032: Recognize the Unique Perspective You Bring to Business with Jason Behrmann, from Queer Tech Montreal

Written By Rhodes Perry

Jason Behrmann serves as the Vice-President and Chief of Communications for Queer Tech Montreal, a community advocacy group for LGBTQ professionals in the tech startup sector. He completed his doctorate in biomedical science from the University of Montréal and a post-doctorate at McGill. His research focused on assessing the social and ethical implications of technologies in healthcare for LGBTQ populations and Queer rights in medicine. A long-time out entrepreneur, he currently is a communications strategist in science and technology.

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Questions Answered in this Episode

·      Who is Jason Behrmann, and what does Queer Tech Montreal do?

·      Why did Jason get involved with advocating for a more inclusive tech sector?

·      Why does Jason believe that LGBTQ people have a unique lens in the world of business?

·      How can you get in touch with Jason?

Resources Shared in this Episode

·      Visit Queer Tech Montreal’s Facebook Page here.

·      Contact Jason at jason@queertech.ca.

·      Follow Jason on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Medium.

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Rhodes Perry

Rhodes Perry, MPA is an award-winning social entrepreneur, best-selling author, and keynote speaker. He helps leaders build belonging at work to achieve industry breakthroughs. His firm offers transformative leadership development, change management, and capacity building solutions for senior executives focused on advancing their organizations’ diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) commitments. Nationally recognized as a LGBTQ+ thought leader, he has two decades of government and nonprofit experience having worked at the White House, PFLAG National, and the City of New York. Media outlets like Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and the Associated Press have featured his powerful work as a (DEI) influencer.

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