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At CTO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based CTO’ operating in the Location Based Services space. If you think a CTO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Arie Trouw
CEO & CTO & Founder of XYO
Ten years before Elon Musk wrote his first line of computer code, another young prodigy from South Africa was busy writing software on his TRS-80 Model I. In 1978, at the age of 10, Arie Trouw started developing software on the TRS-80 Model I, moving on to Atari, Apple, and PC. He then ran a series of bulletin boards centering on game-theory modification. Arie is an accomplished serial entrepreneur with a rich history of technological breakthroughs and business successes involving multiple 8-figure exit events. He is a strong believer in decentralization and the creation of the integrated owner/user model. Arie founded XY in 2012 (incorporated as Ength Degree, LLC before it was converted to a C Corporation in 2016). He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Prior to starting XY-The Findables Company, Arie was CEO and Chairman of Pike Holdings Inc and Chief Technology Officer of Tight Line Technologies LLC. He received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the New York Institute of Technology. Fun Fact: He is a member of one of the first Afrikaans speaking families to emigrate to the US from South Africa in 1976.
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About XY Labs, XY – The Persistent Company, XYO: XYO is a decentralized crypto-location oracle network aiming to provide accurate location data from cars to smartphones.
Oindril Dutta
Chief Technology Officer and Founder of AreaHype
Oindril Dutta is the Chief Technology Officer and Founder at AreaHype.
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About AreaHype, Tara AI: We connect small businesses with clients.
Roman Zaks
Co-founder and CTO of Roomster
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About Roomster: The leading multi platform roommate matching & shared housing application. IOS, Android & fully responsive design
David Julian
Founder & CTO of NetraDyne
David Julian, co-founder and chief technology officer, leads Netradyne’s long-term technology vision. A 20-year technology R&D veteran, he sees near infinite potential for Computer Vision and Deep Learning to solve things from everyday problems to highly specialized use-cases from automotive, healthcare and energy exploration, to recreation and entertainment. Prior to co-founding Netradyne in 2015, David served as Principal Engineer at Qualcomm, where he was awarded over 100 US patents covering a wide range of technologies during his 12 year tenure at the company. While at Qualcomm, he was also the Project and Systems Engineering Lead of a multidisciplinary team for the company’s ultra low-power and ranging ultra-wideband R&D efforts, taking it from concept to system-on-chip (SOC) prototypes. David was also instrumental in Qualcomm’s Zeroth team achieving best performance on the 2015 NIST TREVID semantic indexing task for video. Before Qualcomm, David co-founded Mountain View Analytics and supported Voyager and Cassini Deep Space programs at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Julian holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from New Mexico State University and a master’s of science and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.
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About NetraDyne: NetraDyne engages in improving fleet safety through computer vision and in-depth data analysis.
Zachary Goldberg
Co-founder, CTO/COO of Lynk Messenger
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About Lynk Messenger: Lynk Messenger is a hyper-local messaging application that lets its users to chat with friends nearby for free.
Shon Myatt
CTO, President & Co-Founder of Babel Street
Shon Myatt Co-Founder and CTO of Babel Street, Shon Myatt shares the first steps that he took to found Babel Street, a technology company that provides intelligence from online and private sources that accurately detected the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks before it happened.
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About Babel Street: Babel Street provides real-time situational awareness and intelligence on global topics of interest.
Cha Li
CTO/Co-Founder of FetchyFox
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About FetchyFox: The Digital Marketplace and AI Intelligence Platform for public spaces, like airports.
Madhu Therani
CTO & Head of AI of Near
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About Near: Near, the world’s largest source of intelligence on People, Places, and Products, is the global leader in Data Intelligence.
Daniel Parkes
Chief Technology Officer of Emodo
Daniel Parkes is the CTO at Ericsson Emodo.
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About Emodo, Ericsson Ventures: Emodo transforms data into results for mobile network operators.
