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Thursday, Oct 24th
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM
CT
Finding Harmony in Engineering and Motherhood
Location: MPCCW - 196 A
Speaker:
Michelle Tovar-Mora, MSME, EIT (she/her/hers)
– Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Speaker:
Evelyn Cortez-Davis, P.E., BCEE
– Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Career Management & Development
Thursday, Oct 24th
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM
CT
How to Be a RockSTAR: Mastering the Behavioral Interview
Location: MPCCW - 183 A
Speaker:
Madison Kierod, MBA
Career Management & Development
Thursday, Oct 24th
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM
CT
I've Been Laid Off, Now What?
Location: MPCCW - 196 B
Speaker:
jessica Rannow
– KPI Solutions
Speaker:
Brittney Elko
– Aligos Therapeutics
Career Management & Development
Thursday, Oct 24th
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM
CT
The Secret Weapon to Your Early Career: Intentionality
Location: MPCCW - 194 AB
Speaker:
Kaitlin Perkins
– Pfizer
Speaker:
Meghan Griffin
– Pfizer
Career Management & Development
Thursday, Oct 24th
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM
CT
Building Resilience: Overcoming Setbacks in Your Professional Journey
Location: MPCCW - 194 AB
Speaker:
Sarah Beranek
– MTS Systems Corporation, An ITW Company
Career Management & Development
Thursday, Oct 24th
10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
CT
Rapid Resume Review
Location: MPCCW - 187 ABC
Career Management & Development
Thursday, Oct 24th
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM
CT
Confessions of a Serial Job Hopper: Finding the Right Fit
Location: MPCCW - 196 C
Speaker:
Alyssa Acosta, EIT
– Burns & McDonnell
Career Management & Development
Thursday, Oct 24th
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
CT
Empowering Engineers: How to Find Your Perfect Match
Location: MPCCW - 183 A
Speaker:
Jennifer Rivera
– Henkel
Speaker:
Bethany Kalach
– Henkel
Speaker:
Reneta Ivanova
– Henkel
Moderator:
Gowri Narsimhamurthy
– Henkel
Speaker:
Loan Ngo
– Henkel
Career Management & Development
Thursday, Oct 24th
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
CT
Get Your Hands Dirty: Where Innovation Meets Grit
Location: MPCCW - 183 C
Moderator:
Crystal Mink
– Toyota Motor North America R&D
Speaker:
Dianne O. Tykoski
– Toyota Motor North America
Speaker:
Heather Eich
– Toyota Motor North America R&D
Speaker:
Kara Yde
– Toyota Motor North America, Research & Development
Speaker:
Jess Buck
– Toyota Motor North America, R&D
Career Management & Development
Thursday, Oct 24th
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
CT
To Webcam or Not To Webcam? Remote Working Tips
Location: MPCCW - 192 ABC
Speaker:
Jennifer Chang (she/her/hers)
– Ford Motor Company
Moderator:
Molli Andor
– Ford Motor Company
Speaker:
Kristin Zatwarnicki
– General Motors
Speaker:
Allie Haugen (she/her/hers)
– Boston Scientific
Speaker:
LaJoia Walker
– DuPont Specialty Products
Career Management & Development
Thursday, Oct 24th
11:30 AM – 11:50 AM
CT
Building Your Career Toolbox: Success Strategies for Women in STEM
Location: MPCCW - 190 A
Speaker:
Melissa Jones
– Honeywell Aerospace
Career Management & Development
Thursday, Oct 24th
1:45 PM – 2:30 PM
CT
Reimagine Your Work: Managing Your Career Like It's Your Business
Location: MPCCW - 192 ABC
Speaker:
Wendy Cocke
– Engineering Leadership Solutions
Career Management & Development
Thursday, Oct 24th
2:45 PM – 3:30 PM
CT
Is Science Diplomacy for Engineers?
Location: MPCCW - 196 C
Speaker:
Juliana Dagnese, n/a
– John Deere Des Moines Works
Speaker:
Hang K. Loi, Chemical Engineering (BSc), Music (BA)
– 3M (retired)
Career Management & Development
Thursday, Oct 24th
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
CT
Career Paths in the Built Environment
Location: MPCCW - 192 ABC
Moderator:
Theresa D'Amore
– Watts Applied Solutions
Speaker:
Briana Macri
– Watts Applied Solutions
Speaker:
Karry Mackie
– Watts Applied Solutions
Speaker:
Joe Burke
– Watts Water Technologies
Speaker:
David Benaiges
– Watts Water Technologies
Career Management & Development
Thursday, Oct 24th
3:00 PM – 3:20 PM
CT
You Are Still Amazing: Reinventing Ourselves After 55
Location: MPCCW - 190 A
Speaker:
Renee T. LaRocca, BSME, MBA, Masters Engineering
– Foresight Product Management
Career Management & Development
Thursday, Oct 24th
3:25 PM – 3:45 PM
CT
Your Career Compass and the Power of Values-Based Navigation
Location: MPCCW - 190 B
Speaker:
Katie Klee
– Merck
Speaker:
Erin Boston, BS Industrial Engineering
– Merck & Co., Inc.
Career Management & Development
Thursday, Oct 24th
4:00 PM – 4:45 PM
CT
From Aerospace to Telecommunications to Semiconductors: Roadmap to Career Transitions
Location: MPCCW - 187 ABC
Speaker:
Sue Wong
– ASM
Career Management & Development
Thursday, Oct 24th
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
CT
Crafting Your Trajectory: Career Pathing Toward Program/Product Management
Location: MPCCW - 192 ABC
Speaker:
Selin Kar
– Brunswick Corporation
Speaker:
Jennifer Beld
– Navico Group
Speaker:
Jennifer D. Foss
– Brunswick Corporation
Speaker:
Alissa Flanagan
– Navico Group
Moderator:
Kyrie LeMahieu
– Mercury Marine
Career Management & Development
Thursday, Oct 24th
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
CT
I’ve Been Working on the Railroad – Women in Rail
Location: MPCCW - 183 B
Speaker:
Grace Olsen, BS Industrial & Operations Engineering
– Union Pacific Railroad
Speaker:
Aarti Bhardwaj, PMP, BS Physics, MS Computer Applications
– Amtrak
Speaker:
Cindy Ingram, n/a
– CPKC
Speaker:
Chantel Goutcher, MBA, BS Transportation and Distribution Management
– CSX Transportation
Moderator:
Alina Butler, BS Psychology, MS Industrial-Organizational Psychology
– Wabtec
Career Management & Development
Thursday, Oct 24th
4:50 PM – 5:10 PM
CT
Networking Navigator: Mastering Connections With Confidence and Purpose
Location: MPCCW - 190 A
Speaker:
Christine Thoms Knox, MBA
– Bechtel
Career Management & Development
Friday, Oct 25th
10:15 AM – 10:35 AM
CT
Break Free! Navigate Your Career Break With Confidence
Location: MPCCW - 190 B
Speaker:
Deepika Devarajan
– Matthews International
Career Management & Development
Friday, Oct 25th
10:15 AM – 10:35 AM
CT
Engineers! Open Your Eyes to Rewarding Possibilities in Project Management
Location: MPCCW - 190 A
Speaker:
Prajakta Kolhe, M.S. EE, PMP® (she/her/hers)
– Motorola Solutions, Inc.
Career Management & Development
Friday, Oct 25th
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM
CT
Miss Worldwide: A Glimpse into Going Global
Location: MPCCW - 192 ABC
Speaker:
Amy Penner
– PepsiCo
Career Management & Development
Friday, Oct 25th
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM
CT
Personal Branding and Networking to Advance Your Career
Location: MPCCW - 183 A
Speaker:
Sharmila Vivekanandan
– Cummins Inc.
Career Management & Development
Friday, Oct 25th
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
CT
Dell Technologies Info Session- Navigating Dual Career Households
Location: MPCCW - 470 A
Speaker:
Grace Miller
– Dell Technologies
Speaker:
Alyson Freeman
– Dell Technologies
Speaker:
Amrita Maguire
– Dell Technologies
Career Management & Development
Friday, Oct 25th
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM
CT
Creating Mid-Career Momentum
Location: MPCCW - 183 C
Speaker:
JeanAnn Nichols, MBA
– JeanAnn Nichols Executive Coaching
Career Management & Development
Friday, Oct 25th
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM
CT
Game Night: Lessons From Board Games Make Networking Fun
Location: MPCCW - 196 A
Speaker:
Nicole Woon
– Microsoft
Speaker:
Emily Carney
– Genezen
Career Management & Development
Friday, Oct 25th
11:30 AM – 11:50 AM
CT
Talk Like TED
Location: MPCCW - 190 B
Speaker:
Lindarti Purwaningsih
– GlobalFoundries
Career Management & Development
Friday, Oct 25th
11:55 AM – 12:15 PM
CT
Engineering to Consulting: Transforming Expertise Into Impact
Location: MPCCW - 190 A
Speaker:
Francesca LaPinta (she/her/hers)
– Deloitte
Speaker:
Lauren Croft (she/her/hers)
– Deloitte
Career Management & Development
Friday, Oct 25th
1:45 PM – 2:05 PM
CT
Get Recognized With an Impact Diary
Location: MPCCW - 190 A
Speaker:
Claire K. Wemp, PhD
– DuPont
Career Management & Development
Friday, Oct 25th
1:45 PM – 2:30 PM
CT
Calling All Cleantech Innovators: Time to Save the Planet!
