We’re thrilled to have the best and brightest marketing and UX mentors joining us for Hack//Meat SV. With their support and guidance you will tackle all kinds of meaty issues – like data management and consumer education– and prototype software and hardware solutions to these challenges. You can read more about some of our mentors below, and be sure to sign up today to help us cook up a tastier, healthier, more sustainable future of meat!

ALEXIS FINCH
UX Mentor, Women Innovate Mobile
@agentfin

Alexis Finch is a CCR [Customer Case Research] expert, conducting qualitative research to unearth user/product stories. She works in strategy, branding and UX with a background in anthropology and global cultural positioning and uses visual thinking to lead teams and clients to better solutions. Specialties: Information architecture, user flow, go-to-market strategy, packaging navigation, visual thinking, cross cultural interpretation, design thinking, branding, SKU rationalization, shopper UX, health/wellness, ethnography, positioning, women in tech

ALEX CORNELL
Co-Founder & Creative Director, Firespotter Labs
@alexcornell

Alex Cornell is a San Francisco-based Designer and Musician. A graduate of Duke University, Alex cofounded Firespotter Labs in 2010 and has designed and launched Nosh, Jotly, NoshList and ÜberConference. Recently Firespotter raised $15M from Google Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz. Prior to Firespotter, he spent three years studying design as apprentice to Scott Hansen (ISO50), as well as writing for the blog and running the studio. Alex’s book Breakthrough was published by Princeton Architectural Press in September 2012.”

SIAN MORSON
Founder & CEO of Kollective Mobile
@xianamoy

Sian Morson is an entrepreneur, mobile evangelist and strategist.
In 2010, Sian founded Kollective Mobile a mobile development and strategy agency. A seasoned digital professional, Sian has worked with many high profile clients to deliver successful campaigns for popular brands. Her diverse skill-set includes marketing, mobile strategy, business management and thought leadership.
Sian speaks and writes about mobile strategy for a number of publications and also works with a variety of non-profits working to bridge the digital divide
An internationally exhibited artist, Sian enjoys fusing her creativity with technology. Her video art work has featured in the prestigious Optica Festival in Spain, Director’s Lounge Berlin, and MoCADA Museum in NY.

ADAM SALOMONE
Associate Publisher, Harvard Common Press
@asaalomone

Adam Salomone is the Associate Publisher of The Harvard Common Press, a Boston-based cookbook publisher. While much of his day-to-day work is spent in print and digital content initiatives, he is also an active investor and entrepreneur advocate in the food + tech space. Through HCP, he and his partners, Bruce Shaw and Marcia Hooper, have made investments in Yummly.com, an intelligent recipe search engine, and Caviar, a restaurant delivery service and spent considerable time exploring the innovation trends in food and technology. They are also actively exploring the opportunity to launch an early-stage investment fund focused on the food space.

MICHELLE RICHIE
Founder & CMO, Delicious Karma
@MDeliciousKarma

An accomplished marketing executive with a great passion for food, technology, building new businesses, and bringing great products to market. Before founding Delicious Karma, began her career at companies such as The Clorox Company, Williams-Sonoma, San Francisco Center for Culinary Development, and Jamba Juice. Holds an MBA from the Wharton Business School and a BS in Computer Science from Lehigh University. Currently serves on the Board of Directors for the San Francisco Opera.

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