The 5th Annual Timmy Awards

A very special thank you to our event sponsor and host, Capital One!

*Note, event is located in Building 2, Floor 7 in the Maplewood room. Parking is available in the guest parking garage in M1. RSVP is required in advance of the event.

Host
Dan Kapr, Comedian
Dan has performed all over the country, appearing in numerous festivals, and headlining clubs and other venues in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Dan blends offbeat absurdist humor with personal stories. People frequently describe his material as smart, fun, and weirdly relatable, and he tends to be a crowd favorite. He currently hosts a podcast about joke writing called Dan Has Jokes. https://www.dankapr.com/about

Judges
-Emily Rasowsky:
Emily is an entrepreneur and award-winning digital strategist. She is the founder of the Women in Tech Campaign, a company that helps women in technology together solve conflict related to inequity of race and gender in the office. Emily also is the Director if Marketing at the DC energy tech startup, Sparkfund. She is an avid speaker and in her spare time teaches yoga across the city.

-Rachel Koretsky:
Rachel Koretsky is the founder of upace and organizer of DC Startup Week. Upace is her second venture; she launched her first,“Teen Advisory Council,” while in college which was acquired by Ronald McDonald House-SNJ. Rachel has a Bachelors in Business Administration specializing in Entrepreneurship & Business Development for Social Impact from American University.

-Shahier Rahman:
Shahier is the partnerships specialist for General Assembly DC. He was previously the regional business development manager for DC incubator and venture fund, 1776. Before moving to DC, Shahier co-founded Central Florida's first tech incubator, Canvs. You can also find him doing stand-up comedy in dive bars around town.

-Adam Zuckerman:
Adam is an Eisenhower Fellow, Senior Advisor at Public Democracy, the founder of Fosterly, an advisor to numerous startups, an angel investor, and former intrapranuer and VC at Discovery. He now consults for organizations ranging in size from startups to Fortune 500 companies, universities, and governments -- often with a sustainability and future facing technology impact focus -- around the world.

Demos
-Brightline Interactive:
For over 16 years, Brightline Interactive’s team of creative technologists have been creating award winning interactive experiences and simulations (VR/AR/AI) for both government and commercial sectors. Brightline also leads the DC chapter of the global VR/AR Association as well as chairs the Defense/Intelligence and Marketing/Advertising Committees and hosts the global podcast within the Association. https://www.brightlineinteractive.com/

EventsPLUS
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Thank you to our event sponsor and host, Capital One!

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