sponsors.yaml

---
- level: Ohio
  sponsors:
    - name: ModCloth
      twitter: '@ModCloth'
      url: http://www.modcloth.com
      img: modcloth.png
      desc: >
        Shop the latest indie and retro-style women's clothing at ModCloth.
        Find dresses, tops, bottoms, outerwear, swimwear, and other fab women's
        clothing!
      extras: [table]
- level: Allegheny
  sponsors:
    - name: LittleLines
      twitter: '@littlelines'
      url: http://www.littlelines.com/
      img: littlelines.png
      desc: >
        We're the little lines that connect the dots. If you're not quite sure
        how your website can get the response you want, leave it to us. We've
        worked with clients of all shapes and sizes, hand-crafting applications
        that consistently turn ideas into profitable and effective businesses.
        Headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, our expert team of designers, developers,
        and project managers offer all the services you need to start growing
        your business today.
    - name: Not Invented Here
      twitter: '@nihcomic'
      url: http://notinventedhe.re
      img: not_invented_here.png
      desc: >
        A comic strip about software development. Behind each great piece of
        software is a talented, concientious team of hardworking individuals
        dedicated to producing the highest quality product using internationally
        accepted best practices and industry standards. And then there are these
        guys.
    - name: HoneyBadger.io
      twitter: '@honeybadgerapp'
      url: https://www.honeybadger.io/
      img: honeybadger.png
      desc: >
        HoneyBadger.io provides exception, uptime and performance monitoring for
        your Ruby applications. It’s the only service you need to make sure your
        apps are happy and healthy in production.
      extras: [banner]
    - name: New Relic
      twitter: '@newrelic'
      url: https://www.newrelic.com
      img: newrelic.png
      desc: >
        New Relic is a software analytics company that makes sense of billions
        of metrics about millions of applications in real time. Our
        comprehensive SaaS-based solution provides one powerful interface for
        web and native mobile applications and consolidates the performance
        monitoring data for any chosen technology in your environment. Our
        90,000 customers use our cloud solution every day to optimize more than
        200 billion metrics for 3 million applications. When your brand and
        customer experience depend on the performance of modern software, New
        Relic provides insight into your overall environment.
    - name: Stitch Fix
      twitter: '@stitchfix'
      url: http://www.stitchfix.com
      img: stitchfix.png
      desc: >
       Stitch Fix is the first fashion retailer to blend expert styling,
       proprietary technology and unique product to deliver a shopping
       experience that is truly personalized for you. Simply fill out the Stitch
       Fix Style Profile and our personal stylists will handpick a "Fix" of five
       clothing items and accessories unique to your taste, budget and
       lifestyle. Simply buy what you like and return the rest.
      extras: [banner]
    - name: Branding Brand
      twitter: '@brandingbrand'
      url: http://www.brandingbrand.com
      img: brandingbrand.png
      desc: >
        Branding Brand powers mobile commerce sites and apps for over 200 of
        the world's leading retailers, including American Eagle Outfitters,
        Crate & Barrel, Ralph Lauren, and Sephora. Founded in 2008, the
        Company's B2E (Brand to Everywhere) platform seamlessly extends brands
        into optimized experiences for smartphones, tablets, and in-store.
        Named the only mobile commerce leader by Forrester Research, it is
        also the largest m-commerce provider to the Internet Retailer Top 500.
      extras: [table]
    - name: UPMC
      twitter: '@UPMCCareers'
      url: http://www.upmc.com/careers
      img: upmc.png
      desc: >
        UPMC is a $10 billion integrated global health enterprise headquartered
        in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and one of the leading non-profit health
        systems in the United States.
      extras: [table]
    - name: LivingSocial
      twitter: '@livingsocialjob'
      url: http://www.livingsocial.com
      img: livingsocial.png
      desc: >
        At LivingSocial, we're revolutionizing local ecommerce. With millions of
        consumers and tens of thousands of merchants using our web and mobile
        tools, we're constantly focused on improving our suite of products.
