Nashville Technology Council

The Nashville Feed: if you don’t subscribe to this podcast yet, you should.  Started in 2006 by founding podcaster David Beronja, The Nashville Feed features music, culture, technology and events all from a Nashville perspective.  Recently, David and co-host Craig Havighurst of String Theory Media invited our President and CEO Tod Fetherling and Product Director Katy Kirby on the show to talk about the latest and greatest events and projects in-store for the Tech Council.

You can listen to this episode here and read the show notes here.

Katy Kirby is Director of Product Development for the Nashville Technology Council.  Raised in Texas, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Radio, Television and Film from the University of North Texas. Her professional career began in the television industry working as a production coordinator in Austin, Texas and New York, New York.  While in New York, Katy worked with Associated Press Television, The Daily Show, CBS, ABC, and The Oprah Winfrey Show, and was instrumental in coordinating the coverage of the September 11th attacks in New York for several national and international news agencies . Relocating to Houston in 2003, she spent 3 years working in sponsorship on a national and local level for Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE-LYV).  She began her work in the music industry in Nashville in 2007 and in 2008 she was a founding member and Executive Director of Digital Nashville, a professional networking organization for members of the digital community in the greater Nashville area.  Katy also worked for the Nashville based venture technology development company Remarkable Wit, heading up all marketing and PR efforts.

Throughout her career, Katy has been an active member and advocate for the arts, technology, and young professional communities. Katy currently heads the Young Professionals Group for the Martha O’Bryan Center and is serving on the Nashville Promise Neighborhood Committee.  She is an alumni of SOLID Nashville and member of the Frist Center’s Avant Garde, The Belcourt Theatre, and The Nature Conservancy Tennessee Chapter Gen C. Katy also serves as an advisor to the Nashville based music technology startup Venue Blast.

The Nashville Technology Council just wrapped up its 2009-2010 fiscal year.  July marks a new year for the Tech Council, and we are happy to continue to bring positive change and innovation to Middle Tennessee’s growing technology community.  In the last 12 months, we brought free, accessible wi-fi to downtown Nashville, helped launch the much anticipated Nashville Entrepreneur Center, grew our membership, and helped foster growth and innovation with our member companies and overall technology industry in Middle Tennessee.

Please join us on Thursday, July 22nd from 5pm to 8pm at the Red Rooster to meet new Nashville Technology staff members Katy Kirby and Mollie McCormick and to network and celebrate summer and all of the technology community accomplishments!  To register, visit our Events page and click on “Summer Holiday Party”.  This event is open to both members and non-members.

This week, we welcomed Katy Kirby on board in the newly formed position of Product Director.  She will be in charge of brand and product strategy implementation for the NTC.  You may recognize her as a former employee at Remarkable Wit, LLC and as founding Executive Director of Digital Nashville.  The music industry brought Katy to Nashville, but the technology industry has kept her here!  Her background in strategic marketing in entertainment, consulting in the technology sector and as a community volunteer and advocate will be a great addition to the NTC team.

We are also pleased to announce that Mollie McCormick will be joining us at the end of the month to assist with office, membership and events.  Mollie is a graduate of Belmont University and is coming to the NTC from Vanderbilt University where she worked in the office of Development and Alumni Relations as Activities Coordinator.

The NTC will continue to focus on economic development, professional development, member engagement, and overall success of our member companies in this new year.  We hope to see all of you next week to mark this new beginning!