Tom is the co-founder and CTO of Peapod, that Chicago area company that invented online grocery shopping and continues to lead the market today. He founded the company with his brother Andrew in 1999. Since then Tim Dorgan, and Randy Pickard both had stint there and John Malec served as an advisor. Before Peapod, Tom started a software company in New York creating database systems for recruiters. And his first job out of college was with Proctor & Gamble selling Folders coffee. Tom's one other noteworthy start-up was selling beer keg carriers in college.
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Joe's entrepreneurial career began in 1993 when he left graduate school and applied for a patent for the SkipDR, a CD and DVD repair product. In 1995 he co-founded Digital Innovations along with Collin Anderson selling the SkipDR and a handful of related products. Neuros was originally a division of Digital Innovations and was spun off as a separate company in 2003.
Charley is CFO at FeedBurner (where he works with 
Kate is CEO of CenterPost where they help deliver multi-channel alerts (SMS, phone, fax) on behalf of other companies. Kate worked with COO, Peter Largen, at CCC/DriveLogic (they switched roles). She was also GM of Giant Step where she worked with a gang that included Rishad Tobaccowalla, 
Keith is founder/CEO of JobCoin, a plug-and-play job board that can be added to blogs and trade association sites to capture new revenue. He is also co-editor of Freshwater Venture with Eric Antonow. Previously, he co-founded Inventables and Lever Works with 
Zach is CEO of Inventables which provides physical Innovation Centers to the the big R&D, Marketing and Product Development departments around the world. He co-founded the firm with Keith Schacht -- the two previously co-founded and sold Lever Works while at U of I. In few short years they have been features in BusinessWeek, Forbes, Business 2.0, Fortune, ESPN, Wired...and they presented at TED, twice. 
Amanda is President and co-pilot of Jellyvision with Harry Gottlieb. The company develops the most compelling online demonstrations (see SurePayroll) via a homegrown application and process - thanks, in part, to 
Craig is CTO of ShopperTrak, the leading provider of human traffic information for malls, amusement parks, casinos, et al. Before that he did two tours of Accenture (one where he knew Dave Sidwell), was CTO of BlueMeteor with David Weinstein, and worked as a technical architect with Whittman-Hart. He's a U of I grad. 
Eric is currently co-founder of Elevation with his brother Adam Heneghan. They also founded Giant Step a leading interactive agency acquired by Leo Burnett. At its high point Giant Step employeed over 200 people in Chicago and spun off many of other entrepreneurs and executives including Kate Edwards (CEO CenterPost), Sean Chou (CTO Fieldglass), Mike Sands (COO Orbitz), Rishad Tobaccowalla (CEO Denuo), Eric Antonow (former CEO Katabat), Mike Leff (GM ARC Worldwide), Mike Ruffalo (Business Development Company), Bill Razzino (Tribune Ventures), and Damien Kulash (lead singer of Ok Go). In the early days Giant Step often competed with Alex Zoghlin's firm Neoglyphics. Eric was also a wrestler on the legendary Iowa wrestling team. 
Sam is Director Classifieds and Local for Google and works out of their Chicago office where he works with Kristen Morrisey and Kevin Willer. He previously was a VP at Classified Ventures and GM of their Homescape division where he worked with 