Galen Beers, M.B.A. is a recent transplant into San Diego and MBA graduate from the Johnson School at Cornell University. He also earned a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University in 2002 in Applied Economics and Management. After his undergraduate studies, Mr. Beers worked as a professional lacrosse player in Boston, a primary school teacher in Manchester, England, a software/strategy consultant in Baltimore, and a government funded venture capital intern in Dublin, Ireland. After working in the venture capital industry, his excitement for entrepreneurship and early stage companies was born. He currently works with the sport and social club of San Diego called VAVi as an Event Manager. He has also founded the Sport and Social Industry Association in San Diego and currently works as Director there. He is also currently working on Enterprise Account Management at Adobe.

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In college, Joslyn O’Grady was selected as one of two freshmen into The Sales Centre at Ohio University where she helped to build the undergraduate, highly selective sales program from 20 students to 250 students by her senior year. The Sales Centre allowed Joslyn to build a network of C-suite and senior-level mentors throughout many different industries. Since college, Joslyn has worked with medical device company, CareFusion in sales and marketing roles. She has had swift advancement from sales representative to director of marketing for CareFusion’s minimally invasive surgical instrument division. In this role, she is responsible for innovation, product launches, sales training, and driving clinical adoption. Currently, she is also working researching and validating a medical device and information technology company that focuses on improving patient experiences in medical facilities while providing the hospitals with increased efficiencies. She is a graduate of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio with a degree in marketing and recipient of The Sales Certificate. She is 2012 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in San Diego. She currently works as executive recruiter at Accordance Search Group in San Diego.

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Remy Meraz-Mimms is the founder & CEO of Me Tyme Network, a digital media edutainment company producing & distributing content with a purpose of helping people around the world solve life problems and improve their emotional well being. Prior to Me Tyme , she worked at ClearEdge Power as a Channel Partner Manager. Remy has also worked at Bedrock Consulting as a Marketing Director. She is an expert in Marketing and Business Development. Remy was 1 of the 100 small business owners in the United States selected to attend the Small Business Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. She is a 2015 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in San Diego.

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I am a technology minded, entrepreneurial self starter and believe that success is earned through hard work, innovation and strategic partnerships. I am excited to be involved in the San Diego Startup community and want to utilize SLP to create relationships with like-minded professionals, learn from experienced mentors, grow my network, access funding and continue to gain knowledge about entrepreneurialism and the startup community in San Diego and around the world.

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