Michelle Rowley (Code Scouts; Cultivate & CO.)

Name: Michelle Rowley (Code Scouts; Cultivate & CO.)
Start: 2014-05-29T18:00:00-07:00
End: 2014-05-29T21:00:00-07:00
Location: Tillamook Station

May 30, 2014, 1:00 – 4:00 AM (UTC)

Portland

Tillamook Station, 665 N Tillamook St, Portland, 97227

Michelle is a PIE, Portland Incubator Experiment graduate and now serves as a mentor to new classes. She is the founder and Executive Director of Code Scouts, a nonprofit organization that empowers women to learn software development. She also recently founded an organizational culture consultancy called Cultivate & Co. aimed at helping tech companies build healthy cultures.

In-person event

About this event

Google for Entrepreneurs is providing program assistance and $1,000,000 in funding to 40 partner organizations that are increasing the representation of women entrepreneurs in their startup communities.  As one of their partners we are featuring female speakers that are making an impact in their city in all of our 85+ chapters in over 25 countries.  For our Portland launch we couldn't be more proud to have Michelle Rowley, recently named one of the seven most powerful women to watch in 2014 by Entrepreneur Magazine, http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/230351-5, come out and share her story.
Michelle is a P.I.E., Portland Incubator Experiment, graduate and now serves as a mentor to new classes.  She is the founder and Executive Director of Code Scouts, a nonprofit organization that empowers women to learn software development. 
She also recently founded an organizational culture consultancy called Cultivate & Co. aimed at helping tech companies build healthy cultures.
A member of the Python Software Foundation and organizer of the Portland Python User Group, she also speaks and writes about the importance of diversity in the tech scene and tech literacy for everyone.