Leaders of the New Digital Age

Welcome to 2016 CUNY Tech Meetup members! We are excited about hosting another round of fantastic tech meetups this year and we look forward to your participation!

What do a Google engineer, a YouTube interface designer, a Pivotal Labs director, a CTO-turned-CEO and the chief analytics officer for the NYC mayor’s office have in common? Come find out at our CUNY Tech Meetup 2016 kickoff meetup. Hear their inspiring stories of how they got their start in the industry, and their perspectives on NYC's tech ecosystem and what it means to work in tech today.

Our speaker line-up will include -

Amen Ra Mashariki (https://twitter.com/amashariki) - NYC's Chief Analytics Officer and leads the Mayor's Office of Data Analytics (http://www1.nyc.gov/site/analytics/about/about-office-data-analytics.page) (MODA (https://twitter.com/NYCAnalytics))

Hong Qu (https://twitter.com/hqu) - User Interface Designer and one of the first employees at YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/), who designed, coded, and launched vital parts of the site, and product team lead at Upworthy (http://www.upworthy.com/about)

Katy Kasmai (https://twitter.com/KatyKasmai?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) - Senior Engineering Program Manager at Google (https://www.google.com/about/company/facts/) and founder of TeamX (http://teamexponent.com)

Art Chang (https://twitter.com/achangnyc) - Director, Financial Services - Pivotal Transformation Team at Pivotal Labs NY (https://pivotal.io/locations/newyork), chairs the NYC Voter Assistance Advisory Committee (http://www.nyccfb.info/about/vaac) (VAAC) and serves on the NYC Campaign Finance Board (http://www.nyccfb.info)

Milena Berry (https://twitter.com/milenaberry?lang=en) - CEO & Co-Founder, PowerToFly (https://www.powertofly.com) and former CTO Avaaz.org (https://www.avaaz.org/en/about.php)

Light snacks and beverages will be served.

We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!