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Shanae Chapman is the Founder of Nerdy Diva, an agency that helps tech start-ups grow and scale into mature businesses with excellent user experience, strategic diversity and inclusion, and investment in their community. She is an O’Reilly author, featured in the 1st edition of 97 Things Every UX Practitioner Should Know. She has over 10 years of design and research experience at various enterprise companies like IBM, Boeing, MathWorks, Akamai, Kronos; in addition to consulting with startups and non-profit organizations. She has a Master's in Professional Studies in Informatics from Northeastern University, Certificate in Leadership from MIT, Certificate in Web Design from Webster University, and Bachelor of Arts in Communication with a Certificate in African American Studies from Saint Louis University.
Learn more at www.nerdydiva.com.