Biography

<p>Randi Sumner is Senior Director, IEEE Strategy &amp; Entrepreneurship. Throughout her more than 20-year career, Randi has successfully envisioned and initiated new, uncharted and profit-driven &ldquo;bootstrap startup&rdquo; projects within a wide variety of mission-driven organizations. The impact of her role in several projects helped to transform business models as well as drive energy into stagnant organizations.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>In her role at IEEE, Randi spearheaded the launch of IEEE&rsquo;s Entrepreneurship initiative. This first-of-its-kind IEEE initiative inspires a global community for technology founders, engineers working in startups, and vendors and funders helping to scale these businesses. Her efforts have brought IEEE&rsquo;s global resources to technology entrepreneurs while inspiring new style events, virtual communities, and a video channel dedicated to startups.</p>