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Who to meet at #PTW18

A list of people worth networking with and where they'll be during Philly Tech Week 2018.

Attendees check in to an event during Philly Tech Week 2017. (Photo by Justin Durner)

Philly Tech Week 2018 presented by Comcast is the biggest networking event of the year for Philly’s entrepreneurial community. If you’re a PTW newbie, it’s a great time to jump in and strike up new conversations and lasting connections.

Need a little head start? We asked our #PTW18 sponsors where you can find them during Philly Tech Week, and here’s what they said:

Meet me at the PTW18 Dev Conference:

ReachMobi

  • Industry: Mobile Product
  • PTW Events Attending: Dev Conference, Dev Happy Hour
  • Technical.ly Events Sponsoring/Attending: Developers Conference, Demo Floor
  • How can people find you? Black-and-green ReachMobi shirt or email dwallace@reachmobi.com.

Melissa Richardson, Deacom (@DeacomInc)

  • Industry: Enterprise Software
  • Attending: Dev Conference, Dev Happy Hour, Signature Event
  • Sponsoring: Dev Conference
  • How can people find you? We will be wearing Deacom T-shirts and be handing out stylish Deacom-branded sunglasses.

Wendy D. Duckrey, JPMorgan Chase

  • Industry: Financial Services
  • PTW Events Attending: Dev Conference
  • Technical.ly Events Sponsoring/Attending: Developers Conference, Demo Floor
  • How can people find you? Booth at the Dev Conference — LinkedIn search me to find me.

Pavel Veller, EPAM Global (@pveller)

  • Industry: Engineering Services and Software Development
  • PTW Events Attending: Dev Conference, Introduced Conference, PTW2018 Signature Event
  • Technical.ly Events Sponsoring/Attending: Dev Conference
  • How can people find you? We’ll be in attendance throughout the Dev Conference, where Pavel will be speaking.

Temple University (#TUFoxMIS)

  • Industry: Higher Education
  • PTW Events Attending: Dev Workshops, Introduced Conference
  • Technical.ly Events Sponsoring/Attending: Dev Workshops, Introduced Conference
  • How can people find you? Temple University table and shirts.

Martin Snyder (@MartinSnyder)

  • Industry: Software & Data Analytics (Life Sciences)
  • PTW Events Attending: Dev Talks, Dev Happy Hour, Signature Event
  • How can people find you? Tweet @ me and I’ll tell you, I just follow the crowd. 🙂

Meet me at Introduced by Technical.ly

Matt Gillin, CEO & cofounder of Relay Network

  • Industry: Enterprise Software
  • Attending: Introduced Conference
  • Sponsoring: Introduced Conference
  • How can people find you? Stop by my panel on “Improving the Patient Experience” during the Introduced conference (10 a.m. on Thursday, May 3).

Kristen Burns (@Printfly)

  • Industry: Custom Apparel
  • Attending: XR Exploration at Jefferson, Female Founders Panel and 10 Minute Web Clinic
  • Sponsoring: Introduced by Technical.ly
  • How can people find you? We will have a table with Printfly tablecloth and banner from 9 a.m.–4 p.m.

The Archer Group (@thearchergroup)

  • Industry: Digital Marketing
  • PTW Events Attending: Introduced Conference
  • Technical.ly Events Sponsoring/Attending: Introduced Conference

Erika Rollins, CallTrackingMetrics (@calltrac)

  • Industry: Telecommunications
  • PTW Events Attending: Introduced
  • Technical.ly Events Sponsoring/Attending: Introduced
  • How can people find you? We will have a table at Introduced, marked with CallTrackingMetrics! Come find us!

Morgan Lewis (@morganlewislaw)

  • Industry: Legal
  • PTW Events Attending: Introduced by Technical.ly, PTW Signature Event, and Entrepreneur Expo 2018
  • Technical.ly Events Sponsoring/Attending: Introduced by Technical.ly
  • How can people find you? We will have a booth. Look for our purple table cloth!

Chuck Zwicker, Weidenhammer (@weidenhammerIT)

  • Industry: Technology and Marketing Services
  • PTW Events Attending: Introduced
  • Technical.ly Events Sponsoring/Attending: Introduced
  • How can people find you? We have a table at the Introduced event.

