Boardroom Media (CEO News)
At CEO (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 Chicago based CEO’ operating in the Innovation Management space. If you think a CEO’ 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.
Haven Allen
CEO and Co-Founder of mHUB
Haven Allen, chief executive officer and co-founder, is an entrepreneur and technology strategist who most recently concentrated on growing the manufacturing industry and strengthening its community throughout Chicagoland. As an economic development strategist at World Business Chicago, he directed the Advisory Council for Chicagoland Manufacturing through which he established and led the implementation of an economic development agenda to support growth and job creation in the manufacturing sector. During his graduate education, Haven served as a Mayoral Fellow at the City of Chicago. As a fellow he provided research and analysis on policy initiatives dealing with infrastructure, electricity markets and municipal marketing. In order to give back to his country, Haven joined the Peace Corps and served as a community economic development volunteer in Panama where he worked to strengthen the management and leadership capacities of rural cooperatives and local organizations in order to increase economic opportunities. In addition, Haven was a small business owner in the production and publishing industry. Haven has a Master of Public Policy and a Certificate of Graduate Studies in Science, Technology and Public Policy from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from University of Illinois at Chicago.
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About mHUB, mHUB, mHUB, mHUB Accelerator Incubation LLC: mHUB is a hardtech innovation and manufacturing entrepreneurial center.
Jim Snediker
Founder and CEO of Stock Mfg. Co.
Jim Snediker is Founder and CEO @ Stock Manufacturing Company.
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About Stock Mfg. Co.: Stock Mfg. Co. is an American-made clothing brand that designs and manufactures premium men’s clothing in their Chicago factory.
Misha Malyshev
Founder/CEO of Teza Technologies
Dr. Misha Malyshev is the founder and CEO of Teza Technologies, which he established in 2009. Malyshev earned an M.S. degree in Theoretical Physics and a B.S. degree in Physics and Mathematics from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. He then achieved a Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Princeton University in 1998. He worked for Bell Labs until 2000 and as a consultant with McKinsey & Company before working for the next six years in high frequency trading. Misha Malyshev is involved in philanthropic activities that focus on education. He joined buildOn in 2013 and serves on the global leadership council. He is on the board of directors of After-School All-Stars and the advisory board of After School Matters. Malyshev also supports the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, America’s first planetarium. He and Adler work to encourage underprivileged youth and girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math.
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About Teza Technologies: Teza Technologies ia a Global Quantitative Trading Firm Based On Talent, Science and Innovation.
Tyler Wanke
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of Innoblative Designs
Tyler Wanke is Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder at Innoblative Designs.
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About EDGe Surgical, Innoblative Designs: Innoblative is a medical device company whose mission is to develop innovative advanced energy medical devices.
Said Al-Hallaj
Founder & CEO of NETenergy
Said Al-Hallaj is the Founder and CEO NETenergy.
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About AllCell Technologies, NETenergy, Northwestern University, Tuck Executive Education at Dartmouth, University of Illinois at Chicago: NETenergy is a thermal energy storage company that is creating a thermal battery designed to offset peak electricity load.
Amgad Morgan
CEO of Beliaa
➳ Passionate about creativity and innovation. Concept to launch of ideas. Some of the products designed & developed are used worldwide adding value and strongly impacting the community where the social application is launched wither it’s within the Healthcare or Automotive industry. ➳ Widely diversified skills across industry and function. Began career in software development, moved to project management consulting and now an social internet start-up. ➳ Consulting with cross-functional teams and across an organization, experienced in engaging with different business units on a large number of of governmental, multinational and non governmental projects, all through specializing in the internet domain. ➳ Skilled in customer, vendor, stake holder and team management. Moreover, managed teams across the GCC ,European Region and the US and exposed to cross culture. ➳ Specialist in understanding customer needs and proposing solutions, bridging the worlds of business & IT, dealing with technical and non-technical people and domains in architecture of products and solutions. ➳ Industries worked in include Information and Technology, Medicine, Oil & Gas, Banking and Finance, Transportation, Automatize, Healthcare, Education, CRM, Electronics and Manufacturing.
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About Arch Technology, LLC, Beliaa, NetCareme Emergencycare System: Beliaa is a mobile application has been developed to provide Road Assistance and Maintenance Reservation Services for car owners,
Stella Ashaolu
Founder & CEO of WeSolv
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About WeSolv: WeSolv is a technical solution that engages diverse candidates in real business.
Raymond Rodgers
Founder President and CEO of Deaf Communication by Innovation
Raymond Rodgers is Founder President and CEO at Deaf Communication by Innovation.
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About Deaf Communication by Innovation: Deaf Communication by Innovation provides interpreting and captioning, as well as ASL instruction and multimedia services.
Steve Wilt
Chief Executive Officer of Innovus
Steve Wilt is Chief Executive Officer @ Innovus.
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About Innovus: Innovus is the university industry interaction and innovation company of Stellenbosch University.
Steve Wilt
Chief Executive Officer of Innovus
Steve Wilt is Chief Executive Officer @ Innovus.
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About Innovus: Innovus is the university industry interaction and innovation company of Stellenbosch University.
