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1228 BALTIMORE AVE
211 E 8th Street, Ste C, Kansas City, MO, 64105 map it
6:00pm
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You are invited to join Headquarters, Inc. for an evening of business and social networking overlooking Kansas City from the beautiful rooftop event space at Brass on Baltimore. Board vice president and owner of Revolution Systems, Frank Wiles will speak briefly at 6:30 on suicide prevention in the tech industry followed by special guest Brian McClendon on how start-ups and innovations are impacting the Midwest. Our limited number of tickets ensure exclusivity (about 120 sold) and an opportunity to meet Brian McClendon. Hors d’oeuvres and premium bar service (for those 21+, of course) are included. A portion of all tickets are tax deductible with all proceeds benefiting Headquarters, Inc.
Tickets are $250 per person and will only be available through September 7th. Tickets will not be sold at the door.
Thank you to our sponsors, Brass on Baltimore and Revolution Systems
Headquarters, Inc. operates Headquarters Counseling Center and the Kansas Suicide Prevention Resource Center. Headquarters Counseling Center operates the only National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Crisis Center in Kansas answering about 25,000 calls per year. The Kansas Suicide Prevention Resource Center offers education and technical assistance to businesses, civic leaders, educators, and concerned citizens to make communities suicide-safer.
Click here to find out more about Brass on Baltimore
Our guest:
Brian McClendon grew up in Lawrence, Kansas (his childhood home, Meadowbrook Apartments in Lawrence, is the default center point of Google Earth).He graduated from Lawrence High School and from the University of Kansas with a degree in electrical engineering.
McClendon spent eight years with Silicon Graphics developing high-end workstation 3D graphics including GT, GTX, RealityEngine, and InfiniteReality, and then was Engineering Director with @Home Network. In 2001 he was one of the original investors in Keyhole, Inc., a software development company specializing in geospatial data visualization applications. He later joined the company as a vice-president of engineering. He was also a board member.
McClendon became a Vice President at Google in 2004, when Google purchased Keyhole. Keyhole’s main application suite, Earth Viewer, formed the basis of Google Earth. He left Google to join Uber in June 2015 to work on mapping. Although living in California, he maintained close ties with his alma mater, the University of Kansas, serving on advisory boards for both the School of Engineering and the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He and his wife Beth McClendon established the McClendon Engineering Scholarship at the university in 2007, donated computer tablets for electrical engineering and computer science students, and provided a Google Liquid Galaxy interactive display at the University’s Eaton Hall. In 2013, he served as Grand Marshal of the University’s homecoming parade.
In January 2017 he joined Kansas City venture capitalist firm Firebrand VC. In March of 2017 he resigned from Uber (though remaining as an adviser) to return to his hometown, indicating an interest in Kansas politics.
