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August 21, 2018
Microsoft Corporation
An Inside Look at Our Event with Microsoft
PowerToFly partnered with Microsoft to present an invite-only evening of discussions and networking with Microsoft's women leaders in CSS and beyond. The August 9th event took place at The Big Chill in Charlotte, North Carolina and also included plenty of opportunities for our attendees mingle with both the Microsoft team and their peers over some delicious food and drink.
<p>Here's a brief looking at the evening:</p><ul class="ee-ul"><li>After our attendees had a chance to network, PowerToFly's Chief Revenue Officer <strong>Caroline Turner </strong>kicked off the evening by introducing Microsoft Senior Director <strong>Rich Neal </strong>who formerly welcomed our guests, as well as <strong>Aileen Allkins, </strong>Microsoft's Corporate Vice President - Customer Service & Support, who recorded a video introduction. </li><li><strong>Dana Knipp, </strong>WW Capability and Capacity Leader for Azure at Microsoft, sat down for a illuminating fireside chat that touched on her personal career journey and life at Microsoft. </li><li>The night then transitioned to an wide-ranging panel discussion featuring several of Microsoft's women leaders including <strong>Linda Harrell</strong>, Supportability PM; <strong>Kristin Thomas</strong>, Support Engineer Manager; <strong>Nikki Gregg</strong>, WW Support Leader Exchange & Outlook; <strong>Charlene Douglas</strong>, Senior Content Exp Manager; and <strong>Brooke Lowry,</strong> Global D&I Manager.</li><li>Our panel also welcomed questions from our insightful audience. </li><li>The evening concluded with more opportunities for attendees to network over food and drinks. </li></ul><div>Microsoft is invested in women-focused organizations, seeking out women-owned suppliers, and providing support to women once they are employees at Microsoft. Their employee network Women@Microsoft reaches over twenty thousand people worldwide. Microsoft's ongoing diversity partnerships include the Anita Borg Institute, National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), and MentorNet.</div><div>Visit <a href="https://powertofly.com/companies/microsoft-corporation" target="_blank">Microsoft's page on PowerToFly</a> to learn more about their open roles, benefits and diversity initiatives.<span class="redactor-invisible-space"></span></div><div><br></div>
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The amazing Microsoft team.
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A full house at Charlotte's The Big Chill
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Senior Director Rich Neal welcomes our attendees.
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Dana Knipp, WW Capability and Capacity Leader at Microsoft, sits down for a one-on-one chat with PowerToFly's Caroline Turner.
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Attendees enjoy a video about women in CSS.
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Our panel featuring some of Microsoft's wonderful women leaders.
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Our panel takes questions from the audience.
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A great evening of learning and networking.
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June 27, 2018
Audible
A Look at Our Event with Audible
PowerToFly was thrilled to team up with Audible to present an exclusive event for women in tech on Wednesday July 20th. Held at Audible's gorgeous office in Newark, New Jersey a capacity crowd was treated to a series of presentations focusing on the current and upcoming technology behind Audible's popular products. Before and after the presentations, guests were able to network with their peers and the Audible team over delicious food and sparkling wine.
<p>Some of the topics discussed in the evening included:</p><ul class="ee-ul"><li>Chrome Dev Tools</li><li>Web App Security </li><li>HTTP/2</li><li>Resource Hints</li><li>Serverless Computing</li></ul><div><strong>Jamy Barton</strong>, Audible's Sr. Director, Tech Diversity kicked off the evening with a warm welcome, speaking about the company's commitment to diversity, before turning the mic over to PowerToFly's CoFounders <strong>Milena Berry </strong>and <strong>Katharine Zaleski </strong>who explained that PowerToFly only team ups with companies that truly care about diversity and inclusion and that Audible is such a company. Moving into the tech portion of the night, Sr. Director, Software Development (and male ally) <strong>Ian Moraes </strong>introduced the presentations. The Audible web team speakers included:</div><ul class="ee-ul"><li>Neha Koul | Software Development Engineer</li><li>Oleksandra Usova | Software Development Engineer</li><li>Jane Li | Software Development Engineer</li><li>Garima Agarwal | Software Development Engineer</li><li>Nancy Huang | Software Development Engineer</li></ul><div>The programming wrapped up with lighting introductions from <strong>Chandana Kanchanagari,</strong> Sr. Manager, Software Developer and <strong>Bidisha Das, </strong>Sr. Manager, Software Developer as well as an audience Q&A</div><p><a href="https://powertofly.com/companies/audible-inc?utm_source=Blog&utm_medium=Blog&utm_campaign=Audible&utm_content=AudibleJune2018" target="_blank">Follow Audible</a> on PowerToFly for updates about more events and open roles.</p>
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An Audible ad greets you as you exit from the train station
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The evening's agenda
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The night's topics
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Jamy Barton kicks off the evening by speaking about Audible's commitment to diversity
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PowerToFly CoFounders Milena Berry and Katharine Zaleski
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Ian Moraes introduces Audible's panel of women tech innovators
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Audible's team took questions from the audience
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Great food and drinks
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Attendees had a chance to network with the Audible team as well as their peers
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