BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:87@oxon.bcs.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231108T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231108T213000 DTSTAMP:20240203T130618Z URL:https://oxon.bcs.org/programme/women-in-it-event-2/ SUMMARY:Women in IT Event DESCRIPTION:\n\nDirections to JHB208 Chakrabarti Lecture Theatre – Oxford Brookes University\n\nWe at BCS Oxfordshire branch are pleased to announc e the second Women in IT Event.  This hybrid event is hosted by Oxford Br ookes University.  The event hopes to give an opportunity for you to hear about women who work in prominent roles in IT including Google\, UNICC an d Microsoft.   Each speaker will hopefully give you an insight of their career journeys and provide a forum where you can to ask the panel questio ns you may have about working in IT.  This year we are also pleased to ha ve Hays Recruitment who will be doing both a talk and workshop about CV wr iting for roles in IT.  Oxford Brookes will be also giving information ab out the Computer Science courses they have available which might take your interest.\n\nBelow is the list of our speakers in agenda order\, and a de scription of their background.\nKick-off the Women in IT event regarding c areer journey\nElena Sierra\n\n\n\n\nElena's career spans over two decades \, covering a diverse range of roles\, from entrepreneur to executive posi tions within multinational corporations. Her current role as an internatio nal civil servant at the United Nations with the UN International Computin g Center (UNICC) reflects her dedication to making a global impact within the United Nations ecosystem.\n\nHaving lived and worked in multiple count ries across Europe\, Latin America\, and the United States\, Elena's adapt ability and versatility have consistently shone through. Her professional expertise resides at the intersection of new business development\, techno logy\, and social impact.\n\nAs the Senior Business Relationship Manager a nd Washington DC liaison for UNICC\, she collaborates with partners to con ceptualize and implement technology-driven solutions\, supporting UN agenc ies and international organizations in their digital transformation journe ys.\n\nIn 2013\, Elena founded "Onward\," a Washington DC-based company sp ecializing in business development and market entry strategies. She foster ed collaborative spaces\, bridging the gap between private enterprises\, g overnment bodies\, multilateral organizations\, and philanthropic foundati ons.\n\nBefore her entrepreneurial endeavors\, Elena held executive positi ons within the corporate sector\, working in technology companies like NTT Data (formerly everis)\, Deutsche Telekom\, and Oracle (formerly PeopleSo ft).\n\nElena is at her core a consultant. With a foundation in IT consult ing\, she ascended to the role of Executive Director for NTT Data USA. Ele na's work in Iberoamerican markets propelled her into a successful executi ve career\, honing her skills in international strategies for business-gov ernment relations\, strategic account management\, and business practice d evelopment.\n\nElena's career began at Oracle (PeopleSoft)\, where she imm ersed herself in the ERP sector\, contributing to the design and implement ation of operational optimization solutions.\n\nElena's educational backgr ound includes a Master of Engineering\, complemented by an International M BA. She furthered her education with several Executive Leadership Certific ates from esteemed institutions like Georgetown and Harvard.\n\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elena-sierra/\n\n\n\nUndergraduate and Postgra duate courses at Oxford Brookes University\nDr Arantza Aldea\n\n\n\n\nDr A rantza Aldea has a BSc (Hons) in Physics from the University of the Basque Country in Spain and a PhD from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. She is the Programme Lead in Postgraduate and international computing programm es at Oxford Brookes University. She has extensive experience at teaching at all levels from foundation years to masters students. She has also supe rvised PhD students in Spain and the UK. Arantza has always been intereste d in AI\, in particular knowledge representation and reasoning. In recent years she has become interested in how AI can be applied in healthcare par ticularly in supporting people with diabetes to manage and understand thei r condition.\n\n\n\nIT/Tech CV Workshop\nDavid Sheppard\n\n\n\n\nI have be en with Hays for 8 years and look after our Technology and Finance special ist recruitment teams. During this time\, I have been fortunate enough to be involved in over 1000 hiring processes\, which has provided me with ext ensive learns that I am eager to share and help more people successfully s ecure the roles to achieve their career aspirations. In doing so\, my team and I aim to make a positive difference in the representation and diversi ty of the Oxfordshire labour market.