Organizers

Tatyana Kanzaveli

Tatyana Kanzaveli has broad experiences in sales/marketing/business development, technology and professional services. She held executive roles in number of start-ups and large multinationals. She was an early adopter of social media/social networking channels, using them to build successful online and face-to-face communities. Tatyana in the Founder and CEO of Open Cancer Network . She is also a mentor at 500Startups. She is a TEDxBayArea licensee, organizer of TEDxBayArea events and producer of TEDxBayArea TEDWomen event. Tatyana also runs Bay Area Executives meetup and Global Social CRM roundtables. She is a frequent speaker at conferences here in US and also internationally. She also is an adviser to selected startups.

Follow Tatyana at @glfceo.

 

Francine Gordon

Francine Gordon, Ph.D. is Chair of SDForum Tech Women and co-Organizer of the TEDxBayArea Women program. A pioneer in the modern women’s movement, upon completion of her PhD from Yale she began her professional life as one of the first two women on the faculty at Stanford Graduate School of Business. She’s held senior management roles at several high tech firms, spent 5+ years with Boston Consulting Group as a Global Organization Manager, and co-founded a professional repertory theatre. She is currently writing a book on gender and innovation (Womennovation). CEO of the F Gordon Group, Francine works with global companies addressing innovation, teamwork, leadership, and the advancement of women.

Follow Francine at @womennovation.

 

Tatiana Kvitka

Tatiana Kvitka has held senior management roles in international sales and marketing in hi-tech companies in the US and Europe. Being a passionate promoter of clean energy, she was instrumental in setting up the biggest smart energy network in Russia and in transferring this experience to other countries worldwide. She is TEDxBayArea co-organizer, runs an annual music gathering of Bay Area Musicians and Open Cancer Network meet up.
Follow Tatiana at @TatianaRusski