Taylor Black is a cross-functional team leader with a wealth of experience in guiding technical ventures from infancy to scalable success. With a background in law, philosophy, entrepreneurship, classics, biochemistry, and history, Black is a full-stack developer and former educator, currently developing a new growth engine for Microsoft as the Principal Program Manager at the Office of the CTO Incubator. Black's expertise lies in offering strategic, operational, and marketing guidance to highly technical product companies. Additionally, she has held positions such as Managing General Partner at Fizzy Ventures, Founder and Managing Partner at Fizzy Inc., and Startup Mentor and Investor at Venture Out Seattle. She has also been a Founding Member of Round and the Innovation Forum at Forum Ventures.