burag peksezer
Digital marketing specialist & project manager. Speaks fluently English, French German and Spanish. Worked with Turkish Airlines, FC Barcelona and Bacardi.
Ines B
Communications Manager at Project Climate; Project Mgmt. in development cooperations (GIZ & action medeor) in Lat.Am. Strong communication skills. Cosmopolitan!
