Josep Miquel Pique, HiT Barcelona: Keeping the Work/Life Balance for Women

February 28, 2024April 29, 2011 by Pemo Theodore

Video interview with Josep Miquel Piqué, CEO of 22@Barcelona, HiT Barcelona Commissioner and President of Catalan network of Tech Parks and femTalent (tech woman’s network). Josep is the CEO of 22@Barcelona since November 20th 2007. He holds a degree in Telecommunication Engineering from La Salle and UPC and a MBA from ESADE. He holds also diploma from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of California-Berkeley and Universitat Ramon Llull. The central line of his activity is the promotion of Knowledge-based Economy and Society in order to consolidate the 22@Barcelona as a world innovation node. You can find HiT Barcelona on Twitter @HITBCN & facebook

Julia Hu: Leverage the Hell out of your Womanhood

February 28, 2024April 24, 2011 by Pemo Theodore

Video Interview with Julia Hu, CoFounder of Lark. Julia is the CEO and founder of LARK, a mobile and consumer electronics startup out of MIT that helps couples sleep better together. Before LARK, Julia was an entrepreneur dedicated to growing early stage startups in the cleantech and design space. She launched Clean Tech Open’s National Sustainability Program to provide sustainability mentorship, education, judging, partnerships and environmental initiatives to startups across America, and then worked with consumer products social venture D.light Design in China on managing international marketing. Julia received a Masters and Bachelors in Engineering and Design at Stanford, and an MBA candidate from MIT Sloan. You can find Julia on Twitter @ourlark

Eve Phillips: Woman’s View of Both Sides of the Table

February 28, 2024December 12, 2010 by Pemo Theodore

Video Interview with Eve Phillips, CEO & Co-Founder at Empower Interactive, Inc. Eve is also a Consultant at Blumberg Capital . Empower Interactive, is a provider of online service for managing stress, anxiety and depression. Previous experience includes software strategy and product management (at eCert, Chirp, Zazzle, Microsoft, and Trilogy), and technology investing (Greylock, Vector, Amadeus, and Inflection). MBA from Stanford, BS & M.Eng in Computer Science from MIT. Eve can be found @ Twitter @evephillips

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