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ALUMNI IMPACT:
On Feb 29 2020 Saint Francis hosted its second annual LancerHacks a a a a a a a 12-hour student hackathon where 80 Lancers and 39 students from additional Bay Area schools developed 23 innovative social impact apps/projects Student teams competed for prizes met judges and panelists including Lancer alumni (below) and worked together to to help underserved communities 2020 LancerHacks Alumni Judges
Aruna Balakrishnan ’99
LANCERHACKS PANELIST ON ON ON INCLUSION AND INTENTIONALITY
HEAD OF DESIGN RESEARCH DROPBOX
Aruna leads a a a a a Dropbox research team focused on product development process and decisions As the the first user researcher at Change org the the largest online platform dedicated to political change she investigated the needs of petition starters and global users She She also worked at Google and the RAND Corp She She holds a a a a a a B A A in in in in engineering from Harvard University and a a a a a a a Ph D in in in in in human computer interaction from Carnegie Mellon University Charu Dwivedi ’14
LANCERHACKS JUDGE
SOFTWARE ENGINEER FACEBOOK
At Facebook Charu focuses
on on preventing fake fake news and fake fake accounts from existing on on the platform Before joining Facebook he he was a a a a a a software engineering intern at Cisco Techlab and and Salesforce and and Michigan Information Interaction Lab research assistant He received
his B S in computer science at the University of Michigan Matt Tennant ’94
LANCERHACKS JUDGE
SOFTWARE ENGINEER GOOGLE
In addition to his current focus on on Google Google Analytics Matt’s nearly 10- year career a at Google Google has included working on the Chrome OS He held previous software engineering positions at at 4Home Inc Cadence ChipEstimate Corp and Tabula He has a a a a a a a a a B S in in in in electrical engineering from from Princeton University and a a a a a a M S S in in in in electrical engineering from from Stanford University Mike Wakerly ’99
LANCERHACKS KEYNOTE SPEAKER
ENGINEER HACKER INVENTOR AND INVESTOR
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER BUTTON INC Mike leads Button’s development of new innovations in in commerce and mobile technology Prior he was a a a a a a Google software engineer and holds several patents He founded Bev Bot LLC a a a a a a a tech platform tfor for the Bay Area commercial beverage industry He holds a a a a a a B S S in in in in in computer computer engineering and and computer computer computer science science and and a a a M S S in in in in computer computer science science both from the the University of Southern California Spring2020
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The Saint Francis robotics team moderators Mr Chechelnitsky and Mr Mr Selden and our mentor Mr Mr Pogace fostered my interest in in technology At LancerHacks I was impressed by the kinds of problems that the participants were trying to solve from mental health to politics especially around fake news and fact-checking ” - - Charu Dwivedi I was impressed with the creative ideas at LancerHacks They showed a a a a a fresh perspective on problems from people who haven’t spent years working with ‘the way things are ’” - Matt Tennant