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Out In Tech
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| With Tessa Brown (Founder/CEO, Germ Network), Jenny Kwan (CTO, AprioriDB), Abbie Strabala (Outlander), Lexi Yan (Product Designer). |
| BuzzWorks, 365 11th St, San Francisco |
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Apr 17 (Thu) , 2025 @ 05:30 PM
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Join us for a powerful panel discussion to celebrate Women, Transgender, Gender Expansive, & Nonbinary founders/VCs. Hear from professionals in tech who will share their journeys, insights & advice about diversifying entrepreneurship. This is a great opportunity to hear from folx who have broken the glass ceiling & mingle with like-minded folx who want to invest in you!
Whether you're exploring the field, looking to start up or already working in tech, this is your chance to network, learn, & connect with community. We're creating a welcoming space for all who are passionate about tech & inclusion.
Don't miss this opportunity to elevate your career & build meaningful connections! We open the doors at 5.30 pm & the panel discussion starts at 6 pm. After the panel discussion, we will have a mixer, where you will get a chance to mingle, meet, grab a drink & chill!
What to expect:
Doors open: 5.30 pm
Panel Discussion: 6- 7 pm
Mixer: 7 pm onwards
Panelists & Moderator: See below!
Buzzworks is located at 365 11th St, San Francisco. See you on 4/17!
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MUST RSVP before April 17, 2025. NO WALK INS.
Come early as we have limited seating capacity.
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Who are we?
Out in Tech is a global nonprofit uniting LGBTQ+ individuals in tech through community, visibility, & opportunity. With a mission to create spaces where LGBTQ+ voices thrive, Out in Tech offers mentorship programs, networking events, & career resources to empower members at all stages of their professional journey. By fostering inclusion & innovation, Out in Tech connects & uplifts LGBTQ+ professionals, making technology a force for good.
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Event Details - Come Prepared!
RSVP is not a guarantee of entry. Come early as we have limited capacity. Bring ID & must be 21 or older to attend.
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* San Francisco weather is not guaranteed. Dress weather appropriately & preference.
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COVID-19 Notice: This event in indoors. Guests would need to pass through indoors for check-in. We are operating under good faith that attendees are vaccinated & have tested negative for COVID-19 day of the event. If you have tested positive for COVID-19, we ask that you please not attend the event for the sake of all other attendees.
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Out in Tech SF Bay Area Chapter - support us! Interested in building community in the San Francisco Bay Area?
Apply to the Out in Tech SF Bay Area Leadership to organize events.
Join our SF Bay Area Ambassadors Program to help at events day-of.
Organize an event as host / partner / sponsor. Get more info about our chapter here.
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Out in Tech is the world's largest non-profit community of LGBTQ+ tech leaders. We create opportunities for our 50,000 members to advance their careers, grow their networks, & leverage tech for social change. Connect with 35k LGBTQ+ tech professionals in our Slack channel. Each local chapter (and many virtual ones) provide opportunities for folks to engage with us & each other. Our events educate & inspire with panels, career events, & more. If you have felt inspired & supported by these events, please consider supporting our work by making a donation to Out in Tech.
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Note: Out in Tech's Code of Conduct applies to all our spaces, online & IRL. Photographs may be taken at this event. Please notify someone at check-in if you prefer not to be photographed. Need to reach out to OIT staff? Email hello@outintech.com (we promise we check it)
Abbie Strabala (she/her)
Partner, Early-stage investor
Abbie is an early stage generalist investor at Outlander backing founders from the beginning. After starting her career in philanthropy, working within the LGBTQ+ community, she began impact investing, supporting women's health innovation & subsequently investing in female founders. Additionally Abbie runs Queer VC, a network of investors across the US who identify as part of the LGBTQ community.
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/abbie-strabala/
Jenny Kwan (she/her)
Co-Founder & CTO of AprioriDB
Jenny Kwan has 20+ years of experience as a data & backend engineer, & has led & built out data teams at a series of tech startups, specializing in early & growth stage. She co-founded (and failed at) Woodlamp Technologies, where she was searching for product-market-fit for Luminol, a next generation computing platform based on the reactive programming paradigm. Currently, she is full-time as a founding software engineer at bem, which eliminates the data entry & EDI currently necessary to power operational workflows. She is in the process of co-founding AprioriDB, & spends most of her free time building the technical proof-of-concept. As a formerly failed co-founder, she is moving much more slowly & deliberately this time around in the search for traction & fit. In her spare time, she has a robust meditation practice & is deeply committed to spiritual & somatic psychotherapeutic healing.
Lee Davidson (they/them)
Spiritual Life Coach & business consultant
Davidson Lee is a Transgender Non-Binary, masculine-of-center coach, consultant, chef, & cultural explorer. With a decade of community-building in Oakland & a global journey through Johannesburg, Tel Aviv, London, & the Bay Area, they blend diverse wisdom into transformational coaching. A visionary life coach & spiritual intelligence guide, Lee helps individuals & teams navigate change & unlock potential. As a Chopped finalist, they earned praise from Martha Stewart for their culinary skills. Rooted in Buddhist Jewish values & radical critical thinking, Lee challenges injustice, inspires conscious leadership, & cultivates a more equitable world.
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/davidsonleecoach
Instagram: instagram.com/coachdavidsonlee
Website: davidsonlee.com
Tessa Brown (she/her)
CEO & Co-Founder, Germ Network
Tessa Brown (she/her), PhD, is the cofounder & CEO of Germ Network, the secure DMs of the social internet. She was previously a Lecturer in Stanford's Program in Writing & Rhetoric where she taught & researched social media, hiphop, & multilingualism. She lives in San Francisco with her partner & grew up in Chicago. Find Germ online at germnetwork.com.
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tessa-r-brown
Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/tessa.germnetwork.com
Meet The Moderator
Lexi Yan (she/her)
Product Designer & Design Strategist
Lexi is a product designer & design strategist who loves working at mission-driven startups. Though her time as a startup founder was short, she's passionate about helping other people from marginalized, working-class communities see opportunities to build amazing products & companies. In her free time, she's one of the co-leads for Out in Tech's virtual UX community, organizes OIT East Bay events, & manages operations for OIT University (a mentorship program for 17-24 year olds). She's also involved with the Oakland improv community & leads the Service Design Network Bay Area bookclub.
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lexi-yan/
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