Live Webinar April 16th, 2015 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly

5 Amazing Women Discuss STEM!

There is a tremendous gender gap in the data, IT and STEM ecosystem.

Of late, however, many Silicon Valley companies — and others outside the Valley as well — have become aware of the imbalance in gender and are taking steps to realign their internal gender distribution on a more gender smart, gender aware basis.

The future ahead is bright and promising for women who are smart, well trained and have the skills to compete in the information age data revolution. Passion, commitment and focus on getting the job done is a sine qua non criterion.

Getting the job done means not getting derailed by any residues of outdated gender bias and stereotyping that may crop up to thwart the progress being made.

On the horizon, there are great work opportunities where women can deploy our creativity, spirit of innovation, intellectual curiosity, communications and relationship building skills and problem solving and analytical abilities.

This is what you call a paradigm shift. We are living it.

In this webcast  female data practitioners discuss their work, their achievements, and the attitudes that have propelled them forward to career success.

The 5 Amazing Women Presenters Are:

Cornelia Lévy-Bencheton (LinkedIn profile, @bencheton) is a principal of CLB Strategic Consulting, LLC.,  and on the Board of The Data Warehouse Institute Cornelia’s focus is on the impact of disruptive technologies and their associated cultural challenges that open up new opportunities and necessitate refreshed strategies. She concentrates on big data, IT, Women in STEM, social media and collaborative networking.

Laurie Skelly (LinkedIn profile, @laurieskelly) PhD is a Data Scientist at Chicago-based data consulting firm Datascope, and a curricttaulum developer and instructor for the Data Science bootcamp at Metis. Laurie has developed a deepened passion for mentorship, and is currently exploring ways to help open the doors wider for others to the profession that she has found so fulfilling.

Renetta Garrison Tull PhD (LinkedIn profile, @Renetta_Tull)  Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Student Professional Development & Postdoctoral Affairs at the University of Maryland, Renetta is also Co-PI and Director for the National Science Foundation’s PROMISE: Maryland’s Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) for the University System of Maryland. Dr. Tull’s research on broadening participation in STEM using social science concepts and cultural competencies, has been presented across the World. She trains stakeholders around the world on issues related to diversity in STEM and she co-led the Puerto Rico “ADVANCE Hispanic Women in STEM” project, and co-chaired both the Latin and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions’ (LACCEI) “Women in STEM” forum and the Foro Estudiantil (Student Forum) in Latin America.

Michele Chambers  (LinkedIn profile, @mcanalytics)President and COO at RapidMiner, and co-author of Big Big Data, Big Analytics: Emerging Business Intelligence and Analytic Trends for Today’s Businesses is responsible for marketing, products and global strategy offering a predictive analytics platform.  Her Book helps businesses and IT managers/executives understand the value of big data through practical, applied analytic stories along with consumable descriptions of the enabling technology.  Chambers held executive leadership roles at database and analytic companies Netezza/IBM, Revolution Analytics and MemSQL. She has been responsible for strategy, sales, marketing, product management, channels and business development.

Alice Zheng PhD (LinkedIn profile) is the Director of Data Science at Dato (offering powerful large-scale machine learning and graph analytics tools) Alice loves playing with data and enabling others to play with data. She is a tool builder and an expert in Machine Learning algorithms. Her research spans software diagnosis, computer network security, and social network analysis. Prior to joining GraphLab, she was a researcher at Microsoft Research, Redmond. She holds Ph.D. and B.A. degrees in Computer Science, and a B.A. in Mathematics, all from U.C. Berkeley. Make sure you check out Alice’s Website.

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