Presentation: Diversity & Inclusion in Tech: A Panel Discussion

After spending over 25 years building software products, Karen Catlin is now an advocate for women working in the tech industry. She's a leadership coach, a frequent speaker, and co-author of "Present! A Techie’s Guide to Public Speaking." Karen holds a degree in Computer Science from Brown University.

Karen is currently an engineering director @ Netflix, where she is responsible for the teams that build the server-side infrastructure to enable a secure viewing experience for our members. Karen had previously led engineering and architecture teams @EBay & @Sun, before taking a ten year detour to start-up land. Karen is passionate about diversity and inclusion in technology organizations and how to encourage young people from under-represented groups to start their journey towards our incredible world of ever-changing technology.

Randy is a 30-year veteran of Silicon Valley, and has worked as a senior technology leader and executive at companies ranging from small startups, to mid-sized places, to eBay and Google. Randy is currently VP Engineering at WeWork in San Francisco. He is particularly passionate about the nexus of culture, technology, and organization.

Susan is currently the Head of Business Development for Make School in San Francisco where she is helping to build diverse computer science classrooms and change the face of technology. Previously, Susan was the Director of Partnerships and Development at Girls Who Code. She was Deputy Director at Craigslist Foundation and spent much of her career in product management roles at Yahoo! and in digital music, most notably at Shawn Fanning's SNOCAP. She holds a patent for financial information portal from Yahoo!, is a 6-time AIDS LifeCycle cyclist, U.S. Sailing certified, a dedicated vinyasa yogi and adores travel of all kinds.