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FountainBlue's When She Speaks,
Women in Leadership Series
FountainBlue's When She Speaks was launched in May 2006 and provides ongoing networking and program benefits for 50-200 high tech women and men-who-support-having-women-in-leadership positions across Silicon Valley and beyond. Our monthly events are held on the second Fridays of the month, from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at high tech companies across the valley. Every month, we profile a panel of women senior executives in high tech companies speaking on a range of leadership challenges and issues for Silicon Valley high tech women in particular.
Tech companies across the Silicon Valley have leveraged FountainBlue’s When She Speaks, Women in Leadership series to profile their women leaders, to connect their staff with other professionals across and within companies, and to inform, inspire and educate their staff and partners. Our current and upcoming list of host companies include the marquis tech companies in the valley, who proudly advertise their commitment to developing women and leaders within their organizations.
Our series is designed to celebrate women leaders in Silicon Valley, stimulate critical thinking and conversation around leadership challenges and issues, empower and inspire all participants, including the next generation of leaders, and build a proactive, collaborative and supportive leadership community overall.
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Friday, June 14, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
FountainBlue’s When She Speaks, Women in Leadership Series
Registration Fee: $25 for members, $35 for community and corporate partners, $45 for general admission, or $150 for corporate pass for up to 10 people. Please note that there will be a $3 processing fee.
Become a 2013 FountainBlue Member and receive a complementary admission to this event for $100
Late and On-site Registrations: $40 for members, $50 for non-members, plus $3 fee
The Millennial Generation otherwise known as Generation Y is no longer made-up of just kids and teens. The eldest are now graduating college and entering the professional workforce. They are in our workplace, impacting what we do, how we do it! They bring their share of perspectives and challenges, but they also bring new ideas and innovations and approaches, a mix of pluses and minuses.
A successful corporation will embrace the diversity offered by this influential generation. Our panel will speak on the general profile of millennials, recruiting and engagement strategies for millennials, and how to embrace all the millennials in our midst!
Facilitator Pat Cross, Consultant, Trainer, and Co-Founder of CrossApps.net
Panelist Joanna Bloor, VP of Sales Operations, Pandora
Panelist Jen Lamorena, Sr. Manager of University Programs and Youth Innovation, eBay
Panelist Julia McConaughy, Director, Channel Operations, Aruba
Profiled Millennials:
Panelist from Aruba, to be confirmed
Panelist Ilene Rafii, Virtual Systems Engineer, Cisco
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Panelist Bios
Facilitator Pat Cross, Consultant, Trainer, and Co-Founder of CrossApps.net
Pat Cross is currently an independent consultant and senior trainer. Her areas of focus are job search strategy, executive coaching, management/leadership development and understanding generations at work. and customer service. In addition, she is Co-Founder of CrossApps.net, developing applications for the Android phone and has successfully released "Interview Prep" which has been downloaded by job-seekers in the U.S., Asia and Europe. Prior to setting up her own consultancy, Pat was the VP of Career Management Services at Right Management. She holds an MA Ed from Washington University, St. Louis, BA in Psychology from Marymount Manhattan College, New York. She is also a certified ESL instructor and actor.
Panelist Joanna Bloor, VP of Sales Operations, Pandora
Joanna Bloor is the Vice President of Sales Operations for Pandora. With close to two decades of business operations and sales experience, Joanna brings a valuable leadership perspective to Pandora. A seasoned veteran of operations and sales with both start-up and established organizations, she has worked within the technology, online media, restaurant and retail sectors to deliver top notch, strategically significant process system design and implementation for all levels of an organization from coordinator to executive.
Most recently, Joanna was AVP of Sales Operations with CBS Interactive, where she drove the custom design and implementation of a +$800MM supply chain system for their digital and subscription businesses, and directed the strategy for the $18MM second tier revenue business. Joanna’s tenure also includes sales, operations and strategy at Opentable.com, Classified Ventures, Interactive Corp / Ticketmaster - Citysearch.
Joanna received her Bachelor of Science degree in 1990 from Goldsmith’s University, London.
As Senior Manager for IT Talent Strategy and the IT University Program, Monique LeFors Edmondson has been instrumental in transforming these spaces into best-in-class, highly visible company initiatives. Under Edmondson’s leadership, the IT University Program has become the benchmark within Cisco for recruiting, retaining, and growing new college hires and interns. In partnership with Human Resources, she created the vision and plan for IT Talent Strategy that would ensure a strong foundational team structure, and establish the pillars for success and agility to help propel IT talent as a competitive differentiator.
Edmondson joined Cisco in 2001, where she worked for four years in Sales IT on infrastructure and application development for the Asia Pacific region. She transitioned into Sales Operations and worked directly with the field supporting go-to-market strategies. She was responsible for the first global deployment of the sales coverage tool, and brought all Cisco’s theaters together to define and implement a consistent approach for global account planning.
After five years in Sales, Edmondson returned to IT as a business operations manager, and later expanded her responsibilities to oversee Cisco on Cisco content creation, events, and social media in the IT Customer Strategy and Success organization.
She has a degree in Management Information Systems from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
Panelist Jen Lamorena, Sr. Manager of University Programs and Youth Innovation, eBay
Jennifer Lamorena is the leader of Community & Learning Programs, an arm of our University Programs team at eBay Inc. She is responsible for the experience of all interns and entry level employees joining from universities. This is the first year ramping the program up towards our goal of 25% of all hires coming from university hires.
Prior to eBay Inc., Lamorena worked for Cisco Systems Inc. holding numerous strategic & operational roles. Highlights included launching Cisco’s first ecommerce platform, developing the channel partner programs and re-launching Cisco’s university campus program efforts.
Lamorena received a master certificate in project management from George Washington University, and a bachelor’s degree in commerce from Santa Clara University. She lives in Campbell, CA where she enjoys subjecting her two young sons and husband to HGTV-inspired gardening and home improvement projects.
Panelist Julia McConaughy, Director, Channel Operations, Aruba
Panelist Ilene Rafii, Virtual Systems Engineer, Cisco
Ilene Rafii is a virtual systems engineer at Cisco, where she designs datacenters for customers around the world. Prior to joining Cisco, she organized the first annual USC Entrepreneurship Panel, which connected USC students, startups, and alumni venture capitalists. Ilene is also active in encouraging young girls to pursue engineering and recently mentored a team through the 2013 Tech Museum Tech Challenge. In her spare time she is learning Chinese and also enjoys running and yoga. Ilene received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a minor in English with honors from USC in 2011.
We would like to thank and acknowledge our hosts for FountainBlue's When She Speaks Series for 2012-2013.
Below is a list of past and upcoming FountainBlue When She Speaks hosts, topics and speakers for 2013. Please join us in thanking them for their engagement and participation.
Date, all events held from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.
Topic and Speakers
Description
Jan 18 @ UCSC Extension, 2505 Augustine Drive, Santa Clara, Room 106
Expanding Your Circle of Influence, With or Without Direct Authority
Facilitator Camille Smith, Work In Progress Coaching
Panelist Michelle Nix, Relationship Leader, Information Risk Management, PayPal
Panelist Kelly Ripley Feller, Director of Social Media & Community Marketing, Citrix
Panelist Eileen Sullivan, Director - Professional Practice, Tectura
Women who make an impact in business know that you do not need to hold an impressive job title to be a leader who makes a difference. Being an influencer requires knowledge of effective influencing techniques, leveraging your personal influencing style, as well as the determination and persistence to make great things happen. Hear first-hand how our panelists establish credibility, gain buy-in for ideas, engage co-workers and lead business results, with or without direct authority.
Feb 8 @ Altera, 101 Innovation Drive,
San Jose
How to Throw More Balls Up Higher: Juggling Work-Life Balance in Demanding Times
Facilitator Kristi Royse, KLR Consulting
Panelist Anne Griswold, Principal and Organizational Specialist, Altera
Panelist Phyllis Stewart Pires, Director of WorkLife Strategy, University Human Resources, Stanford University
Silicon Valley women leaders are challenged by the corporate and business pressures of high-stress, high-impact positions, while still juggling the personal demands of life and family, and squeezing in time for yourself. Each ball, from the heavy, urgent demands in a corporate environment to the home-and-personal demands of children, spouses, friends and others, to your own always-addressed-last personal needs for balance, health and growth - is important.
Yet each balls keeps coming at you from more angles, and each ball is coming at you faster! So how do you juggle these often-competing balls and what we can do to adjust our own expectations and that of others on us, in order to ease the load and the stress? Our speakers will share their stories, commiserate with us, and challenge us to re-evaluate how roles, our priorities, and our own expectations for ourselves.
March 15 @ eBay Inc, 2161 North First Street, Town Hall building, San Jose
Agility - The Key to Building a Successful Career
Facilitator Christy Tonge, Executive Coach & Organizational Consultant at Leadership Expedition Partners, Blessing White Inc.
Panelist Diane Bisgeier, Program Manager, WebFWD Open Innovation Program, Mozilla Corporation
Panelist Roli Saxena, Global Director Product Consulting and Customer Success, LinkedIn
Panelist Barbara Williams, Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Oracle
Panelist Kirsten Wolberg, VP, Technology, PayPal
Global megatrends are making it much more difficult to plan your career path, as there is more fluidity within and across corporations, across global markets, plus greater acceptance of people moving from one role or industry to another. Our panelists will focus on agility as the key to building a successful career, regardless of gender, featuring women who have changed roles and industries, positions and companies. They will share their stories of successes and challenges, and also share how they are supporting others to do the same.
