John Manoogian III is an American Internet entrepreneur, software engineer, digital designer, public speaker, and teacher.
[1] Manoogian co-founded the social technology company 140 Proof in 2009 and is recognized for practicing a "hybrid" or blended approach to design and software development.
In 2002, while leading an engineering team at Organic, John founded Feed Me Links, an open-source link-sharing social bookmarking startup.
[5] In July 2009, John co-founded social API company 140 Proof with Jon Elvekrog in San Francisco, originally as a business enabling Twitter developers to earn revenue with targeted ads.
[4][16] Manoogian is actively involved in the technology and design communities in San Francisco, serving as a technical adviser to startups Hud.dl, Hashgr.am, and Zivity,[17][18] and as a contributor to open-source projects like Racket, Rails Admin, and SABnzbd.