Young Leaders in Tech #9 ONLINE - Andrew Pitcher, Graeme O'Reilly & Shana Chu

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NOTICE: Due to the current restrictions on public gatherings due to COVID-19, this meetup will go ahead, and it will be a video conference live streamed online.

The aim will be to stream live on Linkedin from my own profile and on the youtube channel as well. Connect with me on Linkedin and subscribe to the Youtube channel and you will get a notification when stream goes live.

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnbconneely/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6IzrdCAV5YB414AUH68W8g

For this meetup, we will have 3 guests lined up for a panel that will be talking about their own experiences in leadership and also taking questions from the audience.

Website: https://youngleaders.tech

ANDREW PITCHER
ZENDESK
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewpitcher/

Andrew leads and is currently building out the Sales Development business in EMEA at Zendesk from their rapidly expanding EMEA HQ in Dublin. He has 10+ years of sales and strategy experience with a special passion for developing his teams and customers.

In his career to date, he has been the leader of Strategy & Operations teams, Sales Development teams (Inbound and Outbound) and Sales teams (SMB and Ent). He has worked with customers in the SaaS industry as well as the advertising industry across most markets in EMEA.

Andrew has a background as a certified strategic planner with a BBA in Business Economics and an MBA in Finance.

GRAEME O'REILLY
DUBLIN TECH SUMMIT
https://www.linkedin.com/in/graemeoreilly/

Graeme is the Head of Vision X at Dublin Tech Summit. He's an Innovative and experienced specialist in tech scale-ups and start-ups. Graeme specialises in identifying emerging start-ups with potential and developing relationships with start-up ecosystems globally.

Graeme leads the Vision X start-up programme at DTS where he engages with high potential start-ups and advises them on how best to connect, collaborate and scale through the Vision X programme. Vision X focuses on creating value for international start-ups and scale-ups in Dublin’s established and vibrant tech and business community.

Graeme is the DTS liaison between the start-up community and trade embassies, accelerators, investors and corporates. He facilitates introductions to enable entrepreneurs reach the next level of their growth and drives awareness of the DTS20 Start-up programme to an international audience of start-ups and investors.

SHANA CHU
STYL.WRAP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shana-chu-34551517

STYL.wrap was founded in 2018 by Shana Chu. Shana is the brains and strength of the company. Her impressive experience includes being the head garment technologist, head designer, web developer and digital marketing manager for two very different brands for 8 years (one a sports and leisure wear manufacturer and the second a personal protective equipment (fire suits, FR & ARC workwear, etc.) manufacturer). This hands-on role gave her deep domain knowledge and insight into the best and worst parts of garment manufacture. Her role brought her internationally and added great achievements to her career.

STYL.wrap is a smart, easy to use sizing solution for online fashion retailers such as BooHoo.com and ASOS. Using artificial intelligence, the platform will reduce the cost ($$62.4 billion worldwide in 2015), volume and environmental impact of returns by providing instant fit recommendations to online shoppers reducing the need to order multiple sizes.

We look at sizing and fit issues across the complete supply chain from initial design and production right through to the front door of online shoppers. We ensure that online shoppers get the right fit that looks good and feels great the first time, always.