Elissa Shevinsky

Elissa Shevinsky
Born	Elissa Beth Shevinsky New York City, U.S.
Alma mater	Williams College, CUNY Baruch College School of Business,
Occupation	Author, Entrepreneur, Cybersecurity expert
Years active	1999–present

Elissa Shevinsky is an American technology executive, entrepreneur,^[1] cybersecurity expert,^[2]public speaker,^[3] and author.^[4]

Career

In 2010 Shevinsky fought the New York Times, as co-owner of Neighborhoodies, over the use of the "New York Herald Tribune" logo on tee shirts. Shevinsky argued that the trademark had been abandoned.^[5][6][7] In 2012, she founded MakeOut Labs, a startup known for casual Jewish online dating in NYC.^[8]

Shevinsky co-founded Glimpse, an encrypted photo and video sharing app,^[9] with Pax Dickinson in 2013.^[10] After Glimpse, Shevinsky was funded by Mach37 for Jekudo Privacy Company.^[11] In 2016, Shevinsky joined Brave as Head of Product.^[12]

Shevinsky has spoken and written on enterprise security policy.^[13][14] She spoke on the potential for social media to influence election outcomes at HOPE XI.^[15] Shevinsky is the founder and organizer of SecretCon ^[16]

Bibliography

• Lean Out: The Struggle for Gender Equality in Tech and Start-up Culture: OR Books, 2015.
• Social Entrepreneurship: How Businesses Can Transform Society: Praeger, 2012.

Film

Shevinsky appears in the documentary CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap.^[17] She is also a cast member in the documentary Silenced.^[18]

Gamergate

Shevinsky was active in GamerGate,^[19] declaring herself GamerGate Neutral.^[20] She advocated for civil discourse and against censorship.^{[21] [22]}

References

1. "I'm a lesbian. Now will you fund my startup?". CNN Money. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
2. "Will a New CyberSecurity Law Make Us Safer?". PBS Newshour. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
3. "Elissa Shevinsky: "Lean Out"". Talks at Google. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
4. "Lean Out". Amazon. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
5. "Times Sues Neighborhoodies Over Same Logo Used by Rodarte". NY Racked. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
6. "New York Times Sues Neighborhoodies Over Herald Tribune Logo". NBC New York. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
7. "Holy shirt! NY Times threatens DUMBO biz over logo". NY Post. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
8. "Brooklyn Cupid Wants to Hook Up the Borough". NY Daily News. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
9. "With An Extra Focus On Security, Glimpse Joins The Ephemeral Messaging Battle". Techcrunch. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
10. "Technology's Man Problem". New York Times. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
11. "Mach37 Announces Spring 2015 Class of Startups". Biz Journals. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
12. "Mozilla cofounder Brendan Eich's startup Brave launches Browser". VentureBeat. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
13. "Securing Your Company's Data". Midwest.io. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
14. "I'm a CEO, and This Is What CISA Will Do to My Business". Mic. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
15. "The Eleventh HOPE Schedule". Retrieved July 30, 2016.
16. "Infosec is good people". Errata Security. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
17. "When Women Code". Atlantic Monthly. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
18. "Cast / Crew". Silenced. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
19. "#GamerGate: Authorship In The Online Space". Huffington Post Live. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
20. "Bomb Threat Disrupts SPJ Airplay #GamerGate Debate". Reason. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
21. "GamerGate: A Year in Review". Breitbart. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
22. "There's a Reason Why Twitter Won't Let You Turn Off its Content Filter". Breitbart. Retrieved July 30, 2016.