Crystal Taggart

Crystal Taggart is a technologist and entrepreneur with over 20 years of technology experience ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies. Over that time, Crystal has worked in roles ranging from development to product management to leadership positions. She holds an MBA from the University of Arizona and a BSA in Global Business from ASU and has the unique ability to translate geek to business. She’s never done the same job any year of her career and loves the constant change and challenges that leading technology projects provides. In her spare time, she is currently focused on deep learning technologies and how these new technologies can transform the way that businesses interact with their customers and drive new and deeper relationships. As a member of the YesPHX community, she advises new startups on technology strategy, staffing strategies, and go to market strategies. As a woman technologist, she is an active member of the Women in Technology movement and is also the only woman in Arizona who is a 3rd generation female technologist with both her mother and grandmother working in technology roles going back to mainframes and punch cards.