Dawn Foster

Dawn Foster provides consulting services for companies wanting to engage with online communities through various social media technologies including discussion forums, blogs, wikis, podcasts, and more. She is also the community evangelist for Shizzow, a new Portland startup. She has more than 13 years of experience in technology and software with expertise in community building, web 2.0, social media, RSS, blogging, and open source software.

Dawn is a Community Manager, Event Organizer, Blogger, Podcaster, and Technology Enthusiast. She is the author of the Fast Wonder Blog and is currently working on a book about community. She is a co-founder and Chair of Legion of Tech. She also organizes a monthly Legion of Tech Happy Hour event for local technology employees, is an organizer for the Portland BarCamp event, and helps organize Ignite Portland.

Previously, Dawn worked at Jive Software, Compiere, Intel, and a Midwestern manufacturing company in positions ranging from Unix system administrator to market researcher to community manager to open source strategist. She holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Kent State University and a master’s degree in business administration from Ashland University.

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