Coder. Speaker. Writer.

I began public speaking at the precocious age of 12.  In high school I competed nationally in Lincoln Douglas Debate in high school and Foreign Extemporaneous speaking.  Being a femgineer and entrepreneur most of my days are filled sitting in front of my computer and coding away, so I relish opportunities to speak.  Here’s what I typically speak on:

• Building Products the whole lifecycle: prototyping, launching, finding product market fit, scaling, security, analytics
• Entrepreneurship & Startups: recruiting, mentoring, staying hungry & motivated
• FinTech: consumer, payments, and small businesses
• Local Merchants & Small Business: customer retention and leveraging email marketing & social media
• Women’s Leadership in Tech
• Fitness & Yoga: practicing and trends in LOHAS

If you’re interested in having me speak to your company or organization please use the form below.

Current and previous speaking engagements

May 2012

• Groupinar: Think You Know the SMB Owner Mind?  Guess Again. (Palo Alto, CA) May 31, 2012 5pm.
• The Crave Company: Online Money-Makers (San Francisco, CA) May 29, 2012 6pm.
• Fearless Female Founders: AirBnB (San Francisco, CA) May 10, 2012 6:30pm.
• Social Media Conference Silicon Valley: Mountain View Chamber of Commerce (Palo Alto, CA) May 1, 2012 8am-5pm.

April 2012

• SVForum: Women Angel Investors in Our Midst (DLA Piper, East Palo Alto, CA) April 26, 2012 6-9pm
• She++: Stanford’s First Conference for Women in Technology (Stanford, CA) April 21, 2012

March 2012

• Women in Leadership Conference: Beyond Mentorship – Women Championing Women (Berkeley, CA) March 3, 2012

February 2012

• Technovation Challenge: Market Research & Customer Development. February 14th 5:30-7:30PM  (Linkedin, Mountain View, CA) and Feburary 15th 6-8PM (Adobe, San Jose, CA).

August 2011

• BayBrazil: Global Women’s Journey – a series on female business leaders around the world (San Jose, CA) August 25, 2011.

November 2010

• Deploy: Pre-Launch Prep ( Seattle, WA) November 8, 2010.

October 2010

• “Will it Launch?” Entrepreneurship at Duke October 21, 2010, 4pm PST (Skype: femgineer101, #willitlaunch).

August  2010

• Zonta Club of Silicon Valley: Topic TBD August 17th, 2010 5:30-7:30pm.  (Don Giovanni’s 235 Castro Street Mountain View, CA)

June 2010

• Social Developers Summit Scaling Social Analytics (Palace Hotel, San Francisco) June 29, 2010.
• Fearless Women Entrepreneur Network: Top Five Female Entrepreneur Must-Have’s (The Hub, SOMA, San Francisco, CA) June 2, 2010, 6-8:30pm.

May 2010

• I Don’t Know to CEO: Transforming Passion into Action Taking Flight – Launching a Belief into a Brand (Annenberg Auditorium, Stanford University, Stanford, CA) May 1, 2010, 11:15am-12pm.

April 2010

• Invent Your Future Conference for Women (Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA):  Careers of the Future: Which One is Right for You?  Tuesday April 20, 2010, 10:15am – 11:45am.
• PairUp Web Conference (London) Postponed.

February 2010

• “Will It Launch?” Workshop (Microsoft 835 Market Street, Suite 700, San Francisco, CA 94103) February 6-7, 2010.
• YII Entrepreneurship Series Podcast February 2, 2010.

January 2010

• Girls in Tech Catalyst Conference (Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, CA): Curious About Coding & Developing: Developing Creativity & Building a Business.  Tuesday January 26, 2010.
• Duke University MEM Program (Durham, NC): From Duke to Mint: The Blue She-Devil and Successful Silicon Valley Startup.  Friday January  22, 2010 4-5pm Schiciano Auditorium.

November 2009

• University of Berkeley Computer Science Department (Berkeley, CA): Building an Engineering Team.  Wednesday November 3, 2009 6-7pm 310 Soda.

October 2009

• Code Camp, Foot Hill College (Los Gatos, CA): When to Build and When to Buy

September 2008

• Society of Women Engineers, Duke University (Durham, NC): Starting Your Career at a Silicon Valley Startup