Vlad Rymarev
CTO of Field Complete
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About Field Complete: Software for real estate contractors to manage their operations
Jim Woodroffe
CTO of Survey.com
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About Survey.com: Survey.com empowers it’s customers with data and technology to offer targeted solutions to their specific retail challenges.
Srdjan Marinovic
Co-Founder and CTO of SignalFrame
Srdjan Marinovic is the Co-Founder and CTO at SignalFrame.
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About SignalFrame: SignalFrame is a software company that maps and relates wireless signals to power a new class of graph-based proximity services.
Jim Binder
Principal Engr., Office of the CTO of Spirent Communications
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About Spirent Communications: Spirent Communications is a telecommunications company offering lab test solutions to evaluate the performance of the latest technologies.
Owen Samuels
CTO of Favor
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About Favor: Favor is a developer of a mobile-based food delivery application used to deliver restaurant-based food.
Lior Meller
Chief Technology Officer of SPREO
Lior Meller is a leader in indoor positioning algorithm technology. He has over 20 years of proven experience in the field of software development. Lior specializes in navigation technology, while working as the head of the core development team at Telemap (which was acquired by Intel). Lior created a GPS navigation application at Telemap, creating the foundation of knowledge for his work at SPREO.
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About SPREO: SPREO is a developer of a cloud-based indoor mapping platform used for indoor positioning.
Mohith Julapalli
CTO & Co-Founder of skuIQ
CTO of Boutiika.
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About skuIQ: skuIQ helps retailers with one or more locations keep their inventory, orders and more, synced.
Gabe Frangakis
Founder & CTO of Mira
Co-founder and CTO at Mira. Ex hedge fund analyst. New York City.
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About Mira: Mira is the crowd analytics platform
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CTO, Co-Founder of Cintric
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About Cintric: Cintric turns existing mobile user-bases into location and consumer intelligence.
Davide Quadrini
CTO & Co-Founder of Cloud4Wi
Davide Quadrini is CTO and co-founder of Cloud4Wi. He has more than 10 years of experience in the telecommunications industry with a focus on OSS/BSS systems, and he is a well-known and respected expert in telco networks, both wireless and wired. Prior to co-founding Cloud4Wi, Davide served as CTO of WiTech, where he was involved in advanced research and development activities and led various projects, working closely with his team and with other search laboratories, as necessary, to develop innovative solutions tailored for customer requirements. Davide holds a master’s degree in telecommunications engineering from the University of Pisa.
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About Cloud4Wi: Cloud4Wi enables businesses and organizations to seamlessly and safely collect, analyze and act on location-based customer data
Tibor Mozes
CTO of Arrivalist
Tibor is the co-founder and CTO of Arrivalist. He has over two decades of technology management experience in the software/internet industries, including multiple successful start-up ventures with several exits and an IPO. Tibor brings deep expertise in the mobile advertising ecosystem and working with extremely large data sets and analytical data warehouses.
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About Arrivalist: Arrivalist measures the way people visit places by looking at the changing locations of mobile computing devices after media exposures.
David Kim
CTO of Jaunster
CTO at Animoca
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About Jaunster: Instagram for Food and Adventure
Seth Hollar
Co-Founder & CTO of WISER Systems
Seth E. Hollar, Ph.D. is founding CTO of WISER Systems, Inc. A life-long innovator, Dr. Hollar developed one of the world’s smallest autonomous robots, co-invented the hardware platform for one of first distributed sensor network platforms (TinyOS), and has developed a variety of handheld mobile hardware solutions. Additionally, he has worked on attitude control systems for unmanned space exploration missions at Lockheed Martin, including the Mars Orbiter and Stardust platforms and was a Toshiba Fellow at their Research and Development Center in Kawasaki, Japan. He graduated from MIT with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, and earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley in 2003, specializing in micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS). Dr. Hollar has also served as Assistant Director of the Engineering Entrepreneurs Program at NC State University, and coordinates the University’s autonomous vehicle program (ECO-PRT) which is guided by WISER Systems’ RRLT technology.
