@RefreshMiami's Signature Speaker Events bring top-notch speakers to share their knowledge and experience with our community.

The purpose of our Signature Speaker Events are to educate, inspire, connect and grow the Miami Tech & Startup ecosystem while highlighting both local success stories and those building incredible companies around the world.

A big thanks to this event's sponsor, @vultr and AI Forge for helping make this event possible and for supporting #MiamiTech!

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Joanna Lord is an EIR at the highly regarded Reforge, and a Marketing Advisor and Angel Investor. For over 20 years she has helped build and scale companies across a number of categories, business models, and audiences. She was previously the CMO of Skyscanner, one of the largest travel marketplaces in the world, and CMO of ClassPass, a leading health and wellness platform. She is a seasoned operator, who deeply understands the art and science of markets, how to engage customers and how to build cultural conversations people want to be a part of.

ABOUT THE ORGANIZER
Founded in 2006, Refresh Miami is the oldest and largest tech and startup community in Miami with over 16,000 members. With a mission to educate, inspire, connect and grow the South Florida tech and startup ecosystem; Refresh delivers Miami's technology news daily, produces the beloved #MiamiTech newsletter weekly, organizes events with top-notch speakers in tech, curates introductions amongst its members, and hosts the region's job board and tech talent network.

Refresh provides strategic partnership opportunities for companies looking to grow their presence locally, and plays a key role in convening leaders with a vision of making technology opportunities accessible to all. To learn more, visit: www.refreshmiami.com

ABOUT THE SPONSORS

AI FORGE (AI Incubator)
AI Forge is an intensive 12-week incubator program in Miami and London designed to accelerate the creation of AI companies that solve real-world problems. Led by seasoned entrepreneurs, the program offers hands-on training with more than 60 training sessions. AI Forge provides the support and expertise needed to launch a successful company. Let us help turn your AI ideas into reality. Learn more at: aiforge.org

VULTR (Independent cloud computing and storage platform)
Vultr is an industry-leading independent cloud computing and storage platform. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in West Palm Beach, Vultr has gone through hyper-growth and is now serving 1.5M customers in 32+ locations worldwide with 50M+ cloud servers deployed. Whether you're a digital start-up or scale-up, Vultr is here to help your development teams accelerate build, test, and production deployment of new digital applications and AI-assisted services. Our mission is to power productivity, innovation, and profitability growth for your business. With our full range of Cloud Compute services, our ecosystem of Cloud Alliance partners, and our growing global footprint of 32 cloud data center locations, we’re here to help the Miami tech ecosystem thrive and continue driving next-level innovation. Apply now to receive up to $100k in cloud services credit (for qualifying businesses). Learn more at: vultr.com