Jennifer Toney Founder/CEO WeMakeItSafer, a company that builds web applications for consumers, manufacturers and retailers around the issues of product safety and recalls. By developing solutions that identify product hazards in homes, resale shops and online marketplaces, WeMakeItSafer is able to reduce injuries and save lives while helping companies to mitigate product liability risk, decrease product recall expense and increase sales. Prior to founding WeMakeItSafer, Jennifer was an Expert (testifying/consulting) in Commercial Damages. Most recently, she was a Principal with ERSGroup and, before that, a Senior Consultant with Navigant Consulting. As a business and litigation consultant, Jennifer worked with numerous companies in the consumer products, retail, technology, energy, telecommunications and insurance industries. Jennifer’s cases included product recall, product liability, intellectual property infringement, breach of contract, and antitrust matters. Jennifer graduated with Honors and as a Community Fellow from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business where, in addition to her MBA, she earned certificates in Entrepreneurship and in Management of Technology (MOT) – a joint curriculum program with the College of Engineering. Jennifer completed her BA early, in three years at UC Berkeley (cum laude) with degrees in Economics and Japanese. Jennifer also studied and conducted conducted research in Economics at Oxford University (UK). Jennifer lives in the Bay Area with her husband, two little boys and an adorable Lab puppy. You can find Jennifer on her blog & on Twitter @Jennifer_Toney & @WeMakeItSafer
University of California Berkeley
Josep Miquel Pique, HiT Barcelona: Keeping the Work/Life Balance for Women
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
Vivek Wadhwa: Venture would Have Much Higher Success Rate if Focus was Women
Video interview with Vivek Wadhwa @ Data 2.0 Conference. Vivek is a senior research associate with the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School, an executive in residence/adjunct professor at the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University, and a visiting scholar at the School of Information at University of California at Berkeley. He helps students prepare for the real world, lectures in class and leads groundbreaking research projects. He is also an advisor to several start-up companies, a columnist for BusinessWeek.com, a contributor to the popular tech blog, TechCrunch, and writes occasionally for several international publications. Prior to joining academia in 2005, Wadhwa was a technology entrepreneur, who founded two software companies. You can find Vivek on his site & on Twitter @vwadhwa