hackNY 2017 Fellowship Speaker Series

The Speaker Series is a core tenet of the hackNY fellowship, and it wouldn't be possible without the individuals listed below. We'd like to take a minute to thank all of the leaders in the NYC tech community who spoke to the 2017 hackNY Fellows this past summer.

Countering Human Trafficking

hackNY alumNY panel

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rob_spectre

Rob SpectreBrooklyn Hacker

Hosted at: NYU Courant

alex_berke

Alex BerkeSoftware Engineer @ Google

Hosted at: WeWork

catherine_moresco

Catherine MorescoSoftware Engineer @ Google

Hosted at: WeWork

keeyon_ebrahimi

Keeyon EbrahimiMachine Learning Engineer @ Clarifai

Hosted at: WeWork



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The story of hackNY

lisa_luo

Lisa LuoAndroid & iOS Engineer @ Kickstarter

Hosted at: WeWork

steve_gattuso

Steve GattusoFreelance Software Engineer

Hosted at: WeWork

walter_menendez

Walter MenendezData Scientist @ Buzzfeed

Hosted at: WeWork

chris_wiggins

Chris WigginsHead Data Scientist @ The New York Times

Hosted at: The New York Times



The story of hackNY

Weapons of Math Destruction

Early Stage Startup Investment

Lessons Learned from Founding Hopscotch

evan_korth

Evan KorthCS Professor @ NYU

Hosted at: The New York Times

cathy_oneil

Cathy O'NeillAuthor of mathbabe.org and Weapons of Math Destruction

Hosted at: Columbia Data Science Institute



ann_miura_ko

Ann Miura KoCo-Founding Partner @ Floodgate

Hosted at: Giphy

samantha john

Samantha JohnFounder of Hopscotch

Hosted at: Kickstarter

The Manager's Path

Social Good for Coders

Social Good for Coders

How Coding is Changing Investigative Journalism

camille_fournier

Camille FournierManaging Director @ Two Sigma, Ex-CTO @ Rent the Runway

Hosted at: Clarifai

rapi_castillo

Rapi CastilloProgressive Coders Network

Hosted at: NYU Courant

leslie_martinez

Leslie MartinezHack the Ban

Hosted at: NYU Courant

sisi_wei

Sisi WeiDeputy Editor of News Applications @ ProPublica

Hosted at: Digital Ocean



Jonah's Path and the story of Buzzfeed

Mostly Human

Union Square Ventures

Union Square Ventures

jonah_peretti

Jonah PerettiFounder and CEO @ Buzzfeed

Hosted at: Buzzfeed

laurie_segall

Laurie SegallSenior Technology Correspondant @ CNN

Hosted at: CNN Time Warner Center

albert_wenger

Albert WengerPartner @ Union Square Ventures

Hosted at: Union Square Ventures

brad_burnham

Brad BurnhamPartner @ Union Square Ventures

Hosted at: Union Square Ventures



Tech lobbying

Leveraging Small Data: n="me"

Building Networks

Data Science at Foursquare

julie_samuels

Julie SamuelsExecutive Director @ Tech:NYC

Hosted at: Silicon Valley Bank

deborah_estrin

Deborah EstrinProfessor of Computer Science and Associate Dean @ Cornell Tech, and co-Founder @ Open mHealth

Hosted at: MakeSpace

gary_chou

Gary ChouFounder of Orbital Labs

Hosted at: Datadog

stephanie_yang

Stephanie YangData Scientist @ Foursquare

Hosted at: Foursquare

Thank you again to all of the Speakers who donate their time to our Fellows!
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