(geek-biz-pixel) Sessions Mixers!

Join us on July 28th for Sessions Mixer 1.0. This will be a social mashup of our 3 events, geekSessions, bizSessions, and pixelSessions. No speakers, no Q&A. Just pure networking with a great mix of technologists, business folks, and designers.

Got something to show off? We’ll have a room with tables and booths devoted demos. Technology Demo, Design Display, or Business Pitch, If you have something to show let us know! Demo space is free but limited so apply here now.

Event Details

• Sessions Mixer 1.0 will be hosted at Atmosphere 3, (Google Map: 447 Broadway Street in San Francisco).

• Tuesday, July 28th, 5:30pm

• A social mashup: Technologists, Entraprenuers, Designers from geekSession, bizSessions, pixelSessions events!

• Networking & Demos

• Sponsor Giveaways!

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We’ll be posting the presentations soon. Unfortunately we were not able to record this session. Video and Audio will be back for the next one.

We’ve created a UserVoice forum for GS attendees to discuss the ideas and presentations from this event. Check it out here:

geekSessions 1.5 Forum

Our next Session will look at how startups are doing more with less. How smaller teams and are getting more done in less time with less money. From development to infrastructure –nature is demanding more efficiency across the board. We’ll look at how startups using modern frameworks, automation, sane capacity planning, and solid analytics to do more with less. Way more.

Event Info

What: geekSessions 1.5: Cheaper, Better, Faster, Stronger
When: Tuesday, February 24th, 6:00pm-10pm

6:00pm – Registration, Hosted Bar, and Dinner
7:00pm – Panel discussion and Q&A (bar closed)
8:30pm – Hosted bar, and networking

Where: MIGHTY in SOMA, Google Map: 119 Utah St., San Francisco

How: A limited number of tickets are now open to the public! Get them while they last.

Transportation: There’s a good amount of parking in front of and around the venue. Metered parking is free after 6pm as well. Also, the 22, 19 and 9 buses will get you within a block or two of Mighty.

About the Panelists

Justin Kan
Founder & President, Justin.tv
Justin Kan is a founder and President of Justin.tv, a live video website that supports millions of visitors a month. Previously to cofounding Justin.tv, Mr. Kan founded Kiko Software, the first AJAX-enabled web calendar, which was sold to Tucows in 2006. Mr. Kan holds a degree in Physics and Philosophy from Yale University.

Daniel Lieberman
Founder & CEO, Bitpusher
Daniel is founder and CEO of BitPusher, a web operations management company that helps customers reconcile their web 1.0-sized ambitions with web 2.0-sized budgets. He has been running Internet systems since the dial-up days, and specializes in making systems flexible, scalable and easy to manage. He enjoys working with startups and with large companies trying to act like startups.

Gary Swart
CEO, oDesk
Gary has 16 years experience in the software industry, and has held sales, operations and executive positions at startups and leading global enterprises. Currently Gary is the CEO of oDesk. oDesk is the leading marketplace for online workteams with the best business model for both buyers and providers. Prior to oDesk, Gary was COO at Intellibank, a provider of on-demand contact and document management solutions. Prior to Intellibank, Gary lead the SMB Division for IBM, Rational Software Products. In 2003, IBM acquired Rational Software, a $700M+ provider of software development tools, where Gary was Rational’s SMB leader, responsible for 180 direct reports, and a $200M+ quota.

Zachery Coelius
CEO, Triggit
Zachery Coelius is a founder and CEO of Triggit, a company that builds applications helping small web publishers extend the functionally of their sites. He has previously founded three other successful startups and is very proud that he has never had a real job.

Richard White
CEO, UserVoice
Richard White is a founder and CEO of UserVoice, a new kind of forum software that enables companies to harness the collective intelligence of their customers to generate and prioritize the ideas that turn good products into great products. He’s driven by a passion for building simple tools that improve productivity and outsourcing everything that’s not value adding (anyone know a good cook?). He’s sustained by Trader Joe’s rice bowls and a constant internet connection via his precious Sprint EVDO card.

About the Moderator

Jason HoffmanCTO, Joyent
Jason Hoffman is the CTO of Joyent and was a co-founder, with Dean Allen, of TextDrive. Jason has a BS and MS from UCLA, a PhD from UCSD and has backgrounds in cancer biology, bioinformatics, grid computing and collaborative applications.

