PEER 150 Los Angeles Regional Dinner
Perch
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Welcome
The PEER 150
The Los Angeles members of The PEER 150 are honored to host an evening of networking and content in support of The PEER 150 National event in Silicon Valley in October. Attendance is open to senior marketing executives approved by our PEER 150 team.
You are invited to join us for an evening of engaging content and idea sharing, along with great food and plenty of networking time with your peers.
We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, September 19th!
Agenda
Tuesday, September 19th
5:30 pm – Networking & Cocktail Reception
6:40 pm – PEER 150 Welcome Comments
6:45 pm – Andreessen Horowitz Startup Portfolio Presentations
Startup #1, Gigster: The Workplace of the Future – How a Freelance Workforce and Artificial Intelligence Will Change Everything
What happens when 50% of Americans work in the freelance economy, and your new co-worker might be a bot? According to legendary analyst Mary Meeker, this will be the case as early as 2025. Foundational concepts like org structure, performance management, collaboration, career advancement, compensation, and retirement will be reshaped. Learn about the future of work and, as a case study, how Gigster is transforming the agency model with a fresh approach to technology consulting.
Roger Dickey
CEO
GigsterStartup #2, Quantifind: Data Driven Media
Conversational data provides a unique, largely untapped, resource to understand the reasons behind trends, customer purchase and viewership behavior, as well as to discover drivers that were unanticipated. However, since chatter is extremely noisy, one must be careful to draw conclusions from social spikes and viral influencers. Predictive modeling is required to extract the colorful detail from conversations, while minimizing false positive over-reactions. These insights and drivers are applied to helping advertisers partner with the right programming, quantify the ROI of their campaigns, as well as shed light on understanding viewership patterns and content that drives consumer behavior.
Ari Tuchman
CEO & Founder
Quantifind
7:30 pm – Dinner Served
8:30 pm – Prize Drawing
9:00 pm – Adjourn
Speakers
Roger Dickey, CEO, Gigster
Roger Dickey, CEO of Gigster, is a serial entrepreneur and active angel investor based in San Francisco. Roger’s first company was an AirBnB for tutoring, started in Austin in 2006. He entered the games industry in 2007 with a Facebook app startup, launching 19 apps with the largest generating 300M+ page views per month. After an acquisition by Zynga, Roger went on to found Mafia Wars (100M users), FishVille (35M users), and five other titles in his three years there. Roger served as an international product team advisor for Zynga, helping the company grow their games in India, Japan, and China. Since leaving Zynga, Roger has launched Gigster, a marketplace for software development services.
Alongside his work at Zynga, Roger began advising and investing in Bay Area startups since 2010. His investments include Docker, Addepar, iCracked, OpenGov, ClassDojo, and Wanelo. Advisory roles include Formation 8, Nest, OpenDoor, and The Thiel Fellowship.
Ari Tuchman, CEO & Founder, Quantifind
Ari Tuchman is co-founder and CEO of Quantifind. He received his doctorate in atomic physics from Yale University focusing on Bose Einstein condensation. He was awarded a Director of Intelligence fellowship and served as a DARPA technical lead for a quantum metrology effort to design ultra-precision navigation sensors. Ari’s work on precision measurement and signal processing has spanned applications ranging from low field battlefield MRI to optimizing creative messaging for Hollywood movie releases.
Sponsors
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Andreessen Horowitz backs bold entrepreneurs who move fast, think big and are committed to building the next major franchises in technology. Founded by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, we provide entrepreneurs with access to our deep expertise and insights in innovation, business development, market intelligence, executive and technical talent, and marketing and brand-building. Find us in Menlo Park, Calif., and at www.a16z.com.
PK4 Media is the advertising industry’s first Omni-Channel Media Company. We help brands reach their target audiences across Desktop, Mobile, Tablet, CTV, VOD, In-Mall, In-Theater, DOOH, and more. Controlled through our proprietary technology platform, PK4 Media is able to serve, monitor, and report on display and video creative across all digital distribution channels.
Combining our brand-first technology platform, XPS, with premium direct-to-publisher relationships, PK4 Media is able to provide in-depth site and platform integrations, while managing exclusive engagement KPIs.
Founded in 2009, PK4 Media’s clients include companies such as ABC, Activision, Amazon, Bacardi, Esurance, Ford, Lionsgate, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and others. For more information please visit pk4media.com.
Location
Perch LA
448 South Hill St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Perch Los Angeles is an elevated resting place. A French inspired rooftop bistro that offers unobstructed views of Downtown Los Angeles that makes it feel as though you are floating at the skyline. Perch offers two outdoor fireplaces, various fire pits, lounge and table seating both indoors and out.