Sara Hicks is passionate about technology, design, product development, and startups. She loves the craft of building and shipping software, and is even more excited about designing intentional and inclusive processes for people and teams to be able to live their best lives and do their best work. Sara writes and speaks on a variety of topics, including distributed teams and remote work, commerce systems, and open source. She also enjoys making connections, laughing, and sharing good food in the company of friends.

Sara is a versatile product leader and former CEO and COO who has founded and sold tech companies. As a strategic advisor and mentor to entrepreneurs and tech startups, Sara is equal parts right-brain innovator and left-brain analyzer. She resides in Los Angeles, CA, and when she’s not on her bike, yoga mat or surfboard, she is fervently exploring new places, emerging technologies, simple designs, beautiful interfaces, life-changing communication, and creative solutions from outside-the-box people.