Statistics continue to show that there is a wide gap in Asian representation at executive levels. Without the ability to see how the data directly personally impacts us, we fall and become a statistic ourselves.

Culturally, we have a rich heritage that tends to become an educational asset that opens doors for our career. However, we also need to see when those strengths turn into a liability as we work hard to move up the corporate ladder. This seminar will identify all of your "5 Voices" so you can objectively see how your Asian culture creates a biased Leadership Voice that at times can counter the Western world our companies are based on. These contrasts are often expressed as a style of leadership that values self-promotion and assertive direct communication and often misinterprets the more quiet, reserved, humbleness and respect for seniority to be a lack of confidence.

Please come prepared to participate with your webcam on and microphone muted, but ready to go. These sessions are designed to be highly engaging, using executive coaching techniques and tools so that you can start transforming your career and yourself for success. Our B-SPOKE team of highly experienced coaches will be working with you so that you can start opening the doors of opportunity and breaking through cultural barriers.

Best for: Managers/Leaders of Others with 5+ years of Experience

Jim Lee’s leadership experience emerged from traditional large corporate top down management. During his 11 years working for several Fortune 10 telecommunications companies, he strove to bring out the best in his teams through empowerment and organizational health. Jim’s success proved counter culturally that great accomplishments can come as a byproduct of secure, confident, and humble employees that were led by influence, not positional power.

Abraham and Jim created B-SPOKE to respond to people desiring personal coaching typically reserved for executives and upper management. Having seen the transformative power of GiANT based personal coaching in clients across the world, they developed B-SPOKE so that everyone can have the opportunity to become the best version of themselves. Using practical and proven tools used by over 300 Asian American leaders in organizations like NAAAP, Google, Dropbox, Movember, various startups, and small businesses, we have the passion for unlocking everyone's potential. Join others along this journey and take ownership of your life and learn more about B-SPOKE!

Joanne Giang is the CEO & Founder of Braindom LLC, a HR Consulting company focused on Training & Development. Founded on her strong belief that companies can grow when they focus on people, Joanne is here to build authentic leaders in the workplace. She brings 10+years of experience in organizational development and management experience to create harmony and collaboration in the workplace. During her 8 years at IKEA, Joanne developed and implemented sustainable and effective team communication and management systems throughout multiple departments in the company. She strongly believes in developing and empowering her teams to bring their unique contribution to the organization. Her leadership and accomplishments were recognized on a National level: Top 3 in the US for Sales Index, #1 in US for IKEA FOOD Customer Satisfaction, and Top 5 Departments for Employee Satisfaction in her store.

In her volunteer-time, she serves on the board of the non-profit, National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP), Los Angeles Chapter and acts as the liaison between the business community and local Chamber of Commerce.

Lilian Phung attributed her curiosity about human behavior, social interaction, and personal development to growing up in the corporate environment through the eyes and experience of a 1.5 gen Asian American. Lilian firmly believes that although one may not have control of the circumstances they encounter, they more than often can create the experiences that they want to see from these circumstances. One of the keys to being able to do this is having strong self-awareness and being intentional about continual personal development. As a certified human resources professional and coach, Lilian has made it her mission to help individuals strengthen their self-awareness so they can consciously lead their best life.

Establishing a good balance between work and non-work activities is important to Lilian. When she is not providing coaching sessions, cultivating a great work environment with her teammates, or volunteering with nonprofits, she spends time with her husband, Roger, and their two rescued pups, Dexter and Daisy, visiting national parks with their camper van.

Keith Nishida (he/him) is a bilingual Japanese American community leader, coach and mentor who believes in advocacy through visibility. While working in marketing/PR/tech and spending 10+ years in higher education, he learned the power of diverse representation in industries where people of color and underrepresented communities, often not “seen” as their whole selves. He now works as a diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) management consultant, supporting HR execs and Chief Officers to survey, strategize and implement customized DEI initiatives for their diverse workforce.

Keith is also a national director for the National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) Pride program, where he leads a remote team dedicated to building educational programming around intercultural understanding of LGBTQIA+ Asian identity in complex workplace dynamics. Keith has consulted on transnational projects with brands like Toyota and Disney Consumer Products, featured by the Los Angeles Business Journal, and invited to speak at events for Bain & Co., Movember Foundation, and Chambers of Commerce. As a Connector Creative Pioneer, it’s liberating for Keith to serve as a collaborative “cheer” leader with his mentees and team members, often acting as that power-generator to co-create energy, enthusiasm and inspiration to help move any project or initiative forward. As a coach, Keith is often thinking “how can I help others reach their potential? In his personal life, he’s also been coaching his dog, Leo, to lend a paw around the house. It’s been a ruff process but he believes in Leo.

