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Entrepreneur In Residence; CEO and Co-Founder, 412 Food Rescue

Leah Lizarondo is the CEO and Cofounder of 412 Food Rescue in Pittsburgh.

Leah is the CEO and co-founder of 412 Food Rescue, a social enterprise with a technology, logistics and civic engagement model that aims to fight hunger and promote sustainability by preventing perfectly good food from entering the waste stream and directly distributing to organizations that benefit those who are food insecure. Founded in 2015, 412 Food Rescue is one of the fastest-growing food recovery organizations in the U.S. Creating the infrastructure for national retailers, 412 Food Rescue has prevented over 8 million pounds of food from going to waste via technology that mobilizes over 8,000 drivers in 5 cities --food rescue heroes--the largest volunteer food transport network. 412 Food Rescue's innovative distribution model bridges the last mile and significantly impacts access and food security as well as mitigates food waste’s impact on the environment.

By redirecting surplus food about to go to waste, 412 Food Rescue responds to SDG Target 12.3 - to halve per capita food waste by 2030, as well as redirects perfectly good food to organizations that serve those who are food insecure, responding to SDG 2. Food waste is one of the major sources of carbon emissions and wastes significant natural resources. By redirecting food from going to landfill, the organization also helps mitigate climate change, responding to SDG 13.

Tracking with SDG 2030, the Food Rescue Hero technology platform aims to be in 100 cities by 2030.

Leah’s work at 412 Food Rescue has been featured in national media including NPR, Fast Company, FoodTank, Martha Stewart Living, Food & Wine, Bust Magazine, and Civil Eats. In 2020, the Food Rescue Hero technology platform will be named a CES Innovation Honoree. In 2019 it won the Carnegie Science Award for Information Technology and in 2018 was recognized as Pittsburgh Tech 50's 'StartUp of the Year.” Leah has won numerous awards for her work including the We Empower UN SDG challenge in 2019, a global award for women social entrepreneurs. In 2018 she was named 'Pittsburgher of the Year' by Pittsburgh City Paper and in FoodTank‘s “17 Food Heroes to Inspire Us in 2017.'

Leah received her graduate degree in Public Policy & Technology from Carnegie Mellon University. She serves as Entrepreneur in Residence at the Block Center for Technology & Society at Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. She was born and raised in the Philippines and currently lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

• Publications
  • Lee, M. K., Kim, J. and Lizarondo, L. (2017). A human-centered approach to algorithmic services: Considerations for fair and motivating smart community service management that allocates donations to non-profit organizations. To appear in Proceedings of the ACM/SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2017).
• Awards and Honors

  2020

  • Global Leadership Award | Vital Voices
  • CES Innovation 2020 Honoree | CES

  2019

  • We Empower UN SDG Award – US and Western Europe | Arizona State University
  • Carnegie Science Award – Information Technology | Carnegie Science Center
  • 25 Essential Pittsburghers | NextPittsburgh
  • 11 Food Desert Heroes Making Change Across America | Redbook Magazine
  • Entrepreneur of the Year | Washington & Jefferson College

  2018

  • Pittsburgher of the Year | Pittsburgh City Paper
  • Tech50 Startup of the Year | Pittsburgh Technology Council
  • Immigrant Entrepreneur of the Year | GlobalPittsburgh
  • Smart50 | SmartBusiness Magazine
  • Legacy Award | The Sprout Fund
  • Women of Influence Award | Pittsburgh Business Times

  2017

  • Women of Distinction | Girl Scouts of Western PA
  • Who to Watch | SmartBusiness Magazine
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Organizational Leadership Award | CORO Pittsburgh

  2016

  • Public Service Matters Spotlight Award | Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA)

  2013

  • City & Regional Magazine Awards (The Brazen Kitchen on Pittsburgh Magazine)

Principles of Architecture Design

Course Objectives

The goals of this course are to introduce participants to the essential principles of architecture design. This 12 lecture course will acquaint participants with the latest concepts in software architecture and provide vital insight into the key issues influencing the design of software intensive systems within an organizational and business context. By the end of the course, participants will better understand:

• What are the key architectural drivers and their influence on systemic design.
• Guidance for eliciting and analyzing architectural drivers.
• Introduction to basic structural elements of design.
• Survey and analysis of exemplar system structures.
• Guidance for designing and documenting architectural designs.

Prerequisites

Participants should have prior experience in the development of software-intensive systems and some familiarity with modern software engineering concepts.

Required Textbooks:

• TBD
• Various readings will be provided to support each lecture.

Course Logistics:

There are 12 lectures in the course. Lectures are approximately 80 minutes in duration. Each lecture has a set of readings and questions based upon the reading material. These may be done before or after the associated lecture. In addition to the weekly readings and questions, there is a team project that is to be completed in 3 phases. The project is designed to provide an opportunity for participants to think through the problem from inception to software architecture proposal and documentation using the skills, methodology, and knowledge learned in the course. Attendees will get feedback on their work from instructors allowing them to improve their designs and their proficiency with course techniques. A project description will be provided that outlines what must be produced by the teams and when.

Topics

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Lecture 1: Software Architecture Defined
Lecture 2: Architectural Drivers
Lecture 3: Architectural Structures
Lecture 4: Structures: Data-Flow
Lecture 5: Structures: Events and Message Passing
Lecture 6: Structures: Call-Return
Lecture 7: Structures: Client-Server & Tiers
Lecture 8: Structures: Middleware
Lecture 9: Structures: Data Centric Systems
Lecture 10: Guidance for the Architect
Lecture 11: Architecture Documentation
Lecture 12: Course Summary – What Next