Sherry oversees events and new initiatives for Maker Media. She is instrumental in the strategy, growth and management of Maker Faire around the world and is focused on growing the MAKE: brand throughout the Maker ecosystem.

She has more than 20 years of technology marketing and event experience and has held senior management positions at MediaLive Int’l, Key3Media, Ziff-Davis and Softbank.

Product marketing and live events have been a focus for Sherry, who was instrumental in launching and managing successful technology and consumer events such as Sun’s JavaOne, Oracle’s iDevelop, O’Reilly Media’s Web 2.0 Summit and Dwell on Design.

She is passionate about making and the Maker community.