Renata van Diest

Renata is the Chief Technology Officer at StartSomeGood, and is in charge of all things tech. Previously she worked as a Software Engineer at Microsoft in Seattle, and she has worked with several tech startups in the London, UK area on tech and business strategy. She is passionate about businesses that combine technology with a social mission in order to improve people's lives. Renata has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Washington in Seattle, and an MBA from London Business School. Renata has lived, worked and studied in the US, the UK, Spain, and the Netherlands, and has traveled to more than 50 countries on all 7 continents. She is an avid travel photographer and also loves snowboarding, kayaking, sailing, and trekking, and most of all going on adventures with her Pittie mix rescue pup, Shorty.