Built in Beantown: Tech Talk (Sponsored by Vistaprint and WB Mason)

Boston quickly rose to the top as a “tech hub” of the Northeast. Thus, September 30th, Tech in Motion will be highlighting some of the prominent companies that our local tech community has cultivated!

The “Built in Beantown” panel discussion will focus on the trials, tribulations, and successes of industry leaders with first-hand experience in fostering a company in Boston. We’ll hear from panelists about best practices when starting a company in Beantown, along with how the tech scene here differs from other cities across the nation.

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Schedule

6:00-6:45 Refreshments & Networking
6:45-7:00 Introduction to Panel
7:00-7:45 Panel Discussion Begins
7:45-8:00 Q&A Opens Up to Audience
8:00-8:30 Wrap Up

Meet our Panel of Experts

Doug Williams, VP of Engineering, RunKeeper (http://runkeeper.com/)

As VP of Engineering at RunKeeper (http://www.runkeeper.com), Doug Williams is realizing his dream of developing software to help people stay active and fit. Over the past few years, his teams have scaled to grow RunKeeper to over 35 million users. Prior to RunKeeper, Doug led the technology teams at numerous successful startups including Zipcar and Family Education (now part of Pearson Education). He is passionate about fitness, having run the Boston Marathon for Dana-Farber this year, and cycled the MS Ride from Boston to Providence.

Mike Adler, VP of Engineering, Constant Contact (http://www.constantcontact.com)

Mike is responsible for delivering Constant Contact’s (http://www.constantcontact.com/welcomeback) suite of online marketing tools for small businesses and organizations. Leading more than 125 engineers in agile development every day, Mike is passionate about working at scale, running a large number of agile teams, and serving more than 600,000 customers . Prior to Constant Contact, Mike held positions at Symantec, IMLogic, and Switchboard.com. When not following the activities of Constant Contact, Mike is a huge Boston sports fan following the Bruins, Patriots, and Red Sox. Mike can be found on Twitter at @aepitaz.

David Block, VP of Engineering, Backupify (https://www.backupify.com/)

David Block has over 20 years of technical, management and design experience in the software industry. David was a founder and VP of Engineering at JAZD Markets, was the Senior Vice President of Product Development at ChoiceStream, co-founded and served as CTO of MyTeam.com, was architect and interface designer at Lotus Development, and produced Internet and CD-ROM products for Vertigo Development. David received his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Brown University.

Paul Shelman, VP of Software Engineering & Services, Vistaprint (http://www.lifeinvistaprint.com)

Paul is a Vice President in Vistaprint’s (http://www.lifeinvistaprint.com) Software Engineering & Services group where he is responsible for the enterprise software architecture. He is currently working on a web services global commerce network that connects multiple merchants of customized products to multiple points of fulfillment for those products. Previously at Vistaprint, Paul ran a set of engineering teams in the organization known as "Generate Demand" - from attracting new customers, to helping them choose what to buy, customize those products with their own unique designs, pay for them, and prepare those orders for manufacturing. He also has focused on extending the system architecture to rapidly scale ahead of the population explosion of new customers, building the graphics design tools for user customizable designs, the science of color reproduction, highly targeted online marketing tools, and integrations with strategic partners. Prior to Vistaprint, Paul spent over a decade in financial services and another in interactive media, where he actually wrote code. Somewhere in there he managed to sell a start-up, travel around the world a few times, find someone willing to live with him, and have a fantastic kid. He did user interface and computer graphics work at the Architecture Machine Group (now the Media Lab), graduating MIT in 1980.

Meet our Moderator

Angus Durocher, Director of Process and Innovation, Boston Globe Media (http://www.boston.com)

Angus Durocher spent twenty years in San Francisco, where he worked at numerous early-stage startups. He built the web development team at YouTube and led the only technology volunteer field office for President Barack Obama's reelection campaign. In June 2014, he joined Boston Globe Media as director of process and innovation, and was recently named co-executive director of Boston.com (http://boston.com/).

As always we would like to thank our monthly sponsors Workbridge Associates (http://www.workbridgeassociates.com/) and Jobspring Partners (http://www.jobspringpartners.com/) for their continued support.

Learn More About our Headline Sponsors:

WB Mason

WB Mason (http://www.wbmason.com) is an organization focused on solving customer problems with personalized services and customized solutions. W.B. Mason is willing to take the long view on strategies that require extended periods of time to develop and are ever flexible to meet changing needs. Our objective is to provide “The Best Overall Solution”.

Vistaprint

Vistaprint (http://lifeinvistaprint.com/) empowers millions of business owners worldwide to market themselves professionally. Our wide range of quality products and affordable prices, along with design tools suited to every skill level and need, mean everyone can create the customized materials they need to get their message across. And it all started the way most businesses do, with one entrepreneur’s ambitious goal.

About 20 years ago, Robert Keane wanted to give small business owners access to the same high-quality, custom-printed products that bigger companies (with bigger print budgets) enjoyed. He developed a patented technology that delivers professional-quality printing in small quantities, affordably. Next, he took a process that was traditionally only available offline and made it possible for business owners to create and order their custom materials online – from the convenience of their own computers.

Learn More About Our Social Sponsor:

ClearCompany

Based in Boston and San Francisco, ClearCompany (http://info.clearcompany.com/) invented Continuous Talent Improvement software. We give everyone from the CEO to the newest hire the ability to simplify their workflow, align their work plans, and access the analytics and insights that drive employee engagement and performance.

ClearCompany is a self-funded, profitable and quickly expanding organization full of diverse, weird and wonderful people. We're scaling our multitenancy SaaS platform and are always looking for sharp, adaptable people that can help us solve the technical challenges that come with a rapidly growing user base.

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