Jessica Cox coordinates Featured Sessions and Keynotes at SXSW Interactive. She’s worked with visionaries and leaders such as Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chelsea Clinton, Eric Schmidt, Anne Wojicicki and Stephen Wolfram, to name a few. When offline, you can find her snowboarding … Continue reading
Joe is has been the VP CIO at Capital Metro in Austin, Texas – last 3 years. He has extensive prior IT experience – all in Private Sector. Additional professional experience includes 15 years as CIO – in apparel retail, … Continue reading
Ruben has established this caveat at the center of his, and CORE Media Enterprise’s, mission, which is to change the world through social entrepreneurship and thought provoking content. Defining himself more specifically as a “mediapreneur,” Ruben has been working in … Continue reading
Simon Dudley is an executive with over 20 years of experience in the development, sale and marketing of high-technology products. In his role as Video Evangelist, Dudley is the spokesperson for LifeSize and evangelizes how video communications can help drive … Continue reading
Sean Duffy is the founder of EdTech Austin and President of EdTech Action, Austin’s first education specific incubator program at Capital Factory. Sean started his career as a high school English teacher and transitioned to STEM/broadcast journalism by helping create the … Continue reading
Burnes Hollyman, President, gamerista: Based in Austin, Texas, Burnes currently runs gamerista, a video game development, user & audience experience video game testing and research and development. He directs major projects and works with both the largest video game companies … Continue reading
Rebecca Campbell has served as Executive Director of the Austin Film Society since 1998. During her 16-year tenure, the AFS has expanded its nationally recognized exhibition programs, presenting 16+ films per month; broadened its artist services programs, including the AFS Grant, which … Continue reading
Our team is happy to announce that Ignite Austin 4 with Google Fiber is back! Help us welcome locals leaders such as Hugh Forrest (SXSW), Joe Iannello (Capital Metro), Simon Dudley (Lifesize), Rebecca Campbell (Austin Film Society), and more as they share … Continue reading
After much deliberation we have decided to postpone our event, Ignite Austin 4 with Google Fiber, to a later date. The last Ignite Austin was a success and we would like to continue with this same caliber of quality for … Continue reading
Unfortunately, our second Ignite Austin 4 Training Camp with Lani Rosales has been cancelled due to low attendance. Our team apologizes for the inconvenience but did not feel all attendees would get the most out of this workshop with less … Continue reading
Austin. Five minutes. 20 slides. What would you say?
At every Ignite, 16 artists, technologists, thinkers, and personalities take the stage to answer this challenge. Our goal is to spark new conversations and collaborations across cultures and disciplines.