April 12 @ EMC, 2831 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara
Building and Reinforcing
Your Executive Brand
Facilitator Nancy Monson, Nancy Monson Coaching
Panelist Erin Jurgeleit, Chief of Staff, Global Compliance, PayPal
Panelist Vijaya Kaza, Director of Engineering, Cisco
Your brand tells people who you, and what to expect from you whether at work or at home. It helps people decide whether to trust you, and what to trust you about. Effective executives, both women and men, proactively build their brand, to ensure that others think highly of them, and have the confidence that they can execute under specific circumstances, and even in situations where they have little connections and expertise. Indeed, your executive brand can limit or launch your success. This month, our panel of women leaders will talk about what they have done to build and reinforce their executive brand, and how they leverage that brand to build credibility, position themselves and their teams and organizations for success, and strategically manage their career development.
May 10 @ EMC, 2831 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara
Standing on the Shoulders of Mentors
Facilitator Ann Tardy, Founder and CEO, LifeMoxie Mentoring
Panelist Catherine Moore, Board Advisor, Teamitt and ConnectBright, former Head of HR for Nokia Research Centers
Panelist Leila Pourhashemi, Director, Technology Business Operations at PayPal, an eBay company
As leaders, we appreciate the mentors, leaders and role models upon whose shoulders we stood. We carefully consider the support and guidance we are consciously and unconsciously providing for those who come after us. Our panelists this month will focus on our mentoring relationships, how we can share more of what we know with others and how we can identify the potential mentors available to us. Our panelists will share the ways that their mentors have impacted their thinking and development, and how this has, in turn, stimulated thoughts and actions in support of others. In addition, we will discuss how you can promote mentoring in your organization.
June 14 @ Aruba Networks, 1344 Crossman Avenue, Sunnyvale
Millennials in Our Midst!
Facilitator Pat Cross, Consultant, Trainer, and Co-Founder of CrossApps.net
Panelist Joanna Bloor, VP of Sales Operations, Pandora
Panelist Jen Lamorena, Sr. Manager of University Programs and Youth Innovation, eBay
Panelist Julia McConaughy, Director, Channel Operations, Aruba
Profiled Millennials:
Panelist from Aruba, to be confirmed
Panelist Ilene Rafii, Virtual Systems Engineer, Cisco
The Millennial Generation otherwise known as Generation Y is no longer made-up of just kids and teens. The eldest are now graduating college and entering the professional workforce. They are in our workplace, impacting what we do, how we do it! They bring their share of perspectives and challenges, but they also bring new ideas and innovations and approaches, a mix of pluses and minuses.
A successful corporation will embrace the diversity offered by this influential generation. Our panel will speak on the general profile of millennials, recruiting and engagement strategies for millennials, and how to embrace all the millennials in our midst!
July 12 at @ Cisco
Leveraging Social Media for
Work and Play
Facilitator Kim Wise, CEO, Mentor Resources
Panelist Kelly Ripley Feller, Director of Social Media & Community Marketing, Citrix
Panelist Olivia Shen Green, Diversity and Inclusion Manager, Cisco
Panelist Shveta Miglani, Deputy Director for Training, Globalfoundries
Panelists to be confirmed
FaceBook, Twitter, LinkedIn; Blogs, Web, E-mail . . . They are all tools for communicating your brand and your message. They can help you tout your expertise, expand your network, clarify your position, advance your cause. But they can also deter from your message, distract from your objectives, taint your brand. Come hear our panel of experts share their advice on their social media strategy for themselves personally, as well as for their company, product and team.
August 9 @ Symantec, 350 Ellis Street, Mountain View
Politics in the Workplace:
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Facilitator Pat Obuchowski, Chief Empowerment Officer, InVisionaria
Panelist Kavitha Mariappan, Director, Product Marketing, Stingray Business Unit, Riverbed Technology
Panelist Charlotte Tueckmantel, Director of Product Line Management, EFI
Panelist Kelly Vincent, Director of Product Management, eBay
Symantec panelist to be confirmed
Office politics is a reality for everyone, regardless of the size of your organization or your position. As professionals we have all dealt with the challenges of doing our job while watching our backs, managing up, and dealing with difficult co-workers who treat others around them badly. With all the advances women have made in the workplace, why is this issue still holding us back? Our panel of high tech leaders will share how they have achieved their leadership positions by successfully navigating office politics, amplifying the contributions of others (men and women), and generously supporting high potentials on the leadership track.
These and other questions on navigating politics in the workplace will be explored by our panel this month.
Sept 13 @ Cadence, 2655 Seely,
San Jose
Building 10, in the Kirra Point conference room
(intersection of Montague Expressway and Trimble)
Women Making Their Own Rules
Facilitator Natascha Thomson, MarketingXLerator, Co-Author of 42 Rules for B2B Social Media Marketing Book
Successful women create their own brand - their own personal way of making things happen. Sometimes they play within the rules, sometimes they make up their own rules, but the results speak for themselves. Join us and hear the stories from dynamic women who are making up the rules as they go. Learn from them, and start thinking about how you can change the rules that are hindering your own success.
Oct 11 @ Texas Instruments, Texas Instruments Building E Conference Center,
Innovation is the heart of all success, the antithesis of complacency. And in the new economy, innovation is what will continue to separate those who succeed and those who have become obsolete. Not just a buzzword, innovation is ever more integral to an organizations culture, its competitive advantage. As women rise in leadership positions in the tech companies in Silicon Valley, how are they approaching the question of culture and innovation? How have they successfully navigated the challenges of advancement in high tech companies of today? What is their advice to the rest of us?
Nov 8 @ LifeScan
The Business Case for Diversity
Facilitator Radhika Emens, Founder and CEO, Tanjah Partners, Network Chair, WITI Silicon Valley
Panelist Alka Gupta, Head of Strategy and Operations, Global Communications, eBay
Corporate Panelists to be confirmed
LifeScan panelist to be confirmed
In our fast-paced, global world, both men and women leaders are faced with the need to communicate clearly and rapidly to teams in all corners of the globe and drive results. Gender and culture and other factors affect how well any exec can perform. Our panel will discuss best practices on cross-cultural communication, suggest tips for enlarging your sandbox, and strengthen your capacity to collaborate with people extremely unlike you to maximize business results.
Dec 13 @ EMC, 2831 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara
The two adages are true: It’s all about the team, and there’s no ‘I’ in team. With a more diverse and distributed workforce, it has become increasingly more difficult to creating bonding experiences for teams, to help teams collaborate on goals, and to celebrate achievements. Come hear our panel of experts share stories about team successes and challenges, and their advice on how to get the most out of and for your team.
Below is a list of our past upcoming 2012 themes, topics and locations. We would again like to thank each of our hosts, facilitators and panelists.
Date, all events held from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.
Topic and Speakers
Description
Jan 20 @ NetApp, 495 East Java Drive
Sunnyvale
Expanding Your Influence, With or Without Direct Authority
Facilitator Camille Smith, Work In Progress Coaching
Panelist Claudia Galvan, Lead International Program Management Group, Microsoft Corporation
Panelist Amy Love, Vice President Brand Communications, NetApp
Panelist Kristi McGee, Principal Consultant with Office of the CIO and acting Director of Business Applications at Rambus Inc.
Women who make an impact in business know that you do not need to hold an impressive job title to be a leader who makes a difference. Being an influencer requires knowledge of effective influencing techniques, leveraging your personal influencing style, as well as the determination and persistence to make great things happen. Hear first-hand how our panelists establish credibility, gain buy-in for ideas, engage co-workers and lead business results, with or without direct authority.
Feb 10 @ Symantec, 350 Ellis Street, Mountain View
How to Throw More Balls Up Higher: Juggling Work-Life Balance in Demanding Times
Silicon Valley women leaders are challenged by the corporate and business pressures of high-stress, high-impact positions, while still juggling the personal demands of life and family, and squeezing in time for yourself. Each ball, from the heavy, urgent demands in a corporate environment to the home-and-personal demands of children, spouses, friends and others, to your own always-addressed-last personal needs for balance, health and growth - is important.
Yet each balls keeps coming at you from more angles, and each ball is coming at you faster! So how do you juggle these often-competing balls and what we can do to adjust our own expectations and that of others on us, in order to ease the load and the stress? Our speakers will share their stories, commiserate with us, and challenge us to re-evaluate how roles, our priorities, and our own expectations for ourselves.
March 9 @ EMC, 2831 Mission College Boulevard, Santa Clara
Agility - The Key to Building a Successful Career
Facilitator Caroline Margozzi, Director, Business Development, Tangence
Panelist Kim Fox, Chief of Staff to the President, Sr. Director Operations, Information Intelligence Group, EMC
Panelist Brigitte Ricou-Bellan, Senior Director and GM, International, eBay
Panelist Mona Sabet, Corporate VP, Business Development, Cadence
Global megatrends are making it much more difficult to plan your career path, as there is more fluidity within and across corporations, across global markets, plus greater acceptance of people moving from one role or industry to another. Our panelists will focus on agility as the key to building a successful career, regardless of gender, featuring women who have changed roles and industries, positions and companies. They will share their stories of successes and challenges, and also share how they are supporting others to do the same.
Facilitator, Lynn Hunsaker, Customer Experience Optimization Strategist at ClearAction LLC, CEO & President at Marketing Operations Partners, Inc. & Marketing Operations Future Forum
Panelist Susan Hailey, Director, Executive Talent Acquisition, eBay
Panelist Jennifer Millier, Vice President, Management and Solutions Development Unit, Hewlett-Packard Company
Your brand tells people who you, and what to expect from you whether at work or at home. It helps people decide whether to trust you, and what to trust you about. Effective executives, both women and men, proactively build their brand, to ensure that others think highly of them, and have the confidence that they can execute under specific circumstances, and even in situations where they have little connections and expertise. Indeed, your executive brand can limit or launch your success. This month, our panel of women leaders will talk about what they have done to build and reinforce their executive brand, and how they leverage that brand to build credibility, position themselves and their teams and organizations for success, and strategically manage their career development.
Panelist Carol Evanoff, former Director, Lockheed Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific
Panelist Monica Kaldani-Nasif, Director of Talent Acquisition for the Americas, Hitachi Data Systems
Panelist Jocelyn King, Director of Corporate Marketing, Altera
Panelist Gayatri Patel, Director of Product Management, Analytics Platform, eBay
Panelist Joyce Reitman, VP and Banker, JP Morgan
As leaders, we appreciate the mentors, leaders and role models upon whose shoulders we stood. We carefully consider the support and guidance we are consciously and unconsciously providing for those who come after us. Our panelists this month will focus on our mentoring relationships, how we can share more of what we know with others and how we can identify the potential mentors available to us. Our panelists will share the ways that their mentors have impacted their thinking and development, and how this has, in turn, stimulated thoughts and actions in support of others. In addition, we will discuss how you can promote mentoring in your organization.
June 8 @ Cisco, 3600 Cisco Way, San Jose, Building 18, Deep Space 9 Conference Room
Millennials in Our Midst!
Facilitator Cathy Light, Assessment Leaders and Business Builders
Panelist Bella D'mar Shimun, HR Business Partner, eBay
Panelist Stefi Ganesan, Program Manager, Engineering Talent and I&D, Cisco
Panelist Nupur Srivastava, Product Manager, Cisco Telepresence, Health Solutions, Cisco Systems
Panelist Vidya Venkatesh, Technical Training Specialist, Life Technologies
Panelist Erica Wright, Vice President of Human Resources, Agilent Technologies
The Millennial Generation otherwise known as Generation Y is no longer made-up of just kids and teens. The eldest are now graduating college and entering the professional workforce. They are in our workplace, impacting what we do, how we do it! They bring their share of perspectives and challenges, but they also bring new ideas and innovations and approaches, a mix of pluses and minuses.
A successful corporation will embrace the diversity offered by this influential generation. Our panel will speak on the general profile of millennials, recruiting and engagement strategies for millennials, and how to embrace all the millennials in our midst!
July 13 at @ Adobe, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose
Leveraging Social Media
for Work and Play
Facilitator Cherie Del Carlo, President, Gather Your Crowd
Panelist Deepika Bajaj, Associate Director, Social Media, CapCom
Panelist Rachel Luxemburg, Group Manager, Community, Adobe Systems
Panelist Brenda Rogers, Vice President of HR, Roku
Panelist Natascha Thomson, founder and owner, MarketingXLerator
FaceBook, Twitter, LinkedIn; Blogs, Web, E-mail . . . They are all tools for communicating your brand and your message. They can help you tout your expertise, expand your network, clarify your position, advance your cause. But they can also deter from your message, distract from your objectives, taint your brand. Come hear our panel of experts share their advice on their social media strategy for themselves personally, as well as for their company, product and team.
August 10 @ eBay Inc, Whitman Campus,
Building 7
Voices Conference Room
2065 Hamilton Ave
San Jose
Politics in the Workplace: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Facilitator Jerri Barrett, Vice President of Marketing, Anita Borg Institute
Panelist Peggy Abkemeier Alford, VP, CFO, PayPal North America
Panelist Sridevi Koneru, Director of Business Development, Cisco Services
Panelist Sandy Orlando, Vice President Marketing, IP Infusion
Panelist Amy Rubin, VP Marketing and PR, ArcSoft
Office politics is a reality for everyone, regardless of the size of your organization or your position. As professionals we have all dealt with the challenges of doing our job while watching our backs, managing up, and dealing with difficult co-workers who treat others around them badly. With all the advances women have made in the workplace, why is this issue still holding us back? Our panel of high tech leaders will share how they have achieved their leadership positions by successfully navigating office politics, amplifying the contributions of others (men and women), and generously supporting high potentials on the leadership track.
These and other questions on navigating politics in the workplace will be explored by our panel this month.
Sept 14 @ EMC, 2831 Mission College Boulevard, Santa Clara
Women Making Their Own Rules
Facilitator Pat Obuchowski, Chief Empowerment Officer, InVisionaria
Panelist Nancy Long, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, Hitachi Data Systems
Panelist Preethy Padmanabhan, Sr. Product Marketing Manager for Cisco Video Security and Business Intelligence
Panelist Smiti Sharma, Principal Technologist, Office of the CTO, Greenplum EMC
Successful women create their own brand - their own personal way of making things happen. Sometimes they play within the rules, sometimes they make up their own rules, but the results speak for themselves. Join us and hear the stories from dynamic women who are making up the rules as they go. Learn from them, and start thinking about how you can change the rules that are hindering your own success.
Oct 12 @ Applied Materials, Building 12, 3223 Oakmead Village Drive,
Santa Clara
Women Leading Innovation
Facilitator Francine Gordon, FGordon and Associates
Panelist Hillary Barnhart, Senior Director, Business Operations, Applied Global Services, Applied Materials
Panelist Elisa Jagerson, CEO, Speck Design
Panelist Catherine Moore, Head of HR, Nokia Research
Panelist Leila Pourhashemi, Director Technical Services, eBay
Innovation is the heart of all success, the antithesis of complacency. And in the new economy, innovation is what will continue to separate those who succeed and those who have become obsolete. Not just a buzzword, innovation is ever more integral to an organizations culture, its competitive advantage. As women rise in leadership positions in the tech companies in Silicon Valley, how are they approaching the question of culture and innovation? How have they successfully navigated the challenges of advancement in high tech companies of today? What is their advice to the rest of us?
Nov 9 @ Adobe, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose
Tips for Enlarging Your Sandbox: Learn to play with people who don't act right (like you)
Panelist Christine Westland, Director of Account Management, Intl. OEMs, Japan Channel, Brocade
In our fast-paced, global world, both men and women leaders are faced with the need to communicate clearly and rapidly to teams in all corners of the globe and drive results. Gender and culture and other factors affect how well any exec can perform. Our panel will discuss best practices on cross-cultural communication, suggest tips for enlarging your sandbox, and strengthen your capacity to collaborate with people extremely unlike you to maximize results.
Dec 14 @ Life Technologies, 850 Lincoln Centre Drive
Foster City
Getting The Most Out Of Both You and Your Team
Facilitator Lucie Newcomb, President and CEO, The NewComm Global Group, Inc.
Panelist Marie Tahir, VP, Design, Marketplaces, eBay
Panelist Luciana Vecchi, Business & Product Manager (International Development), Strategic Growth Markets, Adobe
The two adages are true: It’s all about the team, and there’s no ‘I’ in team. With a more diverse and distributed workforce, it has become increasingly more difficult to creating bonding experiences for teams, to help teams collaborate on goals, and to celebrate achievements. Come hear our panel of experts share stories about team successes and challenges, and their advice on how to get the most out of and for your team.
We would like to thank and acknowledge our speakers and hosts for FountainBlue's 2011 When She Speaks events:
Date
Title and Speakers
Description
Jan 21
@ Hitachi, 750 Central Expwy, Bldg 700, Santa Clara
Expanding
Your Influence, With or Without Direct Authority
Facilitator
Leila Bulling Towne, The Bulling Towne Group, LLC
Panelist
Barbara Adey, Senior Director, Strategy and Operations, Borderless Networks,
Cisco
Panelist
Sheryl Chamberlain, Senior Director Technology Alliances, EMC Corporation
Panelist
Claudia Galvan, Lead, International Program Management Group, Microsoft
Panelist
Cecily Joseph, Director, Corporate Responsibility, Legal and Public Affairs,
Symantec
Panelist
Jean Stein, Vice President, GSSD Business Operations, Hitachi Data Systems
Women
who make an impact in business know that you do not need to hold an
impressive job title to be a leader who makes a difference. Being an
influencer requires knowledge of effective influencing techniques, leveraging
your personal influencing style, as well as the determination and persistence
to make great things happen. Hear first-hand how our panelists establish
credibility, gain buy-in for ideas, engage co-workers and lead business
results, with or without direct authority.
