Theme: SHIFT

Los Gatos, CA. April 10th – TEDxLosGatosHighSchool will take place on April 15th at the Prentiss Brown Auditorium in Los Gatos High School from 1-5PM. The independently organized event, licensed by TED, will focus around the theme of: SHIFT. At the event, talks will discuss the subconscious motivations of our actions, what sailing around the world with our family teaches us, the extent to which the advancement of technology progresses and harms our society, and many more topics.

Launched in 2009, TEDx is a program of locally organized events that bring individual communities together to share the TED experience. Some of the best talks from TEDx events have gone on to be featured on TED.com and garner millions of views from audiences across the globe.

TEDxLosGatosHighSchool is an entirely student-run event, coordinated by students who are part of the school's peer support program Unconditionally Positive, commonly known as UP. This is the third year these students will bring the event to the Los Gatos community, and they are very excited to host an event that will be even more impactful than the last.

20 High School Court
Los Gatos, California, 95030
United States

Darold Massaro

Enterprise Solution Selling. Start-ups. Emerging Markets. Big Picture Focus. Adventure.

Darold and Jennifer Massaro spent 2 1/2 years pursuing a dream to sail halfway around the world and back for a total of 21,000 nautical miles. Darold is a technology sales executive in Silicon Valley with 20 years’ experience selling complex enterprise solutions, managing organizations and starting companies. He holds a BA in Economics from UCSD and an MBA from Santa Clara University. Jennifer is a public relations professional for high tech in the Silicon Valley. She holds a BA in Urban Studies from UCSD and an MBA from Santa Clara University.

Hashir Maqsood

Ambassador to Pakistan and High School Student

Hashir is from Karachi Pakistan. Currently, He is living in los Angeles as part of a scholarship paid by U.S. State Department. Hashir is a junior at Vistamar High School and a youth ambassador to Pakistan. He wants to be an entrepreneur and likes to travel and learn about different cultures.

Ian Mitroff

Professor at Alliant U/UC Berkeley

Technology, which has made our lives incomparably better, is now one of the greatest threats facing humankind. All of the marvelous gadgets we’ve invented are not only thoroughly reinventing us, but they are doing it in ways that we have no idea of their full impacts. In short, we are undergoing a transformation/revolution that affects every aspect of our being—our brains, bodies, institutions, the entire world. It’s nothing less than The Revolution of Everything. Before any new technology is unleashed, it must be subject to the most rigorous audits of its human and social impacts, both positive and negative. And, it must continue to pass on-going audits as it impacts become clearer.

Jeffrey Butler

Full Stack Software Engineer

Jeff is a serial entrepreneur who has spent the past decade studying psychology and human behavior. He has addressed thousands of students and professionals nationwide on different topics in psychology. Jeff has shared his knowledge in multiple presentations to various companies such as Google, Amazon and other organizations throughout California. In addition, he appeared on TEDx in 2016. Jeff received a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from University of California, Berkeley in 2014.

Jennifer Massaro

High Tech Communications Professional

Jennifer Massaro is a public relations professional for high tech in Silicon Valley. In 2014 and 2015 she and her husband, Darold, sailed with their son Dante from San Francisco to Europe and around the Mediterranean – a total of 16,000 nautical miles. Jennifer holds a B.A. in Urban Studies from UC San Diego and an MBA from Santa Clara University. They chronicled their sailing adventure on www.EaseTheMain.com

Regine De Guzman

Computer Engineering Undergraduate

Regine De Guzman is a computer engineering undergraduate at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Since the age of thirteen, Regine has contributed to science education and non-profit organizations. Her involvement to these institutions have earned her The President's Volunteer Service Award from The U.S. White House and recognition from the U.S. House of House of Representatives. She currently volunteers as a computer science instructor for Girls Who Code in Santa Clara County, where she educates young girls about software and hardware development, women in technology, and the importance of sisterhood.

Susan Olesek

Consultant & Human Potentialist

An unapologetic idealist, Susan Olesek is a consultant and Human Potentialist in passionate pursuit of what is possible for people. In 2012 she founded the Enneagram Prison Project (EPP), a burgeoning California Bay Area nonprofit offering self-awareness education and self-regulation training to the incarcerated in Santa Clara and San Mateo County jails and San Quentin State prison. Using the Enneagram, her favorite foundational tool for human transformation, Susan delights in the facilitation of individuals, groups, and society in reaching for the highest parts of our collective selves. She is a sought after international speaker and teacher of the Enneagram residing in Los Gatos with her three boys, her husband, Rick, EPP's Executive Director.