Organizers
Mark Green
Bio: Mark Green started his first company over 20 years ago and has been active in the Charlottesville entrepreneurial community since 2004. He is Chairman of the Charlottesville Venture Group and has served on the boards of the Charlottesville Business Innovation Council and MSB Coach. He is an angel investor and has mentored numerous area startups. Mark's day job is commercial real estate development and consulting.
John Berryman
Bio: John began his career as an Aerospace Engineer and has worked with a broad range of applications from close-formation satellite dynamics to safety verification of aircraft control systems. During this period of time John was able gain valuable experience in software design. In early 2011 John made the leap from the field of aerospace to dedicate software development with a focus on web design and search. In his spare time John takes an active role in the local business community by organizing events. A recurring theme in these events is the cooperation and collaboration of local business and technology communities.
AC Capehart
@capehartBio: AC received a Masters degree in computer science from the University of Virginia. Since then he's run small startups, lead software development and operational efforts for larger startups including Linden Lab, the makers of Second Life, and worked in a large public company (Electronic Arts). He's managed multi-million dollar projects, and software teams distributed across 11 time zones. He brings a rare skill in marrying the technical and business aspects to ensure quality deliverables.
John Rabasa
jrabasaBio: John Rabasa has a passion for start-ups, developing and launching online products, social causes and the environment. His work has covered multiple disciplines in the area of online product and website development and digital marketing, including Interaction Design, Product Management, Product Marketing, Tech Management, SEO, Social Media Strategy and Campaign Planning. He has managed diverse and remote teams at large companies (AOL, Publicis), as well as worn multiple hats in launching start-ups (ImOK, USNews Ventures). Currently he is consulting at his newest venture, UX Partners, on Interaction Design, Online Product Management, and Experience Strategy, and boot-strapping the impact and green start up, Brng.it. Also, he knits, runs, bikes, tinkers with tech and reads comic books.
Kevin Pujanauski
Bio: Kevin Pujanauski is a 4th-year student at the University of Virginia in the Politics Honors and Global Development Studies programs. He has a deep interest in the ways in which entrepreneurial approaches can be applied to our most pressing social and environmental problems. Kevin has his own startup in online content curation and is also interested in building the ecosystem for entrepreneurs at the university and around Charlottesville.
