Angie Chang is CEO and Founder at Girl Geek X (formerly Bay Area Girl Geek Dinners). Prior to Girl Geek X, she was VP of Strategic Partnerships at Hackbright Academy, a women's engineering school which has graduated over 500+ female software engineers. Angie led partnerships with employers at Hackbright, where she built valuable hiring partnerships (Uber, Slack, GoDaddy, Redfin, Indiegogo and more), launched the mentorship program (enlisting 700+ industry engineers as volunteers in 4 years) and connected countless women to new jobs in tech. Prior to that, she co-founded Women 2.0 in 2006, a media company which promotes women in high-tech entrepreneurship, and Bay Area Girl Geek Dinners in 2008 (now Girl Geek X). She was named in Fast Company's 2010 "Most Influential Women in Technology"​ and more recently Business Insider named her one of "30 Most Important Women Under 30 In Tech"​. Angie has been invited by the U.S. State Department to speak on women's high-tech, high-growth entrepreneurship in the West Bank, Switzerland and Germany. In her early career, Angie held positions in product management and web/UI production at various Silicon Valley startups. She holds a B.A. in English and Social Welfare from UC Berkeley.

Select Speaking Engagements:
** Google - Girl Geek Dinner (w/ U.S. Consulate General in Zurich, Switzerland)
** Microsoft - Build (Seattle, Washington)
** PASS Summit (Seattle, Washington)
** Salesforce - Dreamforce (San Francisco, California)
** TEDxUIUC (Chicago, Illinois)
** European Innovation Academy (Nice, France)
** Jumpp & Techettes (w/ U.S. Consulate in Frankfurt, Germany)
** University of Auckland - Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Auckland, New Zealand)
** Palestinian universities & hubs (w/ U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem & occupied Palestinian territories)
** Private, Corporate Exec/Team Meetings (various)
+ more.

CONTACT:
[email protected] / [email protected]

EXPERIENCE:
20+ years of tech experience instrumental to building successful brands and businesses.