Location: MPCCW - 192 ABC
Speaker:
Jennifer DiStefano
– U.S. Department of Energy
Speaker:
Katie Taylor
– Department of Energy
Career Management & Development
Friday, Oct 25th
2:45 PM – 3:30 PM
CT
Ditch the Pitch: Why Your Elevator Pitch Isn't Working
Location: MPCCW - 185 ABC
Speaker:
Rebecca C. Alexander, MHRIR
– Eaton
Speaker:
Allison T. Lopes
– Eaton Corporation
Career Management & Development
Friday, Oct 25th
2:45 PM – 3:30 PM
CT
Jack of All, Master of One – A Robotics Career
Location: MPCCW - 196 A
Speaker:
Rashmy Parimi
– Zoox Inc
Speaker:
Aditi Kumar
– Johnson & Johnson MedTech
Career Management & Development
Friday, Oct 25th
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
CT
Building Scholarly Connections: Effective Networking and Follow-Through Strategies
Location: MPCCW - 183 A
Speaker:
Virginia Counts, Ph.D., P.E., PMP, MBB, ACC
– Medtronic
Speaker:
Beth C. McGinnis-Cavanaugh, MSCE, EIT
– Springfield Technical Community College
Moderator:
Jennifer Winikus, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)
– Lehigh University
Career Management & Development
Friday, Oct 25th
3:00 PM – 3:20 PM
CT
Unleashing Engineering Superpowers: Transformative Free Courses
Location: MPCCW - 190 B
Speaker:
Dragana Jandric
– Ansys Inc
Career Management & Development
Friday, Oct 25th
4:00 PM – 4:20 PM
CT
Growing Green: Exploring Sustainability Career Possibilities
Location: MPCCW - 190 A
Speaker:
Megan Reinbold Wickmann
– Cummins
Career Management & Development
Friday, Oct 25th
4:00 PM – 4:45 PM
CT
You're Kenough: Unlock Your Kenergy and Write Your Resume
Location: MPCCW - 185 ABC
Speaker:
Anne Irene Ryan (she/her/hers)
– Anne Ryan Consulting, LLC
Career Management & Development
Friday, Oct 25th
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
CT
Almost Famous: Choose Your Own Career Adventure and Reimagine Retirement!
Location: MPCCW - 184 ABC
Moderator:
Dayna Johnson, P.E.
– Ecolab
Speaker:
Wendy Cocke
– Engineering Leadership Solutions
Speaker:
Sara Schonour
– Luxsi
Speaker:
Sonali Rao
– Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Career Management & Development
Friday, Oct 25th
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
CT
Choose Your Own Adventure, Chart Your Own Path
Location: MPCCW - 192 ABC
Moderator:
Anitha Yeddula
– Discover Financial Services
Speaker:
Sheila Lodhia
– Discover Financial Services
Speaker:
Heather Bannon, n/a
– Discover Financial Services
Speaker:
Ying Zhe
– Discover Financial Services
Career Management & Development
Friday, Oct 25th
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
CT
Construction Engineers: What Should I Build?
Location: MPCCW - 196 B
Moderator:
Aby Combs (she/her/hers)
– Granite Construction
Speaker:
Amanda Amos (she/her/hers)
– Granite Industrial
Speaker:
Michelle Wangwa
– Granite
Speaker:
Lisa Mena
– Granite Power, Inc
Speaker:
Paola Lopez-Martinez
– Granite
Career Management & Development
Friday, Oct 25th
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
CT
Engineer to Entrepreneur: Case Studies in Business Ownership
Location: MPCCW - 183 B
Moderator:
Cassie Leonard, MS, ACC (she/her/hers)
– ELMM Coaching
Speaker:
Tricia Drake, PE, LEED AP BD+C
– HVAC Double Check LLC
Speaker:
Jessica Blake, MS, PMP (she/her/hers)
– Blake Consulting Group
Speaker:
Renee T. LaRocca, BSME, MBA, Masters Engineering
– Foresight Product Management
Career Management & Development
Saturday, Oct 26th
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM
CT
How to Turn a Layoff into a Liftoff
Location: MPCCW - 196 A
Speaker:
Eleonora Chakraborty, RAC
– AbbVie
Career Management & Development
Saturday, Oct 26th
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM
CT
Trailblazing Transitions: From Chemistry Labs to Spacecraft Innovation
Location: MPCCW - 196 C
Speaker:
Wendy Fan
– Relativity Space
Career Management & Development
