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out of 80 applicants
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Eveling Castro
Systems Engineer & MSc in Software Engineering from Santa Maria Catholic University (UCSM). Assistant Professor & Researcher at San Agustín de Arequipa National University (UNSA).
Elizabeth Vidal
Systems Engineer from UCSM, MSc in Economics. Assistant Professor & Researcher at UNSA. Head of the University Development and Maintenance Office – DUTIC at UNSA.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Dr. Patricia López
Dr. Patty Lopez is a Senior Platform Applications Engineer at Intel Corporation, working with customers to deliver Xeon server chip solutions that power high end data centers and mission critical applications. Prior to joining Intel in 2008, she spent 19 years as an Imaging Scientist for Hewlett Packard, creating and transferring technology in imaging products. She has released over fifty products and holds seven imaging patents. She earned her BS (with honors), MS, and PhD in Computer Science from New Mexico State University (NMSU). Her research interests include CS education, E-textiles, and wearable computing. Her volunteer efforts are focused on building the STEM pipeline for K-16 and beyond, and creating an inclusive organizational culture in the workplace.
Intel Corporation
Mariana Costa
Mariana Costa is the co-founder and CEO at Laboratoria, a social enterprise that gives young women from low-income backgrounds a career in tech. She has worked in development projects throughout Latin America, holds a BSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics and a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Columbia University in New York. Most recently she had the honor of sharing a panel with President Obama and Mark Zuckerberg at the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Stanford University, and was recognized by the BBC as one of 2016’s most influential women.
Laboratoria
Alicia Chong
Alicia Chong is Co-Founder of Bloomer HealthTech a company that integrates technology seamlessly in daily clothing to capture cardiac and respiratory parameters, activity levels and other general body metrics through sensors. Its first creation aims to fill the gaps of information about women’s heart health with a product that integrates into women’s brassieres allowing meaningful data to be collected, analyzed and made accessible to users, doctors and medical professionals for personalized healthcare.
Bloomer HealthTech, MIT
INVITED SPEAKERS
Paola Mariselli
Dr. Patty Lopez is a Senior Platform Applications Engineer at Intel Corporation, working with customers to deliver Xeon server chip solutions that power high end data centers and mission critical applications. Prior to joining Intel in 2008, she spent 19 years as an Imaging Scientist for Hewlett Packard, creating and transferring technology in imaging products. She has released over fifty products and holds seven imaging patents. She earned her BS (with honors), MS, and PhD in Computer Science from New Mexico State University (NMSU). Her research interests include CS education, E-textiles, and wearable computing. Her volunteer efforts are focused on building the STEM pipeline for K-16 and beyond, and creating an inclusive organizational culture in the workplace.
Lucesita Méndez
Mariana Costa is the co-founder and CEO at Laboratoria, a social enterprise that gives young women from low-income backgrounds a career in tech. She has worked in development projects throughout Latin America, holds a BSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics and a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Columbia University in New York. Most recently she had the honor of sharing a panel with President Obama and Mark Zuckerberg at the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Stanford University, and was recognized by the BBC as one of 2016’s most influential women.
VMWare
Paola Gálvez
Alicia Chong is Co-Founder of Bloomer HealthTech a company that integrates technology seamlessly in daily clothing to capture cardiac and respiratory parameters, activity levels and other general body metrics through sensors. Its first creation aims to fill the gaps of information about women’s heart health with a product that integrates into women’s brassieres allowing meaningful data to be collected, analyzed and made accessible to users, doctors and medical professionals for personalized healthcare.
Microsoft
Anne Hester
Anne Hester is a Partner Software Engineering Manager at the Windows & Devices Group division at Microsoft. She leads a group of 90 software engineers split in 11 teams which deliver complete “verticals” (backend services, API layer, and UX front-end) in four core areas of investment for the group. Anna has a Master of Science in Computer Science from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). Her undergraduate degree was in Computer Engineering, also from PUC-Rio. She was hired by Microsoft in 1999 after completing her Masters. She developed professionally from an entry-level software engineer to a managers-of-managers while at the company. Anna is deeply involved in initiatives that aim to attract more women to the software engineering discipline. She also champions work culture & policies improvements which seek to make it easier for everyone to conciliate careers in the high-tech industry with raising & supporting a family.
Microsoft
Mónica Rivera
Monica Rivera is Software Engineer in the Artificial Intelligence Core (AI Core) group, at Microsoft. Before joining AI Core, she worked for the SQL Server group, during the SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2012 and SQL Server 2014 releases. Her focus was in manageability features that included SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Server Data Collector and In-Memory OLTP. She earned her BS and MS degrees in Computer Science from Florida Atlantic University.
Microsoft
Elizabeth Arredon
Elizabeth Arredon is responsible for the University Recruiting in Latin America for the Engineering organization at Microsoft headquarters. In her four years at Microsoft, she has had the opportunity to work in learning and development programs, manage the intern program in Mexico and now attracting talent from the region. She is committed to bring a life changing opportunity and help students grow personally and professionally. She holds a B.A. in Business Administration, a certification as Human Resources professional from ITAM and graduated from the Global Competitiveness Program at Georgetown University
Microsoft
GUEST PANELISTS
Armida Ochoa
CEO and Co-Founder of CLOSE2U, expert in electronic invoicing solutions. MBA with mention in strategic planning and business design from LAVAL University (Canada).
CLOSE2U
Melissa Zupan
Lawyer specialized in technology, internet and digital business. Master of Science from Stanford University in Science, Technology and Law. Associate in the Montezuma & Porto studio.
Montezuma & Porto
Mónica Reyes
Financial Manager at Wayra Peru, Telefonica’s technological projects accelerator. She leads the Woman’s Age program, an initiative by Telefónica Open Future to encourage women to dare to undertake and lead projects with the help of technologies.
Wayra Perú
Nory Rodriguez
Lead Beat in Peru. Experience in technology and financial services: mobile payments, electronic money, IT Project Management, Operational Risk Management, Computer Security, Business Placement, Audit and Regulatory Compliance.
BEAT Perú
Sandra González
Professional consultant in Design Thinking from the University of Salamanca. Work experience with International Cooperation – CARE PERU and GIZ. Technical Coordinator in KAMAN Incubator of the Catholic University of San Pablo.
Design Thinking
EMPLOYABILITY WORKSHOP
Andrea Villanes
She has two Masters Degrees from North Carolina State University, one in Analytics, the other in Computer Science. She has been awarded several scholarships, worked for Walmart, and does regular consulting work for US firms including Cisco Systems, Electronic Arts Games, WebAssign. She is an expert in navigating the application process for international students, taking the required exams, and embracing in the exciting (and terrifying) experience of studying and living in a new country.
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Stephanie Frías
Software Engineer from the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (UPC in Spanish). She has developed her career in different world-class companies in various sectors such as education, health informatics, banking, among others. Founder of Women in Technology Peru, an organization dedicated to increasing the participation of women in the technological field. Her passion is to provide necessary tools to women who want to succeed in the area of information technology and computing.
MentorMe
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Universidad Católica De Santa Maria
Urb. San José, Yanahuara, Perú.