        Using data to drive decisions, our engineers are solving hard problems
        at the heart of our business. We need hungry, creative, and pragmatic
        engineers to help us to continue to innovate and make advances yet to be
        seen. Are you ready to make a difference? If so, we want to invest in
        you.
    - name: DNSimple
      twitter: '@dnsimple'
      url: http://www.dnsimple.com
      img: dnsimple.png
      desc: >
        DNSimple is a hosted DNS service that you can use to manage your domain
        names. Plans start at $8 per month for up to 10 managed domains. You can
        also use DNSimple to register domain names and purchase SSL
        certificates. With top-notch customer support, one-click services and a
        robust API, DNSimple makes managing your DNS simple and painless. We
        love our customers and are always here to help. Sign up now and get a
        free 30 day trial that you may cancel at any time.
    - name: WePay
      twitter: '@wepay'
      url: http://www.wepay.com
      img: wepay.png
      desc: >
        WePay powers payments for crowdfunding sites, marketplaces, and
        small-business platforms. WePay's robust API includes advanced payment
        features including recurring payments, credit card vaulting, and letting
        you choose your mix of iframes and tokenization for a seamless, custom
        payment experience. WePay onboards merchants in just a few form fields
        thanks to its patented risk engine Veda (tm), which scours the web and
        pulls as many data points related to that merchant including but not
        limited to social data. This allows WePay to develop risk profiles for
        merchants instantly. The results are faster payouts for legitimate
        merchants and better fraud prevention.
      extras: [table]
    - name: Think Through Math
      twitter: '@thinkthrumath'
      url: http://www.thinkthroughmath.com​
      img: ttm.png
      desc: >
        Think Through Math is a breakthrough math instruction platform for
        grades 3 through Algebra. Our mission is to provide underperforming
        students with an accelerated path to algebra, as well as to college and
        career. Think Through Math combines award-winning math instruction
        backed by live certified math teachers and powerful individual and group
        motivation programs to help students succeed in math.​
    - name: 4moms
      twitter: '@4moms'
      url: http://www.4moms.com
      img: 4moms.png
      desc: >
        4moms® designs and develops dramatically better baby products, including the
        4moms mamaRoo® infant seat, the 4moms breeze® playard and the 4moms
        origami® stroller. Better for baby and easier for parents, 4moms has redefined
        the baby gear industry through the use of advanced robotics.
      extras: [banner, table]
    - name: Carney+Co
      twitter: '@carneyandco'
      url: http://carney.co
      img: carneyco.png
      desc: >
        We are a marketing and technology firm. We create brand experiences that
        build awareness, differentiate our clients from their competitors, and
        increase conversion. We’ve worked with every kind of client, large or
        small, progressive or cautious, and everything in between. With this
        experience, we’ve learned that the most valuable tools are
        inquisitiveness, patience and imagination. We’re curious people who
        devote time to personal and experimental projects. These projects allow
        us to develop new techniques and try innovative ideas that then inform
        our client work.
    - name: Chef
      twitter: '@chef'
      url: http://www.getchef.com
      img: chef.png
      desc: >
        Chef is an automation platform that transforms infrastructure into code.
        Stop thinking in terms of physical and virtual servers. With Chef, your
        real asset is the code that brings those servers and the services they
        provide to life. An automated infrastructure can accelerate your time to
        market, help you manage scale and complexity, and safeguard your systems.
      extras: [table]
    - name: Engine Yard
      twitter: '@engineyard'
      url: http://engineyard.com
      img: engineyard.png
      desc: >
        Engine Yard is the leading Ruby cloud application management platform
        empowering developers and DevOps to provision, manage and monitor
        applications in the cloud. Providing unmatched control and choice,
        Engine Yard delivers a broad and trusted application cloud and expert
        support that enables organizations to focus on creating great
        applications, instead of managing their infrastructure. Thousands of
        customers in 58 countries, from explosive-growth Web startups to
        Fortune 500 enterprises, run on Engine Yard.
      extras: [table]
- level: Monongahela
  sponsors:
    - name: TeamSnap
      twitter: '@teamsnap'
      url: http://teamsnap.com
      img: teamsnap.png
      desc: >
        TeamSnap is a free and easy mobile/web service and management software
        to run your sports team online. Coaches and managers of adult or youth
        sports teams can keep track of all the players, games, practices,
        attendance, payments and statistics, plus post photos and files and
        communicate with easy team messaging.
