Talia Bennick
Talia Bennick
Talia Bennick launched Sweet Crude in Austin last year. Realizing the growing need for alcohol alternatives that still inspire relaxation with each sip, Talia crafted a line of RTD non-alcoholic cocktails infused with botanical terpenes and hemp extract. She has worked in finance and hospitality tech, and earned her MBA from Yale School of Management. Talia, crowned "The Terpene Queen" is passionate about embracing the whole plant and educating consumers on how powerful it can be in lifting our spirits (the non-alcoholic kind).
Steve Van Lare
I bring 30+ years of unique experiences in creating product vision and technology roadmaps for enterprise software solutions and a deep knowledge of driving products through all stages of the life cycle, from concept and launch through multiple releases to next generation architecture. An expert in building scalable engineering teams across multi-global locations, my leadership experiences span early-stage start up, growth and large enterprise organizations.
I am highly passionate about delivering quality products that customers love. I spent the early part of my career as a System Engineer in government electronics, and believe in the philosophy of using the right technologies to solve a problem.
I have been invited to share technology expertise and leadership insights at worldwide forums: Oracle Open World – Beijing 2011, San Francisco 2009 – 2010; PowerCamp Leadership Forum at Cisco – 2011
Specialties: Product Development - Scalable Software Architecture - Product Roadmaps - Quality & Customer Support - Profit & Loss / Budget Planning - Contracts & Licenses - Merger & Acquisition Integration - Recruiting & Teambuilding - Cross-functional Leadership
