BiografÃa / Speaker Info
Noramay Cadena is co-founder and CEO of Make in LA, an early-stage hardware accelerator and venture fund in Los Angeles. Since its launch in 2015, the Make in LA venture fund has invested more than $1.5 million in early-stage companies that have collectively raised more than $25 million and created jobs in the U.S. and several other countries.
Prior to co-founding Make in LA, Cadena spent more than 10 years in aerospace with The Boeing Company. His roles included technical oversight, plant operations management and program management with profit and loss accountability on budgets in excess of $20 million and delivery of complex technical systems. In the community, Cadena is active in the civic and non-profit sectors.
Noramay co-founded the Latinas in STEM Foundation in 2013 to inspire and empower Latinas to engage and thrive in STEM fields and led the organization until 2015. She also serves on the Los Angeles Housing Authority Commission and is a founding board member of a recently approved K program. -8 charter schools in Los Angeles.
