Stream: 101
Time: 10:15 - 11:15
This sessions features an all-female panel, focusing on how we can all collectively work together to challenge any observed biases, and how to stop ourselves from acting on any unconscious biases.
Moderator: Pooja Uppalapati
"I’m proud to say that I have been with Broadcom for over 12 years now. In my current role, I lead a global team of front-end developers. We work on React and Angular heavily. My team is amazing and they constantly help me learn new things and grow. Outside of work, I was a speaker at Grace Hopper conference, SHARE and GSE. I represented Broadcom at Broadcom Coding for Commitment STEM events. I thoroughly enjoy traveling and love to visit mountains. I’m married to my best friend and we have a 3 year old who is keeping us on our toes."
https://www.linkedin.com/in/poojauppalapati/
Panelist: Angelika Heinrich
"I am Software Project Manager for z/IRIS at mainstorconcept GmbH based in Germany, where we provide mainframe professional services and industry independent solutions to enterprise organizations across the globe. Throughout my career I have learned and collaborated with amazing colleagues and leadership who have been my motivation and inspiration and aspire to “pay it forward” to everyone with whom I work.
Attendees may recognize me from the organizers team of Mainframerz Meetups or as speaker at Share Ohio in 2022 and GSE UK Virtual Conference in 2021."
Panelist: April Hickel
"April Hickel is the Vice President of Strategy. Her responsibilities include understanding software market dynamics; setting product strategic direction; and working directly with customers, from acquisition to deployment, for BMC’s Intelligent Z Optimization and Transformation portfolio"
Panelist: Vatsala Ramchandran
"In my current role, I am the engineering and support leader for RBD and CICS tools in HCL software, with around 20 years of experience in different domains. I joined IBM in 2005 as a software developer and then moved on to become QA lead for mainframe products. In 2016 I transitioned to HCL after the Intellectual Property Partnership agreement between IBM & HCL and became responsible for level 2 and level 3 support for HACP (PCOMM, HOD) and HATS. Later on I took on the role of Engineering and support leader for RBD and CICS tools – taking care of interacting with customers for defining roadmaps, and coordinating with other stakeholders for all releases of the products. She also manages the Mainframe Test CoE that takes care of manual and automation testing for all of the mainframe products in HCL Software. With a growing passion for mainframe, she has been leading several innovation projects in the mainframe space in HCL software. I am the mother of 2 teenagers who keep me on my toes with different activities."
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vatsala-ramchandran/
My name is Pooja Uppalapati. I have been with Broadcom for over 10 years now. In my current role, I lead a global team of front-end engineers. We work on React and Angular frameworks heavily. My team is amazing and they constantly help me learn new things and grow. Outside of work, I was a speaker at the Grace Hopper conference in the past. I represent Broadcom at Broadcom Coding for Commitment STEM events. I thoroughly enjoy traveling and love to visit mountains. I’m married to my best friend and we have a 3 year old who is keeping us on our toes.
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