Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader to Keynote 2017 YPO Innovation Week

BELLEVUE, Wash., May 4, 2017 – Mark Mader, CEO of Smartsheet—a cloud platform for managing and automating collaborative work—will keynote and present the latest in tech innovation at the following three YPO Innovation Week events taking place May 8-12, 2017:

• Silicon Summit 2017, May 8-10, 2017, Silicon Valley, California, USA: Leading entrepreneurs and venture capitalists at the ground zero of modern invention will examine how technology can advance cutting-edge concepts.
• The Art of the Start – Accelerating Your Startup Growth, May 10-11, 2017, Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Trail blazers and experts from the trenches will share their insights about how to optimize the speed and trajectory of a startup for success at every level.
• Grand Finale for YPO Innovation Week, May 11-12, 2017, New York, New York, USA: World-class experts in finance, hospitality and technology will close the week with in-depth sessions, a “shark tank” style pitch contest and the closing market bell ceremony at the Nasdaq MarketSite.

“Our YPO Innovation Week premier partners, including Smartsheet, offer valuable insight, key connections and respected expertise that make impactful innovation initiative possible,” said Scott Mordell, CEO of YPO. “Together, we're connecting dynamic innovators for a rare chance to network, overturn conventional thinking and come away inspired to better their companies and their communities.”

The New York Grand Finale keynote, featuring Mader, kicks off at 11:00 a.m. EDT on May 12, 2017, and will be webcast live at www.facebook.com/ypoglobal.

About Smartsheet
Smartsheet is a SaaS platform for managing and automating collaborative work. Our award-winning solutions deliver value for tens of thousands of paying customers and millions of information workers across more than 190 countries. Recently named to the Forbes Cloud 100 list of the world’s best cloud companies, customers like Cisco, Salesforce, the GSA, Google, and over half of the Fortune 500 use Smartsheet internally, with clients, and partners. Smartsheet is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, and as of May 2017 the company has 555 employees.

For more information on ENGAGE, Smartsheet’s inaugural collaborative work management conference being held Sept. 18-20, 2017, visit www.smartsheet.com/engage.

About YPO
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