Welcome Remarks

Keynote • 15 mins

Women Techmakers Program • 20 mins

Speaker Bios

Caitlin Morrissey is a program manager on the Women Techmakers global team at Google, where she's worked for the past 8 years. She focuses her energy around building innovative learning initiatives and producing events that help empower women in tech to join, lead and thrive in the industry - including leading IWD globally!

Sequoyah Patrick is a Global Program Manager within Developer Ecosystems leading Women Techmakers. This program aims to provide visibility, community, and resources for women to thrive in technology. Prior to joining the Developer Ecosystem’s team, she was a part of the Chrome Enterprise team owning customer first initiatives to drive adoption and scale of the Chrome product. Sequoyah holds two degrees from Auburn University, one in Industrial and Systems Engineering as well as an MBA with a concentration in Information Systems. War Eagle! Above all, she enjoys traveling, working out, food and spending time with her family and friends.

Fireside Chat with Dr. Jen Welter • 50 mins

Speaker Bios

Dr. Jen Welter is a groundbreaking, barrier-busting force of nature. She is a female trailblazer, a sports pioneer, PhD, passionate leader, world-renowned speaker, entrepreneur and source of inspiration around the globe. Her relentless pursuit of individual excellence and success in challenging the status quo time and time again, fuels her current drive to help others achieve their best—in sports, health and wellness, professional pursuits and in life. She is driven by the belief that “Greatness is a choice you make over and over. And when you choose personal greatness—big or small—it becomes a part of who you are.” In every realm she tackles, Dr. Jen is a game changer, bringing vision, power and purpose to her mission of breaking the chains of what has always been and redefining what is and will be. She tackled her football career with fearless tenacity and an unprecedented track record of pioneering firsts. Building on her remarkable career in women’s football, that included 2 Gold medals with Team USA, 4 World Championships and 8 All-Star selections, Dr. Jen busted into the men’s game, as the first female running back signed to a men’s professional team. Blending her passion for the game with a powerful, unique communication style, she broke through the biggest boys club of all, the NFL, as the first female coach in the league and the Madden NFL 20 video game. Crystallizing her journey into a playbook for overall success, she published “Play Big, Lessons in Living Limitless from the First Woman to Coach in the NFL.” 

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Stacy Devino recently joined Stitch Fix as a leader in their mobile division. As far as current accolades and involvement, she is a Women Techmakers North America Mentor, GDG Organizer, Intel Innovator, and WWC Evangelist. She is noted for her work in diversity advocacy, tech democracy, "real-talk" personal and technical development, and an international keynote speaker. Stacy has been developing for Android for over 10 years and worked on nearly every aspect, currently specializing in rich app user experiences.

Break • 15 mins

Google Cloud for Beginners 

Beginner Level | Cloud Tech Talk • 50 mins

In this session, you will get an overview of Google Cloud services using a sample web application architecture. We will cover the basic concepts in cloud including infrastructure, security, networking, databases, storage, data analytics and AI/ML. This session will get you started with an understanding of various components of the cloud architecture and you will leave with resources to begin your cloud journey!

Speaker Bio

Priyanka Vergadia is Developer Advocate at Google where she creates content for developers to learn Google Cloud! She has created over 300 videos, articles, podcasts, courses and tutorials that have helped developers learn Google Cloud fundamentals, solve their challenges and pass certifications! She is the writer and creator of the new #GCPSketchnote series that highlights her passion to combine art and technology by visual storytelling. She is always happy to connect and answer questions on LinkedIn and Twitter @pvergadia 

Building Inclusive Development Teams

Community Lightning Talk • 15 mins

In this talk, we'll discuss how to create a sustainable architecture for your team through the PAMstack, a framework for creating inclusive development teams. We'll talk about some of the abstractions and tools you can use to enable the longevity and success of your teams to support junior developers, designers, project managers, and more. No application is too critical, complicated, or obscure to be able to achieve this.

