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SUMMARY:Furthering Diversity and Inclusion in Tech
DESCRIPTION:This month\, NYC Apps is focusing on one of the most impor
 tant topics that has come to light in recent months. We are fortunate 
 enough to have a collective of great individuals providing their uniqu
 e views and experiences regarding the Furthering of Diversity and Incl
 usion in Tech.\nOverview:\n\n7:00 pm – Good eats and conversations\n\n
 7:20 pm – Discussion on the latest in the mobile landscape\n\n7:30 pm 
 – Featured Presentations: Heather Currier Hunt / Alana Marie Smith / T
 orin Perez\n\n8:15 pm – Panel Discussion: Alana Marie Smith / Danielle
  Li / Allison Esposito / Torin Perez / Tara Benjamin\n\n9:00 pm – NYC 
 Apps after-party\n\nPresenters:\n\nHeather Currier Hunt\, Global Direc
 tor of Learning & Development\, IDEO\nHeather is IDEO's Global Directo
 r of Learning & Development and a member of IDEO's Global Talent Team 
 whose areas of focus include: Compensation\, Benefits & Policy\, Recru
 iting\, Culture and Communications and specifically leads Learning & D
 evelopment. Working across these talent disciplines has informed a hol
 istic approach she brings to bear when designing the programs that bes
 t support a community of creative experts and lifelong learners in mul
 tiple disciplines. Whether it's a global onboarding experience or the 
 support of teams across a project's span\, Currier Hunt designs for mo
 ments of transition to ensure our people are met with what they will n
 eed to be the most successful individually and as members of high func
 tioning teams.\n\nPassion areas include nurturing purpose\, Diversity 
 and Inclusion\, supporting skills for having difficult conversations\,
  Feedback and developing relationships with external partners in Leade
 rship Development and Startups in the talent space.\n\nAlana Marie Smi
 th\, Mobile + Connected Devices Product Manager\, Bloomberg L.P.\n\nAl
 ana Marie Smith is a Product Manager at Bloomberg on the Mobile and Co
 nnected Devices team\, where she builds products that reinvent the way
  that news\, financial information and insights are delivered to globa
 l decision makers.\n\nPrior to joining Bloomberg\, Alana held Product 
 Manager roles on high-profile mobile apps at world-recognized companie
 s such as American Express and Morgan Stanley Wealth Management\, with
  additional experience in mobile e-commerce and mobile marketing campa
 igns at NY-based agencies.\n\nAlana built her foundation in technology
  and product management through the DTLP program at GE Energy and her 
 B.S. degree from Syracuse University\, where she graduated Summa Cum L
 aude.\n\nDanielle Li\, Founder\, Popshop Live\n\nDanielle Li is the fo
 under of Popshop Live (IG:@popshoplive) a cutting-edge mobile marketpl
 ace enabled by interactive live videos. She has reimagined the e-comme
 rce experience for the Snapchat generation and made it her mission to 
 build online spaces where social\, entertainment\, and commerce inters
 ect.\n\nDanielle believes the next generation demands a tech-intuitive
  work style where they can not only be financially independent\, entre
 preneurial and creative\, but also maintain flexibility\, in-person co
 nnection\, and immediate feedback. With that worldview\, she built Pop
 shop Live\, where people are instantly rewarded by their creativity an
 d individuality\, to empower the next generation to achieve their new 
 expectation of “working to live”. Popshop Live is more than a marketpl
 ace for e-commerce transactions\, it’s a space where people create com
 munities and share person-to-person connection via physical goods.\n\n
 Danielle graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute\, one of the 
 premier centers of technology and engineering education in the world\,
  worked at United Nations Global Compact on sustainability and a contr
 ibutor for Elle\, National Geographic Traveler\, L’official. She was h
 onored by Hearst Corporation with the “Best interview of the year” awa
 rd in 2014.\n\nAllison Esposito\, CEO and Founder\, Tech Ladies\n\nAll
 ison Esposito is the CEO and Founder of Tech Ladies. The goal of Tech 
 Ladies is to connect women with the best jobs and opportunities in tec
 h\, and to connect companies with the best women techmakers. The group
  has grown to 15\,000 members worldwide. Before launching Tech Ladies\
 , Allison worked on product and marketing teams at Google and Foursqua
 re. She tweets @allisonveronica.\n\nTorin Perez\, Inclusive Leadership
  Expert\, Torin Perez\n\nInclusive leadership expert Torin Perez is on
  a mission to help organizations realize the power of inclusion. As a 
 passionate speaker and masterful facilitator\, Torin uses his upliftin
 g perspective and engaging style to inspire people to take personal re
 sponsibility in building workplace inclusion. With his work grounded a
 cademically in Psychology and practically as a Gallup-Certified Streng
 ths Coach and Accredited Mind Gym Coach\, Torin has been invited to sp
 eak and facilitate learning experiences at over 30 organizations inclu
 ding Fortune 500 companies. In 2017\, he was nominated for the Rosoff 
 Award as a 20-something leading the way for his generation with a new 
 vision for diversity & inclusion.\n\nTorin is a StartingBloc Social In
 novation Fellow\, One Young World Ambassador\, and TED Resident. Throu
 gh the TED Residency incubator for breakthrough ideas\, Torin joined a
  select group of global thinkers and did a TED Talk about his vision f
 or DreamAfrica – an inclusion project focused on celebrating cultural 
 diversity in animations and films from around the world.\n\nTara Benja
 min\, IT Engineer\, Oscar Health\n\nTara is an IT Engineer at Oscar He
 alth where she creates top notch infrastructure that drives the tech r
 evolution happening in healthcare. Tara's previous positions include I
 T Manager at LittleBits and Senior Systems Administrator at MakerBot. 
 She has a great passion for working at companies with strong mission s
 tatements and products that seek to drastically change the way our wor
 ld works.
LOCATION:IDEO\, 408 Broadway\, NY
URL:https://www.meetup.com/nycapps/events/241539126/
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