“Find Other Female Leaders Who Understand Exactly What You’re Going Through”

As a part of my series about strong female leaders, I had the pleasure of interviewing Susan Melnick. Susan is the Founder and CEO of StatusNow.

After graduating college, Susan worked at a local Internet start-up in Pittsburgh before leaving to teach Computer Science at her former High School, while studying to apply to graduate school. After being accepted in a Masters in Business Education Program at NYU, Susan moved to New York City.

Following grad school, Susan spent her career in Human Resources and Operations, mostly at Accenture. About two years ago, Susan had an idea, that became what is known now as “StatusNow” and left Accenture.

After 20 months of development, Susan now spends all of her time raising her four children and trying to make a change in our technology-driven world, by emphasizing the need for people to download the StatusNow App onto their cell phones and live in the present.