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Diversity in Tech: Everybody’s Talking About It, Is Anything Changing? Kent Station, July 14
July 14, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Diversity in Tec
h: Everybody’s Talking About It, Is Anything Changing? Kent Station
When: Thursday, July 14, 2016, to
Where: Green River College’s Kent Station Campus, 417 Ramsay Way, Suite 112, Kent
What: Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to hear industry professionals weigh in on the state of diversity in tech.
Who: Panelists include:
As the Regional IT Branch Chief for the Northwest/Arctic Region, Vonnell Dunscomb ensures customers located in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington State have the IT tools to carry out GSA’s mission of delivering the best value in real estate, acquisition, and technology services to government and the American people.
Beth Whitezel spent two years at Green River College before continuing on to University of Washington, Tacoma where she was the first female graduate from the Institute of Technology. In college, she developed web sites and worked as a graphic artist. After graduating she worked for a Department of Defense contractor developing Simulation applications. Now she works as the Lead Developer at South Sound 911. Beth prides herself in creating great development processes and teams that produce effective software.
Tariq Yusuf is a Security Software Engineer at Google born and raised in the Seattle area. He attended the University of Washington and got his B.S. in computer science in 2014.
Celeste M. Tyree is a dynamic executive with over thirty years of telecommunications experience in executive management, project management, consulting, operations, sales, marketing and customer support worldwide. Celeste is the current CEO and Founder of A Better Fundraiser, Inc.
Ibby Archer graduated with a BS degree in Computer Science from the University of Washington Tacoma and currently works as a Technical Project Manager at AT&T. She is responsible for managing and leading hardware and software upgrade projects on AT&T’s voice core network.
A 2016 nominee for the Puget Sound Journal’s 40 under 40, Steven Matly is CEO and Founder at SM Diversity, an experienced staffing and recruitment firm based in Seattle specializing in Talent Acquisition Programs geared towards diversity.
How Much: TBD
How: Register here.
