Kathyleen Beveridge : Speaker 1
About Me
- Immigrated to United States of America in 1980
- Lived in San Jose and Studied in Spain
- Attended USC and Santa Clara: MBA and Finance
- Mission Statement: Not only to survive but to thrive with passion, compassion, humor, and style.
Career
- Worked for 3 Main Companies
- HP : Create Technology that makes life better for everyone, every where
- Qualcomm : Inventing the tech the world loves
- Thermo Fisher Scientific : Enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, safer
- Benefit Others and Society
Roles and Journey
- Investment Banking
- Program Manager
- Purchasing Manager
- Managing of Business Planning
- Senior Director of Marketing Sales
Kris Porter
About Me
- Spend majority of time in California
- Attended UCLA and Calstate LA for Electrical Engineering
- Graduated during Stock Market Crash of 2008
- Worked for Startup (2010)
- NBC Universal, Streaming Media Infrastructure (2012)
- Transitioned to DevOps role and transferred to Qualcomm (2014)
- Working at Twitter (2021 - Present)
Research
- Center for Embedded Networked Senors
- Networked Infomechanical Systems (NIMS)
- Introduced to the Linux Operating System & Software Development
Highlights
- CCNA Training
- Machine Learning and Deep Learning
- Python
- Data Structures, Algorithms,
Projects
- Streaming Media Infrastructure for 2012 Olympic Games
- Analytics Infrastructure Projects (LocationSmart, Qualcomm)
- Twitter Projects
- New DataCenter Deployment
- Migrating HomeTimeline to GraphQL
Class Questions / Discussion
How have you utilized or worked with Agile Methodology?
- Differs slightly by Company
- Qualcomm specifically had a group of 150 Engineers
- Interacted through large scale discussions
- Used roadmaps and flowcharts to coordinate with other engineers
What is the greatest skill a engineer or someone hoping for a career in tech should have?
- Perseverance and the drive or passion to learn
- Adapt and learn from your mistakes
How would learning to code help in other sectors?
- Coding can teach skills and methods you can use to tackle other problems. For example, looking at things methodically and structurally to find the answer to certain problems.