Liz Pearce is the co-founder and CEO of Fresh Chalk, site for sharing recommendations for local businesses and professionals with friends. Prior to Fresh Chalk, Liz was CEO of LiquidPlanner, a project management software company, and Chief Revenue Officer at Streem, a Portland-based augmented reality startup. Liz has served on the board of the UW Buerk Center for three years and is an active mentor and speaker in the Seattle entrepreneur community.

Sanjay is a technology marketer, entrepreneur and investor. He has worked with innovative startups and mid-sized growth companies, as well as top global enterprise / B2B organizations.

Dharmesh is leading Fullcast.io, a service dedicated to transforming sales operations to growth operations by automating planning, process, and operations of running sales. Prior to fullcast,io Dharmesh spent time at Salesforce and Microsoft leading teams across sales, engineering, and Operations.

Andrew is an experienced entrepreneur and angel investor. Andrew graduated in mechanical engineering from Queens University in Ontario Canada and spent his early career as a software developer and then product manager working for leading Canadian companies Canadian Pacific and Lavalin Engineering as well as Apple Computer. Andrew then joined Alias Research in Toronto (since acquired by Autodesk) where he led the development of a category defining line of 3D graphics products for the PC and Macintosh. Andrew then moved to Seattle in the mid 1990’s with Microsoft where he served as a product unit manager for a line of consumer imaging and publishing products growing the business from $10 M to 50 M over a 3 year period. Andrew’s next chapter was with Real Networks where he conceived of and built RealArcade into the leading global digital distribution and publishing platform for casual games. Andrew then went on to start Smilebox, a multimedia personal expressions service that connects people around special moments in their lives. Smilebox was acquired by Perion Networks in 2012. Since 2012 Andrew has been primarily focused on angel investing through Wright Ventures. Wright Ventures is a seed stage angel fund which has invested in 31 companies since inception across consumer and BTB segments. The fund is primarily focused in Seattle but also has investments in New York City, Toronto and Vancouver, Canada. Wright Ventures partners with founders during the very early stages of their scaling efforts and helps founders with financing, product management , customer acquisition, branding, research and recruiting

Eric brings his proven skills of sourcing and placing specialized technology and sales candidates in top-tier companies on the west coast to his latest role as managing partner of TalentReach. Eric is a co-founder of TalentReach, a boutique recruiting service that uses innovative technology to provide a personalized experience for acquiring Seattle’s top technical talent and sales professionals. Eric listens carefully to determine what matters most to employers and candidates. This rare skill has helped Eric earn his impressive track record of successfully matching the right candidate with the right position.

Eric, and the team at TalentReach, offload the heavy lifting of talent acquisition for their clients while keeping them closely involved in the process. TalentReach’s unique recruiting processes allow the team to scale with the on-demand needs of virtually any organization.

Belinda Young Founder and President BYPR Belinda Young is an award-winning public relations professional with over 25 years of corporate and agency experience in the consumer, high technology and business-to-business markets for companies such as Adobe Systems, Xerox Corporation and the Seattle Home Show. Her background includes technology, consumer, professional services, performing arts and non-profit markets. While she has extensive experience with established market leaders, she is equally adept at the needs and requirements of startups and small technology companies. She is founder and principal of BYPR, a boutique PR agency specializing in the technology, consumer and business-to-business markets, with an emphasis on startups and emerging companies. The agency’s, focus is on providing hands on services by senior level professionals. BYPR is especially adept at propelling clients to the regional and national media forefront, including placement in media such as The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, re/code, ABC News and the Discovery Channel, on startup budgets. At the same time, BYPR serves prominent larger organizations that value the personal service, cost savings and senior counsel that BYPR provides. Its expertise ranges from product and corporate PR to funding announcements and earnings releases. During her career, she has received multiple awards from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), including Outstanding Achievement in Special Events and Observances and Award of Excellence for News Release/News Event.

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