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Past Conferences | Santa Clara | 2000 | Sessions and Speakers

Sessions and Speakers*

Thursday, June 22
Session I
8:30 -10 a.m.

Business Development Track

Creative Strategies for Attracting and Retaining Great Talent
Great America Ballroom K
The industry's ability to remain competitive, continue expanding and meet customer technology objectives is increasingly threatened by labor shortages. Companies are increasingly challenged to compete for talent and financial compensation is no longer the primary consideration for job hunters. This panel will discuss these issues and will explore innovative strategies for recruiting new talent and retaining quality employees.
    Chemine Peters, Manager, Staffing Strategy & Development (moderator)
    Deborah Cristal, Regional Sales Manager, RHI Consulting
    Sabrina Horn, CEO & President, The Horn Group
    Michelle Swenson, SVP and Chief of Staff to the CIO, Schwab Technology, Charles Schwab & Co.
    Elizabeth Davis, CEO and Co-founder, Quickarrow
Diversity and the Bottom Line
Great America Meeting Room 3
    Maria Tsoucalas, Scient (moderator)
    Louise Young, Ph.D., Senior Software Engineer II, Electronic Systems, Raytheon Company
    Helen Turnbull, President, Human Facets
    Clare Phillips, Manager, EEO & Diversity Programs, Amdahl Corporation
Entrepreneur Track

Creating a Dynamic Startup Culture
Great America Ballroom J
Whether you are the founder of a startup or a manager in a large organization, you can impact your company's culture. Learn how to create and manage a culture that will help you get more done, recruit more easily, tap into differences, improve communication and develop a better public image.
    Linda Ford, Ph.D., Senior Partner, Optima Consulting (moderator)
    Lorraine Harrington, President & CEO, Beatnik
    Debi van Flymen,International Business and Learning Consultant
    Katie Burke, Co-founder, President and CEO, Desktop.com
    Jeri Mersky, Ph.D., Principle Consultant, Avista Consulting Group
Professional Development Track

Negotiating Your Employment Contract in the New Economy
Ballroom G
Today there is more to compensation than salary alone. Depending on your level of responsibility, your compensation may also be made up of bonuses, stock options and other long-term incentives and benefits that have a monetary value - as well as other types of compensation packages available in today's economy and negotiation techniques for obtaining the best compensation package possible.
    Laura Owen, VP, Human Resources, Women.com Networks, Inc. moderator
    Pamela Ferrell, Staffing Manager, ALP/MSP, Texas Instruments
    Dee DiPietro, CEO, Advanced - HR
    Cynthia Neff, Director, Human Resources, IBM Research
Corporate Pipeline: Navigating Your Way to the Top
Ballroom H
In striving to assume increased levels of responsibility, women are conquering personal fears and cultural stereotypes on their way up the corporate ladder. We will focus on the challenges faced by successful women, strategies they used to overcome obstacles and skills that served them well along the way.
    Susan St. Ledger, Area System Engineer Director, Sun Microsystems (moderator)
    Diana Brown, VP and General Manager, Financial Markets, Scient
    Gerry Zimmerman, VP of Product Assurance/C3I, Raytheon Company
    Colette Coad, Partner, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
The Communication Connection
Great America Meeting Room 2
In the 21st century we have more ways to communicate than ever before in history. We can send messages around the world in seconds and yet we are still challenged when it comes to making direct, face to face contact and expressing our ideas effectively. Gale will share a very useful process to enhance our skills in gaining cooperation and making a lasting, positive impression through effective presentation techniques. You will learn how to be proficient at "The Communication Connection"!
    Gale Turner, Trainer, Dale Carnegie Training
Technology Track

Technologies and Techniques for Launching a Successful IT Project
Great America Meeting Room 1
You've lined up your vendors and products, planned a timeframe, hired outsourcers, and leaped into the project. However, without the buy-in of your business staff and end-users and the proper integration between technology and management, your project is doomed. This session will help you determine the proper mix of software, hardware, hand-holding, and strategy to succeed in your next project, be it the Web, CRM or ERP.
    Tandy Green, District Sales Manager, Compaq Computer Corporation
    Benafsha Irani, Senior Manager, KPMG
    Wyllistyne Hill, Director, IT/Electronic Systems, Raytheon Company
    Julie Russell Beebe, Infrastructure Architect, Scient

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