Dervala Hanley - VP, Corporate Initiatives and Planning, Starbucks Coffee Company

Dervala is interested in the space where communication, technology, and business meet. Prior to joining Starbucks, she was a Senior Strategist at SYP and worked on key engagements with Yahoo!, Apple, NBC, and The Coca-Cola Company. Before that she was Director of Product Development at social technology companies Meetup, Vindigo, and Juno Online Services, and also worked at JP Morgan. She holds a BA in English and Spanish Literature and a Graduate Diploma in Business from University College Dublin, Ireland, and maintains a widely-read personal blog at
http://www.dervala.net.