As a 2nd generation Chinese Canadian & a Creative, Linna Zheng recognizes the need for Asians to break free of cultural limitations, and family expectations - especially when it comes to career choices that are not 'doctor, lawyer, engineer'. Having worked and studied in the technology field for 8 years, she has learned (the hard way), that making money and having an impact does not guarantee a satisfying career if the work itself is not enjoyable and not aligned with our natural strengths.

As such, Linna seeks to help Asians & non-Asians alike design their lives to align with their passion, strengths, desire to impact others, and their financial needs. She seeks to empower others to speak up for their needs & be their full, authentic selves. In doing so, she aims to cultivate greater well-being, inner peace, and joy within them.

In her spare time, Linna enjoys dabbling in the creative arts, reading books, working on her spiritual life, and hanging out with the MBTI community while pet sitting 2 cats and 1 energetic husky. Linna looks forward to visiting Mexico, Thailand, Vietnam, and Portugal for extended trips in the future.

Throughout this pandemic, heightened racism and Asian hate crimes, our communities, leaders and organizations have been experiencing unprecedented stress and trauma. We’re reminded that change is ongoing, perception is far different from reality, and expectations are not always met. In the last 18+ months we learned to simultaneously create and discover our new normal in professional environments and at home. Just when we were settling in, we are now learning and adapting to going back to work. In order to navigate and lead these challenging circumstances in a wholesome way, resilience is critical.

Resilience is the capacity to meet adversity, setbacks and trauma, and in time, recover from them in order to expand our effectiveness and well- being. Resilient leaders have the ability to sustain their energy level under pressure, cope with disruptive changes and adapt. Numerous studies indicate that resilient individuals can deal with stress more effectively, and are more likely to learn lessons from traumatic encounters rather than be overwhelmed by them. What is it that resilient people do that help them to sustain their productive energy levels? The key to building resilience is self-awareness, learning to recognize and overcome the unconscious filters through which we lead - a core component of Emotional Intelligence.

Energy Leadership is an excellent framework for building self-awareness and gaining tools to strengthen resilience. This interactive workshop will introduce the core tenants of the industry-recognized Energy Leadership, specifically providing an overview of the 7 Levels of Energy, and cover tangible skills to manage your challenges and make intentional choices towards a productive outcome. This framework, practical skills and interactive approach make this a relevant and valuable SASE workshop for an audience with a range of leadership experiences.

Best for: Mid-level professionals with 10+ years of experience

Farah Bala is an Intercultural Leadership and Communications Specialist, Coach, and Speaker. As founder & CEO of FARSIGHT, she consults, facilitates and leads individual and group programs globally on and across all tiers of leadership, from Fortune 500 companies to non-profit organizations. Her clients include C-suites, emerging leaders, creatives and entrepreneurs in wide-ranging sectors, including finance, law, technology, media and entertainment among others. She is also a faculty coach at multiple learning and development institutions. Farah believes equity and inclusion are the foundational pillars for effective leadership and communication.

Farah’s speaking engagements have included Yale University, the Ford Foundation, Voice America, NY Travel Festival, Travel Unity, Adirondack Diversity Initiative Travel Summit, among others.

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What sets us apart, and the sum of our differences, not our similarities - makes us stronger together. Through interactive & creative exercises, uncover your unique qualities and talents that you can contribute to make any team and organization stronger. Then, find practical ways to apply these skills and attributes to the workplace to empower teamwork, partnership, and collaboration, making teams stronger and more resilient. In this presentation, Van will also share her personal story of how through the sum of their differences, twenty Vietnamese refugee women, including her mom - and a Hollywood movie star, trail blazed the now 8.3 million dollar manicure industry in the United States.

