54 SXSW V2V 2015
Tamara
Thorpe
The Millennials
Mentor,
Leadership Expert
Thorpe is a Life Guide, Leadership Expert, and Organization-
al Development Consultant. She helps Millennials become the
leaders they want to be by equipping them with leadership
tools, and helps new entrepreneurs and growing businesses
create engaged and high performing teams, and sustainable
learning organizations. Thorpe has a degree in Linguistics from
the University of California, San Diego and a Masters in Leader-
ship and Training from Royal Roads University in Victoria, British
Columbia. Tamara became a solopreneur and has been design-
ing and delivering life changing programs for both young and
seasoned professionals ever since. Thorpe has mentored and
coached professionals sharing her expertise.
Will Young
Zappos IP Inc,
Director of
ZapposLabs
Young is Director of Zappos Labs, a largely San Francisco-based
team with the mission of exploring the future of Zappos through
developing partnerships and building great products through
experimentation, incubation, and non-traditional retail projects.
He is also one of the most prolific donut eaters in Zappos history
(23 donuts in 20 minutes). He is also a General Partner with the
VegasTechFund, a seed stage investment fund started by Zap-
pos CEO Tony Hseih, focused on empowering amazing founders
and startups passionate about building community in down-
town Las Vegas.
Jeb Ory
Phone2Action,
Chief Executive
Officer
Jeb Ory is the Chief Execuitve Officer and Co-founder of Phone-
2Action, an award-winning, venture-backed technology compa-
ny. He is responsible for Sales, Marketing, Financial Operations,
and Strategy. Phone2Action creates digital social action tools for
nonprofit and for-profit companies. Ory, who has been featured
and quoted in the New York Times, FoxBusiness, Forbes Small
Business, the Chicago Tribune, Politico, and Campaigns in Elec-
tions, is a thought-leader in the civic technology sector.
He's on the selection board for Stanford University's Social Impact
Grants, an advisory member of Designing Chicago, and an alum-
nus of IMI Plc's graduate development program.
3:15pm
Donatello 1: Mentor Sessions
TUESDAY
