Dave Fowler is the founder of Chartio, an award-winning interface to data. Dave moved to the Bay Area to join Y Combinator and pursue his startup idea of giving a face to data. Since then, Forbe's has named Dave a Forbe’s 30 under 30 Technology Pioneer, both in 2011 and 2012. Prior to Chartio, Dave worked at IBM on the processor for Xbox 360 and filed 10 patents. Dave attended Gustavus Adolphus College for his undergraduate work, where he received three degrees in physics, electrical engineering and computer engineering. He received his masters in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota.