SOPHIE LEBRECHT
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MY STORY TOLD THROUGH IMAGES

I stand by the power of images to tell stories, which is why I have shared my story through images. If you want more detailed information on my background then please check out my resume.
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I did my PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience at Brown University
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The day I defended with my PhD committee (from the left) David Sheinberg, Michael J. Tarr, Moshe Bar, and David Badre
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I did my postdoc at Carnegie Mellon University with Michael J. Tarr in the Center for the Neural Basis of Behavior
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I started commercializing my research at Carnegie Mellon University's Silicon Valley campus
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Right after I closed Neon's seed round a rainbow came out over our office at Moffett Field
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Cupcakes to say thank you to the CMU team for all their help in commercializing the technology
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Neon was awarded an Edison Award for Innovation, photo with Deb Johnson and Sunil Mallya
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I participated in the NSF I-Corps program, photo at an NSF panel in Washington DC
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The early stages of commercialization with the business model canvas, photo with Emma Cunningham and the WeDistill team
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Happy days with our early stage team, photo with Sunil Mallya, Nicole Halmi, Deb Johnson, and Mark Desnoyer
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Our first Brightcove conference with Deb Johnson and Sunil Mallya
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Company field trip to the National Academy of Science
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Moved into our WeWork office, photo with Nicole Halmi
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Designing the UI of our first thumbnail selection product
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Closing our Series A with Bill Ericson (Mohr Davidow Ventures)
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Speaking at Neon's event at the International Center for Photography in NYC
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Our amazing panelists from Bloomberg, ESPN, and Princeton University
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"The power of images" event at International Center for Photography
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Starting to scale, which meant lots of post its!
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Neon organized and hosted a panel with Witness on the future of human rights and technology
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After winning the best product of the show from Streaming Media with Meredith Kivett (Brightcove), Nicole Halmi (Neon) and Mike Green (Brightcove)
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We used our South Park office as a pop up art gallery in partnership with Bonhams Art dealership
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Signing a new customer in Neon's South Park office
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At Bloomberg offices in NYC with our customer advisor Michael Smith
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All stripes with Nicole Halmi, Deb Johnson, Jenna Vickers, and our awesome intern Christine Lu
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Working with my board, Abhas Gupta (Mohr Davidow Ventures) and Eran Pilovsky (Splice Machine)
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Working with my lead investor Bill Ericson (Mohr Davidow Ventures)
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Neon organized and led panel discussion on images and time at Soho House NYC with Allen Duan (Hearst), Carina Kolodny (Huffington Post), and Michael Dreyer (Getty)
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Heavily pregnant after speaking at Business Insider in NYC with Nicole Halmi
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Managed to surf until 7 months pregnant!
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Holiday party with my wonderful assistant Jenna Vickers
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Back at CMU after winning the Technology Pioneer Award from the World Economic Forum, photo with Mark Desnoyer and Michael J. Tarr
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Working from home while Theo was little with my Neon teammates Nicole Halmi, Nick Dufour, and Mark Desnoyer
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Back to work after Theo was born
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Launched Neon Open, an open source emotional AI platform

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  • My story
  • Resume
  • Patent Portfolio
  • Medium
  • Neon Open