Van is the founder of worksmart. A progressive team development and leadership training consultancy that utilizes creativity, play, and experiential learning to evolve mindset, skill sets, and behaviors in the workplace. Her work is built on the foundation that we are all creative, good ideas can come from any level of an organization, and by cultivating idea sharing in the workplace, everyone has a chance to have their voice heard. And when that happens - company culture, performance, and innovation can skyrocket! She recently shared her work in a TEDx Talk titled, ‘What if? The Life Changing Power of Curiosity’. Van studied Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara and earned her MBA from Pepperdine University. With over 15 years of corporate and start-up experience, Van actively works to rewrite the way we apply creativity in the workplace, inviting clients to think with their hands and use right brain creative tools to disrupt traditional training methods. Her clients include gamechangers such as Google, LinkedIn, and Pandora.

Feedback is typically framed as a necessity for individual and organizational performance. However, the act of delivering and receiving meaningful feedback – positive or negative - is not always an easy thing to do. In this session, you’ll learn and practice an objective, proactive, and constructive approach to offering and accepting feedback that enables you to increase your effectiveness as a professional and a leader.

Calvin Chen is an Executive Leadership Coach who specializes in emotional intelligence for high performance, leadership, and happiness. He has earned a BS in Bioinformatics from UC San Diego, written computer code for NASA, and even generated $4M in sales for Anthony Robbins, a titan in the field of peak performance coaching. Calvin has also won many championships as a blackbelt in TaeKwonDo.

Through coaching, his clients have achieved record shattering revenues, breakthrough team synergy, and dramatically happier relationships. His coaching has also yielded some big sporting moments, such as a first-round knockout in the UFC.

With over a decade of experience in the field of coaching, he is a certified NLP Practitioner, Professional Certified Coach, Leadership Circle Profile Practitioner. He is an instructor at the Center for Coaching Mastery.

Calvin is also a trainer and coach in various programs for LEAP (Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics), a non-profit that is dedicated to improving the leadership effectiveness of rising leaders of Asian descent throughout America.

Outside of work, he is likely to be found learning something new, hiking, dancing with his wife, tinkering in the kitchen, or flying down a mountainside on his snowboard. An escape room enthusiast with 34-1 record, he has recently come into what looks to be the greatest adventure of all: fatherhood.

The ability to motivate and inspire people is a quality some of the greatest leaders have in common, yet it’s also one that employees often find lacking in their managers, according to research.

Based on two decades of coaching work with global senior leaders in successful organizations across diverse cultures, executive coach and New York Times bestselling author Harrison Monarth has identified simple, yet impactful behaviors and communication styles that can help growth-minded individuals of any personality type become the kind of inspiring leader their organization needs them to be. Harrison will share multiple case studies, illustrating the mindsets and strategies he’s taught to managers and leaders at all levels, to become more inspirational to those they lead. Participants will learn immediately applicable tools they can incorporate into a personal development plan in their quest to become a more inspirational leader.

Executive Coach and New York Times bestselling author, Harrison Monarth coaches C-suite leaders, senior executives, high potential managers and other top professionals on effective leadership and positive behavior change for professional and organizational success. He helps leaders at all levels develop a powerful personal brand and authentic executive presence. With Harrison’s coaching, leaders from various sectors develop increased self-awareness, overcome “derailer” behaviors, enhance personal effectiveness, develop new leadership skills and competencies and communicate with confidence and competence.

Harrison has personally coached senior business leaders from major organizations such as GE, P&G, PepsiCo, General Motors, Deloitte Consulting, HP, Standard and Poor’s, Intel, IBM, Cisco Systems, MetLife, as well as NASA and the U.S. Air Force, among many other organizations.

Product failure? Factory slow down? Supply chain disruption? Any number of issues can impact your business and unleash a torrent of questions from customers, strategic partners, and employees. In this session, you'll learn how to leverage effective communications to navigate through difficult situations. Communications expert Amit Chitre has managed sensitive issues for a global health brand and developed a 10-step process to help you through virtually any crisis. He'll share the Five "Rights" of messaging to help you build trust with your internal and external customers. You'll leave this session with a consistent process that will improve your "speed to response" and mitigate negative outcomes.

Best for: Mid-career professionals and managers who regularly engage internal and/or external stakeholders.

Amit Chitre is a communications expert with a breadth of experience in media relations, public relations, crisis management, internal communications and staff management.

Amit started his career in broadcast news, working as a producer, reporter and anchor in small to mid-sized markets around the country. After nearly a decade in the industry, Amit transitioned to public relations. He landed at Buck & Pulleyn in Pittsford, NY as a Senior Account Executive where he managed PR for Eastman Kodak’s Entertainment Imaging Division.

