BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20180215T210000Z DTEND:20180215T231500Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:EWX Real Conversation: "RVA Women Leading the Way in IT" DESCRIPTION:"RVA Women Leading the Way in IT"\n\n\n\nWomen make up only 26% of the computing workforce according to the National Center for Women & Information Technology. And 56% of women in technology leave their employers mid-career. Why?\n\nYet\, women are the lead adopters of technology. They use the internet 17% more than their male counterparts according to research by Intel's Genevieve Bell. They are also the majority of owners of tech devices.\n\nSo why are women the leaders in adopting and owning technology\, but lagging in the computing workforce? Hear from local women IT leaders about their career trajectories and how they have achieved success.\n\n\n What have been keys to their career triumphs?\n How have they navigated important pivot points in their careers?\n What changes are they seeing for the future of women in tech?\n\n\nThis Real Conversation will feature:\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nRebecca Dovi - Director of Education\n\nCodeVA\np.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px\; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'}\n\n\n\nRebecca Dovi is the Director of Education for CodeVA\, a Virginia non-profit focused on making computer science available to all Virginia students. With 20 years experience as a high school computer science teacher she is an NCWIT Aspirations in Computing awardee\, and was the instructor and content developer for the first national MOOC for high school students. From her experience helping write and implement the mandatory Virginia Computer Science Standards\, to acting as the Computer Science Coordinator in Virginia for the NMSI project\, her expertise in is designing and implementing teacher professional development in computer science.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTammy Hornsby-Fink - Vice President\n\nFederal Reserve Bank of Richmond \n\nTammy Hornsby-Fink is a Vice President at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond currently focused on Payment Security. She works closely with the Secure Payments Task Force and is responsible for key elements of the Federal Reserve's payment security strategy to reduce fraud risk and advance the safety\, security and resiliency of the U.S. payment system.\n\nTammy joined the Federal Reserve in 2003 and has served in several leadership roles including Vice President of Information Security Planning/Portfolio Management and Assistant Vice President for Enterprise Network Services.\n\nIn addition to her experience at the Federal Reserve\, Tammy was the founding partner of an information technology consulting company\, provided consulting services to several segments of business as well as federal\, state and local governments\, and served nine years on active duty in the United States Air Force.\n\n\n\np.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 18.0px 0.0px\; font: 12.0px Helvetica\; color: #510b45}\nli.li2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.0px 0.0px\; font: 12.0px Helvetica\; color: #510b45}\nspan.s1 {font-kerning: none}\nspan.s2 {font: 12.0px Symbol\; font-kerning: none}\nspan.Apple-tab-span {white-space:pre}\nul.ul1 {list-style-type: disc}\n\n\n\n\n\nSonali Shetty - Founder & CEO\n\nKova Digital\n\nAs a serial entrepreneur\, Sonali has been an early innovator in most of the emerging technologies in the past decade. Taking an ultra-collaborative approach\, Sonali has been instrumental in delivering innovative and impactful digital solutions for clients for 20 years\, in the areas of mobile\, web\, iOT and Chatbots. As founder and CEO of Kova Digital\, she has led projects that have won several awards and accolades. \n\nSonali is extremely active in the IT community and is passionate about encouraging women and young girls to embrace careers in STEM fields. She is a key catalyst for innovative programs like the annual Woman in Technology conference and Techsters a hands-on program for middle school girls.\n\nSonali has a Master's in Engineering (Bio-Medical) from Texas A&M University and an executive MBA from the College of William and Mary.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatricia Titus - Chief Privacy and Information Security Officer\n\nMarkel Corporation\n\nPatricia Titus joined Markel Corporation in January 2016 as the Chief Information Security Officer and added Chief Privacy Officer in January 2017 with responsibility for ensuring the security and privacy of Markel's information assets and the protection of customer information. Previously\, Ms. Titus was the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Freddie Mac\, Symantec\, Unisys Corporation and the Transportation Security Administration within the Department of Homeland Security.\n\nMs. Titus also serves on several advisory boards and is on the Board of Directors for the Girl Scouts for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Ms. Titus also worked overseas for several years in various positions within the U.S. Department of Defense\, the U.S. State Department and various private sector firms. She has more than 25 years of security management experience.\n\n \n\n\nThe program agenda will be:\n\n\n 4:00-4:30 pm Check-in / Connecting / Table-tops\n 4:30-5:30 pm The "Real" Conversation\n 5:30-6:15 pm Wine Time / More Connecting\n\n\n\n\nIf you're interested in displaying your products/services via a tabletop please reach out to Stephanie directly at stephanie.phillips for more information.\n\n \np.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px\; font: 10.0px Arial}\n\np.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px\; font: 11.0px Helvetica} X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n
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\nWomen make up only 26% of the computing workforce according to the National Center for Women &\; Information Technology. \; And 56% of women in technology leave their employers mid-career. \; Why?
Yet\, women are the lead adopters of technology. \; They use the internet 17% more than their male counterparts according to research by Intel&rsquo\;s Genevieve Bell.  \;They are also the majority of owners of tech devices.
\n\nSo why are women the leaders in adopting and owning technology\, but lagging in the computing workforce? \; Hear from local women IT leaders about their career trajectories and how they have achieved success.
\n\nThis Real Conversation will feature:
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Rebecca Dovi - Director of Education
\nCodeVA\n\n
\nRebecca Dovi is the Director of Education for CodeVA\, a Virginia non-profit focused on making computer science available to all Virginia students. With 20 years experience as a high school computer science teacher she is an NCWIT Aspirations in Computing awardee\, and was the instructor and content developer for the first national MOOC for high school students. From her experience helping write and implement the mandatory Virginia Computer Science Standards\, to acting as the Computer Science Coordinator in Virginia for the NMSI project\, her expertise in is designing and implementing teacher professional development in computer science.
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\nTammy \;Hornsby-Fink \;- Vice President
\nFederal Reserve Bank of Richmond \;
\nTammy \;Hornsby-Fink \;is a Vice President at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond currently focused on Payment Security. \; \;She works closely with the Secure Payments Task Force and is responsible for key elements of the Federal Reserve&rsquo\;s payment security strategy to reduce fraud risk and advance the safety\, security and resiliency of the U.S. payment system.
\nTammy joined the Federal Reserve in 2003 and has served in several leadership roles including Vice President of Information Security Planning/Portfolio Management and Assistant Vice President for Enterprise Network Services.
\nIn addition to her experience at the Federal Reserve\, Tammy was the founding partner of an information technology consulting company\, provided consulting services to several segments of business as well as \;federal\, state and local governments\, and served nine years on active duty in the United States Air Force.
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\nSonali \;Shetty \;- Founder &\; CEO
\nKova \;Digital
\nAs a serial entrepreneur\, Sonali has been an early innovator in most of the emerging technologies in the past decade. Taking an ultra-collaborative approach\, Sonali has been instrumental in delivering innovative and impactful digital solutions for clients for 20 years\, in the areas of mobile\, web\, iOT and Chatbots. As founder and CEO of Kova Digital\, she has led projects that have won several awards and accolades.
\nSonali is extremely active in the IT community and is passionate about encouraging women and young girls to embrace careers in STEM fields. She is a key catalyst for innovative programs like the annual Woman in Technology conference and Techsters &ndash\; a hands-on program for middle school girls.
\nSonali has a Master&rsquo\;s in Engineering (Bio-Medical) from Texas A&\;M University and an executive MBA from the College of William and Mary.
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\nIf you'\;re interested in \;displaying your products/services via a tabletop \;please reach out to Stephanie directly at stephanie.phillips for more information.
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