Poornima Vijayashankar

Poornima Vijayashanker is an entrepreneur, engineer, author, and speaker. A graduate of Duke University, Poornima was the founding engineer at Mint where she helped build, launch, and scale the product until it was acquired by Intuit. Following the acquisition, Poornima went on to launch <a href="http://www.femgineer.com">Femgineer</a>, an education company for tech professionals and entrepreneurs who want to learn how to build software products and companies. Poornima speaks at industry events around the world and has authored two books, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Transform-Ideas-Software-Products-step-ebook/dp/B00SNT6Z5O">How To Transform Your Ideas Into Software Products</a>, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Present-Techies-Guide-Public-Speaking-ebook/dp/B01BCXHULK/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1462333599&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Present%21+A+Techie%E2%80%99s+Guide+to+Public+Speaking">Present! A Techie's Guide to Public Speaking</a>. She has also served as the EIR at 500 Startups and lectured at Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering.