BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Eastern BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181104T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190319T132252Z UID:6FF30940-1ED6-43CB-B6EB-A799AD2A632F DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190206T173000 DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190206T193000 DESCRIPTION:Please join IEEE Women in Engineering and Analog Devices\, Inc. for an evening of discussion as four women share the stories of their car eers and the steps they took along the way. This event will take place at ADI\, located at 804 Woburn Street in Wilmington on February 6th from 5:30 pm to 7:15pm. Parking and refreshments will be provided. The event is free but advance Registration is required.\n\nThe panel will cover the followi ng:\n\nQuestions:\n\n- What were the biggest factors that contributed to m ajor career path changes on the way to where you are now? What led to thos e pivots?\n- What do you see as the benefits of staying with one company v ersus moving through several over your career?\n- Using job titles\, who w ould you consider your key advocates and supporters over the development o f your career? What traits did those people have that you felt supported y our development?\n- What are the benefits you’ve experienced from taking on new positions within the same company? The risks?\n- How did you/can y ou prepare for a major career switch (ie: technical to business\; technica l to management)? Are there things that you wish you would have known befo rehand?\n- What would you tell your younger self? What might you do differ ently?\n\nBiographies for the four panelists are listed below:\n\nWhitni W atkins\n\nWhitni grew up in Arizona\, received her Bachelor’s in pre-law from Southern Virginia University and her Master's in Information Science from San Jose State University. She's been working with ADI for 3 years a nd prior to her career switch\, she worked in Academic IT for 6 years. She 's currently a full stack developer at ADI and prior she was a Systems Adm inistrator for a few university libraries. She has a passion for soccer\, teaching and outdoor adventures. She recently took an 8 day trip white wat er rafting through the Grand Canyon and spent 2 months in Uganda teaching digital safety and project management to human rights defenders.\n\nLaura Fegely\n\nLaura currently works in the Advanced Development LiDAR group. S he has also worked in both the product line and advanced development Inert ial Sensor MEMS groups in her 5 years at ADI. Prior to that\, she complete d her PhD at Cornell University working on fabrication techniques for hemi spherical shell resonators for use as an Opto-Mechanical Gyroscope (OMG). Laura received her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University\, including a year of study abroad at Tohoku University in Sendai\, Japan. When not working\, she enjoys rock climbing\, playing volleyball\, and wat ching too much of “The Great British Baking Show.”\n\nJie Weng\n\nJie grew up in Shanghai\, China and received her BSEE degree from Shanghai Jia o Tong University. Upon graduation\, she came to the U.S. for graduate stu dy and obtained her MSEE degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She joined ADI as a Product Engineer upon graduating in 2006. After 5 years\, Jie became an Applications Engineer and joined the TPG group\, which is n ow one of the fastest growing product lines at ADI. Since then\, she has b een involved in many customer-facing activities\, which\, in addition to o btaining an MBA degree from Northeastern University\, enabled her to switc h to a marketing role in 2016. Currently\, Jie is a Product Marketing Mana ger in the TPG group\, managing the ADI wideband transceiver portfolio and RadioVerse Ecosystem.\n\nGina Kelso\n\nGina has worked at ADI for 20 year s. Currently\, she is a Product Marketing Manager for Industrial Platforms and Networks. Previously\, she worked in the Healthcare Business Unit dev eloping business strategy focused on Clinical Patient Monitoring\, Ultraso und and Digital X-Ray. Gina started her ADI career as a product engineer f or the Precision Converter and High Speed Converter groups. Based out of t he San Diego office for over a decade\, she developed an appreciation for soccer\, hiking\, the beach\, good wine\, and New England sports teams. So mehow\, she grew tired of the nice weather and palm trees\, and returned t o Wilmington in 2017\, where she’s developing an appreciation for ADI’ s yoga classes and snow days. Gina is a Maine native and attended the Univ ersity of Maine\, where she received her Bachelor (’97) and Master (’9 9) of Science degrees.\n\nAgenda: \nTimeline:\n\n- 5:30pm – 6:00pm (Refr eshments)\n- 6:00pm – 7:00pm (Panel Discussion)\n- 7:00pm – 7:30pm (Q& A)\n\nBldg: Cafeteria\, 804 Woburn Street\, Wilmington\, Massachusetts\, U nited States LOCATION:Bldg: Cafeteria\, 804 Woburn Street\, Wilmington\, Massachusetts\, United States ORGANIZER:denisegri@alumni.tufts.edu SEQUENCE:3 SUMMARY:Navigating My Career: Where I Began\, Where I’m At\, & How I Got Here URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/187406 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Please join IEEE Women in Engineering and Analog Devices\, Inc. for an evening of discussion as four women share the stories of their careers and the steps they took along the way.&nbsp\; &n bsp\;This event will take place at ADI\, located at 804 Woburn Street in W ilmington on February 6th from 5:30pm to 7:15pm.&nbsp\; Parking and refres hments will be provided.&nbsp\; The event is free but advance Registration is required.</p>\n<p>The panel will cover the following:</p>\n<p><strong> Questions:</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<ol>\n<li>What were the biggest f actors that contributed to major career path changes on the way to where y ou are now? What led to those pivots?</li>\n<li>What do you see as the ben efits of staying with one company versus moving through several over your career?</li>\n<li>Using job titles\, who would you consider your key advoc ates and supporters over the development of your career? What traits did t hose people have that you felt supported your development?</li>\n<li>What are the benefits you&rsquo\;ve experienced from taking on new positions wi thin the same company?&nbsp\; The risks?</li>\n<li>How did you/can you pre pare for a major career switch (ie: technical to business\; technical to m anagement)?&nbsp\; Are there things that you wish you would have known bef orehand?</li>\n<li>What would you tell your younger self?&nbsp\; What migh t you do differently?</li>\n</ol>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Biographies for the four panelists are listed below:</p>\n<p><strong>Whitni Watkins</strong></ p>\n<p>Whitni grew up in Arizona\, received her Bachelor&rsquo\;s in pre-l aw from Southern Virginia University and her Master's in Information Scien ce from San Jose State University. She's been working with ADI for 3 years and prior to her career switch\, she worked in Academic IT for 6 years. S he's currently a full stack developer at ADI and prior she was a Systems A dministrator for a few university libraries. She has a passion for soccer\ , teaching and outdoor adventures. She recently took an 8 day trip white w ater rafting through the Grand Canyon and spent 2 months in Uganda teachin g digital safety and project management to human rights defenders.</p>\n<p ><strong>&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Laura Fegely</strong></p>\n<p>La ura currently works in the Advanced Development LiDAR group.&nbsp\; She ha s also worked in both the product line and advanced development Inertial S ensor MEMS groups in her 5 years at ADI.&nbsp\; Prior to that\, she comple ted her PhD at Cornell University working on fabrication techniques for he mispherical shell resonators for use as an Opto-Mechanical Gyroscope (OMG) .&nbsp\; Laura received her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Drexel Uni versity\, including a year of study abroad at Tohoku University in Sendai\ , Japan.&nbsp\; When not working\, she enjoys rock climbing\, playing voll eyball\, and watching too much of &ldquo\;The Great British Baking Show.&r dquo\;</p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Jie Weng</strong>< /p>\n<p>Jie grew up in Shanghai\, China and received her BSEE degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.&nbsp\; Upon graduation\, she came to the U. S. for graduate study and obtained her MSEE degree from Rensselaer Polytec hnic Institute.&nbsp\; She joined ADI as a Product Engineer upon graduatin g in 2006.&nbsp\; After 5 years\, Jie became an Applications Engineer and joined the TPG group\, which is now one of the fastest growing product lin es at ADI.&nbsp\; Since then\, she has been involved in many customer-faci ng activities\, which\, in addition to obtaining an MBA degree from Northe astern University\, enabled her to switch to a marketing role in 2016.&nbs p\; Currently\, Jie is a Product Marketing Manager in the TPG group\, mana ging the ADI wideband transceiver portfolio and RadioVerse Ecosystem.</p>\ n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Gina Kelso</strong></p>\n<p>Gina has worked at ADI for 20 years.&nbsp\; Currently\, she is a Product Marketing Manager f or Industrial Platforms and Networks.&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Previously\, she worke d in the Healthcare Business Unit developing business strategy focused on Clinical Patient Monitoring\, Ultrasound and Digital X-Ray.&nbsp\; Gina st arted her ADI career as a product engineer for the Precision Converter and High Speed Converter groups.&nbsp\; Based out of the San Diego office for over a decade\, she developed an appreciation for soccer\, hiking\, the b each\, good wine\, and New England sports teams.&nbsp\; Somehow\, she grew tired of the nice weather and palm trees\, and returned to Wilmington in 2017\, where she&rsquo\;s developing an appreciation for ADI&rsquo\;s yoga classes and snow days. &nbsp\;Gina is a Maine native and attended the Uni versity of Maine\, where she received her Bachelor (&rsquo\;97) and Master (&rsquo\;99) of Science degrees.</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p><strong> Timeline:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>5:30pm &ndash\; 6:00pm (Refreshments)</l i>\n<li>6:00pm &ndash\; 7:00pm (Panel Discussion)</li>\n<li>7:00pm &ndash\ ; 7:30pm (Q&amp\;A)</li>\n</ul> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR