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Thursday, May 18 • 4:20pm - 5:20pm
Building Collaborative Tech Communities With Impact

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Collaborating on tech is something we can certainly talk about a lot, and the potential impact and needs of technology in all areas of elections is only going to increase. This panel of leaders in the tech community will talk about lessons learned in developing tech communities that have a civic impact both through private industry and public engagement, and how those lessons can be applied to enable innovation in election technology.
Moderators
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Jonathan Nelson

CEO + Founder, Hackers/Founders
CEO and Co-founder of Hackers/Founders, a global tech founders co-operative. Jonathan helped achieve $600M portfolio market cap in the first 5 years. Member of SEC Advisory Committee for Capital Formation for Small and Emerging Business. Board member of Wilson Center for Public Policy... Read More →

Speakers
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Catherine Bracy

Co-Founder & Executive Director, TechEquity Collaborative
Catherine was a product manager and director of the Obama campaign’s technology field office in San Francisco, the first of its kind in American political history. In that role she was responsible for organizing technologists to volunteer their skills to the campaign’s technology... Read More →
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Rapi Castillo

Founder/Executive Director, Progressive Coders Network
Ralph “Rapi” Castillo is the founder and executive director of the Progressive Coders Network, a network of technologists who build open-source and low-cost tools that will empower the grassroots and remove the influence of big money in politics. Through his leadership, Progressive... Read More →
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Brady Kriss

Founder, Ragtag
Brady Kriss is the founder of Ragtag, a group of tech volunteers helping activists, organizers, and candidates leverage technology to amplify their work. Ragtag's volunteer team helps with product design, development, support, and education so that their partner organizations can... Read More →

Thursday May 18, 2017 4:20pm - 5:20pm PDT
UC Hastings, Room B
  Software, Panel