GDL Presents: Women Techmakers
By Amanda Surya,
Manager of YouTube and Commerce Developer Relations
When we launched Google Developers Live back in June, our goal was to give you 24/7/365 access to inspiration and
training on our developer tools and platforms, extending the unmatched enthusiasm we see every
year at Google I/O. We expanded the scope of our programming with
GDL
Presents: focused, week-long series with
varied perspectives from developers on how they're successfully tackling technical and
business challenges.
Our series for next week, GDL Presents: Women Techmakers
bring you conversations with women tech
leaders, activists and creators from diverse backgrounds.
Women Techmakers
will start as a five-episode series airing November
5th-9th daily at 2:30 PM PST (22:30 UTC), highlighting women in the technical space who are
fearlessly innovating, honing technical expertise, and testing the boundaries of technology.
Join us live in the studio as we chat with the following prominent female tech
entrepreneurs:
Full episode
schedule
Hosts: Megan Smith - Vice President, Google [x] | Betsy Masiello -
Policy Manager
Guest: Leslie Bradshaw - President, COO and Co-founder,
JESS3
Join Leslie, COO and Co-founder of JESS3, in conversation with
Megan Smith and Betsy Masiello, as they discuss Leslie’s experience growing a design business
from two employees to a transnational operation.
Hosts: Jean Wang - Lead Hardware Engineer for Project
Glass
Vivian Cromwell - Manager, Global Chrome Developer
Relations
Guest: Mary Lou Jepsen - CEO and Founder, Pixel Qi
Drawing on Mary Lou’s experience leading the engineering and
architectural design of the $100 laptops that inspired the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC)
organization, hosts Jean Wang and Vivian Cromwell sit down with the 2011 Anita Borg “Woman of
Vision” Award for Innovation winner to discuss overcoming technical challenges in
hardware.
Hosts: Mary Grove - Head of Global Entrepreneurial
Outreach
Stephanie Liu - Senior Program Manager, Developer
Relations
Stephanie Palmeri of SoftTech VC and Angela Benton of NewMe
Accelerator join Mary Grove and Stephanie Liu in the GDL studio to discuss their experiences
with diversity in the startups/investment space.
Hosts: Claire Hughes Johnson - Vice President, Google
Offers
Jessie Jiang - Product Management Lead, Google Cloud
Platform
Guest: Diane Greene - Board of Directors,
Google
Vice President of Google Offers Claire Hughes Johnson co-hosts with
Cloud Platform PM Lead Jessie Jiang in Episode 4 of WTM. They will be exploring former VMWare
CEO and current Google board member Diane Greene’s high-level thoughts on cloud computing and
the role of women in the tech space.
Bitly and Pixability (Double Feature)
Friday, 11/9 at 2:30 PM PST (Part I) |
22:30 UTC
Hosts: Gretchen Howard - Director of Global Social
Solutions
Amanda Surya - Manager, Developer
Relations
Gretchen Howard and Amanda Surya speak with Pixability Founder
& CEO Bettina Hein about her experience building successful technology businesses
worldwide, and her commitment to activating women involvement in the tech
space.
Friday, 11/9 at 3:15 PM PST (Part
II) | 23:15 UTC
Hosts: April Anderson - Industry Director, Retail Sales
at Google
Kathryn Hurley - Developer Programs Engineer, Google
Compute Engine
April Anderson and Kathryn Hurley chat with Bitly Chief
Scientist Hilary Mason about the role data plays in making business decisions, the
intersection of government, policy, and technology, and her experience in the New York tech
community.
You can view these episodes on Google Developers Live, the Google Developers YouTube
channel, and on
+Google
Developers. RSVP to next week’s
events by following +Google Developers
Live, and add
+Google
Developers to your circles to
submit questions and thoughts. Follow and contribute to the conversation using
#WTM.
Amanda
Surya is Manager of the YouTube and Commerce Developer Relations team at Google. In
her spare time, she likes to blog about time-saving tips and of course watch YouTube
videos.
Posted by Scott Knaster,
Editor
