Alen Ribic, Co-founder of SweepSouth

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We're pleased to host Alen Ribic, entrepreneur, education activist and co-Founder of SweepSouth. Alen will be speaking about product development and product management in a startup environment, as well as insights gained from participation in 500 Startups San Francisco.

About SweepSouth: SweepSouth connects professional, experienced and insured cleaners with homeowners, and in doing so bring technology to an industry that has remained unchanged for decades. We are also passionate about helping to address unemployment in South Africa by connecting domestic work professionals with work opportunities. For our customers, we provide a convenient, easy and trusted service to get their homes cleaned, so they can do better things with their time.

More about Alen: In addition to my professional pursuits, he is enthusiastic about computer science and basic education. In 2013, he engaged the Department of Basic Education with a petition to reconsider their intention to impose the use of Delphi on schools. He have served on committees and has given numerous talks relating to the South African Computer Applications Technology (CAT) and Information Technology (IT) education curriculum.

Many thanks to our sponsors: Workshop17 for venue, Digiata for snacks