A Quick Recap of Our Recent Event in San Francisco
Held at ConnectionsSF, who helped sponsor the event, the night kicked off with a chance to network with both the tech women leaders and hiring teams from each of our featured companies before transitioning into a panel discussion and audience Q&A, moderated by PowerToFly's Cristina Duke. Our panelists included:
- Aisha Ferrazares, Software Engineer/Tech Lead at Dropbox
- Rani Powers, Computational Biologist at Helix
- Samantha Berg, Senior Manager, Design at LendingClub
- Yardley Pohl, Chief Product Officer at Thrive Global
All four of our featured companies are hiring so check out their pages on PowerToFly to learn more about their open roles.
PowerToFly's Cristina Duke greets our attendees.
A packed house!
Yardley Pohl, Rani Powers, Samantha Berg and Aisha Ferrazares with Cristina Duke
Our panel took questions from the audience.
Meet Kari Yen, a Program Manager at Dropbox
Q: What is your name, what office do you work out of and how long have you been at Dropbox?
A: My name is Kari Yen and I'm based out of our SF/HQ office. I've been a Dropboxer since August 2017.
Q: What is your current role at Dropbox?
A: I'm a Program Manager under the Trust and Privacy team under Legal. I work on projects that protect our company from those who want to cause us trouble.
Q: What are your hobbies? Or what can we find you doing on the weekends?
A: I'm an ultra marathoner and competed in the Empire State Building run and I'm currently training to qualify for the Boston Marathon.
(left)Kari at the Mermaid Series, an all women's triathlon in Capitola (right) At the San Francisco MarathonQ: What does feminist energy mean to you?
A: To me, feminist energy means realizing you're not alone with your viewpoints and thought process and there's a supportive community of other females here to listen and support you.
Q: Are there any present-day inspirational Women figures in your life?
A: My grandmother inspires me everyday, both personally and professionally to push myself outside my comfort zone and to believe in myself when no one else does.
Kari and her grandmotherQ: Do you have any thoughts/suggestions on how we can better celebrate Women throughout the year?
A: Give women more opportunities to speak and present so they can be seen and heard. We should be encouraging women to speak up in meetings and ensure the mix of speakers on panels and on stages are evenly split.
Q: Anything else, you'd like to share?
A: I'm grateful to be working with such empowering and inspiring women here at Dropbox. I can't wait to see what the rest of 2018 brings for all #womenintech!
Check back soon to meet more Dropboxers. In the meantime visit us our jobs on PowerToFly. Dropbox is growing, grow with us!
