LOOKING BACK ON 2015:

SGO SPEAKER

HIGHLIGHTS

INTRODUCTION &

A NOTE FROM

THE FOUNDERS

WELCOME to our 2015 Speaker Highlights! Take a look to learn something new, get to

know local women leaders, and find some inspiration.

If you’re interested in joining our awesome community, getting notified about upcoming events and

sharing with your network, check out our website!

Rachel Felicia

A LITTLE BIT

ABOUT SGO

She Geeks Out hosts monthly events in the Boston and Cambridge area. These events

are designed to bring amazing women together in super cool sponsor spaces, promote

networking, and allow us to learn about and from each others’ geeky pursuits. We eat,

drink, mingle, and hear from awesome local ladies. Proceeds from She Geeks Out events

support local organizations focused on girls in STEM, such as Science Club for Girls.

Events are women-only, and are welcoming and respectful of trans women.

32: sold out events

2600: women on the SGO mailing list

100: average # of women attending an SGO event

SGO by the numbers

*Data current as of December 2015

87: women who spoke at an SGO event

3718: tickets sold to SGO events

Meet some of our

2015 speakers……they’re pretty amazing!

Abbie Waite

Executive Director at Intelligent.ly

Before joining Intelligent.ly, Waite spent four

years building FutureChefs, Boston’s only

pathway program for teens with a restaurant and

non-profit collaboration – a role in which she

became exposed to the Hub’s bustling tech

scene through TUGG.

“I am a planner who knows how to make a lot

happen with a little. I love the challenge of

building organizations from the ground up for

ideas, products, and organizations that help

people succeed,” says Abbie about herself.

Abbie spoke at SGO’s April event in 2015.

ABOUT

INTELLIGENT.LY

In early 2014, Intelligent.ly set out to build

a community of leaders by creating a new

normal for leadership development in

rapid-growth companies. To help people

and teams operate at full capacity,

Intelligent.ly takes an interactive approach

and only focuses on skills that are

immediately actionable and relevant to

startup life. No banquet halls or stock

photos required.

Abbie Waite,

Executive Director at Intelligent.ly

Managers aren’t born,

they’re made.

Kathleen is an entrepreneur, arts hacker, opera

singer, acoustician. Co-Founder and CEO, Trill.

She spoke at SGO’s May event. She has worked

in the arts, in front of and behind the curtain, for

over 10 years. She recently graduated with her

MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management,

where she co-created Hacking Arts, Boston's first

festival and hackathon exploring the intersection

of arts, technology, and entrepreneurship.

Kathleen Stetson

CEO and Co-Founder of Trill

ABOUT TRILL

Trill helps you find local live shows you'll

love. From Beyonce to Boston Ballet to

bluegrass at the Cantab, Trill has every

show on every stage. We're currently

focused on the Boston area -- check us

out at Trill.me.

Fail fast. Move quickly.

Persevere. It's a marathon,

not a sprint.Kathleen Stetson,

CEO and Co-Founder of Trill

Kat earned her BFA from Massachusetts College

of Art and Design before founding CLEAR design

lab to help startups navigate the design and

prototyping process in a broad range of fields

including medical devices, consumer electronics,

and robotics, using her passion and experience

to help bring their ideas to market. Kat spoke at

SGO’s August 2015 event.

Kat Ely

Principal Designer & Founder at CLEAR design lab

ABOUT CLEAR

DESIGN LAB

CLEAR design lab is a product

development studio that specializes in

designing hardware products for forward

thinking companies.

Diane Hessan is the CEO of Startup Institute,

Chairman of C Space, author, lover of all things

marketing, baseball and politics, and Mom to two

fabulous daughters.

Diane spoke at SGO’s June 2015 event, sharing

words of wisdom she’s received and encouraging

attendees to share their own.

Diane Hessan

CEO of Startup Institute

ABOUT STARTUP

INSTITUTE

Startup Institute is designed to open new

doors for students. In addition to expert

training in the most in-demand skills, they

also offer personalized career mentorship

and connections to the people and

companies that advance students’ careers.

For over fifteen years, Sarah Beaulieu has helped

leaders and organizations expand their networks,

launch strategic partnerships, and secure funding

to execute their missions in the world. She is a

consultant, coach, and advisor for a number of

national organizations here in Boston. Sarah is a

board member of the Boston Area Rape Crisis

Center, and passionate advocate for ending

sexual violence through her work at The Enliven

Project. Most recently, Sarah served as Senior

Advisor to Opportunity Nation, a campaign to

increase economic opportunity in America.

Sarah spoke at SGO’s October event in 2015,

sharing her 8 tips for networking like an introvert.

Sarah Beaulieu

Founder of The Enliven Project

ABOUT THE ENLIVEN

PROJECT

The Enliven Project is a campaign to bring

sexual violence out of the closet and lift

survivors to their full potential. The

Enliven Project is grounded in the idea that

change cannot take place unless we tell

the truth about our lives, our organizations,

and our social movements.

Sarah Beaulieu,

Founder of The Enliven Project

Small talk is the worst. Ask

interesting and meaningful

questions instead.

Lillian is a data scientist who loves all things data,

food, math, cats, and Boston. Before getting her

hands into clypd’s data she worked at Twitter,

Compete, BzzAgent and got her Masters in

Mathematics at W.P.I. She gave a great talk on

the importance of creating smart, helpful charts

and graphs to communicate important information

at her office at clypd for the October 2015 SGO

event.

Lillian Carrasquillo

Principal Data Scientist at Clypd

ABOUT CLYPD

clypd is the advertising technology

platform built exclusively for the television

industry, empowering media owners with

programmatic ad solutions. Founded in

2012, the company’s TV sales platform

delivers workflow automation, data-

enhanced decisioning and provides media

partners with tools to manage their sales

efforts. clypd’s innovations around

programmatic television is opening doors

for incremental digital budgets currently

not available to the TV media owners.

Kimiko Tanaka Vecchione is the Director of

Solutions Architecture at Velir, a full-service

digital agency that designs and develops

enterprise web solutions for experience-driven

organizations. Kimiko has experience specializing

in CMS, Business Process, Digital Strategy and

Solution Architecture. When she’s not at work

she enjoys traveling and spending time with her

family. Kimiko spoke at the Velir event held in

November 2015.

Kimiko Tanaka Vecchione

Director of Solutions Architecture at Velir

ABOUT VELIR

Velir is a full-service digital agency that

designs and develops enterprise web

solutions for experience-driven websites.

We specialize in Sitecore, Drupal and

Adobe AEM web content management

implementations.

Personalization drives a

better experience for your

end users.Kimiko Tanaka Vecchione,

Director of Solutions Architecture at Velir

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