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Its time we address the elephant in Tech sexual harassment & HR issues. It seems like every day the news is plagued with another Tech founder or VC partner getting sued for sexual harassment or more news is released on how tech companies have close to zero diversity. The Tech world seems to be reactive to these issues, but its time we talk about responsibility & accountability. We can talk about having a Zero Tolerance policy or bringing on heads of Diversity & Inclusion, but something needs to fundamentally change.
Addressing the Elephant in Tech, is about bringing together VCs, Entrepreneurs & Recruiters to discuss accountability & everyones responsibility to creating safer work places that promote ideas, differences & feedback. Do the VCs take a hard line on who they fund & hold tech companies accountable? Or do we hold the CEOs who are setting the tone of the company responsible? Lets not forget about the recruiting companies who are sourcing the talent for the growth of these companies - should they do due diligence on the candidates they refer to ensure they are a culture fit?
 
Speakers
Jamison Hill
Principal, <A HREF="https://www.baincapitalventures.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">Bain Capital Ventures</A>
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Jamison Hill focuses on investments in enterprise software & services companies, working across all aspects of the investment process, including sourcing, due diligence, transaction execution, & portfolio company support. Jamison joined Bain Capital Ventures in 2014 to invest in enterprise software & services companies. Prior to Bain Capital Ventures, Jamison held operational roles at Bonobos, an e-commerce-driven apparel brand headquartered in New York City. At Bonobos, Jamison focused on building out the brands analytical capabilities across finance, retail, & marketing, & secondarily on building out his personal wardrobe with the help of an excellent employee discount. He was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Venture Capital list in 2016.
 
Erica Galos Alioto
<A HREF="https://www.linkedin.com/in/erica-galos-alioto-9140832/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">Advisor/Writer</A>
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Erica developed a strong interest in gender issues in college where worked on a large class action sexual harassment case as part of an internship & wrote her senior thesis on sexual harassment. After spending 4 years practicing law at Latham & Watkins, Erica joined Yelp in 2006 as its second salesperson. Over the course of the next 11 years, she helped grow the company from a small startup to over 5000 people, & led Yelp's 2000+ person salesforce. Erica also served as executive sponsor for Women at Yelp.
Erica recently left her operating role at Yelp & now spends her time advising startups, angel investing (with a focus on female founders), writing & speaking at conferences.
 
Christie Pitts
Partner & Chief of Staff, <A HREF="http://backstagecapital.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">Backstage Capital</A>
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As chief of staff, Christie is responsible for guiding the Crew to ensure Backstage runs smoothly toward its mission as well as making investment decisions. Less than 10% of all venture capital deals go to women, People of Color, & LGBT founders. Backstage Capital has invested more than $2M in 50+ companies led by underrepresented founders. Christie has extensive experience creating valuable partnerships between startups & Fortune 500 top 20 corporations, & joins Backstage from her role as Venture Development Manager at Verizon Ventures.
 
Stephanie Lampkin
Founder & CEO, <A HREF="http://blendoor.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">Blendoor</A>
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At the young age of 13, Stephanie Lampkin learned to code. By the time she was 15, she was fluent in computer programming. Graduating from Stanford University with an engineering degree & from MIT with an MBA, she remembers still being told her background wasnt technical enough when applying for a position at a well-known tech firm in Silicon Valley.
Luckily for Stephanie, she ended up landing a position at Microsoft, where she would spend five years working in a technical position. But Stephanie continued to wonder if her earlier job denial could have had something to with the fact that she is a Black woman. With this doubt looming in the back of her mind, Lampkin decided to create a job matching tool that is aimed at removing the race & gender factor from the tech sector job hunt.
The app is called Blendoor. It allows people searching for employment in the tech sector, to upload their resumes & then hides their name & photo from potential employers. Lampkin says the idea is to avoid bias by removing gender & ethnicity from the equation.
 
Jessica Stielau
Founder & CEO, <A HREF="https://www.thesourcery.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">The Sourcery</A>
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Trained as a scientist, Jessica found ways make recruiting work better after she joined the firm that preceded The Sourcery. A little over a year later, under her leadership, The Sourcery found its sweet spot in helping startups make their first 50 (to 500) hires. Since then, The Sourcerys team has more than doubled while helping more than 200 companies hire hundreds of top candidates, many of whom have become hiring managers themselves.
Jessica holds a B.A. in English & Environmental Policy from Colby College, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude, & an M.S. in Climate Change & Marine Ecology from the University of Washington.
 
Moderator
James Huie, Corporate Partner WSGR
James advises technology & life sciences companies on general corporate matters, mergers & acquisitions, initial public offerings, strategic partnerships, & private equity & debt financings. He also has extensive experience in representing venture capital firms & other investors in private equity & debt financings.
 
***Proceeds of the event will go to <A HREF="https://www.unicefusa.org/donate/support-unicef-usas-hurricane-relief-efforts-puerto-rico/32952" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">UNICEF USA's hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico</A>***