Special Event: Women in San Diego Tech Startups (Panel)
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What's it like to work for a Tech Startup?
What's it like to be a Woman working for a Tech Startup?
We are honored to have some of the coolest Geek Girls in San Diego to answer these questions and more for you!
Adrianna Herrara, the CEO and Founder of Fashioning Change, Melani Gordon, CEO and co-founder of Tap Hunter, Alexis Rodich, Director of Artist Services, Bandsintown. and Stephanie Mansolino of Sweet Labs will be on hand to tell us the Good, the Bad and the Ugly about starting your own Startup, and whether being a woman has anything to do with it.
We invite everyone to be a part of this awesome event, whether you are in a startup or not, planning a startup, or whether you are a geek girl or a geek guy - you need to be here to see what is going on in the San Diego tech scene!
More information on our panel:
http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/9/a/4/4/event_85119492.jpegMelani Gordon
Co-founder and CEO, Tap Hunter http://www.taphunter.com
As Co-Founder and CEO of Tap Hunter, Melani Gordon’s innate leadership, entrepreneurial spirit and ultimate passion for craft beer has quickly made her a sought-after industry influencer. With more than 12 years of marketing and sales expertise, and having held senior roles at a variety of high-tech and startup firms, Melani leverages her extensive background in new media and marketing strategy to support the vision and success of Tap Hunter every day. When she isn’t juggling phone calls and beer bottles, Melani enjoys road biking, mountain biking, camping and snowboarding the Sierras near her hometown in Reno, Nevada. While she still loves riding, Melani saves her cut-throat, must-win attitude for the day-to-day operations at Tap Hunter’s headquarters.
http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/9/a/6/c/event_85119532.jpegAdriana Herrara
Founder and CEO, Fashioning Change http://fashioningchange.com
Herrera has experience in marketing, public relations, resource development, event planning, eco-friendly product development, and behavioral therapy. Prior to founding Fashioning Change she founded a company that domestically manufactured eco-friendly and ethical handbags. Herrera has had her work featured in Carmine Gallo’s 'The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs: Insanely Different Principles for Breakthrough Success' and received several awards for her work to improve the lives of children. She received a Bachelors degree in Psychology from the University of California, Riverside and is a graduate of the Founders Institute – San Diego.
Fun Fact: Prior to meeting Kevin, her co-founder and CTO, Adriana taught herself how to code and built a browser add-on that provided users daily eco tips. She continues to work on her coding skills when time allows.
http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/1/a/c/4/event_87126852.jpegAlexis Rodich Director
Artist Services, Bandsintown http://www.bandsintown.com
Alexis Rodich is the Director of Artist Services at Bandsintown, the #1 live concert tracking and discovery application on Facebook. Since joining the company as part of the founding team in 2009, Rodich led Bandsintown’s marketing and business development strategy in its artist services division, resulting in adoption of Bandsintown’s platform by nearly 50,000 artists in just over a year. She has also brokered a number of partnerships with leading labels, management companies, and other industry players, all contributing to Bandsintown’s rapid growth and subsequent acquisition by leading mobile and social application developer Cellfish in September 2011.
Prior to joining Bandsintown, Rodich made her mark as an Associate at LaunchBox Digital, an early stage incubator program in her native Washington DC. There, she advised budding entrepreneurs on crafting revenue models, defining their markets, and developing social media strategies, earning a spotlight in the Washington Post, which named her one of five women to watch in the Washington, D.C.-area tech and startup community in 2009. This led Rodich to begin blogging regularly for the Post in their “On Success Section.” Her column ran from November 2009 to December 2010. Rodich earned an MBA in Finance from American University’s Kogod School of Business in 2009, and a BA in International Economics from American University’s school of international studies in 2003. She has spoken at events including San Francisco Music Tech, San Diego Music Thing and The Future of Music Policy Summit, and has also guest lectured at American University on startups and entrepreneurship. Rodich is also a former professional dancer who studied at the Suhaila Salimpour School of Dance and performed Modern & Middle Eastern dance throughout the East Coast. She was drawn to Bandsintown because of her love of live music and the spark between dancers & the musicians they work with. Although she has stepped off the stage, she can still be found tearing up the floor at venues around Bandsintown’s San Diego’s headquarters.
http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/1/1/e/6/event_87124582.jpegStephanie Mansolino,
Sweet Labs
http://sweetlabs.com (http://sweetlabs.com/)
Stephanie Mansolino is the Marketing Director at SweetLabs, a tech startup in San Diego's Gaslamp District that builds products to empower developers. Though a relative newbie to the tech scene, Stephanie brings over a decade of marketing experience to her position at SweetLabs, where she oversees marketing for the company's OpenCandy product line while juggling a variety of corporate marketing duties including event management and marcom. She recently organized the successful "10 Startups. $100 Million. 100 New Jobs" event, a gathering at SweetLabs headquarters that brought over 200 tech jobseekers together with 10 innovative San Diego startups, and was instrumental in the planning and execution of the company's first "HackathonSD" event in 2010. Before coming to SweetLabs, Stephanie spent over ten years in the entertainment collectibles industry as the director of the entertainment division at Upper Deck, managing Yu-Gi-Oh!, Marvel, Hello Kitty, World of Warcraft and other top brands. Stephanie volunteers with the Junior League of San Diego, a women’s volunteer organization, placed second in the foosball doubles tournament at SweetLabs and won best Halloween costume at SweetLabs with her 10 month old son.
Special Event: Women in San Diego Tech Startups (Panel)