Aliya Amershi is a Tech Startup Coach and Founder of Codefree App Launch. She is on a mission to help aspiring entrepreneurs, especially women and women of color, break into tech and build an innovative app idea that gets customers without pitching investors, paying for costly developers, or finding a technical co-founder.

She is an engineer turned entrepreneur with 20 years of technology experience and over 5 years of startup experience. She started her career working as a Software Engineer, Senior Developer, and IT Manager and helped build multiple award-winning websites, games, and apps for Fortune 500 enterprises, such as Electronic Arts and Viacom Networks. She served as a local Director for a Silicon Valley-based Incubator, won an Emmy Award for the Nick App, and has been published multiple times in Forbes, Inc.com, and other media outlets for her advice on technology and entrepreneurship.