He next went to the American Heart Association where he worked for more than 12 years in various roles including Communications Director in Rochester, NY; VP of Communications for the AHA’s Northeast Affiliate; Interim EVP of Communications for the national organization.

In 2016, Amit launched R3 Communications because he passionately believes in the impact of effective communication. He works with organizations across healthcare, education and other industries, providing public relations services, strategic communications counsel, and customized training to senior leaders and frontline staff. Simply put, Amit can help you deliver the right message to the right audience.

Does pitching and presenting ever feel like a minefield? One minute everything seems fine, but the moment you’re not on the same page as your listener, things can go south pretty quickly.

If only you knew EXACTLY what your audience was looking for…

If you knew you’d eliminate the details your audience didn’t care about. You’d skip frustrating delays, confusion and rework. And you’d nail your presentation in record time.

If you’re tired of wondering how to more accurately target what your audience wants, then come and learn this fast and practical approach to pinpoint top-of-mind needs. This session is designed to help you target and adjust your message based on your audience, and more successfully engage them.

You’ll learn how to:

• Identify what your audience is looking for.
• Strike the perfect balance of insight and details.
• Position your topic as a “must-learn-more” proposition.
• Create a concise update or message in 10 sentences or less.

Rebecca Okamoto is a communication and personal brand consultant, and the founder of Evoke Strategy Group. Rebecca helps professionals master clear, concise communications so they become better recognized for their ideas, potential, and strengths. She’s an expert at helping people introduce themselves in 20 words or less, and showing them how to pitch the big picture in under 60 seconds. Rebecca also teaches strategic communications and executive presence where leaders learn how to capture the room, and project confidence, expertise and insight.

Rebecca is a former P&G executive and first Asian American woman to reach the top 1% of the Supply Chain Function. She was also P&G’s first Asian woman to run a supply chain in Japan. Today she is on a mission to develop Asian leaders who will develop Asians, everywhere.

Rebecca is a popular blogger and speaker, and she consults with corporations, associations and entrepreneurs on career and communication success. Her clients include Procter & Gamble, Medtronic, Asian Business League San Francisco, and Network of Executive Women.

We work in a multi-tasking, attention deficit environment. Did you know you have a better chance of engaging with a goldfish than the person next to you?

You may have important ideas to share, but it won’t matter if no one’s listening.

This is a practical workshop where you’ll learn a fast, effective process to construct a compelling proposal, and create presentations that keep listeners engaged from start to finish. You’ll learn how to tailor your message and design presentations that maximize engagement and demonstrate your insights and expertise.

In this interactive workshop we’ll walk through:

• 4 Guidelines to maximize audience engagement.
• Layout your proposal to capture and keep attention, overcome objections and gain agreement.
• Step by Step framework to present any concept in a few as 10 slides.

Best for: Experienced mid-level managers of others

Rebecca Okamoto is a communication and personal brand consultant, and the founder of Evoke Strategy Group. Rebecca helps professionals master clear, concise communications so they become better recognized for their ideas, potential, and strengths. She’s an expert at helping people introduce themselves in 20 words or less, and showing them how to pitch the big picture in under 60 seconds. Rebecca also teaches strategic communications and executive presence where leaders learn how to capture the room, and project confidence, expertise and insight.

Rebecca is a former P&G executive and first Asian American woman to reach the top 1% of the Supply Chain Function. She was also P&G’s first Asian woman to run a supply chain in Japan. Today she is on a mission to develop Asian leaders who will develop Asians, everywhere.

Rebecca is a popular blogger and speaker, and she consults with corporations, associations and entrepreneurs on career and communication success. Her clients include Procter & Gamble, Medtronic, Asian Business League San Francisco, and Network of Executive Women.

This session will help strengthen your Business Acumen, which is both a real skill gap and a perceived gap for Asians as some leaders view Asians as technical masters but less business savvy.

The objective of this session is to help you “Speak the Language of Business” – understand your Company and your Business Unit business through the lens of the Profit & Loss (P&L) model, and to help you connect YOUR work to your organization's business performance. It is also a way to build understanding and relationship with your manager(s) by understanding their role and the larger context of what drives their decision-making.

