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Week of Events
IEEE Seattle YP August Event: Startup Grind in Eastside
Co-sponsored by: Seattle Section YP & PES The IEEE Seattle YP has formed a local partnership with Startup Grind; a global start up community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. Under this partnership, IEEE members pay a reduced fee for local Startup Grind events. However, the IEEE is further subsidizing the cost to only $5/person for the first 6 registrantswithaPROMOCODE below. The event takes place on Wednesday August 9th at 5:30pm with networking, drinks, and food among entrepreneurs in Seattle. At 6:35pm, an insightful business driven Q/A session with the speaker will take place. The discussion will be focused on how the speaker got started in their respective business space with guidance and recommendations for aspiring entrepreneurs. PROMO CODE: ieeetix --- register Below using promo code: https://www.startupgrind.com/events/details/startup-grind-seattle-eastside-presents-startup-grind-eastside-hosts-bill-bryant-partner-dfj-venture-capital#/ Bill Bryant is a partner at DFJ (formerly Draper Fisher Jurvetson), a Silicon Valley based venture capital firm focused on early- and growth-stage investments in the enterprise, consumer and disruptive technologies. Bill has had early and instrumental involvement in more than 25 leading software, internet, mobile, and digital media companies, as a founder, senior executive, investor, and board member. He has had founding roles with Visio (now part of Microsoft), Netbot (acquired by Excite), Qpass (acquired by Amdocs), Medio (Nokia), Mixxer, and Airworks. In these founding capacities, Bill drove definition of the core product and market strategy; raised >$150M in venture capital; recruited senior management teams; and built customer, partner and channel relationships in launching software products, Internet, and mobile services. Bill represents DFJ on the boards of Chef, Remitly, Xealth, Pro.com, Azuqua, and Bright Computing and on exits including Ping Identity, Z2Live, and The Clymb. In addition to his DFJ investments, he is an active angel investor with investments in Winshuttle, LiquidPlanner, Limeade, Bonanza, and Socrata. Location: 1715 114th Ave SE Seattle, Washington
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Cyber Security for Small Businesses and Consultants
Cyber Security for Small Businesses and Consultants
Do you feel like you are overwhelmed trying to run your business while defending against the latest cyber threats? Join Kayne McGladrey, speaker, author and Director of Information Security Services for Integral Partners (http://www.ipllc.co) for our upcoming presentation on taking a proactive, risk-oriented approach to cyber security for individual consultants and small businesses.
Kayne will discuss:
- Why you should manage risks based on user identity instead of chasing the latest threats
- How individual consultants can protect themselves
- A vendor-neutral reference architecture for cyber security at small businesses
We will have time for Q&A at the end of the presentation.
Speaker bio
Kayne McGladrey is an IEEE Member and Director of Information Security Services at Integral Partners with 20+ years of experience. Kayne has been interviewed on CIO Online, Network World, First Financial, Quartz news, KXL-AM Portland, WWJ-AM Detroit, KRLD Dallas, and IEEE Transmitter. His writing has been featured in (IN)Secure Magazine, ISSA Journal, and PSVillage. He has presented on cybersecurity to IEEE-USA and created a free educational video series about cybersecurity at consulting firms in partnership with PSVillage.com. Twitter: @kaynemcgladrey
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Tentative IEEE Seattle Section Excom meeting August 2017
Tentative IEEE Seattle Section Excom meeting August 2017
Please check with the organizer closer to the date
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IEEE Seattle WIE Presents Women’s Personal Safety Course with the Redmond Police
IEEE Seattle WIE Presents Women’s Personal Safety Course with the Redmond Police
The Women's Personal Safety Class is geared towards women aged 14 or older. The class helps women learn how to avoid becoming a victim of crime. The Redmond Police will provide safety tips for work, home, outdoor activities, vehicle, social outings and what to do in case of car trouble. This class also covers the pros and cons of different weapons for personal safety and how to legally and safely carry these. Please note that this is not a self defense course. Speaker(s): Sergeant Julie Beard, Agenda: 6:30pm - Class opens, pizza will be served 7:00pm - Class starts 9:00pm - Class ends Location: Room: Police Training Room 8701 160th AVE NE Redmond, Washington