Our Story | Startup Oasis

Our Journey So Far

January, 2017

STARTUP OASIS BEGINS AS A COUPLE OF MEETUP GROUPS

We would meet in bars and restaurants that had space and many tables. The look of horror on our servers as they found all their tabs from one table had moved to all different tables during the breakout sessions!

December, 2019

CURRENT EVENT STRUCTURE IS FORMULATED

The marketing strategies, networking, pitches, timing, and breakout sessions were coming together around this time. At this point, the Founder had been at Tech Alpharetta for six months, honing his craft.

Meet The Team

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Matthew Martin

Co-Founder

Matt grew up in the Philly area and came down to Atlanta for Corporate America. He's worked in Logistics and Finance, and is currently running a few projects of his own. He went to NYU for Finance but is more a creative writer and product manager type. He enjoys writing, playing guitar, watching football, and creating new possibilities for the future. In fact, if you'll listen, he probably has some inane business idea to bore you with...

Robert Maddox

Co-Founder

Robb is a homegrown talent from Atlanta, and is a full-stack customer experience professional. Hailing from UGA, he has built communities from scratch while producing and curating content to keep them engaged. He brings the voice of the customer to different teams’ decision-making tables. Robb enjoys the outdoors and live concerts. If you listen closely, you may hear him spell out the word "LOL" instead of actually laughing at the joke...

Marc Kubicki

Chief of Staff, San Francisco Chapter Lead

Marc brings decades of experience helping businesses scale with clarity and control. He’s led FP&A functions for both global tech leaders and fast-growth startups, including roles in GTM finance, SaaS modeling, and investor reporting. He is also the Founder and CEO of MeanLlama, a financial consulting firm that brings the same level of strategic insight, without the red tape or markup.