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Women in Business NCR 2017 Video

Cydni is a leading expert in product validation, go-to-market strategies, product development, marketing and technology.  She was CEO and founder of venture-backed 3DplusMe, a 3D printing personalization software platform, that she recently sold. Prior to that she spent 4 years at Disney in Imagineering building products and businesses from technology research and launching those products into Theme Parks, ESPN, ABC and Interactive.  She is faculty for the Goldman Sachs 10k small business program where she teaches go-to-market, sales and marketing. She is an Operating Partner at Mercato, a growth equity firm and founder and Chairman & President of the Women Tech Council, a non-profit with more than 10,000 members in its community. Prior to Disney she was COO and CMO at several successful technology companies. She has built hundreds of technology products used by the world’s largest brands, retailers and companies including Disney, Microsoft, ProofPoint, Ancestry, Marvel, Star Wars, Facebook, MLB, MLS, Warner Brothers, NFL, Disney Stores, Target, Walmart and Toys ‘R’ Us. Cydni holds a master’s degree in business administration and a bachelor’s in computer science from Brigham Young University.

March 30, 2017 • 6:00 - 8:30 pm