TiE-PITTSBURGH Presents...
Women Who Lead Us On
Top Female Entrepreneurs Venturing
Into the Newest Technologies
Presenter Bios
Lenore Blum, Moderator
Founding Director Project Olympus, CMU
TiE-Pittsburgh Charter Member
Lenore Blum (PhD MIT) is a Distinguished Career Professor of
Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon where she is co-Director of
the NSF-ALADDIN Center and faculty advisor to the student
organization, Women@SCS. Her research focuses on complexity
and real computation.
Lenore is internationally recognized for her work in increasing the
participation of girls and women in Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields. In 2005, in recognition of
this work, including co-founding the Expanding Your Horizons
Network, she received the Presidential Award for Excellence in
Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring.
In the past, Lenore taught at the University of California at
Berkeley; she also founded the Mills College Department of
Mathematics and Computer Science (the first CS department at a
women’s college), was a Senior Researcher at the International
Computer Science Institute and Deputy Director of the
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley.
She has served the professional community in numerous
capacities, including as President of the Association for Women
in Mathematics, Vice-President of the American Mathematical
Society, and as a member of the MIT Mathematics Visiting
Committee. In 2009 she received the Carnegie Science Catalyst
Award for her work with Project Olympus targeting high-tech
talent to promote economic growth in the region and increasing
the participation of women in computer science.
Lenore is married to Manuel Blum and mother of Avrim Blum,
both also MIT alumni and professors of Computer Science at
Carnegie Mellon.
TiE-Pittsburgh Appreciates Host Sponsor:
Additional Support for Tonight’s Event Provide By:
Suzette Dutch,
Managing Partner, Triathlon Medical Ventures
Suzette Dutch, Managing Partner of Triathlon Medical
Ventures, has 20 years venture investing and 10 years
operating experience in pharmaceuticals, surgical
devices and diagnostics. At Senmed she served on the
investment committee from its creation in 1987 and led
the strategic planning, clinical/regulatory, market and
business development due diligence efforts for start-ups
through later stage investments. Previously she was
responsible for strategic marketing for Sentron’s surgical
stapling business until its sale to Ethicon. Prior to that she
held various positions in clinical studies design, market
research, and corporate planning at SmithKline
integrating the acquisitions of Allergan, Beckman, and
Clinical Laboratories. She has an MBA from Wharton in
Finance and Decision Science, and a BA in economics
from Case Western Reserve University. Suzette serves
as a Board observer for Akebia and BioVex and was on
the Board of Directors of Renal Solutions prior to its
acquisition by Fresenius.
Rebecca Gaynier
CEO, iTwixie.com
Rebecca Gayner is the CEO and Founder of
iTwixie.com. The iTwixie revolution starts with
the 20 million tween girls in the US alone, and tween girls
all over the globe, who have the power to change the world.
Tween girls are full of curiosity, smarts, ideas and beauty.
iTwixie challenges girls to express their unique talents,
creations, natural beauty and true interests.
A graduate from the University of Michigan, Rebecca
worked in NYC for 10 years at some of the world's biggest
advertising agencies, with some of the world's most iconic
kid brands, like Oreo and LEGO.
Rebecca is active in her kids' schools. In addtion, she has
coached in the Girls on the Run program and has run 4
marathons.
Tracy Brown
CEO and Founder, Evil Genius Designs, Inc.
Tracy Kobeda Brown is the CEO & Founder of Evil Genius Designs, Inc., a spin-off company from the Entertainment
Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Evil Genius Designs’ first product, Get in Line Games,
focuses on mobile marketing via gameplay experiences for people waiting in lines. She worked for Lockerz, Inc. as
the Chief of Product Delivery and the leader of the company's social and content offerings. Tracy spent time with
Activision and is credited on James Bond: Quantum of Solace and produced an alternate reality game, The Deep
Sleep Initiative, which won second place at Indiecade 2009.
Prior to pursuing her Masters from CMU, she was a corporate executive for American Eagle Outfitters, a $2 billion
brand clothing retailer. During her time there, she served in various business and technology roles as the director of
information security and the head of IT responsible for building ae.com <http://ae.com> in the early 2000's. She spent
years as a technology strategy consultant and worked for Andersen Consulting. Tracy holds a BS in Economics from
The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania concentrating in Decision Sciences and Insurance/Risk
Management.
In terms of board advisory relationships, she was the co-chairman and board director of the Merchant Risk Council, a
non-profit organization that educated merchants on how to fight cybercrime and also served as a board director for the
National Cyber-Forensics Training Alliance (NCFTA), a non-profit organization for industry, law enforcement and
academia to collaborate on cybercrime topics. She is a professional speaker, has presented at numerous conferences
as well as at Quantico for the FBI and spends time leading the North American division for PC Gaming for the PMS
Clan, the world’s largest all female video gaming clan.

Rebecca Kaul
Executive Director of the Technology Development Center & Sr. Vice President, International Commercial
Services, UPMC
Rebecca Kaul is the Executive Director of the Technology Development Center and a Senior Vice President in the
International and Commercial Services Division at UPMC. She oversees the Technology Development Center with the
vision of transforming healthcare through technology innovation. To achieve that goal, she collaborates with ICSD’s
commercial and academic partners to bring the healthcare intelligence of UPMC into the technology development
process. Ms. Kaul is responsible for evaluating new technology investments and overseeing the development and
transition of these prospects into commercial opportunities.
Prior to managing UPMC’s Technology Development Center, Ms. Kaul led a UPMC joint venture, A-Life Hospital. Over
an 18-month period, she helped to develop a hospital coding product so powerful that UPMC capitalized on an
opportunity to sell its ownership for a significant profit.
Before joining UPMC, Ms. Kaul began her career in New York at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, eventually joining client
Swiss Re.
Ms. Kaul has a Master of Business Administration specializing in Finance from New York University’s Stern School of
Business. She has a Master of Information Systems Management specializing in e-commerce from Carnegie Mellon
University and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering with a double major in Engineering and Public Policy from
Carnegie Mellon University’s Carnegie Institute of Technology.

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