Sudha Kasamsetty, Founder
Sudha Kasamsetty is the founder and the driving force behind VerveCon. She has worked in many of the valley companies and startups including Google, Survey Monkey, Tellme Networks(now Microsoft), and Teradata. Her experiences both as team manager and individual contributor in the tech industry left her wanting to ‘solve’ many of women in tech issues. She believes in being a go-getter instead of being hopeful. VerveCon’s efforts are targeted to inspire many women in tech to do the same. When she is not working 80 hours a week on VerveCon, she puts on the hat of automation architect for highly scalable Cloud and Saas applications
Mona Sabet, Advisor
Mona Sabet is a technology sector deal maker, an entrepreneur, a diversity advocate, and a community builder. With two decades of experience in the tech sector both as a corporate executive and an entrepreneur, Mona brings her expertise in corporate development, acquisitions, integrations, and technology deals
Mona is actively involved in a number of non-profits focused on improving diversity in the workplace. She co-founded Leading Women in Technology, which has been working for over a decade to help women in the tech sector accelerate their careers. She is on the Board of ChIPs Network, an organization dedicated to advancing women working at the intersection of law, technology and policy. Mona led the strategy and implementation that took The Grace Hopper Celebration, the largest annual convention of women technologist in the world, from 8000 to 15,000 attendees in 2 years. Mona holds an engineering degree from the University of Toronto, a J.D. from the University of Western Ontario, and management certificates from Simon Fraser University and UC, Berkeley.