Best for: Early/Mid-Career Professionals

Dennis Hirotsu’s 35-year R&D career at Procter & Gamble spanned multiple businesses; Baby Care, Feminine Care, Household Cleaners, and Hair Color. His global experience includes 13 years located in Asia building P&G’s Baby and Feminine Care business in the region, and the launch of Ultrathin diapers in Europe. Dennis also led innovation capability for the R&D function reporting to P&G's Chief Innovation and Technology Officer. Dennis supported the API community as the executive sponsor for APIs in R&D. Dennis previously served on the SASE Board, and currently is an Executive Advisor for SASE following his retirement from P&G in 2016.

Uday’s 31-year R&D career at Procter & Gamble spanned multiple businesses: Fabric & Home Care and Beauty, Skin, Personal, and Hair Care. His global experience includes 8 years living in Asia - in Manila and Beijing – as well as extensive travel across the region. Uday also led innovation capability for the R&D function in the areas of consumer understanding and disruptive innovation. Uday was heavily involved in P&G’s Asian ERG, serving in different roles including ERG leader. Following his retirement from P&G in 2018, Uday serves as Executive Advisor for SASE Professional, when he is not busy walking his dog, working out, or trading stocks & options.

Challenged to speak up in critical situations? Executives will share their experience in finding their voice: the ability to stand their ground to speak with assertiveness and authenticity in the moments that count.

Panelists:

• Mahendra Nair, Delta
• Darren Sekiguchi, Lockheed Martin
• Rebecca Torzone, Northrop Grumman

Moderator: Jeanie Chang, Your Change Provider, PLLC

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The executives we see today, show up differently than they did early in their careers. Executives will share their journeys in developing skills and behaviors to build leadership presence that inspires others to follow.

Panelists:

• Janice Mah, ExxonMobil
• Prem Singh, Thermo Fisher Scientific
• Al Vickers, bp

Moderator: Cheryl Biagini, Raytheon

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Relationships are key to success, but quite often they get off to a bad start to individual and organizational differences and conflicts. Learn how leaders have turned these relationships around and how you can too.

Panelists:

• Keoki Jackson, MITRE
• Tarik Reyes, Peraton
• Kelly Soudelier, Shell

Moderator: Sagar Khire, Carrier

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STEM professionals can create breakthrough ideas, but these breakthroughs must often be sold effectively to non-technical business leaders to bring them to fruition. Executives will share their strategies and approaches to selling big ideas.

Panelists:

• Gulu Gambhir, Amazon Web Services
• Nal Gollagunta, General Electric
• Joe Liu, 3M

Moderator: Nozomi Morgan, Michiki Morgan

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Practically all executives have risen to the top by taking on roles where they had much less knowledge, sponsorship, work relationships than their previous job. Learn their mindset in taking this risk, and how they managed through this successfully.

Panelists:

• Ajit Apte, Baltimore Gas & Electric
• Mingu Lee, Cleveland Ave
• Alisha Kalb, General Electric

Moderator: Payal Beri

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COVID-19 has caused many of us to reflect on our purpose in life and even reconsider the kind of work we do. It has given us the opportunity to pause and take a good look at the lives that we have been living.

Are you tired of seeing other people succeed?

Are you tired of having a mediocre life and career?

Are you tired of feeling frustrated knowing you can do better than this?

Don’t spend one more day feeling disconnected, lost, stuck, or unworthy.

The Reason of Being framework is based on the ancient teaching of the Japanese IKIGAI. Studies show the secret to Japanese living a long and happy life is in IKIGAI which gives us the purpose to wake up with joy everyday.

In this interactive one-day workshop you will:

• Discover the step-by-step framework that will help you pinpoint what lights you up so you can gain clarity over your life and career to unleash your full potential and create more leadership capacity
• Tap into your brilliance and leverage every ounce of your potential and become the leader at work and in life
• Find how to align your work and your life to create more time and energy and NATURALLY start to make the progress you want to make.
• Stop doubting yourself and start trusting yourself.

Each of us has a unique reason of being. You belong here to make your unique contribution to this world. Attend this workshop and start your journey to make the changes that will bring you more purpose, clarity, and confidence, so you can increase your leadership capacity and be the change in this world.

Best for:8+ years of workplace experience (manager or non-manager)

Nozomi Morgan is the CEO of Michiki Morgan Worldwide. Her passion is to develop global leaders who can lead beyond cultural differences and boundaries and do good in this world. She is known as the bridge-builder helping global leaders, teams, and corporations to overcome the tension and frustration that arise from cultural differences. She leads a team of world-class experts who help international organizations when they have a critical need to improve quality, performance, and profitability through building a culture of excellence.

