Jamie Talbot is a senior engineer at Medium in San Francisco, where he has been working towards building a platform that moves thinking forward for the last three years. He has worked on or led the engineering teams on a number of projects, including the ones that implemented support for custom domains, passwordless login, and the public API.

Working with three other colleagues, he created the role of Diversity Advocate, whose purpose is to work internally and externally towards an organisational makeup that is more representative of the country's wider demographic. He currently holds this role, along with two colleagues who are not straight white men.

Jamie has worked extensively with CODE2040, the non-profit organisation that aims to improve access to the technology industry for Black and Latino/a students. He established Medium's partnership with CODE2040 for their fellows program, which resulted in three interns joining Medium for the summer of 2015. Medium will repeat this program in 2016 with three new fellows. Jamie also helps out with CODE2040 on an independent basis, mentoring students and traveling around the country to provide advice and guidance as part of CODE2040's TAP retreats.

He maintains a standing weekday appointment which he uses to provide free mock interviews to underrepresented computer science students who want to pursue a career in technology. Having received every benefit in life, he is determined to see the opportunity to succeed extended to all.

Prior to Medium, Jamie worked at StumbleUpon, and before that in Australia. The United States is the fourth country he's lived in.

Sarah Wagener is the Vice President of Talent Acquisition & Diversity at Pandora, bringing over 18 years of experience developing talent strategies and scaling companies. Sarah is focused on building Pandora's recruiting engine, brand and diversity practice during a time of high-growth and geographic expansion.

Prior to joining Pandora, she was part of Facebook’s Recruiting Leadership Team driving their national technical sourcing strategy. Before Facebook, Sarah was Senior Director of Staffing at Genentech, where she oversaw recruitment for Roche Pharmaceuticals in North America, developed enterprise-wide HR strategies and operationalized staffing solutions. Sarah holds a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Humboldt State University in Arcata, California.