Feb 11
@ NetApp, 495 East Java Drive,
Sunnyvale
How to
Throw More Balls Up Higher: Juggling Work-Life Balance in Demanding Times
Facilitator
Laura Lowell, President, Impact Marketing Group
Panelist
Deborah Coburn, Manager, Sales & Operations Planning, Americas, Johnson & Johnson Diabetes Care
Franchise, LifeScan & Animas
Silicon
Valley women leaders are challenged by the corporate and business pressures
of high-stress, high-impact positions, while still juggling the personal
demands of life and family, and squeezing in time for yourself. Each ball,
from the heavy, urgent demands in a corporate environment to the
home-and-personal demands of children, spouses, friends and others, to your
own always-addressed-last personal needs for balance, health and growth - is
important.
Yet
each balls keeps coming at you from more angles, and each ball is coming at
you faster! So how do you juggle these often-competing balls and what we can
do to adjust our own expectations and that of others on us, in order to ease
the load and the stress? Our speakers will share their stories, commiserate
with us, and challenge us to re-evaluate how roles, our priorities, and our
own expectations for ourselves.
March 11
@ Life Technologies, 850 Lincoln Centre Drive, Foster City
Global
megatrends are making it much more difficult to plan your career path, as
there is more fluidity within and across corporations, across global markets,
plus greater acceptance of people moving from one role or industry to
another. Our panelists will focus on agility as the key to building a
successful career, regardless of gender, featuring women who have changed
roles and industries, positions and companies. They will share their stories
of successes and challenges, and also share how they are supporting others to
do the same.
April 8 @ Adobe, 163 S. Almaden Blvd, San Jose
Building
and Reinforcing Your Executive Brand
Facilitator
Linda Popky, Founder and President, Leverage2Market Associates
Panelist
Erna Arnesen, Head of Global Services Channels and Alliances, Cisco
Panelist
Aditi Dhagat, Director of Client Engagement & Business Architecture,
Adobe
Panelist
Praveena Varadarajan, VP of Product Management, FICO
Panelist
Alexandra Woody, Program Director, EFI
Your
brand tells people who you, and what to expect from you whether at work or at
home. It helps people decide whether to trust you, and what to trust you
about. Effective executives, both women and men, proactively build their
brand, to ensure that others think highly of them, and have the confidence
that they can execute under specific circumstances, and even in situations
where they have little connections and expertise. Indeed, your executive
brand can limit or launch your success. This month, our panel of women
leaders will talk about what they have done to build and reinforce their
executive brand, and how they leverage that brand to build credibility,
position themselves and their teams and organizations for success, and
strategically manage their career development.
May 13
@ EMC, 2831 Mission College Boulevard, Santa Clara
Standing on the Shoulders of
Mentors
Facilitator
Renee Remy, Dovetail Consulting
Panelist
Barbara Clayton, Senior Manager, Product Lifecycle, eBay
Panelist
Carol Evanoff, former Director, Lockheed Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific
Panelist
Stefi Ganesan, Marketing Program Manager, CDO, Cisco
Panelist
Sara Hepner, Sr. Direct Worldwide Support Sales at IIG, a Division of EMC
Panelist
Maria Olson, SAP
As
leaders, we appreciate the mentors, leaders and role models upon whose
shoulders we stood. We carefully consider the support and guidance we are
consciously and unconsciously providing for those who come after us. Our
panelists this month will focus on our mentoring relationships, how we can
share more of what we know with others and how we can identify the potential
mentors available to us. Our panelists will share the ways that their mentors
have impacted their thinking and development, and how this has, in turn,
stimulated thoughts and actions in support of others. In addition, we will
discuss how you can promote mentoring in your organization.
June 10
@
EMC,
2831 Mission College Boulevard, Santa Clara
Millennials
in Our Midst!
Facilitator
Pat Cross, Consultant, Trainer, and Co-Founder of CrossApps.net
Panelist
Marla Britt, Process Engineering SSG/FEP/Anneals, Applied Materials
Panelist
Josie Zimmermann, Global Marketing Team, Juniper Networks
The
Millennial Generation otherwise known as Generation Y is no longer made-up of
just kids and teens. The eldest are now graduating college and entering the
professional workforce. They are in our workplace, impacting what we do, how
we do it! They bring their share of perspectives and challenges, but they
also bring new ideas and innovations and approaches, a mix of pluses and
minuses.
A
successful corporation will embrace the diversity offered by this influential
generation. Our panel will speak on the general profile of millennials,
recruiting and engagement strategies for millennials, and how to embrace all
the millennials in our midst!
July 8
at @ Oracle, 300 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores
Your
Gender and Its Impact on Your Leadership Styles
Facilitator
Nancy Monson, Nancy Monson Coaching
Panelist
Caroline Cornely, Senior Finance Manager, Cisco System
Panelist
Natalie Guillen, Integrated Business Planning, PayPal
Panelist
Luanne Tierney, VP of Global Channel Marketing, Juniper Networks
Panelist
Barbara Williams, Sr. HR Manager, Oracle, and President of the National
Coalition of 100 Black Women, Oakland Bay Area Chapter
This
month, women technology executives will share how they have adapted their
leadership styles to succeed to a male-dominated technology world. Come hear
their thoughts on gender-specific leadership traits, woman-to-women and
woman-to-men interactions, and overcoming adversarial conversations with both
men and women. Also hear their stories of successes and challenges under
different circumstances and most importantly, their learnings from these
encounters. You are sure to leave with new ideas, and be inspired by our
accomplished panel of speakers.
August
12 @ LifeScan, 1051 S Milpitas Blvd. Bldg 2
Cafeteria
Annex Room in
Milpitas
Politics
in the Workplace: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Facilitator
Karen Mathews, Real Change Experts
Panelist
Sandy Orlando, VP of Marketing, IP Infusion
Panelist
Eileen Sullivan, Director of IT, Symantec
Panelist
Margie Thomas, SR Director, Services GTM Operations, Cisco
Office
politics is a reality for everyone, regardless of the size of your
organization or your position. As professionals we have all dealt with the
challenges of doing our job while watching our backs, managing up, and
dealing with difficult co-workers who treat others around them badly. With
all the advances women have made in the workplace, why is this issue still
holding us back? Our panel of high tech leaders will share how they have
achieved their leadership positions by successfully navigating office
politics, amplifying the contributions of others (men and women), and generously supporting high
potentials on the leadership track.
These and other questions on navigating politics in the workplace will be
explored by our panel this month.
Successful
women create their own brand - their own personal way of making things
happen. Sometimes they play within the rules, sometimes they make up their
own rules, but the results speak for themselves. Join us and hear the stories
from dynamic women who are making up the rules as they go. Learn from them,
and start thinking about how you can change the rules that are hindering your
own success.
Oct 14 @ EMC, 2831 Mission
College Boulevard, Santa Clara
Women
Leading Innovation
Facilitator
Francine Gordon, FGordon Group
Panelist
Raji Arasu, VP Product Development, eBay
Panelist
Cornelia Davis, Senior Technologist, Office of the CTO, EMC Corporation
Panelist
Linda Holroyd, CEO, FountainBlue
Panelist
Vijaya Kaza, Director of Engineering, Cisco
Innovation
is the buzzword, considered integral to an organizations culture, its
competitive advantage. As women rise in leadership positions in the tech
companies in Silicon Valley, how are they approaching the question of culture
and innovation? How have they successfully navigated the challenges of
advancement in high tech companies of today? What is their advice to the rest
of us?
Nov 11 @
Synopsys
Building
2
455 N.
Mary Ave.,
Sunnyvale
Tips
for Enlarging Your Sandbox: Learn to play with people who don't act right
(like you)
Facilitator
Rossella Derickson, Performance and Culture Strategist, Stanford Graduate
School of Business
Panelist
Sabina Burns, Sr. Director Corporate Marketing, Synopsys
Panelist
Monali Jain, Head of Salesforce.com Engineering at PayPal, eBay
Panelist
Natascha Thomson, Sr. Director, Social Media Audience Marketing, SAP AG
In our
fast-paced, global world, both men and women leaders are faced with the need
to communicate clearly and rapidly to teams in all corners of the globe and
drive results. Gender and culture and other factors affect how well any exec
can perform. Our panel will discuss best practices on cross-cultural
communication, suggest tips for enlarging your sandbox, and strengthen your
capacity to collaborate with people extremely unlike you to maximize results.
Dec 9 @
eBay Inc, Whitman Campus,
Building
7
Voices
Conference Room
2065
Hamilton Ave
San
Jose
Leadership in a Time of Accelerated Change
Facilitator
Amy Gonzales, Director, Women Unlimited
Panelist
Erna Arnesen, Head of Global Services Channels and Alliances, Cisco
Panelist
Elisa Jagerson, Founder and CEO, Speck Design
Panelist
Leila Pourhashemi, Director, Technical Services, PayPal, an eBay company
In
business, you have to keep moving quickly, in response to market and customer
demands. Standing still can mean a death sentence, even if the short-term
numbers look good! This is especially true today and will become more
pervasive and REAL, with the acceleration of technology development, the
expanding global markets, the rapid evolution of business trends, and of
course the hot M&A market.
Our
panel this month has found a way to manage these rapid changes within their
organizations, both strategizing to stimulate change, and quickly
assimilating changes in teams, products and markets, while keeping an eye on
the all-important of the bottom-line impact of change.
