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Melissa Kaufman

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The Garage at Northwestern University

About

Melissa Kaufman is the executive director of The Garage at Northwestern. She is a former Googler, startup veteran, and entrepreneur with a decade of experience at consumer technologies companies in Silicon Valley. Currently, she is a committee member of ChicagoNEXT (Mayor Emanuel’s technology council), a member of the Chicago Technology Initiative, and a venture partner at Chicago Ventures. She was named to Chicago Inno’s 50 on Fire in 2017 and Crain’s Tech 50 in 2018. Melissa received her BA in computer science from Dartmouth College.

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Celebrate Failure

Company Spotlight in Tech

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Novatio Solutions

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Business Technology Partners

Emerging Technologies, Inc.

Keeper Security, Inc.

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Chicago Health Executives Forum

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Burwood Group, Inc.

Origin Ventures

Spotlite (part of Rally Health)

Sage Clarity Solutions

CALIBR Merchant Solutions

Objective Paradigm, Inc.

Jason VandeBoom

Joseph Annotti Consulting

KOMET of America, Inc.

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Royal Die & Stamping Co.

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Builtech Critical Services (BCS)