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Executive Profile: Schlossberg
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needs to be fixed or what doesn't."
Schlossberg, who grew up in Baltimore
in an ultra-orthodox Jewish household
where her father was a rabbi and mother a
teacher, left home at 14 for Israel to pursue
her studies there and where she got her first
bachelor's degree at age 19, in math and
computer science, and immediately got a job
in the Israeli technology industry in 1999.
She started with Amdocs as a project man-
ager and business analyst, where she led the
development and implementation of projects
for Verizon and SBC (currently AT&T), accord-
ing to a bio provided on her. She later was a
senior business analyst/project manager at
Hewlett-Packard during which she participat-
ed in the New York City Emergency Communi-
cation Transformation Program after 9/11 as
a liaison to the fire department and developed
and implemented GIS and other solutions to
improve emergency response in the five bor-
oughs. Prior to founding EZBZ, she was the
founder and CEO of Israel Now, a chain of 40
local news websites in Israel, which offered
comprehensive advertising, marketing and PR
solutions for more than 25,000 local and small
businesses.
During her career, she also got a master's
degree in bioinformatics in Israel and, after
moving to Dallas with Amdocs, got another
bachelor's in premed at the University of
Texas-Arlington, thinking she'd become a
neurosurgeon, before she changed gears.
If she weren't running EZBZ and trying to
transform Hartford's economy, Schlossberg
said she'd probably be a neurosurgeon, travel-
ing the world as an opera singer (she sings opera
professionally) or seeking the presidency.
"I have my eyes set on Washington," she
said. "You have to think big." n
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Shana Schlossberg displays a rendering of Innovate
Hartford's 27,453-square-foot, two-floor space, which will
feature desks for co-working, private offices, common
areas with high tops and couches for lounging and net-
working, an area for games like Ping Pong, a meditation
room, conference rooms and a robotics/wearables lab.