Earlier in her career, she was appointed to open the Japan office for a U.S. firm and she continued to lead international teams and projects for industry-leading global companies through complex situations such as merger and acquisitions. Her diverse international background — having lived and worked in Asia, Europe and North America — gives her a wealth of experience and knowledge as a trusted partner to international organizations. Born and raised in Japan, she values integrity, professionalism, and respect, all of which are core tenets of her deeply ingrained heritage.

She is a regular contributor to Forbes.com and Huffington Post. She holds an MBA from Yale School of Management.

The power, purpose, and practice of mindfulness is a workplace "brain changer.” That’s according to research showing how the brain can be trained and re-trained to change your life. Through this live webinar by global mental health speaker and clinician Jeanie Y. Chang, LMFT, CCTP, CIMHP, realize the meaningful impact of incorporating both Eastern and Western mindfulness techniques to cultivate personal and professional self-growth to recognize purpose and meaning in the present moment. Gain insight on self-compassion and heightened attunement in your feelings and thoughts for healthy emotionality by applying key mindfulness skills. This, to be as effective and productive in the workplace as you can be.

Jeanie Chang is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Founder of Your Change Provider, PLLC®, an interdisciplinary practice founded on solutions and her unique framework cultural confidence®. Jeanie is a bestselling author and an accomplished international speaker for corporations, community organizations, and colleges on topics such as burnout, resilience, mindfulness, stress, workplace wellness, and mental health conditions including anxiety, depression, and suicidality. Jeanie is also a corporate wellness and DEI consultant, executive leadership advisor, and clinical expert for college student organizations. In addition, she provides support groups around the country for DEI and AAPI leaders as well as journalists.

Jeanie founded the national Cultural Confidence® program which she created to provide psycho-education in all sectors from professionals to the school system. She has presented her trademarked curriculum for corporations such as Cisco, Eaton, Hallmark, Lenovo, Microsoft, National Football League, Salesforce, SAS Institute, Inc., SC Johnson, Truist, and VMLY&R. Currently, she is spearheading her program for non-profits including the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA), the Council of Korean Americans (CKA), The Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE), and the National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP). This year, Jeanie launched her own YouTube Channel called, "Noona's Noonchi" where she does a deep dive into Korean dramas from a mental health perspective. Her first book, A is for Authentic: Not for Anxieties or for Straight A's, is a #1 international bestseller on Amazon.

How effective are you at influencing others' behavior? The more your career grows, the more you will "play for yes" in the form of proposals, suggestions, and requests to the people you work with. You will often stumble upon No which can be frustrating. But leadership is not about your position or title, it is about your ability to influence the way others think, and act!

What if No was just the starting point? In this session, you will discover the psychology and mechanics of influence, and learn how to turn more of those No's in Yes's

Calvin Chen is an Executive Leadership Coach who specializes in emotional intelligence for high performance, leadership, and happiness. He has earned a BS in Bioinformatics from UC San Diego, written computer code for NASA, and even generated $4M in sales for Anthony Robbins, a titan in the field of peak performance coaching. Calvin has also won many championships as a blackbelt in TaeKwonDo.

Through coaching, his clients have achieved record shattering revenues, breakthrough team synergy, and dramatically happier relationships. His coaching has also yielded some big sporting moments, such as a first-round knockout in the UFC.

With over a decade of experience in the field of coaching, he is a certified NLP Practitioner, Professional Certified Coach, Leadership Circle Profile Practitioner. He is an instructor at the Center for Coaching Mastery.

Calvin is also a trainer and coach in various programs for LEAP (Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics), a non-profit that is dedicated to improving the leadership effectiveness of rising leaders of Asian descent throughout America.

Outside of work, he is likely to be found learning something new, hiking, dancing with his wife, tinkering in the kitchen, or flying down a mountainside on his snowboard. An escape room enthusiast with 34-1 record, he has recently come into what looks to be the greatest adventure of all: fatherhood.

Turbulent times can wreak havoc on a global, and personal scale. And resilience is needed in our work, and personal lives. Improvisation can help you improve your communication, and learn to better navigate our current world.

A variety of exercises will help you identify your own communication tendencies. And you’ll practice techniques to help you keep a positive mindset, and strengthen your resilience, public speaking, interpersonal skills, and creativity. In addition, coming from a STEM and Asian background can present its own challenges and preconceived notions. Come see how improvisation can help free you to embrace change, failure, and collaboration. And learn skills to enjoy more enriching and effective communication, in your work, family, and social life.

