Nashville Girl Geek Dinner and Eventbrite :: Becoming a Principal Software Engineer or Software Architect
Date and Time
Wednesday Jun 27, 2018
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM CDT
June 27th, 2018/ 6:00-8:00 PM
Location
Eventbrite 209 10th Avenue South, Suite 300 Nashville, TN 37203
Fees/Admission
Free
Website
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nashville-girl-geek-dinner-and-eventbrite-bring-you-becoming-a-principa
Contact Information
Kristin McKinney
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Description
Nashville Girl Geek Dinner and our sponsor, Eventbrite, are excited to bring to you an event we think is really special! Knowing the right path as an engineer can sometimes be difficult and we want to help educate our community on what it means to become a very technical contributor as a principal, architect or distinguished developer and how you can learn to navigate your career.
Join us as we hear from some of Eventbrite's elite women programmers and a handful of guests (you will have to wait and hear who!) we are inviting to Nashville to share their own personal journeys from developer to software architect. You will get to hear how they paved their path, what they learned along the way, and encouragement for all developers to realize staying technical is both meaningful and impactful!
Event Details
6:00-6:30 Networking/ Appetizers
6:30-7:30/ 7:45 Lightning Talks + Panel Discussion with our Distinguished Guests
7:45-8:00 Networking/ Clean Up
Our Guests
Loretta Stokes: Senior Software Engineering Manager (and Moderator!)
Loretta Stokes accepted a position earlier this year as a Senior Software Engineering Manager at Eventbrite, the world’s largest ticketing and event technology platform. She brings a decade of development experience and more than 5 years of management experience to the new role, where she is responsible for mobile and backend software development. Loretta is also very active in the Nashville community as the Program Chair of WomenGetIT and was recently named one of Nashville Business Journal’s 2018 Women of Influence in the Mentorship/Inspiration category. The award has recognized women in Middle Tennessee who are shaping companies, improving communities, and paving the way for the next generation of influential female leaders. Loretta also holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Austin Peay State University.
Jayme Kolling, Senior Software Engineer, Eventbrite
Jayme Kolling started at Eventbrite in March of 2018 as a Sr Software Engineer I. She has been in the tech industry for 6 years after graduating from MTSU with a Computer Science Degree. She has spent time mentoring students in Software Engineering classes at MTSU and has a passion for Product Management. In her previous role, she was a Tech Lead and Product Manager so she is very excited to continue down the technical path.
Stephanie Brubaker, Founding Engineer and Director of Engineering, FullStory
Stephanie Brubaker is a Founding Engineer and Director of Engineering at FullStory, headquartered in Atlanta, GA. FullStory is a customer success platform that lets companies easily replay, search and analyze each other's actual experience with their website. With a primary focus on frontend web development, Stephanie works closely with the FullStory design team to turn their brilliant designs into high-leverage UIs. Stephanie was also previously an engineer at Google where she worked on the Google Web Toolkit and complex version control systems. She has a CS Master's Degree from Georgia Tech and can typically be found playing board games or doing electronic projects with her kids.