Our
new member, Matthew Yuan, will give his craft talk today. Matthew is
founder partner of Burning Bush Ventures and a business startup consultant.
According to his company website,
"His mission is to help startup founders and VCs to navigate the waters of
building a great company."
Ellen
Ayoub is Senior Vice President of Banc of California, serving in its
Venture Debt & Tech Banking department. She works with venture-backed
companies on financing, investor relations, strategic partnerships, and
community building. Her expertise spans fintech, PR/marketing, and AI-driven
automation for global hiring. She helps companies scale, connect with the right
investors, and build lasting business ecosystems.
August 21 - TBA
August 28 - Jonathan Brock
Combining
a rich background in the creative arts with countless opportunities to hone the
craft of storytelling, Slicing Light
Productions was built on founder Jonathan Brock's experiences in
windowless post-production edit bays in the early 2000's. Thousands of hours
editing IMAX trailers, documentaries, bonus features, reality television and
award shows continuously challenged him to meet a very wide spectrum of
stylistic demands. Over time he developed a deep sense how to universally
approach any story and custom tailor it to fit the exact needs of his clients.
Among many other components of a hard won skill set learning the language of the
target audience have been among the most important elements he's found in
producing successful video for a broad range of clientele.
September 4 - Louise Smith
While
Louise Smith earned her MLIS from USC she started working in the USC Digital
Imaging Lab as a student. Upon receiving her master's degree, she became Manager
of the Digital Imaging Lab, and then moved to her current role as Project
Manager for the Digital Repository.
She will speak to us about digitizing your family archive.
Rotary is a leadership organization made up of local business, professional and civic leaders who meet
regularly to get to know each other, form friendships and, through that, get things done in our local community. Rotary is the world's
oldest and largest service organization (founded in 1905).