We would like to thank and acknowledge our speakers and sponsors for 2010.
Date
Title
Panelists
Description
Jan 15
@ NetApp, 495 East Java Drive,
Sunnyvale
Expanding Your Influence, With or Without Direct Authority
Facilitator
Jo Miller, CEO, Women's Leadership Coaching Inc.
Panelist
Kristine Gallegos-Haehl, Trade Professional Manager, PG&E
Panelist
Linda Holroyd, CEO, FountainBlue
Panelist
Gwen McDonald, SVP, Human Resources, NetApp
Panelist
Titina Ott, Vice President, Organizational Effectiveness, Oracle
Women
who make an impact in business know that you do not need to hold an
impressive job title to be a leader who makes a difference. Being an
influencer requires knowledge of effective influencing techniques
finding your own unique influencing style, as well as the determination to
make great things happen.
Hear first-hand how our panelists establish credibility, gain buy-in for
ideas, engage co-workers and lead business results, with or without direct
authority.
Feb 12
@ Adobe, 345 Park Avenue,
San Jose
How to Throw More Balls Up Higher: Juggling Work-Life
Balance in Demanding Times
Facilitator
Deborah Campbell, Director,
Western Region, Catalyst
Panelist
Karen Catlin, Vice President, Core Services, Adobe Systems Inc.
Panelist
Pat Cross, VP Career Management, Right Management
Panelist
Lisa Dearborn, Vice President, Leadership Development, Hitachi Data Systems
Panelist Natascha
Thomson, Director, Global Ecosystem and Partner Marketing, SAP
Silicon
Valley women leaders are challenged by the corporate and business pressures
of high-stress, high-impact positions, while still juggling the personal
demands of life and family, and squeezing in time for yourself. Each ball –
from the heavy, urgent demands in a corporate environment to the
home-and-personal demands of children, spouses, friends and others, to your
own always-addressed-last personal needs for balance, health and growth - is
important.
Yet
each balls keeps coming at you from more angles, and each ball is coming at
you faster! So how do you juggle these often-competing balls and what we can
do to adjust our own expectations and that of others on us, in order to ease
the load and the stress? Our speakers will share their stories, commiserate
with us, and challenge us to re-evaluate how roles, our priorities, and our
own expectations for ourselves.
March
12 @ Hitachi, 750 Central Expwy, Bldg 700, Santa Clara
Agility - The Key to Building a Successful Career
Facilitator
Linda Popky, L2M Associates
Panelist
Amanda Dutra, Senior Vice President of Career Management, Practice Leader for
the Global Transition Center of Excellence in the Pacific Region NA, Right
Management
Panelist
Linda Holroyd, CEO, FountainBlue
Panelist
Lisa Jing, Program Manager, Cisco
Panelist
Shari H. Moore, GPHR, SPHR, Vice President, Human Resources-Global and
Americas Sales and Services, Hitachi Data Systems
Panelist
Phyllis Stewart Pires, Director Community Experience and Learning and Talent
Management lead, SAP Labs North America
Global
megatrends are making it much more difficult to plan your career path, as
there is more fluidity within and across corporations, across global markets,
plus greater acceptance of people moving from one role or industry to
another. Our panelists will focus on agility as the key to building a
successful career, regardless of gender, featuring women who have changed
roles and industries, positions and companies. They will share their stories
of successes and challenges, and also share how they are supporting others to
do the same.
April 9
@ Applied Materials, 3050 Bowers,
Santa Clara
Building and Reinforcing Your Executive Brand
Facilitator
Lisa Orrell, CPC, The Promote U Guru
Panelist
Erna Arnesen, Vice President, Worldwide Services Partners and Alliances, Cisco
Systems
Panelist
Christine Crandell, Senior VP of Marketing, Accept Software
Panelist
Cissy Leung, Chief of Staff, Applied Solar
Panelist
Luciana Vecchi, Globalization Business Manager, Core Services, Adobe Systems
Incorporated
Your
brand tells people who you, and what to expect from you whether at work or at
home. It helps people decide whether to trust you, and what to trust you about.
Effective executives, both women and men, proactively build their brand, to
ensure that others think highly of them, and have the confidence that they
can execute under specific circumstances, and even in situations where they
have little connections and expertise. Indeed, your executive brand can limit
or launch your success. This month, our panel of women leaders will talk
about what they have done to build and reinforce their executive brand, and
how they leverage that brand to build credibility, position themselves and
their teams and organizations for success, and strategically manage their
career development.
May 14
@ Cisco in their New Frontier Conf Room, 225 East Tasman Dr, Bldg 3, 2nd
floor, San Jose
The Mentors in Our Lives
Facilitator
Kim Wise, Mentor Resources
Panelist
Erna Arnesen, Vice President, Worldwide Services Partners and Alliances,
Cisco Systems
Panelist
Claudia Galvan, Principal Lead Program Manager, Windows Live, Microsoft
Panelist
Vidya Venkatesh, Senior Specialist, Global Product Support, Life Technologies
As
leaders, we appreciate the mentors, leaders and role models upon whose
shoulders we stood. We carefully consider the support and guidance we are
consciously and unconsciously providing for those who come after us. Our
panelists this month will focus on our mentoring relationships, how we can
share more of what we know with others and how we can identify the potential
mentors available to us. Our panelists will share the ways that their mentors
have impacted their thinking and development, and how this has, in turn,
stimulated thoughts and actions in support of others. In addition, we will
discuss how you can promote mentoring in your organization.
June 11
@ LifeScan, 1051 S Milpitas Blvd. Bldg 2
Cafeteria
Annex Room
Milpitas
Millennials in Our Midst!
Facilitator
Camille Smith, Work In Progress Coaching
The
Millennial Generation otherwise known as Generation Y is no longer made-up of
just kids and teens. The eldest are now graduating college and entering the
professional workforce. They are in our workplace, impacting what we do, how
we do it! They bring their share of perspectives and challenges, but they
also bring new ideas and innovations and approaches, a mix of pluses and
minuses.
A
successful corporation will embrace the diversity offered by this influential
generation. Our panel will speak on the general profile of millennials,
recruiting and engagement strategies for millennials, and how to embrace all
the millennials in our midst!
July 9
at Pillsbury in Palo Alto
Women's Leadership Styles: What's Right for You?
Facilitator
Kristi Royse, KLR Consulting
Panelist
Shalini Govil-Pai, Group Manager, YouTube and TV, Google
Panelist
Ruchi Goyal, Product Manager, NetApp
Panelist
Robin Kwok, Technical Program Manager, Energy and Display Systems, Applied
Materials Inc.
Panelist
Shobhana Viswanathan, Senior Marketing Manager, Global Alliances, VMware
This
month, women technology executives will share how they have adapted their
leadership styles to succeed to a male-dominated technology world. Come hear
their thoughts on gender-specific leadership traits, woman-to-women and
woman-to-men interactions, and overcoming adversarial conversations with both
men and women. Also hear their stories of successes and challenges under
different circumstances and most importantly, their learnings from these
encounters. You are sure to leave with new ideas, and be inspired by our
accomplished panel of speakers.
August
13 @ Synopsys, 700 East Middlefield Rd.
Mountain View
Politics in the Workplace: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Facilitators
Krista Henley and Rossella Derickson, Corporate Wisdom and SBODN
Panelist
Kim Elisha Proctor, Senior Manager Holistic Quality, PayPal and BAODN
Panelist
Eileen Sullivan, Group Director, Cadence
Office
politics is a reality for everyone, regardless of the size of your
organization or your position. As professionals we have all dealt with the
challenges of doing our job while watching our backs, managing up, and
dealing with difficult co-workers who treat others around them badly. With
all the advances women have made in the workplace, why is this issue still
holding us back? Our panel of high tech leaders will share how they have
achieved their leadership positions by successfully navigating office
politics, amplifying the contributions of others (men and women), and generously supporting high
potentials on the leadership track.
These and other questions on navigating politics in the workplace will be
explored by our panel this month.
Sept 10
@ LifeScan, 1051 S Milpitas Blvd. Bldg 2
Cafeteria
Annex Room
Milpitas
Women Making Their Own Rules
Facilitator
Pat Obuchowski, inVisionaria
Panelist Daniela Bayer, Business Intelligence Manager for Central &
Eastern Europe, Cisco
Panelist Sheryl Chamberlain, Director VMware Technology Alliance, EMC
Panelist
Sudha Jamthe, Social Media Strategist, PayPal
Successful
women create their own brand - their own personal way of making things
happen. Sometimes they play within the rules, sometimes they make up their
own rules, but the results speak for themselves. Join us and hear the stories
from dynamic women who are making up the rules, as they go, while succeeding
and advancing within the traditional system. Learn from them, and start
thinking about how you can change the rules that are hindering your own
success.
Oct 8 @
EMC, 2831 Mission College Boulevard
Santa Clara
Women Leading Innovation
Facilitator
Francine Gordon, FGordon Group and SDForum Tech Women's Program
Panelist
Nina Bhatti, Principal Scientist, HP Labs, Hewlett Packard
Panelist Jenny Dormoy, VP of Customer Experience, EMC
Panelist
Linda Holroyd, CEO, FountainBlue
Panelist Mirjana Spasojevic, Research Leader, Nokia Research Center
Innovation
is THE buzzword - considered integral to an organizations culture, its
competitive advantage. Our panel will feature women who are leading
innovation within tech companies. Come hear them speak passionately about
innovation, and how their leadership practices are fostering a cultural shift
embracing innovation and entrepreneurship, and facilitating collaboration
between women, people with diverse viewpoints and the management team.
Nov 12 @
eBay Inc, Whitman Campus,
Building
7
Voices
Conference Room
2065 Hamilton
Ave
San
Jose
Tips for Enlarging Your Sandbox: Learn to play with people
who don't act right (like you)
Facilitator
Kare Anderson, Say It Better
Panelist
Karen Bartleson, Sr. Director, Interoperability and University Programs,
Synopsys
Panelist
Adriane McFetridge, Director, eBay
Panelist
Preethy Padmanabhan Manager, Business Development in Cisco's Smart +
Connected Communities team and Advisory board member - iCON Inclusion &
Diversity Group
Panelist
Luciana Vecchi, Globalization Business Manager, Adobe Systems, Inc.
In our
fast-paced, global world, both men and women leaders are faced with the need
to communicate clearly and rapidly to teams in all corners of the globe and
drive results. Gender and culture and other factors affect how well any exec
can perform. For this special When She Speaks session, we will first feature
a panel discussing best practices on cross-cultural communication, with
thoughts on Enlarging Your Sandbox: Learn to play with people who do not act
right (like you).
Dec 10
@ Oracle in Redwood Shores
Leadership in a Time of Accelerated Change
Facilitator
Marcia Ruben, Ruben Consulting Group Ltd.
Panelist Swati Dasgupta, IBM Venture Capital Group
In
business, you have to keep moving quickly, in response to market and customer
demands. Standing still can mean a death sentence, even if the short-term
numbers look good! This is especially true in our current economy, with the
acceleration of technology development, the expanding global markets, the
rapid evolution of business trends, and of course the hot M&A market.
Our
panel this month has found a way to manage these rapid changes within their
organizations, both strategizing to stimulate change, and quickly
assimilating changes in teams, products and markets, while keeping an eye on
the all-important of the bottom-line impact of change.
Please join us in thanking our speakers and facilitators and sponsors for FountainBlue's 2009 When She Speaks events.
Facilitator
Jo Miller, CEO, Women's Leadership Coaching Inc.
Panelist Sheri Atwood, VP of Global Solutions and Programs, Enterprise
Marketing, Symantec
Panelist Nina Bhatti, Principal Scientist, HP Labs
Panelist Jennifer Bleakney, VP, Worldwide Distribution and Customer Support,
National Semiconductor
Panelist Jan Schlossberg, Senior Mgr, Intellectual Property & Compliance,
Cisco
It has
been 22 years since the term glass ceiling was coined by the Wall Street
Journal to describe the apparent barriers that prevent women from reaching
the top of the corporate hierarchy; and it has been twelve years since the
American government's specially appointed Glass Ceiling Commission published
its recommendations. In 1995 the commission found that women had 45.7% of
America's jobs and more than half of master's degrees being awarded. Yet 95%
of senior managers were men, and female managers' earnings were on average a
mere 68% of their male counterparts'.
Twelve years later women account for 46.5% of America's workforce and for
less than 8% of its top managers.
Join us for a stimulating panel and discussion about why progress is so slow
and what we must do to effect real, and rapid, change.
Facilitator
Francine Gordon, FGordon Group and SDForum Tech Women's Program
Panelist Jennifer Hall, VP of HR, Intuit
Panelist Kristi McGee, Senior Director, Open Work Services Group, Sun
Microsystems
Panelist Linda Holroyd, CEO, FountainBlue
Panelist Phyllis Stewart Pires, Director of Community Experience, SAP Labs
Silicon
Valley women leaders are challenged by the corporate and business pressures
of high-stress, high-impact positions, while still juggling the personal
demands of life and family. In today’s streamlined, fast-moving workplace,
it’s more important than ever to make the most of every day and every moment.
This month's When She Speaks event focuses on how successful women are
juggling these often-competing goals and what we can do to adjust our own and
others' expectations on us, in order to ease the load and the stress. Our
speakers will share their stories, commiserate with us, and challenge us to
re-evaluate our roles, our priorities, and our own expectations for
ourselves.
Facilitator
Sandra Wales, President, Wales Investments, Inc.
Panelist
Pat Cross, Vice President, Career Management, Right Management
Panelist
Lisa Dearborn, Vice President, Leadership Development, Hitachi Data Systems
Panelist
Lisa Jing, Program Manager, Integrative Health, Cisco
Panelist
Patricia Wimberly, Sr. Manager, Solutions Practice, Global Services - Western
Division, EMC Corporation
In this
century, it is much more difficult to plan your career path, as there is more
fluidity within and across corporations, across global markets, plus more
acceptance of people moving from one role or industry to another. This
month's panel will focus on agility as the key to building a successful
career, featuring women who have changed roles and industries, positions and
companies. They will share their stories of successes and challenges, and
also share how they are supporting others to do the same.
Facilitator
Camille Smith, Work In Progress Coaching
Panelist
Erna Arnesen, VP of Global Services, Channels and Alliances, Cisco
Panelist
Nina Bhatti, Principal Scientist, HP Labs
Panelist
Nancy Long, Sr Vice President of Human Resources, Hitachi Data Systems
Panelist
Alexandra Woody, Sr. Dir. Program Management & FPLC, Flextronics
We
admire and applaud the heroes and mentors in our lives who are leading with
power, influence and integrity. For this event, we will meet a panel of women
who are successfully leading with power, influence and integrity, who will
candidly share their barriers to and best practices for more effectively
leading others and producing results that create successful businesses and
fulfilling lives.
Panelist
Martha Galley, Senior Director, Windows Live Business Development, Microsoft
Panelist
Ruth Gaube, VP and Deputy Executive Council, Symantec
Panelist
Amy Gonzales, Regional West Coast Director, Women Unlimited
Panelist
Shivani Govil, Corporate Strategy Group, Office of the CEO, SAP
Panelist
Darcy Kiefaber, HR, LifeScan
As
leaders, we appreciate the mentors, leaders and role models upon whose
shoulders we stood. We carefully consider the support and guidance we are consciously
and unconsciously providing for those who come after us. This month's event
will focus on our mentoring relationships, how we can share more of what we
know with others and how we can identify the potential mentors available to
us. Our panelists will share the ways that their mentors have impacted their
thinking and development, and how this has, in turn, stimulated thoughts and
actions in support of others. In addition, we’ll discuss how you can promote
mentoring in your organization.
Facilitator
Lisa Orrell, The Generation Relations Expert, The Orrell Group, author of
Millennials Incorporated
Panelist
Urvi Bhandari, AT&T
Panelist
Megan Campi, Customer Service Relationship Manager, Cisco
Panelist
Kristen Dearing, Sun Microsystems
Panelist
Claudia Galvan, Lead, International Program Management Group, Microsoft
Panelist
Shalini Govil-Pai, Lead PM, Google
Panelist
Lori Smith, Director of HR, Cisco
The
Millennial Generation otherwise known as Generation Y is no longer made-up of
just kids and teens. The eldest are now graduating college and entering the
professional workforce.
How will this affect corporations looking to recruit and retain them?
What is unique about this generation, and how and why should corporations
recruit and retain them?
Our panel of esteemed hiring managers and HR professionals work closely with
Millennials and proactively plan recruitment and management strategies for
these uniquely prized workers.
Panelist
Nancy Long, Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources, Hitachi Data
Systems
Panelist
Marleen McDaniel, Serial Entrepreneur and Business Adviser
In
other months of our When She Speaks Series, we touch upon the gender issue
tangentially, but this month, the gender issue will be the theme. Questions
may include:
What makes an effective woman leader, particularly one in a high tech world?
What are some typically feminine leadership traits, and how can they be
leveraged in a male-dominated world?
How does one interact with other women, and their unique leadership styles?
How can one better understand her one style, and proactively expand it?
These and other questions on gender and leadership in high tech will be
explored by our panel this month.
Panelist
Mercedes De Luca, Global Customer Experience and Chief Information Officer at
myShape.com, previously VP of Global IT at Yahoo!
Panelist
Lise E Edwards, Oracle Women's Leadership (OWL), Program Manager, Oracle
Human Resources
Panelist
Susan Lai, Senior Director, Finance, Symantec Corporation
Panelist
Eileen Sullivan, Group Director, Cadence
Let’s
face it – office politics is a reality for everyone, regardless of the size
of your organization or your position. As professionals we have all dealt
with the challenges of doing our job while watching our backs, managing “up”,
and dealing with difficult co-workers who treat others around them badly.
With all the advances women have made in the workplace, why is this issue
still holding us back? Our panel of high tech leaders will share how they
have achieved their leadership positions by successfully navigating office
politics, amplifying others’ contributions (menand women), and generously supporting high
potentials on the leadership track.
These and other questions on navigating politics in the workplace will be
explored by our panel this month.
Panelist
Peggy Wolf, Manager, Cisco Services Global I&D
In our
fast-paced, global world, both men and women leaders are faced with the need
to communicate clearly and rapidly to teams in all corners of the globe and
drive results. Gender and culture and other factors affect how well any exec
can perform. This month's panel of women executives will share their secrets
on how to effectively communicate across cultures to drive results.
Innovation'
is today's buzzword - considered integral to an organization's culture, its
competitive advantage. As women rise in leadership positions in the tech
companies in Silicon Valley, how are they approaching the question of culture
and innovation? How have they successfully navigated the challenges of
advancement in today's high tech companies? What is their advice to the rest
of us?
Panelist
Pamela E. Evans, Director, Executive Programs, NetApp
Panelist
Cecily Joseph, Director, Corporate Responsibility, Legal and Public Affairs,
Symantec
Panelist
Marilyn Nagel, Director, WW Diversity & Inclusion, Cisco
Panelist
Keren Pavese, Program Manager, Western Division Office of Sustainability,
Community Outreach & Diversity Councils, EMC
Corporate
leaders have the experience, impact, and authority to support their
communities, yet often times, they don't have the time or bandwidth to
actively participate in nonprofit boards. This month, we will feature some
inspirational corporate women who are passionate and dedicated to their
corporate AND their community causes, and they will share how supporting one
cause, benefits the other.
In
business, you have to keep moving quickly, in response to market and customer
demands. Standing still can mean a death sentence, even if the short-term
numbers look good!
So corporate strategies are proactively changed, and new corporate executive
teams assume the reigns in the quest of proactive change.
Our panel this month has participated in many of these 'changing of the
guards' as an executive from the incumbent and from the newly-hired
perspective. They will share their insights on how new corporate management
teams really hit the ground running:
- by leading a smooth changing of executive suite members,
- by minimizing cultural impact, while ushering in necessary near processes,
people and procedures, and
- by maximizing efficient bottom-line progress through a transition?
Below is a list of our past events for 2008, all of which were hosted at EMC. We would like to thank our speakers and our sponsors for their support.
Date
Title
Panelists
Description
1/10/2008
The Glass Ceiling And Other Tragedies
Facilitator Linda Prowse Fosler, Linda Prowse Fosler and Associates
Panelist Sarah Jane Militello, former Manager at HP, former General Manager at Agilent, President Varnare LLC
Panelist Marilyn Nagel, Director, WW Diversity & Inclusion, Cisco
Panelist Conchita Franco Serri, Ed.M., J.D., former Director of Affirmative Action, Santa Clara University; President Serri Compliance Training
It has been 22 years since the term glass ceiling was coined by the Wall Street Journal to describe the apparent barriers that prevent women from reaching the top of the corporate hierarchy; and it has been twelve years since the American government's specially appointed Glass Ceiling Commission published its recommendations. In 1995 the commission found that women had 45.7% of America's jobs and more than half of master's degrees being awarded. Yet 95% of senior managers were men, and female managers' earnings were on average a mere 68% of their male counterparts'. Twelve years later women account for 46.5% of America's workforce and for less than 8% of its top managers. Join us for a stimulating panel and discussion about why progress is so slow and what we must do to effect real, and rapid, change.
2/14/2008
The Up and Comers
Four-Star Panel
Facilitator Nancy Monson, Nancy Monson Coaching
Panelist Katy Levine, Cisco
Panelist Connie Lin, The Zitter Group
Panelist Keren Pavese, EMC Corporation
Five-Star Panel
Facilitator Nancy Monson, Nancy Monson Coaching
Panelist Terri Jordan, VP, Tech Operations, eBay
Panelist Sridevi Koneru, Director, Engineering, Wireless Networking Business Unit, Cisco
Panelist Susan Mernit, Senior Director for the Yahoo! Personals products
Panelist Kathleen Murtha, EMC Corporation
Panelist Eileen Sullivan, Group Director, Cadence
Women are making a difference in at all levels within corporations. In honor of Valentine’s Day, FountainBlue is pleased to partner with ATW and GWLN and EMC Corporation to produce a half day, interactive program which celebrates women in leadership roles and their contributions.
Join us as we applaud their contributions and investigate questions such as:
• What are the secrets to being recognized as an up and comer? • How did they get help along the way? • How can up and comers make work-life balance choices while climbing the corporate ladder? • How can we as women support each other whether we’re on the leadership tract or not? • How are up-and-comers giving back to the community?
The event will provide much food for thought for women at all levels within organizations, whether they are up and comers or not.
3/13/2008
Work-Life Balance
Facilitator Kristi Royse, KLR Consulting
Panelist Raji Arasu, eBay
Panelist Lisa Jing, Program Manager, Integrated Health Team, Cisco
Panelist Allison Leopold Tilley, Partner and Co-Head Corporate Securities & Technology Section, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Panelist Linda Levenson, CEO, Morphosis Rejuvenation Center
Panelist Catherine Moore, Director Business HR, Nokia Research Center
Silicon Valley women leaders are challenged by the corporate and business pressures of high-stress, high-impact positions, while still juggling the personal demands of life and family. In today’s streamlined, fast-moving workplace, it’s more important than ever to make the most of every day and every moment. This month's When She Speaks event focuses on how successful women are juggling these often-competing goals and what we can do to adjust our own and others' expectations on us, in order to ease the load and the stress. Our speakers will share their stories, commiserate with us, and challenge us to re-evaluate how roles, our priorities, and our own expectations for ourselves.
4/10/2008
Leading with Power, Influence and Integrity
Facilitator Linda Holroyd, CEO, FountainBlue
Panelist Bettina Koblick, VP of HR, Global Talent, Symantec
Panelist Su Lim, VP of Business Development, EMC Corporation
Panelist Bev Strand, Diversity and Inclusion, Cisco
Panelist Barbara Williams, Sr. HR Manager, Sun Microsystems and President of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Oakland Bay Area Chapter
We admire and applaud the heroes and mentors in our lives who are leading with power, influence and integrity. For this event, we will meet a panel of women who are successfully leading with power, influence and integrity, who will candidly share their barriers to and best practices for more effectively leading others and producing results that create successful businesses and fulfilling lives.
Panelist Maria Schaffer, Strategic Alliances, Cisco
As leaders, we appreciate the mentors, leaders and role models upon whose shoulders we stood. We carefully consider the support and guidance we are consciously and unconsciously providing for those who come after us. This month's event will focus on our mentoring relationships, how we can share more of what we know with others and how we can identify the potential mentors available to us. Our panelists will share the ways that their mentors have impacted their thinking and development, and how this has, in turn, stimulated thoughts and actions in support of others. In addition, we’ll discuss how you can promote mentoring in your organization.
6/12/2008
Staying On Top In a Changing Global World
Facilitator Amy Gonzales, Women Unlimited
Panelist Judy Armstrong, former CIO, Logitech
Panelist Shirley Olerich, VP of Human Resources, Adaptec
Panelist MeMe Rasmussen, VP and General Counsel, Adobe Systems
Panelist Lisa Simpson, VP, Business Operations, Market Analysis and Messaging, Alcatel-Lucent
The World is changing - getting bigger, but better connected, with more opportunities, and more barriers.
Are there more opportunities for women in lead in a more global world? What are the unique challenges and opportunities for women to take that next leadership step? How will networking, mentoring and education support that growing community of women leaders with global impact?
This month's program will feature some of these women leaders as they share the challenges of leading in a changing, ever more global world.
7/10/2008
Women at the Top of Their Game
Facilitator Linda Holroyd, CEO, FountainBlue
Panelist Sandra Hassett, Director of Customer Service, LifeScan
Panelist Barbara Massa, Senior Director, Recruiting Services, EMC Corporation
Panelist Patricia Perry, Vice President, Digital Health Group, Intel Corporation
Panelist Amy Rubin, Marketing Director, Sandisk
Panelist Jackie Seto, Vice President, Product and Strategic Marketing, Lam Research
For this month's When She Speaks conversation, we will gather women who leverage the disciplines of sports - endurance, strength, flexibility, stamina, and perseverance - to address the daunting work-life demands imposed on women leaders in today's corporations. We will cover the challenges and opportunities that leadership presents and how the important practices of self-leadership and personal accountability help them to more effectively leverage their leadership style and inspire others to also lead with power, influence and integrity.
8/14/2008
The Value of Culture
Facilitator Cathy Light, Business Builders and Assessment Leaders
Panelist Denise Herrick, VP of HR, Panasas
Panelist Dr. Bee Ng, Director Learning and Development, Intuit
Panelist Titina Ott, Vice President, Organizational Effectiveness &Managing Director of Women's Leadership, Oracle
Panelist Mary Stanton-Stern, HR Director, EMC Corporation
Panelist Erica Wright, Director of Human Resources, Life Sciences Solutions Unit, Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis, Agilent
Leaders define the overall direction of an organization, and whether it achieves results for its stakeholders and shareholders. How leaders conduct themselves, and communicate and work with those around them sets the tone for an organization’s culture. This month’s When She Speaks panel will profile examples and counterexamples of company cultures and share advice on how you, as a leader, from any chair, can positively impact the organization for which you work.
