Google at CHI 2021

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Please note:

• Our Q&A is a safe space, we encourage you to ask your questions openly by utilizing the chat feature or unmute yourselve and ask your question live.
• Recording / taking photos is not allowed.
• To help convert JST (Conference Time) into your own time zone, click on the JST link next to each session time.
• The schedule is subject to change.

Open Office Room Hours

• 10:30 - 12:00 JST (Ray Paleg - APAC Recruiter)

• 02:00 - 04:00 JST (Leah Luistro - North America Recruiter)
• 07:30 - 9:00 JST (Maddie Houts - North America Recruiter) 
• 11:30 - 01:00 JST (Ray Paleg - APAC Recruiter)

• 00:00 - 01:30 JST (Dani Godino - North America Recruiter)
• 01:30 - 03:00 JST (Leah Luistro - North America Recruiter)
• 02:30 - 02:55 JST (Peggy Chi - Research Scientist)
• 9:30 - 11:00 JST (Hal Marz - UX Tech University Programs and Outreach, PgM) 
• 10:30 - 12:00 JST (Ray Paleg - APAC Recruiter)
• 23:00 - 00:30 JST (Dani Godino - North America Recruiter)

• 02:00 - 3:30 JST (Hal Marz - UX Tech University Programs and Outreach, PgM)
• 23:00 - 00:30 JST (Charlie Argast - North America Intern Recruiter)

• 02:00 - 04:00 JST (Maddie Houts - North America Recruiter) 

Meet the Team 

Charlie is an Intern Recruiter + Staffing Partner and has been at Google for nearly 4 years, supporting the Research PA for the past 3 years. He currently resides in New York City, where he has been for the past 15+ years, not including his time attending college out of state to play Division 1 Football. 

Dani is a recruiter for Google and handles University Grad hiring for UX and other technical roles. Dani has been working at Google for over 3 years in Austin, Texas.

Hal is a University Programs Specialist on the Campus Outreach team and has been at Google for over 10 years. He loves speaking to students about opportunities in Tech and helping them out with resume reviews. Born and raised on the tiny island nation of Singapore, he moved to the United States to finish high school and went to college in the San Francisco Bay Area where he currently resides today.

Leah Luistro is a technical UX recruiter based in the Bay Area. At Google for 5.5 years, she has supported hiring for all UX roles - Design, Research, Content Strategy, and Engineering - across all of Google's product areas. Prior to Google, Leah was in sales and recruiting in the biotech industry. Outside of her professional role, Leah enjoys family time with her husband (and high school sweetheart) and their 2 kids!   

Maddie is a recruiter for the UX team at Google! She has worked here for over 3 years specializing in UX Research roles. She's taken on a few side projects in program management as well, and is passionate about learning and development, and diversity, equity, and inclusion projects. In her free time you can find her listening to audiobooks, painting, or walking around Golden Gate Park.

Ray is a User Experience Recruiter at Google Singapore, where she hires our awesome UX Researchers and Writers across our Asia-Pacific team. She has worked at Google since 2016, and is originally from Maryland, USA. She loves connecting with UXers and helping to guide them to their next dream opportunity!  

Peggy Chi is a Senior Research Scientist at Google. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and an M.S. in Media Arts and Sciences in 2010 from the MIT Media Lab. Peggy develops interactive systems that support users' creativity activities, including video creation, image sharing, and programming. Her research has received a Best Paper Award at ACM CHI, a Google PhD Fellowship in Human-Computer Interaction, a Berkeley Fellowship for Graduate Study, and a MIT Media Lab Fellowship. She has published in top HCI venues and served on program committees, including CHI and UIST. More info: http://www.peggychi.me/