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Founding Engineer & Head of Platform Engineering, Cake Ian (they/she) is a software developer, tech enthusiast, and hacker at heart, with over 10 years of experience at startups.

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Ian (they/she) is a software developer, tech enthusiast, and hacker at heart, with over 10 years of experience at startups. During their freshman year, Ian began their career as an intern at EverQuote, which was then a seed-stage startup. Over the years, Ian grew alongside the company, building numerous products and leading various teams, playing a crucial role in EverQuote’s evolution into a billion-dollar publicly traded enterprise.

Ian is also an experienced hackathon organizer. At Worcester Polytechnic Institute, they helped establish the annual hackathon, now known as Goathacks. At EverQuote, Ian was a champion for the company's annual ""Ship-It Day"" hackathon, where they were an enthusiastic participant and often led their teams to prize-winning results. Today, as the Founding Engineer & Head of Platform Engineering at Cake, an AI/ML infrastructure company, Ian continues to foster a culture of innovation and creative problem-solving.

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(4.5) From Ideation to Innovation: The Value of Hackathons in Collective Creativity

September 12, 2024, 02:00 PM

Commons - 5th Floor

Jessica Woyton Claude Arnell Milhouse Kim Magidhi ian naval

Suffolk University

Suffolk University's Sawyer Business School

The Sawyer Business School occupies an unrivaled position at the nexus of Boston’s private, public, and nonprofit sectors. Our learners enjoy unparalleled access to the city’s financial and innovation clusters, seats of government, nonprofit organizations, and world-class healthcare institutions.

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