International Women’s Day (IWD) occurs on March 8th every year. It marks a moment to celebrate and provide visibility for the incredible contributions of women around the world and is a call to action for accelerating gender parity.
IWD is Women Techmakers annual event campaign where our community hosts events all around the world during the months of March and April in celebration of this moment. From big summits to smaller, intimate gatherings, IWD is a time to host events that create connections, educate and inspire, and recognize that we still have a ways to go to close the gender gap.
Global Lead, Learning Concierge Service
Ardley
Senior Software Engineer (Flutter)
Sabri Hammad has 20 years of experience in leading presales, business development, architecture, digital transformation, and professional services organizations. Currently working in Google Cloud where he leads a team that supports customers through their digital transformations by enabling robust training and enablement plans. Throughout his career and personal experience he has always challenged himself to expand his perspective and advocate for under represented groups. Efforts have included sponsoring multiple events for Autism Awareness, Women in Technology, Accessibility Innovation, Diversity in the Workplace, Computer Science Engineering Week for Title IV K-12 Institutions, etc.
A lifelong learner, currently enrolled in Harvard Business School in addition to his current passion of learning American Sign Language. Outside of the office he volunteers for Habitat for Humanity, Northern Virginia Food Pantry, and has done international relief work for United Muslims Relief and Islamic Relief.
Known as the #flutterfly, Danielle is a @Flutterdev advocate and developer with over 10 years of experience.
Binary Stream Software Solutions
Digital Specialist
Mariam is a technology & diversity evangelist who’s been in the technology space for 7+ years. She started her career in talent consulting and overtime transitioned into product marketing. Her digital skills are backed by certifications from MIT, Google, and IBM.
Mariam truly believes in the notion ‘Empowered women, empower others’ and her personal goal is to support 5000 women entrepreneurs, artists, and professionals in 2022. She champions several fem-led initiatives like Pakistani Women in Computing (PWiC), Young Women in Business Canada, and Women of Influence Canada to advocate for diversity and women leadership. Mariam is a certified coach for #IamRemarkable with an average workshop score of 4.8/5 and a Google WTM Ambassador for North America.
Get in touch: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariamhussain
TargetClose
Technical Project Manager
Blue Shield of California
Application Developer / Programmer
University of Southern California
Full Stack Developer / Python Developer, MS Computer Science Candidate
Eversight
Product Manager
A coding bootcamp graduate, when she's not hard up work as a startup technical project manager, Marsha is involved in the developer community both as a Google Developer Groups Organizer for Los Angeles, and also as a Google Women Techmakers Ambassador.
Her motto? Motivated by changing lives through technology. Learning new things everyday.
Emily has a background in social work and technology, making her uniquely qualified to translate and liaise between two groups with very different terminology and perspectives. She's heavily involved in the developer community as a Women Techmakers Ambassador - Culver City, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Columbia, SC & Twin Cities, MN Chapters and as GDG Organizer - Culver City, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Columbia, SC & Twin Cities, MN Chapters.
Emily intends to grow in her knowledge of information technology, application support, application development, and operations management.
Riddhi is a Software Developer, an Anchor, a Painter, a Guitarist, a Food Blogger and loves reading books.Computers have always allured her right from childhood - Riddhi was just 11 years old when I encountered coding. As a kid, apart from physical games, Riddhi loved playing logical games such as chess and solving puzzles which helped increase my analytical thinking ability. The strong foundation of coding in C spurred my interest in the fascinating world of Computers and also encouraged me to pursue Computer Engineering for my undergraduate study.
Riddhi is one of the core-team members of Google Developers Group (GDG) Baroda and Women Techmakers Baroda, and now supports GDG and WTM from Los Angeles where she attends University of Southern California for her Master's in Computer Science.
Riddhi's friends call her an opportunist. She loves to try different things around me, explore different domains and it is my curious mind that has led me to success in so many different challenges. As an ex-hockey player, Riddhi learned what it takes to be a team player. She desires to be a team-leader in the future, where she can put the collective skills of the team together in order to develop user-friendly and technically sound products. In the future, she ses herself having a research position in academia where I can contribute to the understanding of human intelligence and learning.
Justine is an experienced Product Manager and passionate advocate for diversity and wellness in the workplace. She firmly believes in the power of one's mindset to enable 10x contribution - and she's made a career out of creating 10x results through her uplifting style and ultra-fast agile decision making.
At Eversight, Justine is the Product Manager for 2 AI-based revenue performance products for brands and retailers: Retail Promotion Optimization and CPG Offer Innovation.
Outside of work, Justine has volunteered in the tech community since 2018 as a Google Women Techmakers Ambassador and Google Developer Group Co-Organizer, focusing on AI and Cloud Technologies. Justine is also a speaker on Ethical & Effective AI Product Management, most recently at ProductCamp Global 2021.
When she's not working, you'll most likely find her in the great outdoors - Justine loves skiing, rafting, kayaking, and hiking with her 75lb. Labradoodle, Wallace.
Get in touch: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinenugent/
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GDG Organizer
MK Partners, Inc.
GDG Organizer
Blue Shield
Senior Application Developer
Binary Stream
Women Techmakers Ambassador
Univeristy of Southern California
Grad Student
Costco Wholesale
GDG LA Team Member
