NJ Tech Meetup 77 w Wendi Sturgis (Yext, Right Media, Yahoo, Oracle, Scient)
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Speaker: Wendi C. Sturgis (Chief Customer Officer, Yext)
This event is part of Women's Entrepreneur Week. Learn more about the other excellent events, here (http://www.montclair.edu/entrepreneur/womens-entrepreneurship-week/events/).
Schedule:
6:15 (sharp!) - 6:45: Speed Networking & Pizza
6:15 - 7:00: Welcome/Startups present
7:00 - 8:00: Speaker
8:00+: Closing remarks/head to Ainsworth (local bar) with food/drink specials
3 great startups to present:
• Epistocracy (https://www.epistocracy.com/home)
• Untapt (http://untapt.com)
• RapidSOS (https://rapidsos.com/)
apply to pitch your co at a future NJTM (http://www.bit.ly/HTMstartup).
Stevens students/faculty free: RSVP here (http://www.bit.ly/NJTechStevens)
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More about Wendi: Wendi Sturgis has spent the last twenty years working in technology, media and the digital realm. She is currently the Chief Customer Officer of Yext, a late stage NYC based startup.
Prior to her role there, she was at Yahoo! as the NA Head of Account Management and Search Sales, where she managed a team of more than 800 associates in the U.S. and India. Prior to Yahoo!, Wendi was on the executive team of Right Media which was sold to Yahoo! for $950M. Wendi has also served as an RVP of Oracle Consulting, COO of Gartner Consulting and VP East Coast Operations for Scient.
Wendi graduated from Georgia Tech with an industrial management degree and currently serves on the Georgia Tech Advisory Board. She also serves on the board of Student Transportation of America, various advisory boards, and chairs the governance committee of Step Up Women’s Network.