For StartupSac Happy Hour in October we’re taking another road trip—this time to Granite City Coworking in Folsom. We’re also changing things up a bit for this event and bringing you a panel of three veteran startup founders to answer your startup questions. John Bodrozic, Beth Dodson, and Kevin Kane are all startup veterans. John Bodrozic and Beth Dodson saw a successful exit with their previous startup Meridian Systems in 2006 and are now co-founders of Homezada, a mobile and online solution to help homeowners manage their home.
Kevin Kane’s technology background includes five liquidity events with three Fortune 500 companies and he is now the CEO of Linkd, Inc. a project management cloud application utilizing machine learning and artificial intelligence, serving the Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC) industry.
So start prepping your questions now and make sure you join us for an engaging evening where you can learn and get direct insight and feedback as well as enjoy the supportive, collaborative Sacramento startup community.
Food Sponsor
Once again, thanks to the generosity of food sponsor we’ll have a limited amount of food on hand for those who arrive early enough. Our food sponsor for the event is Egeria. Egeria is a single source of truth for government business. It provides users with access to billions of dollars in public funding.
Also, thanks to our venue host for this event Granite City Coworking.
When: Tuesday, October 29, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Where: Granite City Coworking
Schedule
5:30-6:20 Networking
6:20-6:30 StartupSac remarks
6:30-7:15 AMA
7:15-7:30 Networking
About the Panelists
John Bodrozic
John Bodrozic is a Co-Founder of HomeZada, an online and mobile software application empowering homeowners to manage their largest asset and expense, their homes.
John has over 18 years of successful experience in the software industry. John has been involved as a leader of a software business through various stages of growth including as a co-founder of Meridian Systems, the leading construction project management software company. During his role as the President of Meridian Systems, John guided the business from a start up to a profitable company. He raised venture and strategic capital, continued to grow the business and successfully sold the business in 2006 to a publicly held company called Trimble. John successfully continued as the General Manager of the Meridian Systems, a business unit of Trimble, through 2010.
During his tenure at Meridian Systems, John had full P&L responsibility along with responsibility for all major functions including Marketing, Sales, Professional Services, Product Development, Customer Support, Finance and Operations. John has been successful with various software models including desktop software, enterprise solutions, and internet subscriptions services.
Elizabeth Dodson
Elizabeth Dodson is Co-Founder of HomeZada, an online and mobile home management portal that helps homeowners manage their largest asset to save time and money and reduce stress while also enabling HomeZada partners to differentiate their business and build long term client loyalty in today’s competitive market. Elizabeth has over 20 years of technology experience focusing on B2B and B2C platforms.
Prior to HomeZada, she joined Meridian Systems and assisted in the growth of this young startup. As the Director of Business Development for Meridian Systems, she oversaw partner relationships, programs and sales. Today, Elizabeth uses the skills she gained in her career to lead the growth of HomeZada as a top homeownership and customer engagement platform. She holds a BS in Business from Stevenson University and her MBA from Loyola University of Maryland. Beth also offers her experience as an active mentor in programs offered by Stevenson, Loyola and American Corporate Partners. Beth also holds an advisory board seat with College Track Sacramento to provide college education opportunities to an underserved market.
Kevin Kane
Kevin Kane is the CEO of Linkd, Inc. a project management cloud application utilizing machine learning and artificial intelligence, serving the Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC) industry. Linkd’s partners include Google, IBM and Oracle. Kevin’s technology background includes five liquidity events with three Fortune 500 companies (IBM, HP and Trimble) and two Private Equity firms.
Kevin’s experience includes transitioning an OTC software company to Nasdaq and has served on non-profit and for-profit advisory boards contributing to two (for profit) liquidity events by CA Technologies and Dominion Enterprises.
