In the tech world, sometimes attempts at explaining company culture read too much like Skymall catalog—nap pods, foosball, hoverboards! But perks don’t build culture, people do. Great company cultures are imagined, built, and maintained with purposeful planning that starts with company leadership and is nurtured by everyone on your team. A large focus of Leadnomics & Margo in 2016 is designing a company culture in which our people can thrive. We invite you to join us on our journey! Our event will begin with dividing attendees into teams to participate in a short, hands-on design challenge. Then we’ll break down lessons from the challenge and come together for a panel discussion moderated by Leadnomics and featuring leaders from Philadelphia tech companies that are excelling at building purposeful cultures. Refreshments included!
Meet our Panelists:
Emily Allen, Lead People Person, Seer Interactive
Emily heads up the People Team at Seer Interactive; she can be found working on various 'people' initiatives from recruiting strategy to on-boarding and company benefits to team training, and everything in between. Emily is passionate about ensuring the Seer team grows with the right people and that the team has everything that they need to learn, grow, and happily do their best work every day. Outside of work, you can catch Emily volunteering with Spark & Alex's Lemonade, racing strangers on the treadmill at the gym, spending time in the city with her husband & friends, and most recently, hanging out with her two new best friends, her twin girls.
Samantha Glasberg, Head of People, RJMetrics
Sam is the Head of People at RJMetrics and is responsible for everything “people” related, such as recruitment, onboarding, compensation and benefits, culture, and much more. Sam’s passion is her people and her top priority is ensuring that the RJMetrics team feels supported, empowered, and proud to a part of the RJMetrics story. RJMetrics has been very fortunate to be named one of Philly’s Top Places to Work (2016), Coolest Companies (2015), Best Places to Work (2015), and Best Corporate Culture (2015).
Outside the office, you can find Sam at a comic-book related movie with her husband, enjoying the fantastic dining scene in Philadelphia, or at Orangetheory Fitness.
Beth Perkins, Talent Acquisition Manager, Delphic Digital
Beth Perkins is the Talent Acquisition Manager at Delphic Digital, an all-digital agency located in Manayunk. After a 10-year career as a theatre artist and producer, she shifted gears and joined a quickly growing technology start-up in Austin, TX as their first “People Person.” Since then, she’s worked in both start-ups and large global corporations, bringing creative ideas to improve and scale programs around recruiting, workplace happiness, and company culture. When she’s not at work, you can usually find her walking the Italian Market, cooking elaborate meals for two, or renovating her 1925 South Philly row home.
Keith Scandone, Partner and CEO, O3 World
Keith Scandone is partner and CEO of O3 World, a digital product design and development agency that he co-founded in 2005. In this role, he guides the agency’s strategic direction, oversees its growth, and spearheads the one-day digital innovation event Forge Conference. His efforts to consistently craft and curate the O3 World culture have led the agency to be recognized as one of Entrepreneur’s “Top Company Cultures” and “Best Entrepreneurial Companies” in 2015, as well as one of Philadelphia’s “Best Places to Work” in 2014 and 2015. Outside the office, Keith is a proud board member of the Awesome Foundation, a global community of fully-autonomous chapters dedicated to supporting awesome projects through monthly micro-grants.
Zach Robbins, Co-Founder and CEO, Leadnomics and Founder, Margo
In 2007, Zach founded Leadnomics, a digital marketing and technology company, which was ranked by Inc. as the 26th fastest growing company in America in 2012. In the short time since, Leadnomics has become a parent company for a growing number of marketing and customer acquisition firms, including Margo, the digital insurance agency Zach founded in 2015. Zach leads both companies in terms of strategy, people, and culture. He is a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Council and Forbes Technology Council. Zach is also a passionate supporter of education in Philadelphia, working with local high school students as Leadnomics interns and mentees, and supporting schools through initiatives like the Stack That Paper supply drive.