Winona Area Chamber of Commerce
2015 Manufacturer's & Technology Week Luncheon

As part of the week-long Manufactures and Technology Week celebration, the Winona Area Chamber in partnership with the Winona Workforce Center will be recognizing a deserving manufacturing business as the recipient of the MN Governor’s Commendation at the  October 28th Manufacturers and Technology Luncheon.

The luncheon will also feature keynote speaker Tom O'Neill - President of the Nerdery
Tom O’Neill joined The Nerdery as a programmer in 2004 and soon became a cultural leader at the custom software design and development company. He launched The Nerdery’s Chicago branch as VP of Software Development and returned to Minneapolis as COO. In 2013 Tom became The Nerdery’s first President since founding-President Luke Bucklin passed away. In shared belief in distributed leadership first articulated by Luke when he coined the phrase, “Co-President,” Tom shares the title of Co-President with all of his fellow Nerds.

Tom personifies The Nerdery’s belief that passionate Nerds are the driving force behind business breakthroughs, and he leads a team of about 500 software engineers, UX designers, QA engineers and other Nerds whose purpose is to redefine what’s possible through technology.
Tom gave a TEDx Talk in 2014 that he titled, “Willful Ignorance – Never Tell Me the Odds.” Tom is a perennial volunteer for The Nerdery Overnight Website Challenge, a 24-hour event where web pros donate their time and talent to help nonprofit organizations build better websites. Headquartered in the Twin Cities, The Nerdery has offices in Chicago, Kansas City and Phoenix. Founded by three programming pioneers in 2003, today’s Nerds remain as passionate about their clients’ business as their own, and are aligned toward furthering The Nerdery’s vision to be the best place in the world for nerds to work.