{{Short description|American entrepreneur and actress}} {{About|the entrepreneur and actress|the murder case|Death of Cooper Harris}} {{Infobox person | name = Cooper Harris | image = CooperHarris2.jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by the blind and visually impaired's speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people - supply only the year unless the exact date is already widely published, as per WP:DOB. For people that have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. --> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | alma_mater = University of North Carolina School of the Arts | occupation = C.E.O., <br /> Actress | years_active = | known_for = Klickly<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-10-28|title=A Conversation With Klickly Founder Cooper Harris: An Ode to Kicking Ass|url=https://tech.co/news/interview-klickly-founder-cooper-harris-2016-10|access-date=2020-06-30|website=Tech.co|language=en-US}}</ref> (Founder), <br /> Meteor Apocalypse (Actress) | notable_works = }}
'''Cooper Harris''' is an American entrepreneur and actress. She is currently the CEO & founder of Klickly, a payments platform, based in Venice, California.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gerber|first1=Scott|title=9 ways of gathering meaningful data about your customers|url=https://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2015/05/20/9-ways-of-gathering-meaningful-data-about-your-customers/#gref|website=thenextweb|date=20 May 2015}}</ref> Harris had a career as an actress on such TV shows like ''Young and the Restless''<ref>{{cite web|title=THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS CAST|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/the-young-and-restless/cast/|website=TV.com}}</ref> and ''As the World Turns'', among others.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rappa|first1=Tony|title=Where Are the Women in Tech?|url=http://www.culturalweekly.com/women-in-tech/|website=culturalweekly|date=13 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Rappa|first1=Tony|title=My chat with Cooper Harris|url=http://www.webpreneur-nerd.com/women-in-tech-my-chat-with-cooper-harris/|website=Women in Tech|date=21 January 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=10 Things a Product Manager Can Take Off Your Plate|url=http://www.inc.com/young-entrepreneur-council/10-things-a-product-manager-can-take-off-your-plate.html|website=Inc.com|date=9 March 2015 |last1=Council |first1=Young Entrepreneur }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cooper Harris|url=http://thelacatalyst.com/cooper-harris/|website=LA Catalyst|access-date=2016-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204015917/http://thelacatalyst.com/cooper-harris/|archive-date=2016-02-04|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Cooper was also the Director of Tech for Collective Summit and produced the first-ever Innovation Summit and Social-Impact Hackathon during Sundance.<ref>{{cite web|last1=DeAmicis|first1=Carmel|title=The inside story of the star-studded Sundance hackathon you never heard about|url=https://pando.com/2014/02/19/the-inside-story-of-the-celebrity-studded-sundance-hackathon-you-never-heard-about/|website=Pando}}</ref> Her team won the Los Angeles AT&T Hackathon.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gregory|first1=Natalie|title=SBF Hackathon Winner Cooper Harris Paves the Way for Women in App Development|url=http://www.builtinla.com/blog/sbf-hackathon-winner-cooper-harris-paves-way-women-app-development|website=builtinla}}</ref>
==Career==
===As an actress=== Upon her move to New York City Harris was cast in the soap opera, ''As the World Turns''. After her role on the TV Harris stepped in to play a leading role in an off-Broadway play at the Cherry Lane Theater.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cherry Lane Theatre|url=http://www.cherrylanetheatre.org|website=cherrylanetheatre}}</ref> Shortly after the show closed, Harris moved to Los Angeles and into a role in a Paramount film called ''Dough Boys'', which was her entrée into the Hollywood entertainment scene.<ref>{{cite web|title=11 Tips for Your On-Camera Debut|url=http://women2.com/2015/06/23/making-your-camera-debut/|website=women2|date=23 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cooper Harris|url=http://www.omnilexica.com/?q=cooper+harris|website=omnilexica}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cooper Harris Cheery in Floral Dress for Exclusive Lifestyle Shoot|url=http://www.glamcheck.com/entertainment/2012/09/26/cooper-harris-cheery-exclusive-lifestyle-shoot/|website=GlamCheck|date=26 September 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Eades|first1=Chris|title=Who Is The New Girl?|url=http://cbs.soapsindepth.com/posts/who-is-the-new-girl-82602|website=CBS|date=17 September 2012}}</ref>
