Join us for the annual Women in Tech Breakfast at DevNexus.
We’ll discuss “the pipeline problem,” common obstacles,
and proven strategies to succeed with our panelists: Emily Jiang, Mala Gupta, and Ixchel Ruiz.
We’ve all heard buzz around the “pipeline” and how this affects diversity in our workplaces.
In the multi-part breakfast, we’ll..
Tips and tricks will be provided. Great connections are yours to make.
Recommended Preparation:
Features like LinkedIn’s QR Code make it easy to quickly exchange contact information with those you meet.
We recommend downloading the mobile app and ensuring that it is up to date.
Add your voice through our survey! We’ll adapt our questions to the panelists according to your responses and will share the aggregate results.
Chalcy Raja is a 15+ year veteran of the IT industry who has been attending and promoting DevNexus for the past 8 years . She has been a trailblazer in the area of big data, having worked as a data engineer, big data architect, and platform architect for analytics in various organizations since 2010. She coaches technology teams at various companies and recently launched the Equifax Women in Big Data Forum to help women connect and grow. She has a Master’s degree in Engineering from Madurai Kamaraj University, India and came to Louisiana Tech for a Doctoral program. She enjoys volunteering with non-profit organizations such as Habitat for Humanity and is passionate about empowering women in technology. As a senior female leader in a male-dominated industry, she is dedicated to breaking through barriers for women. She specializes in building high performance teams.
Developer Advocate at JetBrains. Java Champion and author of multiple books on Java Certifications with Manning Publications. Believes in learning everyday.
Ix-chel Ruiz has developed software application & tools since 2000. Her research interests include Java, dynamic languages, client-side technologies and testing. Java Champion, Oracle Developer Champion, hackergarten enthusiast, Open Source advocate, public speaker and mentor.
The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence. Rabindranath Tagore
Emily Jiang is a Java Champion. She is Liberty Microservices Architect and Advocate, STSM in IBM, based at Hursley Lab in the UK. Emily is a senior MicroProfile lead and has been working on MicroProfile since 2016 and leads the specifications of MicroProfile Config, Fault Tolerance and Service Mesh. She is CDI Expert Group member.
She has worked on the WebSphere Application Server since 2006 and is heavily involved in Java EE and MicroProfile implementation in Liberty releases.
She regularly speaks at conferences, such as Code One, DevNexus, JAX London, Voxxed, Devoxx US, Devoxx Belgium, Devoxx UK, Devoxx France, EclipseCon, etc. Follow her on Twitter @emilyfhjiang and/or connect with her on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-jiang-60803812/).