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About WISER Systems: WISER Systems is develops a smart system to automatically track the location of key assets like equipment, containers, pallets, etc.
Josh Ellinger
CTO/Founder of Xclaim Mobile
Josh Ellinger is a Data/AI Engineer with deep experience in Credit Analytics
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About Exemplar Technologies, Xclaim Mobile: Xclaim Mobile’s offer platform enables brands to drive response and revenue by enhancing existing digital ads with real-time click data.
Michael Vess
CTO of Kinglet
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About Kinglet: Kinglet is an online marketplace for office rentals.
Michael Vess
CTO of Kinglet
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About Kinglet: Kinglet is an online marketplace for office rentals.
Greg Hoover
Co-founder, CTO of Bubbl
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About Bubbl: Local events on a map
Greg Hoover
Co-founder, CTO of Bubbl
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About Bubbl: Local events on a map
Kipp Jones
Chief Technology Evangelist of Skyhook
As VP Product, Kipp oversees the product group and is deeply engaged in all aspects of the business, customers, policies and technology in the fast moving mobile location and location intelligence markets. Prior to running the product group, Kipp spent five years as Chief Architect and Privacy Czar at Skyhook and oversaw the evolution of the Skyhook services from the early years. Kipp has spent over 20 years developing technology and strategy for numerous early stage companies in the technology and startup world. Kipp received his BS in Computer Science from the University of Nebraska as well as an MS and ABD in CS from Georgia Tech.
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About Skyhook: Skyhook is a worldwide leader in location, powering location and context for apps, adtech and devices.
Coburn Berry
CTO of MSH Labs
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About MSH Labs: MSH Labs is a gathering-based social network that surfaces friends without maps or text.
Josh Winters
Chief Technology Officer of IdealSpot
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About IdealSpot, Sensei Ag: IdealSpot provides a complete and up-to-date data-driven picture of US hyperlocal economic activity.
Giuliano Giacaglia
Co-Founder & CTO of WiGo
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About WiGo: WiGo allows users to know who at their school is going out and where their friends are headed.
Steve Huber
Chief Technology Officer of Kaarta
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About Kaarta: Kaarta develops a rapid 3D reality capture for the built and natural world.
Teague Newman
CTO of Anatrope
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About Anatrope: Anatrope develops fleet management, geo-fencing, and fee collection sensor technology for personal and commercial automobile industry.
Hidemichi Nakahashi
Co-Founder & Director CTO of TYFFON
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About TYFFON: TYFFON develops immersive contents with VR/AR/xR technologies and operating the venues with Free Roam VR experiences.
John Livingston Foley III
CTO & Co-Founder of Fysical Labs
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About Fysical Labs: Powering better decisions with location data
Carole Teolis
Cofounder/CTO/Chairman of TRX Systems
Dr. Carole Teolis – CTO and co-founder. Internationally recognized navigation and control systems expert.
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About TRX Systems: TRX Systems is the developer of NEON®, a location system delivering tracking services inside GPS-disabled buildings.
Nicholas F. Fox
Co-Founder, CTO & App Development Lead of Vouched
Nick is computer engineer, turned mobile app developer. He’s passionate about design and the social implications of technology. His drive pushes him to solve challenging problems by exploiting technology in creative ways, like the Vouched app!
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About Vouched: Vouched is a dual-platform app that allows users to crowdsource reputation analytics for job hunting and career advancement.
Lukas Kuhn
Founder & CTO of Tourmaline Labs™
Lukas Kuhn is the CTO & Founder at Tourmaline Labs, Inc.
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About Tourmaline Labs™: We’re the Experts Solving Your Mobility Challenges – Harnessing the Mobility Data Storm Through Artificial Intelligence.