Stir Friday Night is a 25-year-old Asian-American nonprofit theater company, specializing in sketch comedy and improvisation. Avery Lee joined in 2010, became the Artistic Director, and then the Executive Director. Stir Friday Night’s mission is to improve representation and affect the perception of Asian Americans. Based in Chicago, their alumni include Danny Pudi from Community, and Steven Yeun from The Walking Dead. Stir Friday Night performs shows and conducts workshops at companies, schools, and organizations around the country. Avery has also performed with Second City and iO Chicago, and worked with NBC and Comedy Central.

Chicago-bred and LA-based, Elyse Ahmad holds a B.A. in Psychology and Global Health from Northwestern University. She’s a graduate of The Second City Conservatory, and was an Emerging Professional Resident at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre. Elyse joined Stir Friday Night in 2016, and is proud to have written and performed in five SFN sketch revues. In addition, she recently performed with several Second City alumni in the web series We're Doing Good. Pre-COVID-19 credits include Encore! (Disney+), The Song of Summer (Mixed Blood Theatre), The Who and the What (Marin Theatre Co.), Christmas Mubarak (Silk Road Rising), and the Bollywood film Dhoom 3.

Harrison Hapin is a Chicago-based actor and improviser from the California Bay Area, and holds a B.A. in Theatre Performance from Columbia College Chicago. He has worked with many Chicago theatres, including iO, The Annoyance, Silk Road Rising, Writers Theatre, and The Gift. When Harrison isn’t performing, you can find him working at Groupon Headquarters.

Asra Khan is a Chicago-based writer and performer, who also teaches Vinyasa yoga. She holds a degree in Comedic Writing and Performance from Columbia College Chicago, and performs around the city with the groups Club Asia, Two Chicks, and Stir Friday Night.

A giving economy poses many great advantages, including the positive personal anecdotes we share about our colleagues that can mutually enhance reputations. Learn the optimal routes toward how we can narrate one another’s success, which provides a cyclical exchange of positive giving. Doing so will forge strong interpersonal relationships and highlight our mutual accomplishments in the workplace and marketplace. By creating a dense network of mutual advocacy, we proliferate an ecosystem of positivity, appreciation, and common career advancement.

Best for: All audiences

As the Chair of Elevate, Vu H. Pham, Ph.D. works with dozens of organizations from the Fortune 500 to government and non-profit agencies. Elevate is a partnership with the University of California Irvine Merage School of Business’ Executive Education, as well as Cal State Fullerton and UC Riverside's Career Centers, the UC Office of the President—MESA, & Spectrum Knowledge. The Elevate Program boosts organizational performance and strategic effectiveness through interactive learning and research. Dr. Pham's work has been featured on national and international multimedia, such as CNN, MSNBC, the Associated Press, Forbes, Voice of America, Los Angeles Times, KSCI International Television, Strategic Innovators, Asian Week and Radio Free Asia. He has given numerous keynote speeches internationally and has written many publications. He has helped generate over a million dollars for non-profit groups and donates many hours to them.

Emotional intelligence is the #1 sought after leadership skill organizations pay billions of dollars to nurture leaders. Empathy is proven to be a core foundational skill that all other emotional intelligent leadership skills are built on to succeed. The misconception is empathy makes a leader soft, research has proven the opposite. Empathy strengthens leadership decisions, team engagement, relationship between leaders and direct reports as well as impact on community and social responsibility.

In this session, learn the 3 pillars that make you an effective leader - compassion for self, empathy for others and accountability for both.

Payal Beri is a Mindset Coach + Speaker working with highly driven, highly empathic women entrepreneurs and corporate professionals who are ready to ditch imposter syndrome, self-doubt and negative thinking. She uses her 10+ years experience as a former clinical therapist and a global leadership consultant to create spaces for women to feel fully seen and empowered. She is currently finishing her Phd in Organizational Psychology, in which through her research she's developed her framework 'compassion for self, empathy for others and accountability for both. She's worked with companies such as McDonalds, US Foods, spoken at Google and Groupon and is an executive coach for leaders at Sony Music Entertainment and Betterment.