Brian Rubin, Regional Sales Manager, Salesforce (@SalesforceSMB)

  • Industry: Cloud Computing, SaaS
  • PTW Events Attending: Introduced by Technical.ly
  • Technical.ly Events Sponsoring/Attending: Introduced by Technical.ly
  • How can people find you? Stop by the Salesforce booth at the Introduced Conference on Thursday, May 3. Or email me at brubin@salesforce.com.

Lloyd Adams, SAP (@Lloyd_Adams)

  • Industry: Software
  • PTW Events Attending: Introduced by Technical.ly
  • Technical.ly Events Sponsoring/Attending: Introduced by Technical.ly
  • How can people find you? I’ll be at Introduced throughout May 3, and I’ll be moderating what should be a really interesting panel on Smart Cities from 3–4 p.m. Catch me live or at lloyd.adams@sap.com!

Sarah Sankey, SAP

  • Industry: Technology
  • PTW Events Attending: Introduced by Technical.ly
  • Technical.ly Events Sponsoring/Attending: Introduced by Technical.ly
  • How can people find you? I’ll be at Introduced the afternoon of May 3. Ping me at sarah.sankey@sap.com to meet!

Jewell Parkinson, Head of Human Resources, SAP North America (@ParkinsonJewell)

  • Industry: Software
  • PTW Events Attending: Introduced by Technical.ly
  • Technical.ly Events Sponsoring/Attending: Introduced by Technical.ly
  • How can people find you? I’ll be speaking on a panel at noon at Introduced on the topic of Company Responsibility, which I’m looking forward to. Will be accessible in person or you can DM me @ParkinsonJewell. See you there!

Tom Quigley, SAP

  • Industry: Technology
  • PTW Events Attending: Introduced by Technical.ly
  • Technical.ly Events Sponsoring/Attending: Introduced by Technical.ly
  • How can people find you? I’ll be on site at Introduced by Technical.ly on May 3. Reach out in person or via thomas.quigley@sap.com.

University City Science Center (@ucsciencecenter)

  • Industry: Economic Development
  • PTW Events Attending: Innovation for Social Change: A Venture Cafe Experience; Entrepreneur Expo; and Introduced
  • Technical.ly Events Sponsoring/Attending: The Science Track of Introduced!
  • How can people find you? Keep your eyes out for our red SC pins and “We are all Scientists” stickers!

Catch me at different events during the week

David Sonn, founder of Arc Intermedia (@davidsonn)

  • Industry: Digital Marketing
  • Attending: PTW18 Signature Event, Workshop: Building a Digital Content Strategy that Generates Leads, Entrepreneur Expo 2018
  • Sponsoring: Community Sponsor
  • How can people find you? Simply email me: dsonn@arcintermedia.com.

Aaron Maass, founder of MaassMedia

  • Industry: Digital analytics
  • Attending: Introduced, Entrepreneur Expo, PTW Signature Event
  • Sponsoring: Community Sponsor
  • How can people find you? Our office is 1880 JFK Blvd., Suite 201, but during the week anyone can message me @aaron_maass on Twitter or my LinkedIn.

JP Lovejoy, SPACES

  • Industry: Office and Meeting Space
  • Attending: Introduced by Technical.ly and PTW18 Signature Event
  • Sponsoring: Introduced by Technical.ly and PTW18 Signature Event
  • How can people find you? I will be wearing a SPACES black T-shirt.

Timothy Wenhold, Power Home Remodeling (@twenhold)

  • Industry: Home Improvement
  • PTW Events Attending: Power Hours at the Power Plant
  • Technical.ly Events Sponsoring/Attending: Dev Talk & Signature Event
  • How can people find you? We will have a table with Printfly tablecloth and banner from 9–4 p.m.

Laurie Actman, University of Pennsylvania (@pennpci)

  • Industry: Early stage tech and startups from UPenn
  • PTW Events Attending: Disrupting Cancer, Coded by Kids CTO Roundtable, Entrepreneur Expo
  • Technical.ly Events Sponsoring/Attending: Disrupting Cancer, Introduced by Technically, Signature Event, Kickoff Festival
  • How can people find you? Look for many folks from Penn at events throughout the week, find me out at many events as well, you can also always find me personally on Twitter @philaenergygal.
Companies: Power Home Remodeling / Morgan Lewis / Technical.ly
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