Aaron Dallek

Aaron Dallek is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Opternative. He is a serial entrepreneur who loves building technologies that solve significant problems and make the world a better place. Since graduating from the University of California, Berkeley in 2006, Aaron has been committed to creating innovative start-ups that help the world. Before founding Opternative, he co-founded Cheap Ink, a printer cartridge sales and recycling company, which was ranked 544th in the 2011 Inc. 5000. He also co-founded Planet Metrics, a carbon information management software startup which was sold to PTC in 2010. In 2009, Aaron returned to his hometown of Chicago, where he loves the entrepreneurial community. Aaron hopes that Opternative will help grow the city’s startup ecosystem.