Jobs in Tech: What's Really Out There

5:30-6:00 Networking

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6:00-6:15 Meg Shope Koppel Chief Research Officer, Philadelphia Works

Meg is an inspired strategic thinker with 25 years’ experience innovating the use of evidence, information and research to drive decision-making for effective use of funds and program resources. Nimble at working across governments and agency partners to facilitate leveraging of resources and building programs. Adept at budget development and management, cross-department staffing and building learning environments for high performance teams.

6:15-6:30 Stan Kuruvilla is Certified Programmatic Marketing professional, with a focus on technology products at all stages of maturity, in companies operating globally. Extensive experience building market-driven products, working cross-functionally across the organization - including Sales, Product, Operations and Leadership teams - managing strategic and hands-on responsibilities, in companies like Oracle, eBay and PayPal.

6:30-6:40 Mercedes Hall is an Automation software engineer for Elsevier, one of The ITEM’s partner organizations. She is a strong business development professional with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree focused in Neuroscience, minor in Computer Science from Brandeis University.

6:40-6:50

Kate Athmer is the head of digital marketing for an enterprise software company, where she advocates regularly for technology to enable advanced strategies. As a co-author of the #1 Amazon bestselling book, Millennial Reboot, she also provides career and brand advice for peers, recent graduates, and anyone looking to advance professionally. A graduate of the University of Dayton with an MBA from the University of Tennessee, Kate credits a combination of strong mentors, diverse educational and athletic opportunities, tenacity, and strategic content consumption for her success in the workplace.

6:50-7:00

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