Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

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Tara Rezvani Engineering Manager at Wing	Building for a New Era of Aviation The future of aviation is here, and it’s much smaller, more widespread and numerous than we could have ever imagined. While it may feel like this is a far-off, science-fiction future, it’s not. Take, for example, the 1.6 million drones registered in the U.S. today. That’s about 10 times the number of commercial aircraft that have ever been built. The pace of innovation is stunning and something the aviation industry has never seen before. The question now is not if drones will be a part of our future; it’s how will we manage this future that is already here?… read more
Margaux Miller Director of Community at Toptal	Welcome to the WomenTech Global Conference 2022 (PDT Segment) Welcome to the WomenTech Global Conference 2022 (PDT Segment) Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Neda Cvijetic SVP - Head of AI & Autonomous Driving	AI and Autonomous Driving as Drivers of Transformation Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Autonomous Driving (AD) software are key drivers of customer-centric innovation. This presentation will focus on AI & AD software development at Stellantis, and its positive impact on the transformation of a legacy automaker into a technology mobility company. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Debbie West Group Manager, Cybersecurity Risk and Operations Management at Toyota Motor North America	Global Experiences in a Major Japanese Company Debbie will share her experiences in a variety of technology roles at a major Japanese automotive company. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Nancy Coblenz Vice President of Marketing at The ActOne Group	Leadership and Digital Transformation A discussion on how leaders navigate through the process of adopting and implementing new technologies in their organizations. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Ayesha Mahmood Director Engineering, Front End at Palo Alto Networks	Navigating Your Career in Tech: Get in the Driver's Seat In this session Ayesha and Shilpi will be talking about what it means to get in the driver's seat while trying to navigate your career in technology. You will walk away with some helpful tips on taking things in your hands, building your personal brand, managing up, and how to give/receive feedback to achieve your career goals. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Angela Robertson Senior, Customer Success Manager at Palo Alto Networks	Empowering more women to drive change - A journey of empowering women What is the glass ceiling? Why do we need to break the glass ceiling? How can we help each other on the journey? Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Emily Gaitan Senior Manager, Digital Strategy at Toyota North America	Toyota ITx - Leading Our Digital Future Our panel will share their career journey as Women Technology Professionals at Toyota. Hear about Toyota’s culture of supporting Women in Technology and ask questions of our panel. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Jordan Hollinger Talent Parnet at Wing	Wing \| Meet & Greet Meet & Greet session with the Wing Talent Team. We are on hand to answer any questions about life at Wing, our organization and career opportunities in the new era of aviation. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Ashley Alston Principal Cloud Data Architect at Credera	The 3C's with Credera: Consulting, Culture and Career Growth During this presentation, you will have the opportunity to learn about Credera, a global boutique consulting firm, and how we create big impact with our clients globally. You will understand how our culture is informed by our core values, community efforts and DE&I efforts. Lastly, you will hear from one of our female tech leaders on her career growth within Credera. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Brian Interdonato Technology Recruiter at JPMorgan Chase	Women in Tech Job Opportunities in tech Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Ivna Curi CEO and founder of Assertive Way, MBA, at Electrical Engineer	How To Be An Assertive Tech Woman That Speaks Up Without Coming Across As Aggressive Women in Tech face gender bias, inequality, and double standards which creates barriers to their career advancement. With optimized communication skills it is possible to break through those barriers and get heard, be taken seriously, and be respected as powerful, credible, and likable women. It covers: • Myths that hold women back from being more assertive debunked • How to deal with labels: too aggressive, difficult, abrasive, authoritarian • Exact steps to speak up without backlash or retaliation Did you like this session? Share to vote… read more
Manisha Dhawan Founder & CEO at MPath Coaching	Amplify Your EI Emotional Intelligence (EI / EQ) is the strongest predictor of workplace performance and is needed more than ever to inspire, influence, and support others. In this session, we will dive deeper into EI, and learn how to strengthen your EI to achieve better outcomes personally and professionally. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Manisha Dhawan Founder & CEO at MPath Coaching	Amplify Your EI Emotional Intelligence (EI / EQ) is the strongest predictor of workplace performance and is needed more than ever to inspire, influence, and support others. In this session, we will dive deeper into EI, and learn how to strengthen your EI to achieve better outcomes personally and professionally. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Holly Duckworth CEO at American Mindfulness Association	Everyday Mindfulness Creating Calm in Chaos There are good days and there are bad days. And, then there is everyday. The stress of living today requires us to have stress reduction and focus techniques. Science has proven that mindfulness based stress reduction is reducing health care costs and improving productivity and happiness. Mindfulness teaches you how to be present in both, experience both and use both to become your best self. This session teaches you to be mindful without doing yoga. It is applied mindfulness you can do at your desk, in your car, everywhere you go. In this keynote, you will learn many… read more
Julie Morris Thought Leadership Trainer at Persona Media	Yes, You Have to Become a Thought Leader. Here's How. Being visible and building influence will change your personal life, build a pipeline for your business, serve the field, and ensure career sustainability. Yet women leaders will avoid visibility out of concern for privacy, fear of criticism, and uncertainty of steps to take. Learn precise, simple, plans and tactics to steadily gain influence, level up in leadership, and mentor widely via LinkedIn and other vehicles for your thought leadership. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Hope Timberlake Communication Speaker, Trainer and Coach	Overcome Obstacles to Sharing Your Voice As a woman in STEM, you are smart, accomplished, and well-qualified to perform the job you were hired to do. But the reality is that the corporate rules are unwritten. The expectations at work are more than the bullet points written in your job description. Internal complications may arise including: - Overcoming imposter syndrome. - Discomfort sharing ideas when you aren’t prepared. - Nerves that cause you to mumble, speak fast or in a high-pitched voice, and so on. Then there are the external hurdles of being: - Interrupted,… read more
Divya Choudhary Senior Research Scientist (AI/ML) at Samsung Research America	The art of formulating a business desire to an AI Research Framework To implement and add a software/ML feature to an existing product requires development skills. We all can manage to learn that skill over time. However, problem solving - formulating a problem to its exact implementable components- in its broader sense is not just a skill but an art! It becomes even more nuanced in the space of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Having worked in the world of AI/ML for 6 years, defining unsolved problems of the industry for several startups and drilling down a new AI feature into implementable research components , I have developed an approach to… read more
Shrut Kirti Saksena Sr. User Experience Researcher at Adobe Systems	Is your product ready to be shipped?: Assessing product readiness by combining product metrics, qualitative & quantitative User experience research approaches Product teams, designers, and engineers often toil hard to assess if their product is ready to be shipped i.e., does it fulfill the needs of the users, is it reliable and performant, have the bugs been triaged and resolved, and to what extent are the customers satisfied with the entire offering and so on and so forth. Teams most commonly rely on bug triaging, NPS (Net Promoter Scores), CSAT (Customer Satisfaction) scores, or other readiness metrics to gate the accepted readiness levels for the product to be used by users. In this talk, we will be highlighting how qualitative, and quantitative… read more
Priyanka Kulkarni Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Adobe	On-device ML: Artificial Intelligence in your pocket AI is moving from the servers to our pockets, making the technology on our phones faster and more private. But how do you go from deploying a single machine learning model on the cloud to deploying millions of models around the world on every device in our customer's hands? A mobile device comes with incredibly constrained resources and it requires running the triathlon of memory, speed and privacy to bring the technology to our phones. Understand how to navigate this challenging journey and take the leap to on-device ML - because the future is at our fingertips.… read more