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Speaker: Valerie Aurora
Software Engineer & Diversity and Inclusion Consultant
Valerie Aurora is a software engineer turned diversity and inclusion consultant. She is the founder of Frame Shift Consulting, which helps technology organizations build in-house expertise and leadership in diversity and inclusion. Through the Ally Skills Workshop, she has taught thousands of people ally skills: simple, everyday ways for people who have more power and influence to support people with less. She worked as a Linux kernel and file systems developer for over 10 years at Red Hat, IBM, Intel, and other companies.