Uplifting Women/Other Underrepresented Groups into High Tech Professional Careers
Aug 03, 2022
Tentative --.Phillip Lan, Pres Bay Valley Tech
Uplifting Women/Other Underrepresented Groups into High Tech Professional Careers

As president of Bay Valley Tech, Phillip Lan oversees the organization's fast-growing free code academy, coding bootcamp and tech hub, which supports entrepreneurs with inexpensive office space, digital marketing services and software talent. Phillip is also a key driver in Bay Valley Tech's efforts to support and sponsor tech community organizations, including Tech Connect, Valley Hackathon, Women Techmakers, Valley AgTech, as well as numerous software developer meetups and K-12 coding programs. Prior to Bay Valley Tech, Phillip led the digital marketing team at E&J Gallo, the world’s largest winery, and held marketing, business development and leadership roles at IBM, Robert Half and Ask.com. He holds a bachelor’s degree in managerial economics from U.C. Davis and an MBA in computer information systems from California State University-East Bay.