The Hot Seat: Ahmad Corner | Founder & Principal @ YPGroup

The Fireside Chat:

The Hot Seat (Fireside Chat) is a moderated conversation featuring leaders and people of influence from the business community and public sector. By highlighting stories of success (primarily from women and people of color), this event is designed to be an inspirational, mentorial resource for entrepreneurs and professionals.

About Your Guest:

Ahmad Corner is the Founder and Principal at YPGroup, a digital and experiential growth agency responsible for bridging the gap between companies and the communities they serve; Managing Partner at Access2, a diversity forward staffing agency focused on placing resources at the intersection between opportunity and need and; an Advisor and Board Member to several companies and organizations. As the former Director of BizDev at Startup Week Seattle and current Advisory Committee member at Washington Technology Industry Association, Ahmad remains an active mentor in the Seattle startup community, often donating his time to help champion the growth of the local startup ecosystem. When he isn’t working, he can be found on a mountain, in a gym or somewhere cheering on his alma mater, UW Huskies.

About Your Host, Rubelyn Chu:

Rubelyn Chu is the GM of ProDev, part of the YPC non-profit organization, and Co-Founder of Access2, a sourcing and staffing marketplace that operates in tandem with community organizations. We help ensure that space is occupied by providing opportunity through events and storytelling through our unique platform, one of them being sports.

Rubelyn is also part of the Alumni Advisory Board and Advisee in the Entrepreneurship Program at Northwest University and is a mentor to local high school and college students and in the local startup community. When she isn’t working, she can be found in the gym, going on road trips/traveling or with family and friends.