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Building your Community
We are delighted to partner with Reddit to co-host our latest GroWiT event, ‘Building your Community.’ An expert line-up of panelists will lead a discussion on how to use your network and networking as an effective tool for career advancement, levelling the playing field for everyone and driving equality.
They'll share their insights and advice on the following key topics & more:
How to gather the right network around you to reach the top
Leveraging your network at the C-Suite level
How to identify the right mentor
How to be effective at networking events
In partnership with
Where
Livestream EventWhen
Wednesday, 29th March
Time
3:30 to 6:00 PM (PST)
First panel begins at 3:45PM
EVENT MODERATOR
Meet Holly Foxcroft
Head of Neurodiversity Research in Cyber & Consulting at Stott and May Consulting, Holly is from a defence background, starting her career in electrical and cyber warfare. Parallel to this, raising her son who is Autistic. Holly, who is also Autistic with ADHD, combined her two worlds of neurodiversity and cyber by running employer awareness events, writing policies and championing inclusion. Holly has contributed to academic and industry research in neurodiversity and cyber. Her current role supports employers in becoming neuroinclusive.
AN ALL-STAR PANEL
Meet the Speakers
Reshmi Nair
Senior Director of Engineering at Magnite
Reshmi is a Senior Director of Engineering at Magnite where she leads teams, located in the US and Europe, responsible for the real-time components of Magnite's DV+ platform that processes an average of 720 billion Ad requests per day. Magnite is the world's largest independent sell-side advertising platform.
Vrushali Joshi
Director of Software Engineering at Taco Bell
Vrushali leads the instore digital and integrations portfolio at Taco Bell. She has an extensive background in Digital Transformation and integrations working in several Fortune 500 companies. She holds an MBA from UCI Paul Merage School of Business. She proudly balances being a mother with her career.
Kathy Le
Deputy CISO at Skyworks Solutions
Kathy has 20+ years of security, risk management, compliance, and leadership experience in the financial services and manufacturing industries. She is a staunch advocate of women in cybersecurity; frequently participating in Women in Cyber programs and college career panels to educate and elevate women. Kathy is a program advisor at University of California, Riverside's Women in Leadership Program.
Susan Tweedy
Business Transformation Leader at CGI
Susan is responsible for developing new business within CGI's Los Angeles and Hawaii metros, specifically focused on the public sector, which includes innovating citizen services and modernizing the employee experience. She is a firm believer in the art of the possible and her leadership style is fueled by a service mentality. Susan stresses the importance of focusing on the people and processes before incorporating modern technologies.
Rema Morgan-Aluko
VP of Software Engineering at Fandango
Rema leads teams for Fandango’s ticketing and home entertainment platforms, Fandango and Rotten Tomatoes. Rema co-founded the Comcast/NBCUniversal TECHWomen chapter within Fandango and her chapter is working to increase the number of female technologists within Fandango, provide opportunities and exposure for female leaders and help to inspire young women to pursue careers in technology.
Jenn Lee
Head of Creator Marketplace Engineering at Audible
Jenn joined Audible in 2017 to lead the Audible on Alexa engineering teams in Cambridge, MA. In 2022, Jenn moved to Los Angeles to open an Audible hub in Los Angeles and to build out the Creator Marketplace engineering organization. . Jenn has an MBA from Boston College and a MS in Sport Psychology and Exercise Science from CalU. In her spare time, Jenn engages with the VR Community, tinkers with tech, rides her bike and plays with her 2 dogs – LucyFur and Mara Jade Skywalker.
Chez Jennings
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at Reddit
Chez facilitates Engineering hiring at Reddit. Her background includes agency and in-house recruiting in startups within HR tech, fintech, and social media. She’s passionate about process optimization and leveling the playing field for candidates to break into tech. Outside of her work at Reddit, she is a co-founder of The Bonding Project, a research initiative providing resources to support healthy relationships while advocating for relationship diversity.
Becca Rosenthal
Senior Software Engineer at Reddit
Becca is a Middle East Studies major with a focus in Israel/Palestine who spent two years at a Jewish non-profit in Jackson, MS before attending a bootcamp (Hackbright) and pestering her way into an engineering job at Reddit (true story). Now LA-based on Reddit's security team, she credits her success at Reddit to her ability to build relationships around the company, ask hard questions, translate between technical and non-technical teams, shitpost, and write jingles.
KEY TOPIC AREAS
What's on the agenda?
We will cover key discussion points, including; how to shape the right network around you, leveraging your connections for success, leaning on your network for support, identifying and choosing a mentor, and being at your most effective when attending networking events.
Welcome & Introductions
Panel Session One
Kathy Le, Reshmi Nair, Becca Rosenthal & Chez Jennings
How to lean on your network for support
How to identify the right mentor
Panel Session Two
Jenn Lee, Vrushali Joshi, Susan Tweedy & Rema Morgan-Aluko
How to be effective at networking events
Leveraging your network at the C-Suite level
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Find out what we're about
About Reddit
Reddit is home to millions of diverse people sharing the things they care about most. As of the end of 2022 they had 57 million daily active users and more than 100,000 active communities.
Reddit’s mission is to bring community, belonging, and empowerment to everyone in the world. Through multiple ERGs (Employee Resource Groups), they have committed to creating a culture and work environment that attracts different voices and enables them to be heard and flourish.
About GroWiT
GroWiT is a community that focuses in on the issues impacting the career development of under represented groups. Our sessions feature keynote speakers who have tackled interesting challenges on their way to achieving incredible outcomes. All of our events are designed to be very inclusive, open and informal. It’s your chance to ask questions of inspiring technology and business leaders so that we can all explore and unleash the potential of under represented groups within technology career tracks. We are committed to helping technology focused businesses drive their diversity and inclusion agendas, offering advice and practical guidance around how to deliver positive action. Because after all, diverse teams are more productive teams.