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Frank Gruber
Frank Gruber is the founder, CEO and Executive Editor of Tech Cocktail. He is an entrepreneur and new media journalist focused on sharing his tech product expertise and analysis on emerging technologies. Previously he built products for millions of users while at AOL and Tribune Company. Follow him on Twitter at @FrankGruber.
Monika Jansen
Monika Jansen is a writer and editor who is happiest pounding out blog posts, newsletters, website content, and other materials. Follow her at: @monikacjansen
Jen Consalvo
Jen Consalvo is the COO and Co-Editor of Tech Cocktail. She is also an entrepreneur and new media journalist who worked in product development for almost 13 years at AOL for audiences of millions. Follow her on Twitter at: @noreaster.
Kira M. Newman
Kira M. Newman is a writer interested in startups, innovation, and new trends. You can follow her on Twitter at: @kiramnewman.
Meg Rayford
Meg Rayford completed her graduate work in marketing at the University of Maryland and is currently working toward an M.B.A. She has experience interning for several nonprofit organizations as well as a political party. She is currently an intern at Jansen Communications and Tech Cocktail. You can connect with Meg on Twitter at @megkrayford.
Marla Shaivitz
Marla Shaivitz not only writes about startups, she has experienced the startup life herself. She has worked at three startup companies and is now pursuing one of her own. Follow Marla online at @marlashaivitz.
Glen Hellman
Glen Hellman (@glehel), is an angel investor, serial entrepreneur, and works for venture capitalists as a turn-around specialist. He is the Chief Entrepreneureator at Driven Forward LLC, frequently muses on his blog, Forward Thinking, and works with entrepreneurs to help them figure out what to do and get them to do it.
Zach Davis
When Zach Davis isn't getting lost in the mountains, he is hustling from San Francisco, CA as Tech Cocktail's Marketing Director. He is the author of Appalachian Trials, a book chronicling the mindset necessary for thru-hiking all 2,181 miles of the Appalachian Trail, a feat he accomplished in 2011. Zach is a green tea enthusiast, die-hard Chicago Bulls fan, and avid concert-goer. Follow Zach on Twitter: @zrdavis.
Henry Sams
Henry Sams is a Tech Cocktail intern, college student, and Washington, D.C. metro native who has a passion for new technology and marketing through social media. He has always been interested in new tech innovations, start-ups, and gadgets and would like to create a start-up of his own some day.
Mark Bebawy
Mark Bebawy (@markbebawy) is a Washington, D.C. metro native with a passion for all things web, social media, and startup related. Mark has an extensive background in technology, having worked in the field running his own IT consulting company that catered to small business.
Trisha Cruz
Trisha Cruz is a Tech Cocktail intern with a passion for writing and design. She is a rising third year at the University of Virginia majoring in Media Studies and minoring in Studio Art. Follow her at: @heytrisha
Samantha Strauss
Samantha has been a long time contributor to Tech Cocktail, and is currently the marketing manager at Hot Shot Media in San Francisco. Follow Samantha at @sfsam22.
Tim Jahn
Tim has conducted over 150 interviews on BeyondThePedway.com, a website he founded for creative entrepreneurs to learn from the successes, failures, and journeys of fellow creators. Follow Tim on Twitter @timjahn.
Barbara Maldonado
Barbara Maldonado is the Social Media Strategist at Legacy Marketing Partners, one of the top Experiential Marketing agencies in the country. For Tech Cocktail she looks at emerging technologies that can help businesses. Follow her on Twitter @bmaldonado
Anuj Agrawal
Anuj Agrawal (@anujagra) is a digital media enthusiast in the DC area, with a passion for understanding what makes consumers tick. From the fundamentals of designing products that are engaging to understanding the psychology of the buying process, he has helped companies develop innovative consumer experiences.
Patrick Skelley
Patrick Skelley (@Skelley84) is an entrepreneur by night. He has worked as a management consultant for nearly 5 years and is an MBA candidate at George Mason University. A jack of all trades, master of none - music, chess and sleep are all infrequent hobbies.
Clay McIlrath
Clayton McIlrath is an entrepreneur and developer currently living in Colorado. He enjoys the process of learning, exploring, and doing all things creative as well as sharing his experiences with others. Being an entrepreneur and business owner, he has a heart for helping others start their own ventures.
