Eventbrite was founded by Julia Hartz, Kevin Hartz and Renaud Visage. The company serves a community of hundreds of thousands of event creators all over the world who use the service to plan and execute their live and online events, whether it’s an annual culinary festival attracting thousands of foodies, a professional webinar, a weekly yoga workshop or a youth dance class. Eventbrite is also where people discover new things to do or new ways to do more of what they love. It processed over 280 million tickets for more than five million live experiences in nearly 180 countries around the world in 2022. Last year, it opened its first India office in Hyderabad, and just last month it announced plans to expand this Development Center by hiring 120 technology professionals.

About Vivek Sagi, CTO Eventbrite: He grew up in India and studied at IIT Madras before moving to the US. He has over two decades of experience in e-commerce, B2B marketplaces, and enterprise software with an emphasis on machine learning driven innovation. At Eventbrite, Vivek is responsible for leading the company’s global engineering team to drive innovation for event creators around the world. His team introduced AI-driven tools, such as Eventbrite Boost, the marketing platform that uses machine learning to target audiences on social media platforms. Earlier this month, under his leadership, Eventbrite also launched GPT- powered tools that can help event creators in planning event pages, writing email campaigns and social media ads.

About Sapna Nair, Eventbrite India MD & VP Engineering: A woman leader in technology, Sapna has successfully led award-winning companies and teams for 25 years. At Eventbrite, she is not only the India MD but also heads the country’s engineering team as its VP. She is currently hiring and building a team of highly skilled technology professionals for Eventbrite’s Development Hub in India that creates products and services for the world. Eventbrite is a top employer at the cutting edge of New Work and is committed to building a diverse workforce with a goal to achieve 50-50 gender diversity. In fact, 40% of its 2022 global new hires were women.