Senior Women in Tech Panel: Secrets to Their Success

ChickTech is partnering with Allstate to hold a women in tech panel at their new corporate office in South End! We'll be featuring three senior leaders who will walk us through their current jobs, how they got there, and how they all work together plus have a Q&A session at the end.

Food and drinks will be provided. Parking is free in front and around the building.

About the Speakers
Vickie Hurston
Vickie is currently a Sr. Consultant level Project Manager at Allstate. She is also a Certified Scrum Master and Scrum Facilitator. In her 20-year career at Allstate, Vickie has held several positions beginning with Executive Administrative Asst. supporting a department of 300+ staff and over a dozen senior leaders. Building on the skillset of organization, prioritization, and communication, project management seemed a natural progression in her career. In addition to helping to deploy the first Enterprise-wide Disaster Recovery Project, Vickie has also been instrumental in delivering many infrastructure-related projects. In addition, in the role of Scrum Master, Vickie assisted in the implementation of Allstate’s first Online Sales shopping basket feature, complementing the user experience with Allstate’s Online Sales application.

Vickie’s reputation for asking the tough questions to the right people serves her well in the role of both a project manager and scrum master. She is currently managing a multi-year program to ensure the security of personal information in environments across the Enterprise. Vickie also finds enjoyment in facilitating Allstate’s CyberSecurity for kids program and participating in our local Employee Resource Groups. These are opportunities to give back to our local communities and strengthen the Allstate philanthropic footprint throughout the Charlotte area at-large.

Patryce Perry
Patryce is currently a project manager for the CyberSecurity Network Segmentation project at Allstate. In the 2.5 years at Allstate, she has worked on technical projects including Sharepoint and OneDrive O365 as well as governance project such as Risk Assessments. Her background includes retail project management, managing an international staff for Pomeroy IT Solutions, and telecommunication construction management for Mastec. Alongside her project management experience, she is an advocate for diversity and is involved in ERGs at Allstate including AAWN and Allstate Ambassadors. She is continuing her education in Cybersecurity as well as Full Stack Development.

Amanda Chou
Amanda is currently a Sr. Scrum Master & Agile Project Manager at Allstate. Her wide array of related experience (e.g. Agile business analysis, project governance, program/portfolio management, sourcing) complemented with a diverse repertoire of technology projects has fast-tracked her path to success as a senior project consultant in less than 4 years. During her time at Allstate and previously Lowe's Home Improvement, Inc. she influenced sustainable adoption of agile and project collaboration tooling in addition to guiding various scrum teams along their agile transformation journey.

Amanda holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Wake Forest University as well as various certifications including CSM and SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM).

Across her network, she challenges individuals to consider Agile beyond the context of software delivery. Instead, draw attention to its positive impact on well-being, workplace culture and both personal and organizational productivity. Amanda is also passionate about helping other young professionals accelerate their career growth through self-discovery and meaningful relationships

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