Speaking honestly since 2009 about technical women who are barely surviving in industry…
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Keynote @Synopsys, March 8, 2021 - Video
I was invited to keynote at Synopsys on International Women’s Day 2021 with the theme #chooseToChallenge. I talked about my journey, why Thrive-WiSE exists and some workplace environment issues. I, also, shared stories of so many women in the workforce, especially, during the pandemic. And how women and our male allies can start focusing on what they can do to make things better. Additionally, I had some suggestions for company leadership to start looking at addressing the issues.
Audience size: 1K + Video is here
Speaking at Grace Hopper 2020 for the 4th time
I was on the Sole Income Earner’s Panel at GHC 2020 where I talked about the lack of support for employees with elder care responsibilities. I, also, talked about what strategies I use to keep up with running my company as a solopreneur, being a primary caregiver, doing public speaking etc.
Video is restricted to attendees here. Audience size: 40K
KQED Newsroom 2015
I was on a panel (the only female engineer who was on the technical ladder and not in leadership) to talk about, once again, the state of affairs for women engineers on the technical ladder. For what seemed like the Nth time…
OSCON 2013 - Portland, OR
From way back when… I talked about the dire state of affairs for women engineers like me. Top three issues - Time, Resources and Support. Well, not much has changed since then. And it’s been 8 years…
Photo credit: Peter Adams Faces of Open Source
