Innovate, Empower & Lead – “Own Your Power Skills”
Keynote Speakers
Bobbie Carlton
Founder | Innovation Nights and Innovation Women
Jill Gostin
Principal Research Scientist | Georgia Tech Research Institute
Donna Hylton
President | Steam Train Inc
Nita Patel
Senior Director | Otis
Kathleen Weslock
Vice President of Human Resource | Ansys
Panelists
Maryam Alibeik
Assistant Professor | Temple University
Julia Andrusenko
RF Communications Engineer | Rampart Communications
Charlotte Blair
Technical Support Manager | ANSYS Inc
Meghana Doddapaneni
DSP Engineer | Rampart Communications
Nicholas Donofrio
Executive in Residence and Industry Advisory | Northeastern University’s Center for Technology Management and Digital Leadership
Barbara Fernandez
Director, Public-Private Partnerships and Development | CONNSTEP, Inc
Bill Fowlkes
VP Analytics and Workflow Solutions | IP.com
Michelle Gellert
CPTM, Director of Professional Development | Rampart Communications
Russ Harrison
Managing Director | IEEE USA
Peter Kootsookos
Instructor | CT State CC, Middlesex
Paul Lavoie
Chief Manufacturing Officer | State of Connecticut
Amy Long
Director of Administration | Rampart Communications
Amalia Rusu
Associate Professor | Computer Science and Engineering | Fairfield University
Mary Ann Saunders
Chief Operations Office | Rampart Communications
Workshops
Lauren Johnson
Human Resources Manager | Rampart Communications
Carolyn Matheus
Professor of Information Systems | Marist College
Monique Ofori
Program Manager | Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Laila Salman
Principal Technical Specialist | Ansys Canada Ltd.
Peter Shea
Director of Professional Development | Middlesex Community College
Alexandra Small
Investor & Entrepreneur
Narimane Soliman
Semiconductor Design Technologist | Intel Corporation
Marie Tupaj
Dean of STEM | Middlesex Community College
Speakers
Uma Balaji
Professor and Chair of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering | Fairfield University
Kavitha Bangalore
Cybersecurity Analyst | Cleveland Clinic
Mahima Bansod
Data Science and Analytics Lead | LogicMonitor
Neeta Basantkumar
Engineering Manager | Northropp Grumman
Lyla Cookson
Empowerment Coach | Cookson Coaching
Joan DeBello
Associate Professor and Chair, Division of CS | St. John's University
Dianna Deeney
Quality and Reliability Engineer, CEO | Deeney Enterprises, LLC
Isha Desai
Security Technical Specialist | IBM
Soheli Farhana
Research Associate | Harvard University
Rhonda Farrell
CEO & Transformation Strategist | Global Innovation Strategies
Melissa Handa
Program Director Technical Activities | IEEE DataPort™
Raman Kaur
Head of Platform, Prior Auth & Population Health | The Cigna Group
Tashwin Khurana
Staff Tech Lead | Aurora Innovation
Janine Love
Technical Marketing Program Manager | Samtec
Tennisha Martin
Executive Director and Founder | BlackGirlsHack
Aleise McGowan
Assistant Professor | BlackGirlsHack
Bala Prasanna
Director | IEEE Region 1
Celia Shahnaz
2023-2024 Women in Engineering (WIE) Committee Chair | IEEE
Qurat-ul-Ain Schaller
Sr. Technical Product Owner | Cisco