Over 100 Speakers and Grammy Winning Band They Might Be Giants Performing at SIGNAL, the Twilio Developer Conference for Communications

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - Apr 27, 2015) - Twilio, the software and cloud-based communications platform, today announced that Todd Park, former CTO of the United States, Asha Sharma, COO of Porch, JB Brown, Director of Mobile Application Delivery for Nordstrom, and Jessica McKellar, Co-Founder of Zulip, have joined the lineup of keynote speakers at SIGNAL, the developer conference for communications. Other keynotes include Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon.com, Justin Kan, Y Combinator partner and founder of Twitch, Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup, and many others. SIGNAL will be held at San Francisco's historic Fort Mason Festival Pavilion, May 19 and 20, 2015. To see the full lineup of speakers and to learn more about SIGNAL, visit signal.twilio.com.

Todd Park, White House Technology Advisor based in Silicon Valley, former CTO of the United States, and cofounder of Athenahealth and Castlight Health will take the stage at SIGNAL to share news on how developers can help reshape government. "Top developers are reshaping private industry and have the potential to radically improve government's ability to serve the public," said Park. "We have launched the United States Digital Service as a new way for developers to serve our country and help make life better in meaningful ways for millions of Americans. We look forward to sharing at SIGNAL how developers can get involved in this initiative."

"Developers are innovating in communications with software at a pace we have not seen in the last 150 years. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500 company, your competitive edge is in the software you build to communicate and create differentiated experiences," said Jeff Lawson, Twilio co-founder and CEO. "SIGNAL is an event where you learn from thought leaders and fellow developers, and get in-depth content and hands-on experience with the latest technologies, such as Twilio Video. We can't wait to see what SIGNAL attendees will build!"

SIGNAL attendees will:

• Join technology-centric leaders from innovative companies in conversations about building customer experiences with composable communications.
• Learn from the technologists shaping the future of WebRTC, distributed computing, and API design.
• Hear from a stacked speaker list filled with no-fluff, zero noise technical talks.
• Get first crack at brand new products from Twilio, including the recently announced Twilio Video and new products to be announced at SIGNAL.

The multiple-Grammy-Award-winning band They Might Be Giants -- founded by John Flansburgh and John Linnell -- will perform for all attendees at SIGNAL. The band is best known for their music and innovative use of technology including the innovative Dial-A-Song service on which they release a new song every week.

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Founded in 2008, Twilio is privately-held and has over 400 employees with offices in San Francisco, Mountain View, New York City, London, Munich, Dublin, Tallinn Estonia and Bogota Colombia. The company has raised over $100M from leading venture investors such as Bessemer, Redpoint and Union Square.