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Seattle Women in Tech Regatta 2020

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Douglas Smith

Microsoft
Senior Program Manager
dougsmit@microsoft.com

Hello! I'm a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft working on the new Edge browser. I've been there for over 13 years, but only recently begun to learn what it is to be an ally and how to become an affective mentor. I'm looking forward to gaining new perspectives, tools, and hopefully networking.

8:00am PDT

Don’t Burn the Boats: Avoid Stress and Burnout — Supported by Highspot TBAShea Harty • Devon Bennetts • Neha Sanjay • Christina Thompson

4:00pm PDT

Back from the Void: Generating Resilience in the COVID Era — Supported by Facebook TBAShivani Kailesh Patel • Ted Dworkin • Fumiyo Conway-Yasuyama • Jane Odero Greene

8:00am PDT

Diversity by Design: Raising Up The Voices of Women of Color — Supported by Nordstrom TBAShadae Holmes • Cynthia Tee • Ariana Bray • Yaa Birago

11:00am PDT

True Allyship: Be a Better Ally All the Time, Every Day — Supported by WGU TBAKatie Oertli Mooney • JoAnne Kennedy • Corey Edwards • Pert Lin

8:00am PDT

Charting a New Course for the Modern Healthcare Workforce — Supported by Forum Solutions LLC TBARamona Ramadas • Rachel Gerson • Kistein Monkhouse • Rick Hall

11:00am PDT

Debiasing Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning — Supported by Facebook TBAPadmaja Vrudhula • Pinar Donmez • Shivani Poddar • Sean Green

1:00pm PDT

Deep Dive on Empathy: How (and Why) to Bring More Compassion to Your Work TBAMaria Ross • Terri Givens • Jonni Ressler • Dave Cotter

11:00am PDT

Storytelling for Business and Career: Take Your Message to the High Seas! TBAZeynep Tuck • Elise Ahenkorah • Lorne Jenkins • Joanne M. Brathwaite

8:00am PDT

Future of Retail: Where Technology & Fashion Intersect — Supported by Nordstrom TBAAmbika Singh • Padmaja Vrudhula • Jinny Uppal • Roz McNulty

4:00pm PDT

Women in Gaming — Supported by Facebook TBAPadmaja Vrudhula • Dedipya Laidlaw • Mansi Shah • Jessie Thomas