About Me

Alora C. ChistiakoffAlora C. Chistiakoff first got online as a journalism student in 1993; she got her first tech industry job in 1996. Since then, she has spent her career as a change agent, implementing technical and BPI initiatives for both external and internal clients. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Alora has also lived and worked in both New York City and Austin, Texas.

Though she has worked in different types of environments, her real passion is small business and technology startups that allow her the opportunity to wear many different hats. As someone who grew up in a family-owned business, Alora is an evangelist for the value of cloud computing and SaaS for small business. A project manager by discipline, Alora’s strength is in bridging the gap between business and technology to right-size solutions to the needs of an organization.

Alora and her husband own The Indigo Heron Group, Inc., a content strategy consultancy in Austin, Texas.

Alora studied Organizational Behavior at the University of San Francisco. She blogs regularly at The Pragmatic Contextualist about the social, economic and political implications of living in an Information Age; at The Indigo Heron Group, Inc. about content strategy, entrepreneurship and small business technology; at Tech Ranch, a local tech startup incubator, about the Austin entrepreneurial community; and at Bridging Futures about professional discovery and growth.

Alora can be reached via email or Twitter.

Business Contact Info

Alora Chistiakoff
Principal & Co-Founder
The Indigo Heron Group, Inc.
603 W 13th St., Ste. 1A-415
Austin, TX 78701

Blog Article Re-syndication

I am a firm believer in the value of content re-syndication in the web space, so as long as you are willing to abide by the following guidelines, please feel free to re-publish any article you see on my blog:

  • All links and attributions remain intact.
  • You do not charge for my content.
  • Please contact any guest bloggers directly for their permission. My permission to re-syndicate is not intended to speak on their behalf.
  • Please use my bio (you may abbreviate it, if necessary) found on my About Me page.
  • Please link to the original article.
  • Please email me letting me know that you have used my content, so that I may have the opportunity to respond to comments and participate in any dialogue surrounding the post.