To kick off Women Who Code’s Leadership Series, they’re honored to welcome Mel McGee, founder and CEO of We Can Code IT, for an intimate conversation about her dynamic and progressive career path, and how her love of coding got her to exactly where she wants to be!

They’ll have some networking time, with wine and light snacks, from 6 to 6:30 before Mel’s session. Come and spend quality time with your peers, industry leaders, and future colleagues!

Mel’s Bio:Founder and CEO of We Can Code IT, Crain’s Cleveland 2014 Woman of Note, and software engineer and architect with nearly 20 years of professional experience, Mel McGee has worked with clients like Tyco International, DeLorean Motor company, and hundreds of others to develop software. Her programming experience translated to the classroom nearly as soon as she began coding.
Founder and CEO of We Can Code IT, Crain’s Cleveland 2014 Woman of Note, and software engineer and architect with nearly 20 years of professional experience, Mel McGee has worked with clients like Tyco International, DeLorean Motor company, and hundreds of others to develop software. Her programming experience translated to the classroom nearly as soon as she began coding.

Her love for sharing her creative computing techniques has not gone unnoticed. Her innovative early wearable computer was featured in Howard Rheingold’s book Smart Mobs. Her web development expertise was featured in books like Curt Harler’s Beyond the Browser. She has been featured on NPR, publications like Motor World, Crain’s Cleveland Business, Cleveland’s Plain Dealer, and many more. Her artificial intelligence bots, Zoe-bot and Skeletor-bot, have been entertaining the masses online and at community events since the early 2000s. She continues to enjoy innovating with artificial intelligence.