Jennifer McLain Hiramoto was new to the City of Glendale Economic Development Division when the Glendale City Council adopted the Glendale Tech Strategy in 2015. Over the past three years, she has played a pivotal role to implement that strategy and take Glendale to new economic heights.

In the inaugural episode of the Glendale Tech on Tap podcast, Hiramoto discusses the moment she decided to leave journalism for local government, the thriving tech industry in Glendale, and the excitement surrounding Glendale Tech Week in September 2018.

Lauren Bow, former Economic Development Liaison and the podcast’s season 1 host, and Hiramoto also chat about the origins of the popular monthly convening of Glendale tech entrepreneurs known as Tech on Tap, and how those events led to this podcast.

The Glendale Economic Development Department is all in on building relationship to expand Glendale’s vibrant economy, says Hiramoto. Listeners can reach her at (818) 548-2005 or [email protected]. Learn more at the Glendale Tech on Tap Meet Up page or the Glendale Tech Week website.

Thank you to Benztown for their sound design of the Podcast's intro and outro!