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December 
07

David Doe

Designer - Redshoe

R. Harrison

CEO Barkbook

R. Harrison

Clear your calendar - It's going down! Splash Blocks kicks off on April 21st, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!

Clear your calendar - It's going down! Splash Blocks kicks off on April 21st, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!

David Doe

Designer - Redshoe

R. Harrison

Clear your calendar - It's going down! Splash Blocks kicks off on April 21st, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!

Clear your calendar - It's going down! Splash Blocks kicks off on April 21st, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!

ARA Chicago: celebrating innovation in 2016 and looking ahead to 2017

Wed
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December 
07
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Join us for the final aRA chicago event of the year!

Starting your own business and picking the right niche in no time

Hear inspiring stories of resiliency from well-known Chicago entrepreneurs as we celebrate incredible achievements of 2016 and learn what’s to come in 2017!

 

Join ARA, Harvey Nash, Uptake and the Chicago Innovation Awards on Wednesday, December 7, as we meet with an incredible group of influencers and leaders across industries who will be reflecting on their stories of resilience and what it means to succeed when success sometimes feels so far away. The night will feature results from the Harvey Nash Women in Tech Survey published in partnership with ARA, along with a powerful keynote and engaging lightning-talks with time for Q&A and plenty of networking throughout.


Space is limited – register today!

Speakers

 jessica malkin - keynote speaker

ceo, chicago ideas week

leslie vickrey - special presenter

CEO + Founder, clearedge marketing & ara co-founder

melissa harris - moderator

executive in residence, university of chicago

maria pinto - featured speaker

Designer & Creative director, m2057 

Tom Kuczmarski - Special presenter

president & Founder, Kuczmarski Innovation

co-founder, CHICAgo innovation awards

sandee kastrul - moderator

president & co-founder, i.c.stars

matt matros - featured speaker

co-founder, limitless coffee and tea & founder and board director, protein bar

Speaker Block #2

R. Harrison

CEO Barkbook

R. Harrison

CEO Barkbook

R. Harrison

CEO Barkbook

Speakers

Jessica Malkin - Keynote Speaker

Jessica is the CEO of Chicago Ideas, a unique nonprofit platform designed to inspire action through entertaining and accessible events, grassroots initiatives and thought-provoking content.


Jessica is also the Chief of Staff to Brad Keywell, co-founder and CEO of Uptake, a Chicago-based predictive analytics firm. Uptake partners with major industry leaders to leverage data and improve performance, reduce failures and enhance safety.


At Uptake, Jessica is responsible for managing company-wide special projects, operations and strategic initiatives. 


Sandee Kastrul - Moderator

Sandee Kastrul is president and co-founder of i.c.stars, an innovative nonprofit leadership and technology training program founded in 1999 to prepare inner-city adults for technology careers and community leadership. An early pioneer of the social enterprise model, i.c.stars has graduated more than 300 community leaders, and will expand into multiple cities in 2016 and 2017.


Under Sandee’s leadership, i.c.stars was highlighted by the U.S Chamber of Commerce for its work in youth employment. She is a proud board member of Good City, The Ryan Banks Academy, and HICC (Hispanic Innovation Center in Chicago) she is also an advisor for the Axelson Center, and the Experience Institute.


Leslie Vickrey - Special Presenter

Leslie Vickrey is the CEO of ClearEdge Marketing, an agency specializing in outsourced marketing solutions for high growth technology and talent management companies, she manages a team of more than 30 marketing professionals. 


Leslie is a Co-Founder of ARA, and is also a founding partner of the Chicago Executive Women’s Networking Group, which cultivates and nurtures relationships among senior-level women in IT leadership roles through quarterly dinner events.


Leslie is actively involved in local tech organizations, serving on the Board of Directors as Vice Chair of the Marketing Committee for i.c.stars and on the Board of Advisors for the Chicago Innovation Awards. Leslie was named to the prestigious Techweek 100 list, recognizing her significant impact on technology and innovation in Chicago, and The Blue Sky Vault, Blue Network, featuring 100 of Chicago’s most compelling innovators and entrepreneurs and was recently inducted into the UIC Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame. Leslie has also been named as one of the 2016 Enterprising Women of the Year, which recognizes the world’s top women entrepreneurs and was also part of Chicago’s 50 on Fire, which celebrates visionary individuals and companies across Chicago’s top industries.


R. Harrison

Clear your calendar - It's going down! Splash Blocks kicks off on April 21st, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!

Clear your calendar - It's going down! Splash Blocks kicks off on April 21st, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!

Featuring:

Anna frazzetto

chief digital technology officer + svp, Harvey Nash (moderator)

brooke steger

general manager, uber (keynote speaker)

lauri bingham

Director, Engineering Technology Project Management, t-mobile

Cassa hanon

director, product + engineering, apptio

Swatee Surve

founder + ceo, litesprite

stephanie tate

Talent Acquisition and People Development, Atlas Informatics

Special Thanks to Our Event Sponsors:

Founding Companies

About ARA

Starting your own business and picking the right niche in no time

ARA aspires to Attract, Retain and Advance women in technology by cultivating relationships via mentorship, events and programs. We nurture strong female professionals who can support, inspire and advance the IT community.


Mentorship & Collaborative Learning
Active in six markets – Chicago, New York, Seattle, Houston, Silicon Valley and Denver – ARA offers a formal mentoring program as well as regular learning and networking events. From moderated panels to roundtable discussions, each event is designed to provide members with advice and insight on how to advance and succeed in their careers. ARA events average 150 attendees but attendance can range from 50 to 300 depending on format. For more information, please visit our website at: www.aramentors.com 

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ARA Chicago: December 2016
$20.00

Join ARA for an evening of candid conversations with dynamic, strong and passionate leaders and entrepreneurs making an impact in Chicago! In partnership with Harvey Nash, Chicago Innovation Awards and Uptake, ARA is thrilled to present you with an opportunity to walk away feeling inspired, connected and most of all, confident that you, too, can find your own path to success.

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