Saturday, Oct 26th
10:40 AM – 11:00 AM
CT
Game On: How 'Anything You Can Do' Drives Success
Location: MPCCW - 190 B
Speaker:
Erin Rasmussen, n/a
– Broadcom
Speaker:
Katie Rasmussen, n/a
– International Motors
Career Management & Development
Saturday, Oct 26th
11:05 AM – 11:25 AM
CT
No One Has “No Experience”
Location: MPCCW -190 B
Speaker:
Helen J. Mills
– Northrop Grumman Corporation
Career Management & Development
Saturday, Oct 26th
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM
CT
Life After Layoff: Surviving to Thriving
Location: MPCCW - 470 A
Speaker:
Andria Kawa (she/her/hers)
– AbbVie
Speaker:
Sarah Cooper
– AbbVie
Career Management & Development
Saturday, Oct 26th
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
CT
Engineering Your Career
Location: MPCCW - 183 A
Speaker:
Shela Joyce (she/her/hers)
– IPEX
Speaker:
Amy Ng
– Johnson Controls
Moderator:
Deborah Grady
– Johnson Controls
Speaker:
Asia Hua
– Johnson Controls
Career Management & Development
Saturday, Oct 26th
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
CT
Lift as You Climb: Elevate Others Along Your Journey
Location: MPCCW - 183 B
Moderator:
Kelly Kelly
Speaker:
Shawna Brunson
Speaker:
Randi Clawar-Block
Speaker:
Catina Short
Career Management & Development
Saturday, Oct 26th
11:30 AM – 11:50 AM
CT
Become a Beekeeper! How Extracurriculars Can Make Your Resume Unique
Location: MPCCW - 190 A
Speaker:
Sophia Palermo (she/her/hers)
– The University of Cincinnati
Career Management & Development
Saturday, Oct 26th
11:30 AM – 11:50 AM
CT
I Earned It: Salary Negotiation and the Gender Gap
Location: MPCCW - 190 B
Speaker:
Allysa M. Dunnigan, n/a (she/her/hers)
– 3M
Career Management & Development
Saturday, Oct 26th
1:45 PM – 2:05 PM
CT
Leading on the Edge of the Glass Cliff: Women in Leadership
Location: MPCCW - 190 B
Speaker:
SEQWANA Pryor
– DuPont Company
Career Management & Development
Saturday, Oct 26th
1:45 PM – 2:30 PM
CT
Conquering Your Co-Op: How to Maximize Success and Navigate Transitions
Location: MPCCW - 183 A
Speaker:
Olivia Wright
– EWIE Group of Companies (EGC)
Speaker:
MIsty Tomlin (she/her/hers)
– Ford Motor Company
Career Management & Development
Saturday, Oct 26th
1:45 PM – 2:30 PM
CT
Technical Writing Skills That Will Advance Your Career
Location: MPCCW - 196 C
Speaker:
Susan R. Peterson, Ph.D.
– Shockwave Medical, Inc.
Career Management & Development
Saturday, Oct 26th
1:45 PM – 2:30 PM
CT
Unlocking the Hidden Curriculum: Navigating Early Career Success
Location: MPCCW - 183 B
Speaker:
Camille Smith
– GSK
Career Management & Development
Saturday, Oct 26th
2:10 PM – 2:30 PM
CT
Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years?
Location: MPCCW - 190 B
Speaker:
Meenakshi Yellamraju
– Trane Technologies
Career Management & Development
Saturday, Oct 26th
2:45 PM – 3:30 PM
CT
Create and Nurture a Mentorship: Mentee Strategies
Location: MPCCW - 470 A
Speaker:
Diane Doise, n/a
– Syngenta
Speaker:
Mandeep Gill, n/a
– HCLTech
Career Management & Development
Saturday, Oct 26th
2:45 PM – 3:30 PM
CT
Nevertheless, She Persisted as a First-Generation Professional
Location: MPCCW - 196 A
Speaker:
Cassandra Flores, EIT (she/her/hers)
– Stantec
Speaker:
April Welshans, PE
– Stantec Consulting Services Inc.
Career Management & Development
Saturday, Oct 26th
2:45 PM – 3:30 PM
CT
Ready for Takeoff: Launching my Career Being an Immigrant
Location: MPCCW - 183 C
Speaker:
Swetha Manickavasagam
– Intel Corporation
Career Management & Development
Saturday, Oct 26th
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
CT
The Future of Mentorship
Location: MPCCW - 192 ABC
Moderator:
Valerie C. Thomas, she/her/hers (she/her/hers)
– Siemens
Speaker:
Nyeedra Hunter-Davis, she/her/hers (she/her/hers)
– Siemens
Speaker:
Danielle Eldridge, she/her/hers (she/her/hers)
– Siemens
Career Management & Development