\n\n\n\nPanellist 1\nHendrika Willemse \n\n\n\n\nHendrika is Country Manager G Cloud at Devoteam NL\, the author of Kick-Ass\, a high performance enthusiast\, former top athlete and has b een in IT for over 20 years (She in IT). Over the past years she has gaine d extensive experience in building her business\, selling the company and within various corporate IT companies. Besides business she has 20 years o f karate experience on an international level and she is a three-time Worl d Champion and a two-time European Champion. Hendrika combines her knowled ge\, experience and best practices to bring teams and professionals to a h igher level and to enable them to maximize their potential. She has a stro ng passion for more diversity in Tech and is a true believer that this is the only way to build outstanding teams! If you want to know more about he r you can check LinkedIn or www.hendrika-willemse.com\n\n\n\nPanellist 2\ nCaroline Dowling\n\n\n\n\nWith 20 years of global leadership\, coaching a nd operations experience in tech\, I have led Global operations and projec t teams across finance\, customer service\, people operations\, fraud prev ention and field services.\n\nI am currently the Director of Global Site S trategy\, based in Google Ireland. Previous to that\, I was based in San F rancisco and I have worked to deliver service and operating excellence acr oss many business areas in Google since 2003.\n\nI joined Google in 2003 o n the first day that the Irish office opened. In 2012 I transferred to Cal ifornia and spent 8 years working across the United States\, before return ing to Ireland in 2020.\n\nI have been managing people at Google since 200 6 and have coached people across the company through the various roles I h ave held and our internal coaching programme. Growing operations and peopl e is my passion and my coaching philosophy is centered around the premise of supporting you to achieve your goals.\n\nI value learning\, adventure\, independence and relationships.\n\nI am passionate about travel\, reading \, cooking\, family and friends. I love traveling and exploring different cultures\, the highlight being backpacking around the world for a year in 2008/09\, spending time in 16 countries.\n\nI grew up in Dublin\, Ireland and I have a Masters degree in Business and Sociology from Trinity College (Ireland) and a postgraduate diploma in Legal Studies.\n\nReceiving my co aching certification from the Hudson Institute of coaching was an exciting opportunity for me to continue to grow as a leader and coach\, develop sk ills in an area I am passionate about and continue to fuel my appetite for learning. I am an accredited Senior Practitioner coach with the European Mentoring &\; Coaching Council (EMCC).\n\nI have recently completed a D iploma in Organisational Change and Transformation in UCD Smurfit Business School.\n\nConnect with me on LinkedIn\n\n\n\nPanellist 3\nSelen Demir\n\ n\n\n\nSelen Demir is a passionate and skilled Android Developer at Akbank \, one of the largest banks in Turkey. She holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering from Antalya Bilim University\, where she graduat ed in 2021. She has experience in developing and maintaining Android appli cations using Kotlin and Java\, as well as working with Spring Boot framew ork for backend development.\n\nSelen is also committed to learning and im proving herself in the fields of business and technology\, as evidenced by her multiple certifications from Google\, Girls with Impact\, the Europea n Business University of Luxembourg\, and Bright Network. She is an active volunteer and leader in several organizations that promote and support wo men and nonbinary people in tech\, such as Women in Tech Netherlands\, Wom en Who Code Mobile\, and Women Tech Makers. She is also a certified #IamRe markable facilitator\, helping more people to recognize and celebrate thei r achievements. Her goal is to make tech more accessible and inclusive for everyone.\n\n\n\nPanellist 4\nRhesa Baar\n\n\n\n\nRhesa Baar a security enthusiast who graduated 10 years ago from the technical university where she combined computer sciences with social sciences. She has worked in th e cyber security industry since then. She started as a protocol tester\, m oved towards threat and vulnerability analysis\, and then become a securit y architect. At this moment she is helping customers from Microsoft in und erstanding how the Microsoft Data Security Portfolio can help them to beco me more secure. Rhesa has experience with building diverse teams and is very passionate about this.\n\n\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oxon.bcs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ WomenInIT_Thumb.png CATEGORIES:Hybrid Event LOCATION:JHB208 Chakrabarti Lecture Theatre\, John Henry Brookes Building\, Oxford Brookes University\, Headington\, Oxfordshire\, OX3 0BP\, United K ingdom X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=John Henry Brookes Building \, Oxford Brookes University\, Headington\, Oxfordshire\, OX3 0BP\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=JHB208 Chakrabarti Lecture Theatre:geo :0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231029T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR