AGENDA
9:00AM
10:00AM
11:00AM
12:00PM
1:00PM
2:00PM
3:00PM
4:00PM
Registration and Breakfast
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Welcome
Technical Workshop led by Megan Nguyen
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Lunch with Indeed
Fireside chat with Lori Knowlton from Silicon Labs and Wendolyn Washington from Intel
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Professional Workshops led by JoDei Pasasadaba and Aashka Sindhav
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Peer Discussion
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Closing with Arti Kuthiala from Citi Ventures and Karen Pieper from Facebook
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The theme for the 2020 Re-sonate Convention is Authenticity.
What does it mean to be authentic? By textbook definition, being authentic means to be genuine and your true self. But, what does it mean to be authentic in the workplace? One could say it is having the drive to strive for personal growth and always exploring ways for more creativity that is pushed from being your genuine self. This year, we hope to spark the discussion of how to be your truest self in the workplace and the importance of representing your nature and beliefs.
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Arti Kuthiala
SVP Program Management Senior Lead at Citi Ventures
www.linkedin.com/in/artikuthiala/
Arti is responsible for driving key strategic Marketing and Communications programs at Citi Ventures. Prior to that, she launched the Citi Ventures accelerator program. Arti came to Citi with an extensive product development and marketing background across digital media, ecommerce and advertising.
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Before joining Citi, Arti co-founded Style Ashram where she leveraged lean startup and customer development to drive product launch and growth strategy. In addition to leading product and marketing at various startups, Arti spent over 4 years at Orange Labs, where she worked across business units to drive innovation and new product development.
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Arti graduated Summa Cum Laude with an MBA in Marketing from San Francisco State University and specialized in Consumer Psychology for her Bachelors from Delhi University. She co-authored the book Regional Wealth Creation in the Innovation Economy. As a diplomat's daughter, she grew up in several countries and has a keen ear for languages.
Karen Pieper
Software Development Manager at Facebook
www.linkedin.com/in/karen-pieper-a390a21/
Karen Pieper graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from Rice University, and a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University. She has specialized in computer language design and implementation, including Fortran parallelization, Verilog simulation, and Verilog and VHDL synthesis. She has worked in a research lab: Interval Research Corporation, a startup: Tabula, several large EDA/chip companies: Synopsys, Microsemi, and two cloud computation companies: Amazon and Facebook. She has worked as an individual contributor, and led teams of up to thirty people including software development, builds, and QA. She has changed focus and industries and loves to help people find their passion and grow.
Lori Knowlton
Chief People Officer at Silicon Labs
www.linkedin.com/in/loriknowlton/
Lori Knowlton is senior vice president and chief people officer at Silicon Labs. Throughout her career, Lori has worked closely with leadership teams and Boards, supported both organic and acquisitive growth, led talent programs aligned with business strategy and delivered expertise in creating high trust cultures. At Silicon Labs, Lori is responsible for the company’s overall talent strategy, total rewards, employee communications, community relations, talent acquisition, engagement and culture.
Prior to Silicon Labs, Lori served as chief people officer for HomeAway.com. She was a member of the leadership team from early stage growth through a highly successful IPO and, ultimately, through acquisition by Expedia. During her ten years there, Lori supported exponential business growth with global resourcing, created scale and processes across 13 countries and achieved measurable employee engagement directly linked to feedback and culture. A key member of the senior executive team, Lori also worked closely with compensation committee of the Board. Before HomeAway, Ms. Knowlton held progressively responsible roles in technology companies including Progress Software, Interliant, C-bridge Internet Solutions and the Monitor Company. She has led the people and culture aspects in the mergers, acquisitions and integrations of over 50 companies.
Lori earned her Bachelors’ degree in English literature from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, magna cum laude and was named a James Bowdoin Scholar. Lori lives in Austin, TX where she indulges her daughter’s love for horses, practices yoga and dreams of the Maine coast.
Wendolyn Washington
Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Intel
www.linkedin.com/in/wendolyn-washington-a0bb993/
Speakers
Workshops
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Megan Nguyen is a third-year Computer Engineering student at UT Austin. In the Fall 2019 semester, she studied abroad at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She participated in robotics research in Spring 2019 and interned at Cray Supercomputing Company in Summer 2019.
Megan Nguyen
Computer Engineering Student
Fundamentals of AI
JoDei Pasasadaba is a third-year Management Information Systems major from San Antonio, Texas. For her, authenticity is possessing the honesty and vulnerability to express emotions, interests, and beliefs. After seeing imposter syndrome negatively affect so many of her talented, intelligent, and hard-working peers, JoDei began pursuing ways to name, understand and conquer these thoughts, especially along the lines of race, gender, and class.
JoDei Pasasadaba
Management Information Systems Student
Navigating the Professional World with ADHD
Crafting Your Story
Aashka Sindhav is a second-year Chemical Engineering student at The University of Texas at Austin. Last summer, she interned at the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Foundation (TCARF) and witnessed clinical trials of medical devices. At UT, she serves as a Texas Engineering Ambassador, and is active in the service organization Chi Kappa Phi. Working at TCARF ignited her passion for healthcare, and she strives to go into the pharmaceutical or biomedical industry.
Aashka Sindhav
Chemical Engineering Student
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