Speaking

Stanford Fireside

Part of Alumni Speaker Series

Moderated by Computer Science Dept. Lecturer Julie Stanford

Spoke primarily to current undergraduate and graduate students from the School of Engineering about my background, experiences, and perspectives

Stanford, CA. May 2023.

Event

[cs, careers, engineering]

Photo courtesy of: Stanford

CS106S: Coding for Social Good

Spoke on panel: CS + Social Good Speaker Panel

Discussing our careers and ways that we have combined Computer Science with socially-minded, socially-beneficial work.

Stanford, CA. March 2022.

Website

[cs, careers, engineering]

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CodeMotion Online

Building Performing Teams Panel 2: The Multiple Faces of Tech Leadership

Discussing how responsibilities are shaped and evolve for tech leadership roles, how they cascade within the org, and how the need for roles emerge.

Online. July 2020.

Video

Website

[leadership, management, scaling, growth, adapting]

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HIVE Ventures Tech Summit

Spoke on panel: The AHA! Moment and Getting to Product Market Fit

Yerevan, Armenia. October 2019.

Video

Website

[engineering, product, product market fit, startups]


Photo: courtesy of Hive Ventures

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ROCHE Company IT Conference

Fantastic Data and Where to Find Them: The Importance of Knowing What (and Who) Is Missing

Audience - ~ 600 Roche Solution Centre employees

Talk referenced by all execs as one of their favorite parts of the conference during final recaps on stage.

Warsaw, Poland. April 2019.
[ml, data, bias, tech, data science, eng]


Photo: courtesy of Roche

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Code4Life

Fantastic Data and Where to Find Them: The Importance of Knowing What (and Who) Is Missing.

Code4Life - Roche external IT conference

Warsaw, Poland. April 2019.

Website

[ml, data, bias, tech, data science, eng]

Photo: courtesy of Code4Life (Roche)

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CODEMOTION ROME

Fantastic Data and Where to Find Them: The Importance of Knowing What (and Who) Is Missing

Rome, Italy. March 2019.

Conference

Slides w/o Notes

[ml, data, bias, tech, data science, eng]

Photo: courtesy of CodeMotion

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CODEMOTION BERLIN

Fantastic Data and Where to Find Them: The Importance of Knowing What (and Who) Is Missing

Berlin, Germany. November 2018.

Conference

Slides w/o Notes

[ml, data, bias, tech]

Photo: courtesy of CodeMotion

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CTO Panel

Event organized by Codemotion. Spoke as CTO (interim) of LegalOS alongside Thomas Holl (Babbel, CTO) and Alessandro Cinelli (DAZN, Engineering Manager) to full room of CTOs, Tech Leads, and Engineering Managers

Berlin, Germany. November 2018.

[cto, management, startups, tech]

Photo: courtesy of CodeMotion

Re:publica - AI and Ethics

Event organized by re:publica and hosted at the German Foreign Federal Office as part of the Long Night of Ideas.

Ask Me Anything: AI & Ethics

Berlin, Germany. May 2018.
Event

[ai, ml, ethics]

Photo: courtesy of re:publica

Ada Lovelace FESTIVAL

Intro to Machine Learning Workshop, Co-led with Marija Vlajic
Conference

Berlin, Germany. 2017.

[ml, data, teaching]

Photo: courtesy of attendee

GOOGLE ANITA BORG BIRTHDAY SATELLITE EVENT

Keynote Speaker.

Ottawa, Canada. May 2016.
Writeup

[cs, career, inspirational]

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Beyond the code

Diversity in Tech Panel.
Writeup

Toronto, Canada. 2015.

[diversity, inclusion, tech]

Photo: courtesy of BeyondTheCode

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GRACE Hopper

Excelling Without Exams: Succeeding as a New Grad
Moderator & Organizer. Selected out of 1000s of applicants to present at the Grace Hopper Celebration 2015
Houston, TX. October 2015.
Writeup

[career, professional development]

Photo: private

ALTERCONF Toronto

Loving Your Job and Why It (Actually) Matters
Toronto, Canada. 2015.
Video

[career, professional development]

Photo: from same talk given at RailsGirlsTO 2015 event, courtesy of venue

#HiddenTechHeroes

Lightning Talk at Shopify about Personal #HiddenTechHeroes Twitter campaign
Unearthing looked-over foundational and impactful women/People of Color in tech, including creator of first compiler; holder of 3 of 9 original IBM patents; early 3D technologist/pioneer; developer of OS for world's first PCs; creator of Adobe AfterEffects, Shockwave, and Flash, etc
Ottawa, Canada. 2015.
Slides w/o Notes

[history, cs, inspiration]

Photo: private

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MORE

CODE University, Intro to Machine Learning Workshop, 2018
RailsGirlsTO, Loving What You Do and Why It Matters, 2015
Shopify Winternship Event, Machine Learning for Beginners, 2015
American Association of University Women, Luncheon Speaker, 2014
ECSPlore at Stanford, Speaker, 2014
She++ Conference, Women in Tech Panel, 2014

Photo: courtesy of Shopify (Winternship Event)