Speaker Bio

Tracy Lee is the CEO and co-founder of This Dot Labs, a framework agnostic consulting firm specializing in JavaScript. Passionate about JavaScript and community building, she is the host of the Modern Web Podcast, organizes remote meetups for both frameworks and women in tech, and currently works on the RxJS Core Team. Tracy is also a proud Google Developer Expert, and Microsoft MVP.

What Happens When You Step Outside The Box

Community Talk • 20 mins

What happens when you step outside of the box. Discussing a recent project from Narine Hall on creating a collaborative learning environment that encourages engagement through innovative user experience design. Think, learn and live outside of the box. 

Speaker Bio

Narine is a data driven entrepreneur, that is a data scientist, an entrepreneur and a problem solver. Her career has evolved in the intersection of tech industry and academia. Her passion is education, machine learning and the technology of the future. Challenges are great opportunities for innovation.

Breaking Down Artificial Intelligence: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

AI/ML Tech Talk • 35 mins

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made giant leaps in its technologies since the term was coined in 1956 by John McCarthy and a group of scientists. It's gained popularity over the years and exceeded the expectations of research scientists and the general public alike. From AI systems that have beaten human world champions in Chess and Alpha go, to emotionally intelligent chatbots, and cancer detecting AI algorithms amongst others, AI is paving the way in technology at an alarming rate. Statisticians forecast the AI market will grow even more rapidly in the coming years, reaching around $126 Billion by 2025, seeing a 261% increase over a period of 4 years. This session will cover the unending possibilities of AI, how it's used for social good, the social impact it currently has on society, potential reasons for bias and how to incorporate a Responsible framework in AI algorithms.

Speaker Bio

Toju is a Responsible AI Program Manager responsible for Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA), with over 15 years experience spanning across Advertising, Retail, Not-For Profits and Tech. She designs Responsible AI programs focused on the development and implementation of Ethical AI frameworks amongst Google’s product teams. With a proven track record on business success and project management, she is a Manager for Women in AI Ireland, Head of Black and Brilliant AI solutions, Tech start-ups Mentor, Business Advisor and Founder of Refyne. Toju is a public speaker and advocates for transparent and bias free AI aimed at reducing systemic injustices and furthering equality. She is committed to driving social justice through AI while acknowledging the diverse backgrounds, cultures and ethnicities of society, and ensuring Responsible AI frameworks are applied to developing AI technologies.

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Welcome Remarks

Pivots and Career Journeys of Women in Tech 

Panel • 45 mins

Speaker Bios

Alana Karen is an award-winning tech leader, author, and speaker whose work impacts many of our everyday lives. From Google Search to Ads, Fiber to Google Grants and beyond, Alana has been leading the charge to develop, scale, build and drive team and product development that has seen a rippling industry impact. Alana has spoken at conferences and summits on technology, leadership, DEI, talent and innovation. Her book, Adventures of Women in Tech: How We Got Here and Why We Stay, aggregates hundreds of stories on these topics as well. She lives with her three children, husband and two dogs in the San Francisco Bay Area.

As the Global Head of Women’s Community & Programs at Google, Elise oversees the strategy to ensure women have thriving careers and feel like they belong at the company. She manages the Women@ Employee Resource Group with 20,000 members with 120 chapters around the world. She graduated with honors from Stanford University with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and minor in Communication, and held prior roles in Marketing. She is also an executive coach and frequent speaker on diversity and inclusion, mindfulness and emotional intelligence.

Syreea Hughley is the Manager of Google Fiber Customer Engagement Training where she is responsible for managing a team of dynamic training professionals that launch customer service and sales training programs across the US. She was also recently responsible for the general operations, business planning, and staffing for the Google Fiber Academy located in Atlanta, GA. The Google Fiber Academy was a 25,000 square foot Learning Center where Google Fiber vendors’ technicians travel from around the country to the Google Fiber Academy to take courses including how to provide high quality customer service, the best techniques for installing Google Fiber, and the most helpful ways to demo products for customers. Prior to joining Google Fiber, Syreea worked at Turner Broadcasting Systems (now Warner Media) where she was responsible for managing Learning and Development for information technology applications and global training initiatives for 17,000 employees. Working in Learning and Development for over 20 years, Syreea has a true passion in exploring interactive learning methodologies and implementing blended learning experiences that provide training audiences with the tools that they need to be successful. She holds an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management, and a BS in Biology from Hampton University. She currently resides in McDonough, GA with her Husband Martel, and their two kids, Miles and Megan. 

