The 5 C's: How to have the Best Career of Your Life
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About the Event
There is much promise in technology, both in creating a new and more
welcoming future and in having a positive impact. Dr. Whitney, a
Computer Scientist, and world-recognized expert on women and
technology will talk about the importance of risk-taking at key junctures.
She will talk about her own journey, and how the five Cs - Courage,
Creativity, Curiosity, Confidence and Communication - helped her
navigate a constantly evolving landscape. She will talk about how her
entrepreneurial journey took a left turn when she became the founding
CEO of the Anita Borg Institute and scaled the organization and the Grace
Hopper Celebration to have global reach and impact.
TELLE WHITNEY | BIO
Telle Whitney is a senior executive leader, an entrepreneur, a recognized
advocate and expert on women and technology. She has over 20 years of
leadership experience, and was named one of Fast Company's Most
Influential Women in Technology. She is a frequent speaker on the topic
of Women and Technology. Telle has been called *a pioneer for the
promotion of women technologists and one of the most inspirational
leaders I have ever known.
Telle co-founded the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
Conference in 1994 and served as CEO of the non-profit Anita Borg
Institute from 2002 to September 2017. She transformed the Institute into
a recognized world leader for women and technology.
She has won numerous awards including the ACM distinguished service
award, an honorary degree from CMU, and is an honorary member of
IEEE. She serves on multiple for-profit and non-profit boards. She is also
the co-founder of the National Center for Women and Information
Technology (NCWIT). She was elected to the National Academy of
Engineering in 2022.
Telle holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from the California
Institute of Technology and a BS in Computer Science from the University
of Utah.