David Doe

Mobile Software Developer, Automattic

Adam loves APIs and the people behind them. He helps developers bring integrations and automation to everyone. For most of his career, Adam has worked remotely from Portland for teams based in Seattle, St. Louis, and all over the world.

12:00 PM

Eat. Drink.

Clear your calendar - It's going down! Schedule Blocks kicks off on May 20th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!

A free Airbnb & WeWork meetup.

Tuesday

May

6:00am

TUESDAY, MAY 9
6-9 PM

A free Airbnb & WeWork meetup.

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About

Have you ever dreamed about working full time from all over the world? Do you work remotely from home? Are you looking for ways to make it better? Whether you're just starting out or a veteran, there's something for you on this Tuesday night at WeWork Kinzie. We'll have four guest speakers from Automattic, Basecamp, Buffer, and Zapier, and there'll be opportunities to network over pizza and drinks before and after. Space is limited so reserve your spot!

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SPEAKERS

Jason Fried

Co-founder & CEO, Basecamp

Jason Fried is the Founder and CEO of Basecamp, formerly known as 37signals. He helps maintain the company's popular blog, Signal vs. Noise, and regularly speaks about entrepreneurship, design, management, and software.

Regan Starr

Platform Engineer, Zapier

Regan Starr works for Zapier, a software company that is 100% remote. Before joining Zapier, Regan worked for the piano company Steinway & Sons, initially in New York City, and then as Steinway's first remote employee.

Harrison Harnisch

Senior Software Engineer, Buffer

At Buffer, Harrison is in-charge of implementing the transition to a modern stack built on Node, React and Redux. He has been working in partially or fully distributed engineering teams for the past 3+ years.

Aaron Douglas

Mobile Software Developer, Automattic

Aaron started working remote with Automattic as an engineer focusing on WordPress and Simplenote for iOS, and in 2016 became the lead of one of the mobile teams.

Moderators

Nicole Fu

Digital (Marketing) Nomad, Airbnb and Nav.Marketing

Vancouver-born and Singapore-bred, Nicole has traveled to over 30 countries and lived in five cities. She considers herself a true citizen of the world and loves helping tech companies big and small develop marketing strategies. When not working, Nicole spends her leisure time exploring nature, and is also an avid fan of the arts. Follow her as she navigates the second year of her nomading journey on Twitter and Instagram @nicolejfu.

John Gargiulo

Global Product Marketing, Airbnb

John Gargiulo leads Global Product Marketing at Airbnb for Work. Prior to Airbnb, he was SVP, Marketing and Business Development at BlueStacks, a mobile adtech company.

Schedule

6:00-7:00 PM

EAT. DRINK.

Beer, Wine and Good Pizza

7:00-7:25 PM

Listen

Panel on the opportunities and obstacles of remote work with Automattic's Aaron Douglas, Buffer's Harison Harnisch, and Zapier's Regan Starr

7:30-8:10 PM

Listen

Fireside Chat with Jason Fried, Co-founder and CEO of Basecamp and Bestselling Author of Remote and Rework

8:10-9:00 PM

Connect.

More good pizza. More OK drinks.

WeWork Kinzie

20 West Kinzie St · CHICAGO, IL 60654

#workationchi