Day 1
October 26, 2019
Introducing URx Pathways
Maurice Wilkins Jr.
Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion, Fastly
Staci Fowler
Managing Director of Employer Services, George Washington University
Kendra Northington
Senior Career Counselor, The George Washington University
Pathways Showcase Lounge
Keynote
Gia Griffith
VP Strategy, Operations and Integration, Visa
Pathways Showcase Lounge
Gia is a tech executive with a relentless focus on team, customer/user obsessed, and the ability to move products and capabilities from concept to reality!
She has been recognized for:
• Setting clear and cohesive vision - globally
• Getting things done in international markets (North America, Latin America, South East Asia, Africa)
• Coaching and developing leaders including global/virtual teams
• Transforming large scale operations to drive efficiencies and scale
• Executive presence and ability to influence C-suite
• "Being glue" - bridging cross-functions and stakeholders, negotiating competing priorities - engineering roadmap to achieve goals
Workshop
Corey Twitty
Talent Acquisition Manager - University Recruiting, Intuit
Alexis Cotton
Product Designer, Intuit
Breakout Room 1
Creating inclusive, tech-forward systems through a strong product team. Half of this workshop will cover the roles of Product Manager, Product Designer, and Software Engineer at Intuit and how they work together to build products. The other half we will have groups breakouts and play the roles of each to brainstorm for a solution of a design challenge we will give.