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Meet Your Panel Speakers
Women Business Owner Panel
"Key Decisions That Drive Business Viability"
EMMA PETERSON |
Emma Peterson has never had a job that she didn't create herself. When she saw a need for a change in the ticket industry, she launched Tikly in central Iowa in May of 2011 when she was 21. Tikly is a ticket platform that offers lower service fees and opens revenue streams for artists, venues and organizations looking to provide quality entertainment without excessive ticketing fees. Emma previously worked in marketing in the video game industry and as tour manager for a nationally successful band, The Nadas. She was looking for a way to sell merchandise through the Authentic Records label (label of The Nadas) using Dwolla when she began pondering a question about a way to sell tickets in the live events culture and made the connections that led to Tikly's creation. Emma, who took home the Entrepreneurial Leadership Award at the 2013 Women of Innovation recognition of the Technology Association of Iowa, calls Tikly "the brainchild of so many people who have lived on the road, owned venues, closed venues, run start-ups, sold start-ups and even had failed start-ups." Included in her more than 800 clients across 40 states and four countries are Doughty (of Soul Coughing), Langhorne Slim & the Law, The Nadas, Bess Rogers, Make-a-Wish Iowa, Cityview's Brewfest, and Vaudeville Mews.
ERIN ROLLENHAGEN |
Erin Rollenhagen, owner of six-year-old Entrepreneurial Technologies, is a woman focused on creating a Silicon Prairie culture in Des Moines. When Silicon Prairie News' Big Des Moines conference cancelled in 2013, Erin jumped in as a speaker for the newly created I/OWA conference for the Iowa Startup Community. Her company specializes in providing highly customized web, desktop and mobile applications for clients. She was an intern and staff member of Advanced Technologies before a side project for a local law firm led her to founding her company. A one-time English major at the University of Iowa who found she liked writing code more than prose, Erin holds degrees from the University in Iowa in economics and MIS. She's experienced as a developer, designer and team leader on a variety of projects from small company websites to large government projects.
JANE WHALEN |
Jane Whalen, president of Midwest Project Partners, joined the firm in 2002 after holding business development responsibilities for Cap Gemini Ernst & Young for five years. She also spent six years with EDS coordinating merger and acquisition initiatives, managing projects, and developing client relationships. The project management company consults with and assists companies in defining project strategies to reach organizational goals and in setting up planning templates, turning around troubled projects, mentoring a company's project managers and business analysts, providing inspiring project leadership, and prioritizing projects and institutionalizing project management best practices. Jane is also president and founding partner of Midwest Procurement Partners, founded in 2007.
JANETTE LARKIN |
Moderator: Janette Larkin, publisher, Business Publications Corporation, Inc.
Janette publishes the Des Moines Business Record, dsm Magazine, ia Magazine, Catch Des Moines Visitors Guide to Greater Des Moines, Book of Lists, and numerous other niche publications serving Central Iowa. Her background is in journalism and hospitality industry. She serves on the Greater Des Moines Committee, the executive committee of Nexus Executive Women’s Alliance and the advisory council of the Animal Rescue League of Iowa.
LYDIA BROWN |
GIIPTPYB (Get Involved In Politics To Protect Your Business) Panel
Panel Participants TBA – Will include elected women offficials
Moderator: Lydia Brown, president and CEO, Ascent.
When Cedar Rapids business owner Lydia Brown learned of the alarming 51st in the nation ranking for Iowa women business owner cumulative growth, revenue and employment, her response was to step up and help. The founder of award-winning LLB Executive Partners put to work her experience in leading and motivating individuals and organizations in a variety of business and not-for-profit environments. Today, Lydia is the President of Ascent, an organization formed to inspire and grow women-owned businesses in the state of Iowa.
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