9/12/2008
The Feminine Face of Leadership
Facilitator Beata Lewis, Bridging Lives
Panelist Azlina Ahmad, Director of Engineering, Cisco
Panelist Jessica Chan, R&D Group Director, Cadence
Panelist Karen Pieper, Director of Synthesis at Tabula, Inc.
Panelist Samantha Thomas, CSO, Information Security, California State Department of Financial Institutions
The pre-dominant gender of leaders, particularly in the high tech sector, are males. But the questions arise: How are women who gravitate to technology fields different than their peers? What unique challenges do women leaders in science face? What do women need in order to succeed and lead in their chosen technology field? How can women technology leaders shape leadership practices to be more inclusive of others, including women?
10/10/2008
Women Leading Innovation
Facilitator Krista Henley and Rossella Derickson, Corporate Wisdom and SBODN
Panelist Elizabeth Churchill, Principal Research Scientist, Yahoo! Research
Panelist Penny Howie, Director of Training and Technical Support, Varian Medical Systems, Executive on Loan to United Way
Panelist Janice Nickel, Senior Research Scientist, HP Laboratories
Panelist Liz Rajaram, Director of Engineering, Cisco Network Management
Innovation' is today's buzzword - considered integral to an organization's culture, its competitive advantage. As women rise in leadership positions in the tech companies in Silicon Valley, how are they approaching the question of culture and innovation? How have they successfully navigated the challenges of advancement in today's high tech companies? What is their advice to the rest of us?
11/14/2008
Overcoming Adversity
Facilitator Mary Beth Deans, Douglas Partners
Panelist Lilly Chung, Lead Client Service Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP; Regional Managing Principal, Initiative for the Retention and Advancement of Women, Deloitte
Panelist Pat Dando, CEO, San Jose Chamber of Commerce
Panelist Sharon Durey, Training Manager, Field Development, Content Management and Archiving, EMC Corporation
Panelist Natascha Thomson, Director of Global Ecosystem and Partner Marketing, SAP
As we have heard from many past sessions, the leaders and heroes of today had experienced and overcome much adversity before achieving success. This event invites successful women to share their tales of adversity and offer advice and inspiration for the rest of us as we face our own obstacles.
Panelist Catherine Moore, Director of Business HR, Nokia Research Center
Panelist Connie Osborne, Director of Business Development, Singer Lewak
Panelist Preethy Padmanabhan, Director of Professional Development, iCON Inclusion & Diversity Group, Cisco Systems
This month, we will celebrate the successes of women leaders who foster diversity within their organizations and demonstrate how and why diversity stimulates innovation, engages teams, and delivers results. Our esteemed panel will share their success stories, talk about how they rose to positions of authority, despite representing diverging viewpoints, and provide advice on how to embrace diversity within a team and an organization.
See below for a list of program topics and facilitators for 2007. Register for any upcoming program by visiting
Patti Wilson, The Career Company Panliest Linda Prowse Fosler, Prowse-Fosler and Associates Panliest Francine Gordon, ATW and FGordon Group Panliest Mona Hudak, Cisco Panliest Praveena Varadarajan, Sun Microsystems
Friday, February 9
Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Facilitator Geetha Rao Panliest Lisa Jing, Cisco Systems, Integrated Health Initiative Panliest Julie Johnston, El Camino Hospital Panliest Linda Williams, Planned Parenthood Mar Monte
Friday, March 9
Women in Policy
Facilitator Leslee Guardino, Canyon Snow Panelist Cindy Chavez, former Vice-Mayor, City of San Jose Panelist Kathleen King, City of Saratoga City Council Panelist Liz Kniss, Supervisor, County of Santa Clara Panelist Bev Strand, Manager, Strategic Partnerships, Worldwide Diversity & Inclusion, Cisco, Member, California Commission on the Status of Women Panelist Michelle Wright-Conn, Cisco Global Policy and Government Affairs
Thursday, April 12
Leading with Power, Influence and Integrity
Facilitators Camille Smith, Work In Progress Coaching Panelist Michele Forte, Senior Director of Development, CARE Panelist Afsaneh Laidlaw, Senior Director of Engineering, Cisco Panelist Tammi Smorynski, Intel Capital Panelist Natascha Thomson, Senior Manager, Market Intelligence, EMC, Women's Leadership Forum at EMC
Thursday, May 10
The Mentors in Our Lives
Moderator Catherine Ngo, Startup Capital Ventures Panelist Joan Banich, Cisco Panelist Sheryl Chamberlain, Global Alliance Manager, EMC and Chair of Mentorship Program, ATW Panelist Carol Muller, MentorNet Panelist Eileen Sullivan, Cadence
Thursday, June 14
Optimizing Your Team
Moderator Rossella Derickson and Krista Henley, Corporate Wisdom and SBODN Panelist Sheryl Chamberlain, Global Alliance Manager, EMC, Director ATW Mentorship Program Panelist Vickie Grove, Development Director, Child Advocates Panelist Amy Heidersbach, Vice President, Product and Merchant Marketing, VISA Panelist Hali White, Director Process Excellence Office, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
Thursday, July 12
Women at the Top of Their Game
Moderator Roberta LaPorte, RAL & Associates Panelist Lisa Felder, Team in Training, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Panelist Tracy Hughes, Global Lead for Cisco Sport and Entertainment Panelist Barbara Massa, Director of Recruiting Services, EMC Panelist Amy Rubin, Director, Digital Marketing Strategies and Programs, Intel Panelist Jackie Seto, Managing Director of SW, MEMS & 3D IC, Lam Research
Thursday, August 9
Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom Line
Moderator Theresa Wilson, Partner, Lighthouse Blue Panelist Brenda Hendricksen, AMD Panelist Tracy Meersman, EMC Panelist Joni Podolsky, Director of Community Programs, The Entrepreneurs' Foundation Panelist Kathy Wheeler, Senior Manager, Global Community Involvement, Cadence
Thursday, September 13
Leadership Styles: What's Gender Got to Do With It?
Moderator Bonita Banducci, Banducci Consulting Panelist Carolyn Crandall, Vice President Marketing and Channels, Seagate Panelist Pat Cross, VP, Career Management Consulting, Right Management Panelist Eileen Fussner, Vice President of Channel Sales for the Content Management & Archiving division, EMC Corporation Panelist Vinie Zhang, Vice President, Hitachi Corporate Ventures
Thursday, October 11
Women Leading Innovation
Moderator Beata Lewis, Bridging Lives Panelist Karri Carlson, Senior Product Manager, AOL, LLC Panelist Jenny Dormoy, Director Customer Deployability, EMC Panelist Joy Mountford, VP User Experience and Design, Yahoo! Inc. Panelist Marie Tahir, Director of Technology Innovation Group, Intuit
Thursday, November 8
Female Intrapreneurs
Facilitator Kimberly Wiefling, Wiefling Consulting Panelist Nina Bhatti, Senior Scientist, HP Labs Panelist Sheryl Chamberlain, Director, Global Alliances, EMC Corporation Panelist Cecily Joseph, Director of Corporate Responsibility, Symantec Corporation Panelist Diane Pennica, Senior Scientist in Molecular Oncology, Genentech
Thursday, December 13
Leveraging Diversity for Business Results
Facilitator Maria Hernandez, MGH Consulting LLC Panelist Sharon Durey, Training Manager, Inside Sales, EMC Corporation Panelist Wilma Flanagan, Partner and Managing Director for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) Pacific Northwest Consulting Group Panelist Sharon Hughes, Director of HR, LifeScan Panelist Carin Taylor, Senior Manager of Global Diversity, Cisco
We are grateful to each of our 2006 facilitators and panelists for their participation and support and proudly acknowledge them below.
Date
Title
Panelists
Sponsored Nonprofit
Friday, May 12
Overcoming Adversity
Christine Comaford-Lynch, Mighty Ventures Linda Holroyd, FountainBlue
Support Network for Battered Women
Friday, June 9
Leaving a Legacy
Ann Tardy, LifeMoxie Jennifer Rowe, Community Foundation Silicon Valley
Catherine Zinn, DLA Piper Michelle Messina, Explora International Catherine Ngo, Startup Capital Ventures
Global Women's Fund
Friday, September 8
Education is Fundamental: The Need for a Public-Private Partnership
Usha Sekar Geoff Ainscow, Sunnyvale School District Education Foundation Hillary Aitken, BUILD Anna Song, Santa Clara County Board of Education Paula Wasowska, Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group
Santa Clara County Office of Education
Friday, October 13
It Takes a Village: The Case for Collaborative Leadership
Katharine Fong, San Jose Mercury News Patricia Burbank, One World Children's Fund Dyan Chan, Lighthouse Blue Mona Hudak, Cisco
One World Children's Fund
Friday, November 10
Fostering Women Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries
Linda Alepin, Global Women Leadership Network Panelist Remi Matsumoto, Founder and President of the Hina Coral Restoration Network Praveena Varadarajan, Sun Microsystems
Global Women Leadership Network
Friday, December 8
Creating a Work-Life Balance
Michele Bolton, ExecutivEdge Jennifer Gill Roberts, Maven Ventures Jan Dukes-Schlossberg, Cisco Nivisha Mehta, El Camino Hospital Foundation Kristi Royse, KLR Consulting
El Camino Hospital Foundation
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