A bit about my story, 50 years ago, my parents immigrated from Vietnam to France, and 5 years ago, I immigrated from France to America. A couple of folks have been helping me, Jason M. Lemkin, Michael Seibel, and others who trusted me despite my accent, origins, lack of experience, or race. I felt welcome and they helped to launch my career in the US. I won't ever forget this. I understand that not everyone has had this experience and despite this week DACA win, there is work to be done and for underrepresented/underestimated communities in the US.
Today, Plato is launching this program to offer mentorship for 2,000 people of color and people from underrepresented communities in tech for free.
Some confirmed mentors:
Michael Seibel (CEO @ YCombinator)
, Cathy Polinsky (CTO @ Stitch Fix)
, Prashanth Chandrasekar (CEO @ Stackoverflow)
, Papanii Nene Okay (Director of Architecture @ Venmo)
, Rukmini Reddy (ex VPE @ Abstract)
, Donal Sumbry (Head of reliability Engineering @ Airbnb)
, Erica Locheimer (VP Eng @ Linkedin Learning)
, Jason Lemkin (CEO @ SaaSTR)
, Elias Torres (Cofounder/CTO @ Drift)
, Sara Garner (Sr Software Engineer @ Stripe)
, Nick Caldwell (CPO @ Looker)
, Jason Shah(Director of Product @ Airbnb)
, Nicolas Dessaigne (CEO @ Algolia)
, Shivani Sharma (Sr EM @ Slack)
, Richard Sun (Sr EM @ Facebook)
, Tido Carriero (CPO @ Segment)
, Will Larson (CTO @ Calm)
, Eddie Kim (CTO / Cofounder @ Gusto)
, Cosmin Nicolaescu (CTO @ Brex)
, Pooja Brown (VPE @ Stich Fix)
, Nidhi Gupta (ex CPO @ Hired)
, Michael Pryor (CEO / Founder @ Trello)
, Juan B (fmr GM / SVP Prod/Eng @ Braintree)
, Daniel Saks (CEO @ AppDirect)
, Luc Vincent (EVP Autonomous Driving @ Lyft)
, Asanka Jayasuriya (CTO and SVP Eng @ Sailpoint, former SVP Eng @ InVision)
, and 100 more...
Today, Plato is launching this program to offer mentorship for 2,000 people of color and people from underrepresented communities in tech for free.
Some confirmed mentors: Michael Seibel (CEO @ YCombinator) , Cathy Polinsky (CTO @ Stitch Fix) , Prashanth Chandrasekar (CEO @ Stackoverflow) , Papanii Nene Okay (Director of Architecture @ Venmo) , Rukmini Reddy (ex VPE @ Abstract) , Donal Sumbry (Head of reliability Engineering @ Airbnb) , Erica Locheimer (VP Eng @ Linkedin Learning) , Jason Lemkin (CEO @ SaaSTR) , Elias Torres (Cofounder/CTO @ Drift) , Sara Garner (Sr Software Engineer @ Stripe) , Nick Caldwell (CPO @ Looker) , Jason Shah(Director of Product @ Airbnb) , Nicolas Dessaigne (CEO @ Algolia) , Shivani Sharma (Sr EM @ Slack) , Richard Sun (Sr EM @ Facebook) , Tido Carriero (CPO @ Segment) , Will Larson (CTO @ Calm) , Eddie Kim (CTO / Cofounder @ Gusto) , Cosmin Nicolaescu (CTO @ Brex) , Pooja Brown (VPE @ Stich Fix) , Nidhi Gupta (ex CPO @ Hired) , Michael Pryor (CEO / Founder @ Trello) , Juan B (fmr GM / SVP Prod/Eng @ Braintree) , Daniel Saks (CEO @ AppDirect) , Luc Vincent (EVP Autonomous Driving @ Lyft) , Asanka Jayasuriya (CTO and SVP Eng @ Sailpoint, former SVP Eng @ InVision) , and 100 more...
In solidarity and hopefulness for change, thanks!