Yvette is the CTO of Meetup. She leads the engineering team with a focus on continuous learning, iterating, and using data to launch software that brings people together around the world to do what they love. Her team's work enables over 44 million members in over 190 countries to organize and build communities in real life. Those members have created over 330,000 Meetup groups who organize 84,000 events per week, which is a step towards creating a world full of real human connection.   Prior to joining Meetup, Yvette’s career included leadership roles at startups and product development firms, most notably at Schematic, Possible, and AKQA. Yvette was responsible for leading the team who built Grindr during the first few years of Grindr’s most rapid growth.