Janine Lee is a Global L&D Manager in the Google Data Center organization, leading programs in talent pipeline, onboarding experience, leadership development, and innovation mindset. She has 15+ years of experience in learning & development, digital transformation, business operations, process automation, and change management. Janine is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Advanced Black Belt and Certified Executive Coach. As a UC Berkeley Haas MBA Graduate and USC Doctor of Education (EdD) 2023 Candidate, Janine has been lecturing for 7+ years as an Adjunct Professor at top universities including the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, Santa Clara University, and the UC Berkeley Center of Executive Education with over 150+ students in 25+ countries all over the world. Her curriculum was featured in Google’s App Primer to 24 million users and 10 different countries. Janine also holds two patents, and is passionate about design-thinking herself! 

Julissa Ramirez is a Technical Program Manager at Google in the DCIO Hardware Quality and Reliability team. Her team focuses on improving quality across all of Google’s Cloud platforms for our Data Centers. Prior to Google she worked at Intel as a Technical Program Manager on the Drones team, a Global Product Manager for Intel processors, and an Industrial Engineer in the Intel Mask Ops labs. Before Intel, she was a Manufacturing Engineer at Northrop Grumman managing manufacturing operations on the Submarine “Missile Launch Tube” program, and served as a Continuous Improvement Lead for the Launcher SBU Marine Systems department. Julissa holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Technology, a Master of Science in Manufacturing and Mechanical Systems from the Rochester Institute of Technology in NY, and a Green Belt in Six Sigma. An advocate for women and underrepresented minorities, she is a co-founder and the Executive Director of LISTAS, a Bay Area non-profit organization committed to increasing the number of women in STEM fields through mentorship and exposure. She also sits on the Board of Directors for Google’s Latinx ERG – HOLA. Julissa is a recipient of Google’s 2019 Connect Impact Award. In 2018 she was selected by her Alma Mater, The Rochester Institute of Technology to receive their Alumni Rising Star Award. She was a recipient of the Hispanic Association for Corporate Responsibility’s 2016 Young Hispanic Corporate Achiever Award. In 2015 she received an Intel Division Recognition award, and was the recipient of the Rising Star Award from the Hispanic IT Executive Council (HITEC) in 2014. In 2013 she was an honoree and recipient of the Silicon Valley Latino “Top 40 under 40 Latinos to watch” award for Science and Technology 

Zero to Hero: Build Your Value and Become an Asset in Your Tech Career • 50 mins

Far too many of our nation’s best and brightest women in tech work as hard as they can to advance their careers without really understanding how important it is to build their value and communicate their worth. It’s time to teach these women how to work smarter, not just harder, to become more effective and invaluable to the companies they work with. Lauren shares her personal story of going from zero network, zero skills, and zero job prospects to becoming a highly valued, top professional with global connections in just two short years. Women will come away with steps they can take to immediately start building their value, become indispensable at work and in their own tech careers, and put their tech education to work for them.

Speaker Bio

Lauren Hasson is the Founder of DevelopHer and a leading woman on the frontlines of tech herself. By day, she is an accomplished Principal Software Engineer in apps and information security at a leading Silicon Valley payments company. Lauren founded DevelopHer to help fellow women in tech (and men, too!) get ahead, stand out, and advocate for themselves after starting over herself from ground zero just nine years ago. And, because she invested in professional development and learned how to build her value and advocate for herself, Lauren was able to transform from rock bottom into a top, high-profile professional and transform her career in less than two years. Now, she’s really moving the needle to bridge the gender gap in tech and inspiring thousands of women in tech to build their best careers and break their own glass ceilings, too. 

