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Past Speakers

2019

Jan. 28 - Networking Night @ Ampere Computing - "What Drives You to Stay Working in Tech?"

  • Renee James- CEO
  • Neerbhee Verma - Principal Engineer
  • Annie Duong - Senior Engineering Design Manager
  • Rashmi Wadwa - Principal Engineer
  • Ksenia Sedova- Staff Engineer
  • Aarti Chandrashekhar - Principal Engineer
  • Beth Gordon - Developer Advocate

2018

Nov. 14 - Networking Night @ HealthSparq - "Test Automation and BDD"

Sep. 20 - Networking Night @ Intel - "Open Source"

Aug. 16 - Networking Night @ Mozilla - "Women in InfoSec"

June 18 - Networking Night @ New Relic + Google - "Women Who Code Portland 4th Anniversary Party - Building a Career in Tech"

  • Mauri Whalen - Vice President of Developer & Community, Ampere Computing, previously: Vice President of the Core System Development, Intel
  • Jinsy Oommen - Principal Software Engineer, Cascade Energy
  • Ann Wallace - Technical Cloud Consultant, Google
  • Neha Duggal - Senior Product Manager, New Relic
  • Moderator - Amy Boyle - Senior Software Engineer, New Relic

2017

Nov. 16 - CDK Global with ChickTech - "Growing Technically and Professionally"

Oct. 18 - AKQA - "Creative Panel"

Sep. 26 - AWS Elemental - "Customer Obsession - The Art of Working Backwards"

Aug. 10 - Vernier - "What Does It Mean to 'Do What You Love?'"

Jul. 13 - Wieden+Kennedy - "Intro to VR & Wearable Tech"

June 12 - Networking Night @ New Relic + InVision + Nike + Hackbight - "Women Who Code Portland 3rd Anniversary Party - Women in Engineering Leadership"

May 11 - Networking Night @ Second Story

Apr. 4 - Networking Night @ Vacasa

Mar. 8 - Networking Night @ Simple - "Strength in Numbers - Women Supporting Women in Tech"

  • Bess Fernandez - Front End Engineer
  • Fei Guo - User Research
  • Honey Darling - Senior Manager, Backend Engineer
  • Stefanie Hatcher - Front End Engineer
  • Margaret Adams - Front End Engineer
  • Moderator: Jill Jubinski - Technical Community Manager

Feb. 7 - Networking Night @ +Citizen - "Scrum IRL"

  • Kate Gordon-Bloomfield - Technical PM, +Citizen
  • Jessica Siu - Scrum Master, Nike
  • Malathi (Malu) Parthasarathy - Lead QA Engineer, Jet Reports
  • Winnie Baker - Scrum Master, Renew Financial

Jan. 28 - Networking Night @ WSU Vancouver - "AR + VR Project Showcases"

2016

Dec. 15 - Women + Tech Holiday Party - "Virtual Reality in Reality!"

  • Leah Siddall, Elemental/Amazon Web Services - "The Challenges of Streaming Live VR Video"
  • Stephanie Mendoza, Portland Immersive Media Group & CTRL-H - "Hyperreal Cognition"
  • Danielle Delph, Wieden + Kennedy - "Using VR for the Greater Good"

Oct. 3 - Networking Night @ New Relic - "Resolution Fest Lighting Talks"

  • April Leonard, Software Engineer - "A Java Ecosystem Primer"
  • Belinda Runkle, VP, Engineering - "New Relic, D&I, and Community"
  • Caito Scherr, Software Engineer - "Starting Backwards"
  • Erika Arnold, Software Engineer - "Docker for devs: Developing and testing with Docker Compose"
  • Maureen Dugan, Software Engineer - "Pairing & Mobbing"
  • Ashley Puls, Software Engineer - "Don’t Let Cognitive Bias Hinder Your Innovation"

Aug. 16 - Networking Night @ R/West - "Women in Leadership"

July 14 - Networking Night @ WeWork + Salesforce / Women + Tech Summer Soiree - "How Oregon Funds Innovation"

  • Monica Enand - CEO, Zapproved
  • Angela Jackson - Managing Director, Portland Seed Fund
  • Julie Gulla - Senior Portfolio Manager, Executive Financial Services Director, Wealth Advisor at Morgan Stanley
  • Panel Moderator: Shannon Heim - Elemental Technologies

