Speakers

Bruce Shimizu will speak on the injustices done to his Japanese community in Sonoma County, including his/family's time at the WW II internment camp.  Our thanks to Amy Neuman for bringing Bruce to our attention.  Bruce is a cousin in-law to Amy..  . 

Juraj Gago is the developer of the Simplicity  app, which is in wide use here in San Leandro.  He will share his connections to Rotary.

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.