Break • 15 mins

Diving Into Design Thinking • 40 mins

Speaker Bio

Janine Lee is a Global L&D Manager in the Google Data Center organization, leading programs in talent pipeline, onboarding experience, leadership development, and innovation mindset. She has 15+ years of experience in learning & development, digital transformation, business operations, process automation, and change management. Janine is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Advanced Black Belt and Certified Executive Coach. As a UC Berkeley Haas MBA Graduate and USC Doctor of Education (EdD) 2023 Candidate, Janine has been lecturing for 7+ years as an Adjunct Professor at top universities including the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, Santa Clara University, and the UC Berkeley Center of Executive Education with over 150+ students in 25+ countries all over the world. Her curriculum was featured in Google’s App Primer to 24 million users and 10 different countries. Janine also holds two patents, and is passionate about design-thinking herself! 

Building Your First Android App

Android Tech Talk • 15 mins

I Think You're in the Wrong Classroom: A Musing On Why Women Are Underrepresented In STEM

Community Lightning Talk • 10 mins

My first year of college, I walked into my Anthropology 101 classroom... or so I thought. As I sat down, tucking my cute sundress underneath me, the man sitting in the next seat over said, "I think you're in the wrong classroom. This is a Computer Science class." From that day forward, I set out to squash that bias. 

Speaker Bio

Allison is a rising Growth Engineer that believes data doesn't have to be intimidating, ugly, or boring. With a professional background in marketing and a certificate in Data Science, she bridges the gap between the beauty on the surface and the foundational data underneath.

Working Moms in Data Science During Covid-19: The Good, the Bad and The Ugly

Community Talk • 15 mins

As a data scientist, Eleonore is a knowledge worker, which means that she spends a lot of time mulling things over quietly, before trying to convert these ideas into beautiful and effective code, reports and presentations. This activity is nearly impossible to do with young children in the house, particularly if they are playing loudly with lego under your desk. In this talk, she will talk about how data scientists who are also mothers of young children are coping with school closures and child care uncertainties during Covid-19 and what this says about our society as a whole.

Speaker Bio

Eleonore Fournier-Tombs is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Ottawa, Coordinator of the Research Chair on Artificial Intelligence in a Global Context, and Senior Consultant at the World Bank. She has worked extensively as a data scientist at the United Nations and the World Bank. She holds a PhD from the University of Geneva and a post-doc from McGill University.

Courage to Create Space for Others to Rise

1:1 Discussion • 30 mins

Speaker Bios

Lindiwe Davis is a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion(DEI) Program Manager Lead at Google, launching and overseeing DEI programs and events while building inclusive communities and strengthening organizational culture. She is currently focused on driving awareness and education for an Engineering organization, boldly moving conversations from uncomfortable silence to data driven ( inspired) action. Lindiwe’s professional foundation is rooted in community development, DEI advocacy, branding/strategy, business operations and project management. And she happens to be a media host and public speaker. Throughout her professional career she's served as a senior leader and at times a cultural change manager. She holds an M.S. degree in Publishing (Digital Media), a B.A. in Political Science and a B.A. in English and considers herself to be a nerd with a biscuit fetish. Lindiwe lives in the NY/ NJ area- loves to travel and wherever there is good food, you will find her. She also enjoys spinning, kickboxing and hanging with her "fambam" aka friends and family. And she recently launched a new podcast called A Stranger Down The Hall™.

Kari Yen is a Program Manager for the Federated Security Team under PSS (Privacy, Safety and Security) where she is leading the execution of the FedSec Core Team activities against their team goals as well as the community and engagement workstream. Originally from Portland, OR, Kari left for the East Coast where she went to school and began her career in Online Media. Upon returning to the West Coast, she entered the tech world, at companies both big and small working in information Security. Kari is passionate about the importance of cultivating diverse and inclusive environments where everyone can thrive. Her interests include racial & gender equity, mindfulness, emotional intelligence, self-development and mental health awareness. In her free time she loves cycling, running and walking her dog, Teddy.  

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