Antigone Peyton
Antigone is a recovering BIGLAW lawyer who is now the founder and CEO of Cloudigy Law. She is an unabashed technophile who loves her day job because it’s about 50% technology and 50% law. Follow Antigone on Twitter @antigonepeyton.
Julissa Arce
Julissa is a technology entrepreneur and writer on innovation and start-ups. She is co-founder of Common Equity, and leads the SocStock product team. She is passionate about innovation, travel and college football. You can follow her on twitter @julissaarce.
Adam Zuckerman
Adam is an entrepreneurial attorney with an MBA, is a blogger and people connector inspired by the intersections of business, law, media, technology, and all things outdoors. Adam has also contributed to The Brazen Life, author of “3 Easy Steps for Using Twitter Lists to Network and Find a Job”. Follow him at @AdamZ.
Swathy Prithivi
Swathy is a guest blogger for Tech Cocktail and runs Corporate Development at Sonim Technologies. She is fascinated by startups, business and anything technology related. Follow her on Twitter at @swathyprithivi.
Salvador Garcia Martinez
Salvador Garcia Martinez is currently collaborating as a researcher at the Technoculture, Art, and Games research centre; he is also a doctoral student in Educational Technology at Concordia University in Montreal. He has professional experience as a software developer, web designer, and instructional designer. You can connect with him on linkedIn or his personal website or follow him on Twitter @salgarciam.
Blaire Jones
Blaire Jones is a law fellow at National Public Radio, where she focuses on technology and intellectual property matters, and a new graduate of Georgetown Law. At Georgetown, Blaire discovered a special passion for helping startups leverage intellectual property and manage risk. You can follow Blaire on Twitter @VenEnthusiast.
Jason Lorimer
Jason Lorimer is a strategist and fellow entrepreneur @Entrepreneurs (http://blog.culturahq.com/), where he works to advocate and execute on behalf of those with the ambition to do more than just entertain ideas. Jason and his team transform pre-internet business models into post-internet companies and prepare them to scale. Most recently Jason has set out to help cultivate industrial age cities into start up hubs. You can follow him @JasonLorimer
Stella Fayman
Stella Fayman is a member of the founding team at FeeFighters, the comparison shopping website for credit card processors. She specializes in marketing and social media, and providing customer service to business owners. Stella is passionate about all things entrepreneurship and startup life. Follow her at @startupstella.
Frank Oelschlager
Frank Oelschlager is a serial entrepreneur with 20 years experience in software and technology companies. He enjoys building companies (creating jobs), bringing new technologies and products to market (solving problems), and learning about the things people are doing with technology. When he’s not working, Frank likes to compose music, play guitar, walk in the woods or mountains with his camera, read, try something completely new, or just hang out with the family on the porch with a glass of good wine.
Ashwini Nadkarni
Ash Nadkarni is in her final year of residency in Psychiatry at Boston Medical Center and is the co-founder of Appguppy, a mobile startup that makes it fast and free to create and distribute mobile apps to any smartphone OS without coding. You can follow her on Twitter at @appguppy.
Biffrey Braxton
Biffrey Braxton (@xbraxton) is a real estate investor, banker, and development activist. Real Cocktail focuses on innovation around real estate and urban planning based in Baltimore, Maryland. He is leading up the Real Cocktail initiative.
Gulnara Mirzakarimova
Gulnara is passionate about technology and startups. Her goal is to make Washington, D.C. a vibrant startup playground. She is the Founder of twosidebrain.com and an Event Organizer for Weekly DC Nightowls Co-Working Sessions. Follow her on Twitter @GulnaraDC.
Kimberly Citizen
Baltimore based Kimberly Citizen is part of the executive team that conceived of "Real Cocktail", a new segment of and partnership with Tech Cocktail. Follow Kim at @kciti and @realcocktail.
Jonathan Rick
I’m one of those lucky people whose day job is an extension of his hobby: I’m a social media strategist. What does that mean? Let me quote my LinkedIn profile: “Blending expertise in online communications with a background in public affairs, I help clients leverage the Web in all its splendor—whether via a Web site, social network, blog, ad, or app. I’ve employed e-strategies to raise awareness for the federal government, motivate actions for nonprofits, and shape public opinion for corporations.”
