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Doug Erickson
Santa Cruz, California, United States
5K followers
500+ connections
Santa Cruz, California, United States
5K followers
500+ connections
About
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Team Leadership & Motivation • Channel Development & Training • Sales…
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Guy Kawasaki explores how taking up surfing at sixty taught him about growth, resilience, and valuable lessons for entrepreneurs. What lessons for…
Guy Kawasaki explores how taking up surfing at sixty taught him about growth, resilience, and valuable lessons for entrepreneurs. What lessons for…
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Aristotle described thauma as the spark and ongoing experience of the vastness and complexity of knowledge, the sense of wonder that fuels the…
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Activities and Societies: French Intensive
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Volunteer Experience
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Assistant
Children's Hospice & Palliative Care Coalition
- Present 14 years 4 months
Children
Fund raising for children with serious illnesses
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founder, host
Santa Cruz New Tech MeetUp LLC
- Present 16 years 7 months
Science and Technology
The 8th largest New Tech MeetUp in the US with over 4,300 members; 300-500 attending our monthly events. http://www.meetup.com/santacruznewtech/#
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Co-founder, Board Member
CruzHacks
- Present 12 years 8 months
Education
2.5 day hackathon with 800+ attendees
Publications
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Professional Profile of Doug Erickson
Silicon Valley Business Journal
See publicationAn article on Doug Erickson's contributions to the Santa Cruz tech community re: Santa Cruz New Tech MeetUp.
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How the Santa Cruz New Tech MeetUp Grew to Become a Must-Attend Event
Santa Cruz Sentinel Newspaper
See publicationAnnouncing the 6-year anniversary of the Santa Cruz New Tech MeetUp, founded and hosted by Doug Erickson
Projects
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Hack UCSC 2014, 2015, 2016
One of four key organizers for annual hackathon, a 3-day event with over 600+ attendees , $80k purse & prizes, categories included Innovation, Labor Tech, and Tech Cares.
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2nd Annual Santa Cruz Titans of Tech
Event Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Works
2nd Annual Santa Cruz Titans of Tech. I was honored to be included in this year's appointees: JoeBen Bevirt - Joby Aviation, Darrin Caddes - Plantronics, Heidi Schriefer - Looker, Ted Holladay - Studio Holladay, Jeremy Almond - Paystand, Bonnie Lipscomb - City of Santa Cruz Economic Development Office, Justis Earle - HANSNAP, Keri Waters - Buoy Labs
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Titans of Tech 2018
Event Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Works
http://www.santacruzworks.org/events/second-annual-titans-tech
Languages
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
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French
Elementary proficiency
Organizations
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Santa Cruz Works
Board Secretary
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Santa Clara University Bronco Hack 2014
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UCSC Entrepreneurship Showcase 2014
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Startup Challenge 2014
Judge, co-organizer
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Hack UCSC 2014, 2015, 2016
Co-founder, Organizer
- PresentCo-founder and one of four key organizers for annual hackathon, a 3-day event with over 600+ attendees, $80k purse & prizes, categories included Innovation, Labor Tech, and Tech Cares.
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The Inspiring Enterprise
Board
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Sports RnD, Inc. aka uSPORT
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Santa Cruz New Tech MeetUp
founder, host
- PresentFounder and Host of a vibrant Santa Cruz community: 2,800+ high tech professionals meeting monthly to learn about new technologies for their current company, and/or to enrich their career path, and/or to seed ideas for their own startups. Listed as 1 of the top 5 tech events in 2013 in Santa Cruz. http://www.meetup.com/santacruznewtech/
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Startup Weekend Santa Cruz
judge
http://www.up.co/communities/usa/santa-cruz/startup-weekend/9684
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