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Zoro, world-renowned drummer

Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at 7:30-9:00 AM PST

Palo Alto Elks Lodge – The Events Center

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Zoro will talk about the challenges he overcame as a fatherless child and how God helped him fulfill his dream of becoming an accomplished drummer.

About Our Speaker Zoro is a world-renowned drummer and has toured and recorded with some of the most famous legends in the music industry including Lenny Kravitz, Bobby Brown, and Frankie Valli. Growing up in extreme poverty in South Central Los Angeles with 6 siblings and a single mother, stability was foreign, food was scarce and danger was the norm. With the hope instilled by his mother and his faith in God, Zoro overcame incredible odds, excelling as the #1 drummer in R&B per Modern Drummer, Drum!, and Rhythm Magazine. Today his life serves as a motivation to people of all generations and walks of life. Learn more at zorothedrummer.com/

Program Agenda:

Continental Breakfast Served

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Registration opens at 7:00 am

Engage gatherings feature marketplace speakers sharing their authentic faith journey while working in Silicon Valley.

These quarterly networking events are open to all and intended to showcase inspiring talks and discussions about faith. We hope these gatherings spark new conversations and connections about the integration of faith and life.

If you have or know someone who has a powerful life transforming testimony about faith and life, please let us know. Submit your suggestions in our Contact form.

Past Speakers


Allen McClinton
Program Manager, Tesla


Ana Gonzalez
CEO, Alturas TechNOLOGIES SERVICES


Dr. Tom Bradicich
VP, Hewlett Packard, Global Head of Edge & IoT CoE & Labs


Pedro David Espinoza
Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Ted Talk Speaker & Author


Tolu Odulesi
Google


Michael Halloran
NES Financial


Carol Novello
President, Silicon Valley Humane Society & Founder, Mutual Rescue


Nicholas Brathwaite
Founder & Partner, Riverwood Capital


Olatunde “Tunde” Sobomehin
Co-CEO & Lead Servant, StreetCode Academy


Charlie Strouss
Senior Vice President, CBRE


Sue Warnke
Director of Infrastructure Documentation, Salesforce


Becky Pomerleau
Senior Finance Manager, PayPal


Jonathan Liao
Portfolio Manager, 500 Startups, Inc.


Brian Martin
Medical Device Engineer & Entrepreneur

2016 Speakers
  • November 9, 2016 — Andrew Laffoon, Co-Founder & CEO of Mixbook
  • September 21, 2016 — Robert Valiton, Officer at Atmel Corporation
  • May 18, 2016 — Ellen Luttrell, Global Marketing Executive
  • February 17, 2016 — Larry Grotte, Co-Founder/President of Rident Park, Inc.
2015 Speakers
  • September 30, 2015 — Ken Churchill, Senior Vice President, Morgan Stanley
  • April 15, 2015 — Bobby Evans, VP Assistant GM, SF Giants
  • January 21, 2015 — Ryon Paton, Trinitas Partners
2014 Speakers
  • November 5, 2014 — Isaac Sundarajan, Strategy & M&A Executive
  • September 17, 2014 — Michael Chang, Entrepreneur (former SVP, HP Autonomy)
  • May 7, 2014 — Jerry Shen, Silicon Valley software developer and entrepreneur
  • January 22, 2014 — Dave Evans, Co-Founder, Electronics Arts
2013 Speakers
  • November 14, 2013 — Brent Dusing, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Lightside
  • September 18, 2013 — Dr. John Dearborn, Co-founder, Dearborn-Sah Institute for Joint Restoration
  • May 1, 2013 — Kevin Compton, Venture Capitalist, Radar Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers
  • January 30, 2013 — Sanjay Poonen, President and Corporate Officer, Technology Solutions and the Mobile Division at SAP
2012 Speakers
  • September, 2012 — Kirk Hoiberg, Principal, Trinitas Partners
  • May 24, 2012 — Michael Yang, Founder, Become, Inc., and Founder/CEO, mySimon.com
  • January, 2012 — Milo Medin, Vice President of Access Services, Google;  and Founder, @Home Network