Women in Tech - Women in Business Leadership Group
Date and Time
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
5:45 PM - 8:00 PM PST
Description
Women in Tech in Silicon Valley
Join us to hear from Women in Tech about their journey into the industry, their obstacles and opportunities, and the future of work for women in the industry.
Reserve a BOOTH to showcase your business, too.
Speakers
Swati Tewari
Co-Founder/CEO of Plugon, Inc.
Swati is passionate about building and advocating for tools and products that make life simpler.
She has held technical and design roles in various companies in the valley and is currently working on Plugon, where she is a founder. Swati holds a Bachelor's Degree from IIT Roorkee, India and a Master's Degree from the University of Southern California.
Diana Ding
Co-Founder/CEO of Ding Ding TV
Diana Ding, the Founder & CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation Channel -- Ding Ding TV, has been focused on creating positive impact in Asian American entrepreneurs Community through contents and events in last 10 years. Diana is an Award-winning and innovative Program Director, radio and television personality. She started Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Festival in 2016 which has grown to be the largest international conferences held annually that focuses on innovation and entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley.
Ding Ding TV has been positioned as a hub, bridge and platform for US-China business relations. Ding Ding TV content delivered to 200 million audiences globally.
Jossie Haines
Platform Engineering Director, Tile, Inc.
Jossie Haines has spent 20 years in the tech industry as a software engineer, tech lead, and engineering leader at the forefront of emerging technology across Silicon Valley, including engineering manager on Siri at Apple, and both Principal Software Engineer and Director of Engineering at Zynga for a variety of teams. She is currently the Platform Engineering Director at Tile, where she in integrating the Tile technology into the 5 billion bluetooth devices released every year. She is also an advocate for women in the tech industry, and actively mentors on the Plato and WEST platforms. Jossie started Women at Siri, and leads the Women at Tile employee resource group, and mentorship program.
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Facilitating the largest Lean In circle in Northern California allows Myra to indulge in two of her passions at once: Help women to increase their self-confidence, and give back to her community. Her dynamism and warmth create a safe, supportive environment for the group, where the members can help each other become more confident and successful.
Myra is an Operations Manager, literally working with rocket scientists to develop next-generation optical payloads. In a former life, she was an educator and she still lives and breathes the belief that education has the power to change the world.
In her spare time, Myra consults with mobile app start-ups, volunteers to teach women and girls how to get the most from technology, mentors with Technovation and TechWomen.
Myra is a Silicon Valley Business Journal 2016 Women Of Influence, Women In IT Award, Business Leader of the Year 2018, YWCA Silicon Valley Women of Tribute 2019.
About Women In Business Leadership Group
Women in business, looking to network with like minded women and attend presentations and discussions from prominent women, are invited to join us. The Women in Business Leadership Group events are organized every alternate month. As a program of the Silicon Valley Central Chamber of Commerce, we invite you to attend the next event in the Women in Business Leadership Group series. Come and enjoy good wine and appetizers by a local business!
Join the Chamber's Women in Business Leadership group on FB: http://www.facebook.com/groups/2327533010866372/