Didn’t get a ticket in time? No problem! We’re broadcasting it to you live with help from our friends over at Justin.tv. The event starts at 6pm PST and the speakers go on at 7pm PST. Their presentation slides will be posted below so you can follow along at home too. Thanks for looking and be sure to sign up for our mailing list to find out about the next event!

Event Info

What: geekSessions 1.4: Web Analytics
When: Tuesday, September 30th, 6:00pm-9:30pm

6:00pm – Registration, open bar, and dinner
7:00pm – Panel discussion and Q&A (bar closed)
8:30pm – Open Bar, and networking

Where: The City Club of SF, Google Map: 155 Sansome, 10th Floor

How: A limited number of tickets are now open to the public! Get them while they last.

Transportation: Parking can be a bit tricky in the financial district at this time, so it’s highly recommended you take public transportation. If you must drive, your best bet may be to park in the parking structure for the Metreon over on 4th and Mission and walk to the event.

About the Panelists

Raymond Chan
Architect, RockYou
Raymond is Architect at RockYou, where he is responsible for the software framework and the analytics group. Prior to RockYou he was a Research Associate at The SPHERE Institute / Acumen LLC, where he managed the software development group within a consulting firm focused on the issues of social welfare and health policy at the county, state, and federal levels. Raymond received his B.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Marco Vriens, Ph. D.
Analytics Manager, Microsoft
Dr. Marco Vriens works at Microsoft as Group Marketing Manager where he is responsible for audience insights, marketing decision support tools, evaluating the impact of audience strategies, and analyzing data on start-up companies. Prior to Microsoft he was Chief Research Officer at Millward Brown IntelliQuest, and Sr. VP at Research International. Prior to coming to the U.S. that he was Assistant Professor of Marketing in the Netherlands.
Marco is recognized leader in Marketing, Marketing Science, Analytics, and Marketing Research. He has published extensively in academic top journals such as Journal of Marketing Research, Marketing Science, etc and in trade magazines on topics such as non-linear regression, latent class models, missing data imputation, multi-dimensional scaling, conjoint analysis, discrete choice analysis, service quality, survey design, strategic research design, etc. He published 2 book books: Conjoint Analysis in Marketing (1995) and The Handbook of Marketing Research (sage, 2006). He was the recipient of the 2000 David K. Hardin award, and has received several other professional awards.

Itamar Rosenn
Data Scientist, Facebook
Itamar Rosenn is a Data Scientist at Facebook, where he studies user adoption and user engagement. In his role, he builds tools, conducts research, and provides empirical expertise that help drive informed decisions across the company. Itamar holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and symbolic systems and a master’s in symbolic systems from Stanford University.

David Rogers
Senior Web Analytics Researcher, PayPal
For almost a decade, David has been using research design and statistics to measure and predict behavior. He started his career in psychological research before switching his concentration to the online world where he focuses on user experience and building models of consumer behavior by employing techniques such as segmenting, behavior targeting and testing. He holds a BA in Psychology, an MA in Psychological Research & Methodology, and an MBA from the University of San Francisco, all with distinctions and awards, including Fellowship. He is co-authored in peer-to-peer A-level journals and has presented numerous times on the topics of culture, research, and research design.

About the Moderator

June Dershewitz, VP Analytics, Semphonic
June Dershewitz enjoys helping companies improve their practice of web analytics. She held her first web analyst job at a San Francisco startup in 1999 and has worked in the field ever since. Between 2004 and 2007 she took freelance consulting assignments with enterprise clients such as Oracle, CNET, Wells Fargo and Blue Shield. In 2007 she joined the leadership team at Semphonic, a top web analytics consultancy. She has been a member of the Web Analytics Association since its inception in 2005, serving on the Education and Social Media Committees. As an original instigator of Web Analytics Wednesday, she continues to organize and attend WAW events throughout the Bay Area. She has spoken at conferences such as Emetrics, X Change and the Optimost Optimization Summit. She blogs at http://june.typepad.com/.

Submit a Question for the Panel

Got something you’re itching to ask? Use our form to submit a question for the panel. Selected questions will be asked by the moderator, June Dershewitz.

Speakers for both events are looking great. For Mobile we’ll be having a little iPhone, a little non-iPhone, a little hacking, and maybe even a dash of Andriod with Raj Singh, VP of BizDev at SkyFire moderating. For Web Analytics, we’re bringing in June Dershewitz, Founder of Web Analytics Wednesday as a moderator to help us wrangle an all star cast.

Call For Speakers

If you’d like to speak or recommend a speaker for either event, contact Shon at geekSessions ASAP as we’re locking down speaker slots in the next week or two.