    - name: Pragmatic Programmers
      twitter: '@pragprog'
      url: http://www.pragprog.com
      img: pragprog.png
      desc: >
        The Pragmatic Programmers is a company with a simple goal: to improve
        the lives of developers. We create timely, practical books, audio books
        and videos on classic and cutting-edge topics to help you learn and
        practice your craft. Our titles do not contain any Digital Restrictions
        Management, and have always been DRM-free; we pioneered the “beta book”
        concept; we’ll email your ebook to your Kindle and synch your ebooks
        amongst your devices via Dropbox, and you can re-download your purchases
        at any time. We’re here to make your life easier.
    - name: Zipcode Services
      twitter: '@blosme'
      url: https://www.zipcodeservices.com
      img: zipcodeservices.png
      desc: >
        Zip Code Services is a suite of zip code and IP Address geo-coding
        services providing location-based data serving needs to organizations of
        various sizes around the world.  Affordable, fast, integration-friendly
        services serve location data for technology and marketing companies as a
        means to learn more about their website visitors and customers.
    - name: The Grant T. Olson Endowment for the Arts and Sciences
      twitter:
      url: 'http://bitcoin.org'
      img: grant_endowment.png
      desc: >
        The Grant T. Olson Endowment for the Arts and Sciences has
        been dedicated to making the world a better place via the power of
        Bitcoin since 2011.
    - name: Bearded Studio
      twitter: '@beardedstudio'
      url: http://bearded.com
      img: bearded.png
      desc: >
        Bearded is a design and web development agency that specializes in
        responsive content-managed websites and custom applications for the
        modern, multi-device web. Bearded was founded on the belief that great
        web design requires close collaboration between designers and developers
        throughout every project. We're committed to helping move the web
        forward, and incorporating the most successful and future-friendly
        technologies in our work.
    - name: IBM
      twitter: '@ibmwatson'
      url: http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/ibmwatson/index.html
      img: ibm.png
      desc: >
        Watson is a cognitive technology that processes information more like a
        human than a computer—by understanding natural language, generating
        hypotheses based on evidence and learning as it goes. IBM's Watson Group
        has a major office in Pittsburgh, the Big Data Lab, formerly Vivísimo,
        where Watson Explorer is developed. We are hiring the next generation of
        computer scientists and software engineers to expand the cognitive
        abilities of the Watson platform.
    - name: LeanDog
      twitter: '@LeanDog'
      url: http://www.leandog.com/
      img: leandog.png
      desc: >
        we are dedicated craftsmen who believe that iterative and Lean practices
        are the best approach to creating custom software applications that
        quickly deliver real business value. With on-site coaching, we transform
        companies and cultures by helping them embrace and adopt Agile
        development practices. In our development studio we design and deliver
        custom software, whether green-field or legacy systems, for customers
        ranging from startups to enterprises. Our home is a 120-year old
        steamship on Cleveland’s downtown shore of Lake Erie and as soon as you
        step on our boat, you realize that we think, act, work, and do
        differently.
    - name: Coffee and Code
      twitter: '@coffeeandcode'
      url: http://coffeeandcode.com
      img: coffeeandcode.png
      desc: >
        Coffee & Code is a passionate, experienced, well-connected digital
        consultancy and development studio. In the past 9 years, we've helped
        startups succeed, built solutions for major players in the digital print
        industry, created web brands for new companies, and supported existing
        teams to get better results, faster. As supporters of our local tech
        community, we organize and speak at meetups, volunteer at events, and
        sponsor what we want to see more of in the world.