June 10 - Networking Night @ Instrument - "Women Who Code Portland 2nd Anniversary Party"

May 24 - Networking Night @ Mozilla - "Lightning Talks"

April. 18 - Networking Night w/ New Tech PDX - "Women Entrepreneurs Who Code"

Mar. 8 - Networking Night @ Intel - "How Women Power Intel Open Source"

  • Introduction: Mauri Whalen - Vice President, Software and Services Group, and Director, Open Source Technology Center
  • "Topic #1: Security, IoT, Cloud"
  • "Topic #2: Graphics, Systems Engineering, Chrome"
    • Kristen Accardi - Linux Kernel Software Engineer, Open Source Technology Group, Intel Corporation
    • Alexandra Yates - Linux Kernel Software Engineer, Open Source Technology Group, Intel Corporation
  • "Topic #3: UX Design"
    • Shelly Walbert - Senior Experience Designer / Researcher, Intel Corporation
  • "Topic #4: Android development, QA"

Feb. 18 - Networking Night @ Metal Toad - "Building the Future of Women in Tech"

  • "Topic #1: Culture, Diversity and Hiring Practices" - Randi King - Director of People
  • "Topic #2: What is it like to be a Developer at Metal Toad?​" - Morgan Senkal, Developer Team Lead, and Cesar Jimenez, Developer
  • "Topic #3: Metal Toad's Internship Program" - Angela Riggs, Developer Intern, and Samantha Maturen, Developer Intern

Jan. 14 - Networking Night @ Airbnb - "Airbnb Engineering Comes to Portland"

2015

Dec. 10 - Networking Night @ Puppet / Women + Tech Holiday Party- "Raise Your Voice"

  • Grace Andrews - Associate Technical Solutions Engineer, Customer Success, Puppet - "Unspoken Words: The Power of Writing in the Workplace"
  • Pamela Ju - Sr. Marketing Analyst, Business Optimization, Puppet - "Speaking Loudly: Literally Raising Your Voice"
  • Hailee Kenney - Software Engineer, Product and Technology, Puppet - "Finding Your Voice: Taking Actions to Build Confidence"
  • Elizabeth Wittig - Technical Account Manager, Puppet - "Human Megaphone: How Sharing Ideas Can Lead to Career Opportunities"
  • Emcee: Laura Stepp - VP of HR/People, Puppet

Nov. 3 - Networking Night @ Nike - "Creative Thinking in a Technical World"

Oct. 22 - Networking Night @ eBay - "Testing Your Metal in the Portland Tech Scene"

Oct. 6 - Networking Night @ Quick Left - "Women and Negotiation: Professional Happiness, One Conversation at a Time"

Sept. 8 - Networking Night @ Urban Airship - "Never Stop Learning"

Aug. 4 - Networking Night @ Jama Software "Lessons Learned in the Tech Industry"

July 28 - Networking Night @ AppNexus - "Around the Stack"

June 8 - Networking Night @ New Relic - "Future Talks"

  • Alice Goldfuss - Site Reliability Engineer - "Docker in a Flash"
  • Ashley Puls - Senior Software Engineer - "Why, When, and How to Measure Performance"
  • Katherine Wu - Software Developer - "Jelly Bean Trails and Middle-Points"
  • Emily Hyland - Senior Software Engineer - "Programming for Humans: API Design as User Experience Design"
  • Katie Leonard, Software Developer, and Zoe Kay, Software Engineer - "Upgrading Rails"
  • Emcee - Liz Abinante - Senior Software Engineer, New Relic

May 14 - Networking Night @ CrowdCompass - "Building Products"

  • Shiloh Frauen - Systems Analyst - "Shifting Perspectives: Moving from Client Services to Technology"
  • Cami Dodson - User Experience Team Lead - "The Journey to Find CrowdCompass and their Expansive Product and Workplace"
  • Andy Rosic - Senior Product Manager - "The Accidental Product Manager”

April. 30 - Networking Night @ Elemental Technologies - "A Discussion on Tech Careers"

March 5 - Networking Night @ Jaguar Land Rover - "Open Software Technology Center Tech Talks"

  • Art McGee - Senior Software Engineer, Jaguar Land Rover
  • Magnus Feuer - System Architect, Open Software Initiative, Jaguar Land Rover
  • Chris Anderson - Co-Founder and Mobile Architect, Couchbase