Laura Close

Shippable, Inc. develops a cloud platform for developers to add continuous integration and deployment. It helps developers ship quality code faster by automating the software development workflow from the time it is developed to the time it is deployed. The company was founded by Avi Cavale and Manisha Sahasrabudhe in 2013 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

The Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA) is a research organization that helps technology companies achieve profitable growth and overcome their top business challenges. With a membership community of over 40,000 executives from 96 countries, TSIA represents 80% of the Fortune 100 technology companies. TSIA provides world-class business frameworks, best practices, performance benchmarking, peer networking opportunities, and certification and awards programs to technology services organizations of all sizes. The organization serves four major markets: enterprise IT and telecom, consumer technology, healthcare and healthcare IT, and industrial equipment and technology.

She Community AS provides events, information, and business consulting services.

WestRiver Management LLC (WestRiver Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by Erik J Anderson. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Berkshire Partners LLC (Berkshire Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Berkshire Partners Holdings LLC founded in 1986 by Christopher Clifford, Carl Ferenbach, Russel L. Epker, Brad Bloom and Richard Lubin. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Open Systems AG engages in the provision of development and consulting services in the fields of telecommunications and information technology. It operates as a managed security services provider, which offers services and solutions focusing on data security, network traffic usage visibility, bandwidth management, cloud enablement, cyber risk mitigation, and advanced threat protection. The company was founded on October 6, 1999 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Integris Software, Inc. develops data privacy platform. It offers general data protection regulation readiness, breach response and data life cycle management solutions. The company was founded by Uma Raghavan, Raghu Gollamudi and Kristina Bergman in 2016 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Nerdio, Inc. engages in could computing design, deployment and optimization services. The company was founded by Vadim Vladimirskiy in 2005 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Women in Technology (WIT) is a non-profit organization with over 18,000 members worldwide, including more than 1,000 members in the local area. The non-profit company is based in Alexandria, VA. The organization provides leadership development, technology education, networking, and mentoring opportunities for women at all levels of their careers and for girls interested in STEM. WIT aims to make the state with the highest percentage of women in the STEM workforce by partnering with the community to provide opportunities that champion women throughout their education and career. The company was founded by Gavriella Schuster, Deborah Gore Cassidy.