Techstars Startup Week Seattle 2017

Fuzz is a people enthusiast who loves exploring the relationship between talent and business growth. He is passionate about human resources, video games, and fried chicken. His current life dream is to eventually live for a few years in Japan. He owns a Shiba Inu that he forces to... Read More →

Dennis Adler founded D. Adler & Associates after leaving Microsoft in 2006 to spend more time on his own pursuits. With over 30 years of experience in technology-related businesses, he brings a unique blend of talent and experience (from both inside and outside the USA) to his management... Read More →

Lizzy is co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Blueprint Registry, an innovative registry platform. Lizzy most recently served as Chief Executive Officer at Showman Design, LLC, a creative design consulting company where she managed all art direction, relationships, and new business... Read More →

David is the Startup Advocate for the City of Seattle's Office of Economic Development where he supports tech startups through the StartupSeattle program. In his role, he also helps to lead the TechHire initiative for the Seattle region, which aims to connect women, people of color, and the formerly incarcerated with training and jobs in the tech industry, and was started by President Obama in 2015... Read More →

Mikaela is a native Seattleite who’s spent the last fifteen years in HR leadership roles at Seattle based companies including Microsoft, Amazon, PopCap Games and Redfin. In 2015 she founded uniquelyHR, no nonsense HR for startups. Mikaela enjoys being creative and solving problems... Read More →

Michael Schutzler is an entrepreneur, engineer, science geek, and first-generation immigrant. He is the CEO of the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA). Before joining the WTIA, Michael led the merger of Livemocha – a community of 17 million language learners – with... Read More →