Techweek Chicago 2014

Danielle graduated from George Washington University and pursued a Finance career while simultaneously getting a part time MBA at DePaul. She inadvertently fell into PrettyQuick through her passion and love for the beauty industry while working in a Private Banking role at Credit Suisse... Read More →

Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz covers retail for the Chicago Tribune's business section, which she joined after eight years as a features reporter. On the Tribune's lifestyle staff she wrote chiefly about dating and relationships as well as health, home decor, food and travel. Prior to that... Read More →

Kara spent her early career working as an investment associate at Mesirow Financial and at Angel Street Capital (a boutique private equity and Investment Banking Firm). She then worked in Business Development at ShopTalk, a deal focused aggregator and $30M venture backed start-up... Read More →

Rida Khan founded her company Zee report in 2008 which aimed to provide Fashion Industry news without any subscription costs. Rida recently assumed her role as a CEO of Fashion TV beginning of 2013; Khan does plan on remaining the President of Zee Portal and Zee report, and Chair... Read More →

After years of working in New York fashion industry and studying Fashion Merchandising & Marketing at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Rachel’s career path took her to Chicago where she worked as a Style Specialist at DNA 2050, new concept store. Combining her passions for design... Read More →

Nicole graduated from Wellesley College and successfully pursued investment banking on the East Coast before catching the startup bug. With a swift move to San Francisco, she joined the market as a venture capital investor, concentrating on technology. The decision to explore business... Read More →