    - name: Wall-to-Wall Studios
      twitter: '@wwstudios'
      url: http://walltowall.com
      img: walltowall.png
      desc: >
        Wall-to-Wall Studios is a Brand Design Agency creating compelling
        integrated experiences for smart challenger brands.  W|W helps companies
        build their Brand Currency via websites and digital mediums; print media
        and graphic design; logos, rebranding, organizational identity systems;
        environmental design, signage and wayfinding; motion graphics, animation
        and broadcast video; and, advertising campaigns.  Founded in 1992, W|W
        is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, with a second office in Honolulu, HI.
    - name: Showclix
      twitter: '@showclix'
      url: http://www.showclix.com
      img: showclix.png
      desc: >
        We sell tickets, but we’re more than an event ticketing company. The
        truth is that we build leading software that makes life easier for the
        people who organize huge, amazing events like New York Comic Con, The
        Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Steel City Ruby Conference. We
        send our Event Operations experts to plan admissions strategies and
        wrangle massive crowds. We look beyond the tickets to figure out how to
        use technology to make great events even better.
    - name: Summa Technologies
      twitter: '@Summa_Tech'
      url: http://www.summa-tech.com
      img: summa.png
      desc: >
        Summa is a passionate team that transforms your business by making
        software work for you. Summa has been providing high-impact IT
        consulting services and custom software development since 1996. After
        nearly two decades of growth, one constant has been our set of core
        values: client focus, high integrity, teamwork, professional development
        and collaboration. These values have never let us down. We have built a
        thriving company and many solid customer relationships around them.
    - name: MaxCDN
      twitter: '@maxcdn'
      url: http://www.maxcdn.com
      img: maxcdn.png
      desc: >
        MaxCDN is a content delivery network (CDN) provider, based in Los
        Angeles, California. Dedicated to reducing latency of rich-content
        delivery, MaxCDN maintains regional edge-servers where customer files
        are replicated in strategic locations around the world.
    - name: Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
      twitter: '@culturaltrust'
      url: http://trustarts.org/
      img: pghculturaltrust.png
      desc: >
        From quality performing and visual arts to development of one of the
        nation's most vibrant Cultural Districts, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
        is a transformative force for Pittsburgh and the region.
    - name: Sticker Mule
      twitter: '@stickermule'
      url: http://stickermule.com
      img: stickermule.png
      desc: >
        Custom stickers made easy. We help thousands of people, startups,
        bloggers, artists and companies order awesome stickers that are printed
        beautifully and ship fast.
    - name: Atmosferiq
      twitter: '@atmosferiq'
      url: http://atmosferiq.com
      img: atmosferiq.png
      desc: >
        Atmosferiq is marketing-mix management software that integrates online
        and offline channels into a single tool. Our subscription-based platform
        allows progressive marketers of small- and medium-sized businesses to
        integrate all channels into one place, correlate multichannel activity,
        improve the efficiency of marketing spend, and, ultimately, reveal more
        customers.
- level: Media
  sponsors:
    - name: Pittsburgh Code & Supply
      twitter: '@codeandsupply'
      url: http://www.codeandsupply.co
      img: codeandsupply.png
      desc: >
        Code & Supply is Pittsburgh's community for passionate coders. We've
        built an ecosystem where we are divided by programming languages. But
        that isn't how we operate. We are language agnostic. We are makers. We
        are a community.
    - name: DevOpsDays Pittsburgh
      twitter: '@devopsdayspgh'
      url: http://devopsdays.org
      img: devopsdays.png
      desc: >
        DevOpsDays is the conference that brings developers and operations
        together. This yearly conference features traditional talks alongside
        an afternoon of open spaces discussions.
    - name: United Pixelworkers
      twitter: '@pixelworkers'
      url: http://unitedpixelworkers.com
      img: unitedpixelworkers.png
      desc: >
        United Pixelworkers was born of a simple idea: people in our industry
        are very proud of what they do, but they're also proud of where they
        live. What if we gave designers and developers a way to represent both
        at once? United Pixelworkers produces a line of clothing that does just
        that.