===As a Tech Entrepreneur=== During her stint on ''Young and the Restless'', Cooper became interested in entrepreneurship and started attending hackathons. Having grown up with a brother who was a computer engineer and a father who was a serial entrepreneur, Harris stated that she was interested in a field that would allow both creativity and the ability to control her own destiny.<ref>{{cite web|title=COOPER HARRIS – CEO & FOUNDER OF KLICKLY|url=http://businessrockstars.com/cooper-harris-ceo-founder-of-klickly/|website=businessrockstars|access-date=2016-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202232123/http://businessrockstars.com/cooper-harris-ceo-founder-of-klickly/|archive-date=2016-02-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Harris won the AT&T Hackathon in Los Angeles, and shortly thereafter build the first Innovation and Tech Summit during the Sundance film festival, called Collective. As part of this initiative, she co-founded Hackdance, a social impact hackathon that brought celebrities together to create apps or platforms that would change the world for the better. Cooper then went on to judge and produce the South by Southwest Hackathon, a hackathon for PBS, and the BritWeek children’s hackathon.<ref>{{cite web|title=11 Easy Ways to Target Millennials in Your Marketing Strategy|url=http://blog.hubspot.com/agency/target-millennials-marketing-strategy|website=hubspot|date=18 July 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2nd Annual Beverly Hills Film|url=http://www.filmmagic.com/photos/Actress-Cooper-Harris-attends-the-2nd-Annual-Beverly-Hills-Film-TV-New/129887271|website=filmmagic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Indie Intertube's "Smexiest Actress" Award Winner COOPER HARRIS|url=http://throwingstoneswebseries.blogspot.in/2011/01/indie-intertubes-smexiest-actress-award.html|website=throwingstoneswebseries|date=25 January 2011}}</ref>
In her first startup, a digital production company, she created and sold her own shows & content to companies such as Post It Notes, Kimberly Clark, DailyMotion & studio production giant, Endemol.<ref>{{cite web|title=15 qualities to look for when hiring a front-end developer|url=http://mashable.com/2015/06/11/qualities-front-end-developer/#2AWERvJrDaqC|website=mashable|date=11 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Be Great L.A. Women in Tech|url=http://techcandid.blogspot.in/2014/07/be-great-la-women-in-tech-night-out.html|website=techcandid|date=12 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Monetizing Apps and Mobile Content|url=http://www.lava.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=583030&group=|website=Lava.org}}</ref>
Cooper is a favorite speaker at international summits including the Consumer Electronics Show, Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, South by Southwest, ShopTalk, Sundance Film Festival, Los Angeles TechWeek, London Tech Conference, and more, speaking on Marketing Technology / Retail Tech / Financial Technology, fostering women in Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and disrupting the status quo using technology and innovation.
==Philanthropy and Charity== Previously, as the Executive Director of the Oasis Foundation, Cooper oversaw initiatives to foster innovation & entrepreneurship. She is also a mentor at Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), which teaches kids entrepreneurship in schools. Cooper speaks on being a Woman in Tech and the intersection of Entertainment & Tech at venues such as the CES Conference, USC, SXSW, Silicon Beach Fest, iMedia Summit, General Assembly, Wonder Woman Tech Summit, Sundance, and more, and produced a media-based Hackathon for PBS.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sometimes Things Fall Apart|url=http://theblondeabroad.com/2014/01/14/sometimes-things-fall-apart/|website=theblondeabroad|access-date=2016-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151215185032/http://theblondeabroad.com/2014/01/14/sometimes-things-fall-apart/|archive-date=2015-12-15|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Cooper is on the Board of the non-profit organization Hidden Voices.<ref>{{cite web|title=Participating Speakers|url=http://mlasessions.com/artofvideo/|website=mlasessions}}</ref>
==Awards and honours== * 2017 Cannes Lions "Top Thought Leader"<ref>{{cite web| url = https://tech.co/news/cannes-lions-creativity-portrait-2017-2017-06| title = 11 Favorite Thought-Leaders Named at 2017 Cannes Lions {{!}} by Tishin Donkersley {{!}} tech.co| date = 2 July 2018| access-date=2023-03-08}}</ref> * L'Oreal's "Digital Woman of the Year"{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} * UKTI Innovation Award, alongside Will.I.Am {{citation needed|date=June 2023}} * Cooper is a member of YEC (Young Entrepreneurs Council) and sits on the board of Hidden Voices, a non-profit organization tell the stories of homeless, imprisoned or immigrant people underrepresented by mainstream media.<ref>{{cite web|title=Silicon Beach Breakfast|url=https://babcla.org/events/silicon-beach-business-social-responsibility/|website=babcla|access-date=2016-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203053722/https://babcla.org/events/silicon-beach-business-social-responsibility/|archive-date=2016-02-03|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|2599630}} *[http://www.klickly.com Klickly]
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