1. Elissa Shevinsky is an American technology executive, entrepreneur, cybersecurity expert, public speaker, and author.
12 Facts About Elissa Shevinsky
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In 2010, Elissa Shevinsky defended her company against The New York Times, as co-owner of Neighborhoodies, over the use of the "New York Herald Tribune" logo on T-shirts.
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Elissa Shevinsky co-founded Glimpse, an encrypted photo and video-sharing app, with Pax Dickinson in 2013.
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In 2015 Elissa Shevinsky was funded by MACH37 for Jekudo Privacy Company, co-organized information security conference SecretCon, and edited Lean Out: The Struggle for Gender Equality in Tech and Start-up Culture.
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Elissa Shevinsky spoke on the potential for social media to influence election outcomes at HOPE XI.
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In 2018 Elissa Shevinsky spoke on information security at universities and infosec conferences.
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Elissa Shevinsky served as chief operating officer of SoHo Token Labs, building developer tools for smart contracts.
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In 2019 Elissa Shevinsky started serving as CEO at Faster Than Light.
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Elissa Shevinsky taught a course titled "Introduction to Tech Entrepreneurship" at the Computer Science Department of Williams College.
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In 2018, Elissa Shevinsky was named "Woman of the Decade" by Williams College in a speech where she announced she wanted to lead the way for the development and protection of privacy for the following decade.
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Elissa Shevinsky appears in the documentary CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap.
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Elissa Shevinsky is a cast member in the documentary Silenced.