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Leanne Pittsford

Leanne Pittsford

Keynote Speaker: Founder & CEO of Lesbians Who Tech, Tech Jobs Tour & include.io

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Leanne Pittsford Biography

Leanne Pittsford is the CEO & Founder of Lesbians Who Tech, include.io, & Tech Job Tours. Lesbians Who Tech is the largest LGBTQ community of technologists in the world — committed to visibility, intersectionality, and changing the face of technology, with 40,000 non-binary, LGBTQ women, queer women of color (and our allies) in tech and more than 40+ city chapters worldwide. Over 5,000 women and non-binary people in tech attend the annual San Francisco Summit, making Lesbians Who Tech the largest professional LGBTQ event in the world and the largest event for women in tech in California. Programmatic work includes a coding scholarship for non-binary and LGBTQ women called the Edie Windsor Coding Scholarship Fund, a mentoring program, Bring a Lesbian to Work Day, and a leadership program — #LWTSQUAD — focused on supporting members as they move into senior leadership roles. We’re not just creating communities; we’re pushing the tech sector to be more inclusive and changing the face of the entire tech industry.

Pittsford launched include.io, a mentoring and recruiting platform for underrepresented technologists and recruiters, in 2017. The product fights bias in technology by scaling access to direct referrals outside of our bias networks. The team at include.io believes we can never fully remove bias from humans or the hiring process, so we must fight it every day with intention. include.io includes a powerful algorithm to connect tech leaders to talent who need access to powerful direct referrals that will help them get the job they deserve, allowing hiring managers to be intentional about diversity, leading to stronger teams and better companies.

Pittsford launched the Tech Jobs Tour to connect the next generation of technical talent — who happen to be women, people of color, LGBTQ people, veterans and people with disabilities — to new careers and bridge the divide between tech companies who will have 1 million open jobs by 2020 and the American workforce. The Tech Jobs Tour, which traveled to nearly 25 cities in their first year, engaged 50,000 people on the Tour with 13,200 mentoring sessions and featuring over 150 companies. The evening consists of a career fair, speed mentoring sessions connecting mid-level/senior level talent with up & coming techies, lightning talks, coding boot camp showcase, and tech 101 workshops.

Before her work with Lesbians Who Tech, include.io, and Tech Jobs Tour, Pittsford founded and led Start Somewhere, a design and technology agency. She also founded leanimpact.org, which was acquired by Lean Startup in 2016. Between 2006 and 2010, she served as the Senior Director, managing the data and building online fundraising tools at Equality California, the largest statewide LGBTQ organization behind the “No on Prop 8” campaign to fight back against Prop 8, which aimed to make same-sex marriage illegal — a proposition which was deemed unconstitutional in California in 2013.

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Leanne Pittsford Speaking Topics

How Lesbians Who Tech Is Showing UP Silicon Valley and What You Can Do About It: Tech Inclusion

What Data Science Reveals About Your Relationships: Connectivity and Relationships

I’m Voting For The First Black Lesbian President In 2020: Disruptive Diversity

Take a F@!#NG Risk: Women and Leadership

Why Representation Can’t Be Solved With Blind Data: Intentional Recruiting and Hiring

Leanne Pittsford Videos

Stacey Abrams in Conversation with Leanne Pittsford | LWT Conference 2019
Hillary Clinton Interviewed by Leanne Pittsford #LWT
How Lesbians Are Solving Tech's Diversity Problem | TEDxMidAtlantic

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Leanne Pittsford is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as LGBTQ, Diversity, Entrepreneurship and Technology.

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Leanne Pittsford is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including LGBTQ, Diversity and Entrepreneurship. Please contact us for live or virtual event fee details. Leanne Pittsford generally travels from San Francisco, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Arlan Hamilton, Ryan O'Connell and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Leanne Pittsford for an upcoming event.

Leanne Pittsford Speaking Topics

  • How Lesbians Who Tech Is Showing UP Silicon Valley and What You Can Do About It: Tech Inclusion

  • What Data Science Reveals About Your Relationships: Connectivity and Relationships

  • I’m Voting For The First Black Lesbian President In 2020: Disruptive Diversity

  • Take a F@!#NG Risk: Women and Leadership

  • Why Representation Can’t Be Solved With Blind Data: Intentional Recruiting and Hiring

Leanne Pittsford Videos

Stacey Abrams in Conversation with Leanne Pittsford | LWT Conference 2019
Hillary Clinton Interviewed by Leanne Pittsford #LWT
How Lesbians Are Solving Tech's Diversity Problem | TEDxMidAtlantic
Leanne Pittsford | Tech Inclusion SF 2017

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