Advancing the Role of Women Veterans in the Tech Fields

Advancing the Role of Women Veterans in the Tech Fields sponsored by PDX Women in Tech (PDXWIT). Date/Time: October 2, 2017 5:30 PM. Location: Viewpoint 1515 SE Water Ave. #300, Portland. Are you a woman with current or prior military service? Want to examine how your military experience can help you land a job in today’s tech field? Join Portland Women in Tech and Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs to learn about the many opportunities available, find out how you can increase your wage, and how that job you never saw as a tech job can get you in at any level, from the ground up. Don’t settle for less than you deserve with your skills. Join us for a night of camaraderie, job-finding, and tools for career advancement. We’ll be hosting a panel featuring women veterans who turned their military skills into tech careers. There will be networking opportunities with managers working for hiring companies, recruiters, and other women veterans. Meet the panelists: Dana Lawson, VP of Engineering at InVision Tiffany Longworth, Products Operations Manager at Puppet Amber Buckley, Release Manager at InComm Digital Shannon Langley, State Veterans Program Coordinator with the Oregon Employment Department Agenda: 5:30 – Networking 6:00 – Panel begins, followed by Q&A 6:30 – More networking time, résumé updating, etc. 7:30 – Event ends Contact: N/A https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pdx-women-in-tech-pdxwit-women-veterans-in-tech-advancing-the-role-of-women-veterans-in-the-tech-tickets-36749977171?utm_content=buffer85a9d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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