About Cydni

Cydni is an tech founder & entrepreneur, STEM advocate, speaker and influential leader.  She is founder and CEO of ForgeDX a tech company whose simulation platform, IdeaCloud, is driving digital transformation. She was previously CEO and founder of venture-backed 3DplusMe, a 3D printing personalization platform, that was acquired. She spent 5 years at Disney as an Entrepreneur in Residence in Imagineering driving technology commercialization across Theme Parks, ESPN, ABC and Interactive. She is faculty for the Goldman Sachs 10k Program and Babson Exec Ed and founder & President of the Women Tech Council that focuses on the economic impact of women in tech with programs from high school to the board room.

Prior to Disney she was COO and CMO at technology companies that were acquired by Ancestry, Proofpoint & FAST. She has built technology & digital experiences used by the world’s largest brands, retailers and companies including Disney, Microsoft, ProofPoint, Ancestry, Marvel, Star Wars, Facebook, MLB, MLS, Warner Brothers, NFL, Disney Stores, Target and Walmart. Cydni holds a master’s degree in business administration and a bachelor’s in computer science.

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