[dorkbotpgh-announce] dorkbot pittsburgh is TONIGHT!

[jet]

Tonight we'll have Jia Ji showing off Dancetown, a digital fitness 
system for senior citizens, and Jim Jen of AlphaLab, talking about 
startups and Pittsburgh.

As usual, we're at Brillobox, it's free, non-smoking, and open to the 
general public.  We're going to try and start at 7:30 sharp tonight -- 
there's an event after us and we need to be cleaned up and out of the 
way by 9:30.

Directions and public transit details are here: 
<http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotpgh/events.html>


More info on tonight's speakers:

Jia Ji, Touchtown. Jia is the Director of Product Management for 
Dancetown, a dance-based digital fitness system developed for seniors. 
Using a computer and dance pads, people of all ages are able to 
participate in healthy intergenerational play through the Dancetown 
system. Jia is a Stanford University alumnus and actively supports 
grassroots technology efforts in the Pittsburgh area. He currently 
serves as Technology Director for NAAAP Pittsburgh, volunteers on the 
local game developers board, and helps organize the Pittsburgh PodCamp 
conference series. Prior to joining Touchtown, Jia was president and 
founder of Flying Fish Media. He has also worked for a variety of 
technology companies and startups such as Guru.com, Pittsburgh.com, 
Dreamwork Soft, Inecom Entertainment, Interactive Media Systems, Ripple 
Effects Interactive, and eGenesis.

Jim Jen, AlphaLab. Jim is the Executive in Residence at AlphaLab, a six 
month program for software startups that provides companies with 
funding, free office space, services, and access to investors and 
advisors. Jim works closely with the management teams of startup 
technology companies to identify and address critical business issues 
facing those companies. Previously, Jim built and managed software 
businesses at Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Agile Software (acquired by 
Oracle), and Instill Corporation (Mayfield-funded, privately held). As a 
management consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton, Jim advised executive 
management of Fortune 500 companies on marketing, strategic planning, 
and organizational issues. Jim holds a BA and MA in Economics from 
Stanford University and an MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business.



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--jet at allartburns.org