Cuyler Jones
CTO & co-founder of FlareWorks (Flares)
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About FlareWorks (Flares): Flares simplifies mobile messaging by swapping text with visual cues as communication shortcuts.
Socheat Yi
Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Technology Officer of Delicio App
Entrepreneur also a software engineer, and a founder.
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About Delicio App: Provides marketplace to bring stores online for both products and services
Steve Eakin
CTO of VenPath
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About VenPath: VenPath is the world’s largest consumer data marketplace. We instantly deliver the data your business needs.
Adonis Proios
Co-founder and CTO of VentureOut
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About VentureOut: Social Network for People Who Love Activities
Geary Eppley
CTO of Point Inside
Mr. Eppley is CTO at Point Inside. He has spent more than 20 years managing the design and development of software products. He joined Point Inside from PayScale, Inc., where he was the 5th employee and helped build their SaaS compensation platform as VP of Business Products. Prior to that he spent time in Microsoft’s Developer Division working on web service standards and their .Net implementation. He survived the first dot-com boom designing and launching products at drugstore.com and at DirectSource Global Purchasing. Mr. Eppley has a B.S. in Mathematics and Physics from Whitman College.
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About Point Inside: Point Inside produces indoor maps to enable location-centric digital strategies across industries.
Glenn Thrift Jr.
Chief Technology Officer of IntoGo LLC
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About IntoGo LLC: IntoGo offers a faster, more personal way to find nearby places and events to match users’ interests.
Jeremiah Sheehy
Co-Founder & CTO of Stamp Travel
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About Stamp Travel: Stamp Travel is an online platform that provides its users to view and share travel tips with others.
Rajiv Anand
Founder & CTO of Tagit Solutions
Rajiv Anand is the Founder & CTO at Tagit Solutions.
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About Tagit Solutions: Helping businesses adopt location technologies and transform operations
ARBAZ SHA
Co-Founder/Sr.Chief Technology Officer of 4SmartPro
Principally oversees development @4smartpro LLC. “Senior” Developer with lots of experience coding (a “lone wolf”), then all these wonderful technical skills, knowing different languages, frameworks, great trouble-shooting skills, deep understanding of the iOS environment, etc, etc. Arbaz is more of a mentor and a leader to younger developers, then his people skills are valued more. Besides having a deep bird-eye view understanding of the projects involved, He understands his team. Who is strong where? Who’s weak where? Which tasks would be suitable for which team member? Who has the most potential? Who should learn what?
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About 4SmartPro: Home Improvement Company, Cleaning and Janitorial Service, Construction clean up, House Painting, and Roofing Service along with Make Ready.
Serguei Vinnitskii
CTO & Co-Founder of AgoodKiss
Founder at AgoodKiss
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About AgoodKiss: AgoodKiss is a free dating app for iOS and Android. Our motto is talk more and text less.
Serguei Vinnitskii
CTO & Co-Founder of AgoodKiss
Founder at AgoodKiss
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About AgoodKiss: AgoodKiss is a free dating app for iOS and Android. Our motto is talk more and text less.
Eamonn Mccormick
Co-Founder & CTO of Visbrands
Co-Founder & CTO VisibleBrands. Former CTO FurnishNet (sold to GERetail Systems), Lead Architect ERCOT – Texas Power Exchange.
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About Visbrands: Visbrands.com is the World’s First Moment of Decision® Media Network delivering impression-based digital advertising in physical retail.
Joe Rosen
CTO of SEEWHO, LLC
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About SEEWHO, LLC: Who’s in the room? SeeWho is a real-time people discovery app that enhances face-to-face networking.
Joe Rosen
CTO of SEEWHO, LLC
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About SEEWHO, LLC: Who’s in the room? SeeWho is a real-time people discovery app that enhances face-to-face networking.
Frank Bongiorno
CTO of Kudzu
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About Kudzu: Kudzu.com is a directory enabling homeowners to plan projects and solve home-related problems through expert videos and contractor reviews.
