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Tech Womens Program

SDForum Tech Women's Program Mission:


SDForum Tech Women's Program offers developmental activities focused on empowering women in technology and encouraging girls to pursue education in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) that will prepare them for a broad range of career opportunities.



 



Next Meeting:
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM September 23, 2010
Apple
1 Infinite Loop, Bldg. 4
Cupertino, CA
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Don’t Survive – Thrive:
How to be your best when just getting by seems almost impossible.

 

Thursday, September 23rd  6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

TOPIC:
In today’s challenging environment, we face difficulties and adversity every day. It's easy to crumble, hard to survive.  But there are a fascinating few who actually thrive.  With an unquenchable passion, these people see obstacles as a learning/growth experience.   Come learn their secrets and discover how you can apply them to your life.

  • How DO they do it?
  • Can this skill be learned or do you have to be born with it?
  • How is it affected by attitude- be it optimism or pessimism?
  • Is it a decision? - Was Abraham Lincoln right when he said “Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”

Join us for this timely program where you will hear from women who are thriving.  Learn practical strategies and approaches to deal with work and personal life challenges. Leave with your own action plan to Thrive!

PRESENTER:
Bobbie LaPorte  

Roberta (Bobbie) LaPorte, is Founder and Principal of RAL & Associates, a consulting firm providing leadership and career development services to technology and financial services organizations. RAL & Associates also produces the award-winning “When She Speaks” – Women in Leadership Series, sponsored by Charles Schwab, IBM, PG&E and Salesforce.com.

Before founding RAL & Associates, Ms. LaPorte served in GM, COO and CMO roles in several Fortune 50 companies, including IBM, GE, Citigroup and United Healthcare. A certified career coach, she has a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts and an MBA from Harvard. A nationally-recognized expert on the powerful relationship between physical fitness and career success, she is an accomplished triathlete and multi-sport coach. Bobbie is currently training for her fifth Ironman triathlon. When she is not coaching executives or Ironman triathletes, she proudly serves on a number of Bay Area non-profit Boards and happily rescues Golden Retriever dogs.

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Location:
Apple
1 Infinite Loop, Bldg. 4
Cupertino, CA
 

Agenda:
6:00 - 6:50 p.m Registration, heavy hors d'oeuvres  and networking   
6:50 - 8:45 p.m. Program / Q & A                                         
8:45 - 9:00 p.m. Informal networking with panelists

Cost:
$10 for SDForum Members
$25 for Non-Members
$0 for Platinum Pass

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Past Events:

August 26, 2010 Tech Women's Event: No meeting this month.
July 29, 2010 Tech Women's Event: Redefining Green
June 29, 2010 Tech Women's Event: No meeting this month.
May 20, 2010 Engineering Leadership & TechWomen Joint Event: Leading People
April 29, 2010 Tech Women's Event: SOLD OUT
March 25, 2010 Tech Women's Event: Funding Womens' Businesses

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Resources:

August 26, 2010 Apple Map Sep 2010 (other files)
February 16, 2010 Tech Women Feb 2010 Directions (PDF)
June 29, 2009 Videos from Barefoot Colleges (other files)
June 26, 2009 Videos from Barefoot Colleges (Word)
June 26, 2009 Cisco Networking Academy (other files)
June 25, 2009 Catapult Design (Powerpoint)
June 25, 2009 Women in Technology in the Middle East (other files)
May 7, 2009 Demonstrating Your Leadership Potential (other files)

 


Tech Womens Program Chairs Bios:

Francine Gordon, Ph.D. - Co-Chair
Francine is an organization consultant and executive coach who focuses on helping companies become more innovative and on facilitating the development and advancement of women executives.  A recovering perfectionist, she also helps professionals let go of self-limiting beliefs and unrealistically high standards in order to achieve their full potential.  

Francine's varied work history includes (but is not limited to):   manager at Boston Consulting Group, director of HR at UBNetworks, General Manager of California Actors Theatre, and Asst. Prof. at Stanford Graduate School of Business.  She has a B.A. from Vassar College and M.A. and Ph.D. from Yale.

Sonja London - Co-Chair
Sonja is a Business Intelligence entrepreneur, innovator, architect & consultant.  Her clients have included Apple, AT&T, Sprint, Levi-Strauss and many startups.  She founded Summit Software, a BI consulting firm.  During a three year break from consulting she ran global Business Intelligence & served as primary BI architect for Covad.  She has a passion for solar energy and other things green, with a special interest in passive solar architecture & building.  Sonja is also a chair of the SD Forum Business Intelligence SIG.

Jennie Hou, Co-Chair, Tech Girls
Jennie Hou is a project manager at Hewlett-Packard. She has many years of leadership experience in business and strategic planning, R&D, marketing, support, release management, and alliance management. She enjoys working with customers and partners. Outside work, she is passionate in sharing her enthusiasm for technology, business, teamwork, math and science with middle and high school girls and making learning fun.

Susan Chan Kelleher- Co-Chair, Tech Girls
Susan Kelleher is a customer care professional with an education in business administration and a passion for building and facilitating strong long-term client relationships.  She has 15 years of combined experience in IT and customer service with firms in electronics, accounting, and biotech. Susan's ability to adapt to new situations, assess client issues quickly, and be an exceptional liaison among management, clients and technical personnel have allowed her to make significant contributions in such organizations as Intuit, Deloitte and Touche, Force Computers, IBM Global Services, Solectron and VeriSign. She is currently working on contract as  Project Coordinator at Applied Materials.


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