A personal brand is a widely-recognized and largely-uniform perception or impression of an individual based on their experience, expertise, competencies, actions and/or achievements within a community, industry, or the marketplace at large. Does reading that definition make you curious to learn more? Or does it make you cringe because you shy away from self-promotion? If it's some of the latter, then you're like most of us Asians. Join Engineer-Turned-Entertainer Rajiv Satyal for his Personal Branding workshop where he’ll provide the Definitions and Elements of Personal Branding (What It Is and What It Is Not), outline the process, and walk you through a number of exercises that will help you finalize your own Personal Brand. Rajiv will also share his own journey with personal branding… literally… as he shifted from working on product branding for companies like Procter & Gamble and FIJI Water to working on branding himself as a comedian.

Rajiv Satyal is a Los Angeles-based comedian/host. His TV-clean act has made him one of the most versatile comedians working today. He began his career in his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Rajiv had an unusual entry into standup, doing his act for then-World No. 1 tennis player Pete Sampras in a locker room. Satyal has some interesting claims to fame: he opened for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in front of 17,000 people. He made the massively viral I AM INDIAN video, which has been seen over 50 million times, shared by Bollywood stars, and used to introduce the Indian Prime Minister in Shanghai and Dubai. He has opened for Russell Peters more than any other Indian comedian. Rajiv has opened multiple times for Tim Allen, Sebastian Maniscalco, Jo Koy, Kevin Nealon, and Dave Chappelle, and even opened Chappelle’s very first show after his much-publicized African hiatus. One night in New York City, Satyal closed the show at Gotham Comedy Club, following one of his heroes, Jerry Seinfeld.

Satyal performs weekly at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood. He has 12 videos with over 100,000 YouTube views each, and been featured on/in Amazon, NBC, NPR, Nickelodeon, Netflix, GQ, Bob & Tom, Times Now, Fx, Zee TV, Spotify, Pandora, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Variety, Advertising Age, The Times of India, The Huffington Post, and The LA Times.

A workshop to help ambitious employees chart their path to the top.

It begins with dispelling the myth of the ‘lone wolf’ success theory and introducing the mindset needed to succeed. Next, attendees learn how to break down and know their core motivations, personality characteristics and inherent strengths. They discover how to harness all these personal characteristics and transform them into high impact ideas and services they can offer their employer. Finally, they learn about the types of professional evangelists needed in their corner, how to cultivate those relationships and how to strategically build goodwill in their workplace and their larger network.

Nikhil Paul is a culture & team coach who founded We R Human to help high growth teams strengthen their focus, culture and execution through fun engaging training workshops and coaching programs. He has a decade of experience in building teams and problem-solving employee engagement issues with clients like Walmart, SalesForce and Venmo. Previously, he led an employee engagement software startup that was used in companies all over the world. Working closely with clients and the organizational psychology experts, he became intimately familiar with the underpinnings of what motivated people. His vision is to help teams hit their moon-shot goals.

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A former scientist & management consultant, Anita brings an open, honest and direct approach from her global experience coaching clients across all industries, especially biopharma and healthcare. Anita also coaches underrepresented MBA students with Management Leadership for Tomorrow, life sciences undergraduate & graduate students via LifeSciNYC, and is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at New York University Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service.

Anita’s superpower is being a straight-shooter with deep empathy. Anita is a certified executive coach with the International Coaching Foundation. Anita hails from rural Kansas and brings an international flair from living on three continents, which suits her well now that she lives in the world’s most diverse neighborhood: Jackson Heights. Anita holds degrees in chemistry from Yale University, the University of Melbourne, and the University of Georgia. Anita also holds an MPA from the NYU Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service.

We work in a multi-tasking, attention deficit environment. Did you know you have a better chance of engaging with a goldfish than the person next to you?

You may have important ideas to share, but it won’t matter if no one’s listening.

This is a practical workshop where you’ll learn a fast, effective process to construct a compelling proposal, and create presentations that keep listeners engaged from start to finish. You’ll learn how to tailor your message and design presentations that maximize engagement and demonstrate your insights and expertise.

In this interactive workshop we’ll walk through:

• 4 Guidelines to maximize audience engagement.
• Layout your proposal to capture and keep attention, overcome objections and gain agreement.
• Step by Step framework to present any concept in a few as 10 slides.

Best for: Experienced Mid-Level Managers of Others

Rebecca Okamoto is a communication and personal brand consultant, and the founder of Evoke Strategy Group. Rebecca helps professionals master clear, concise communications so they become better recognized for their ideas, potential, and strengths. She’s an expert at helping people introduce themselves in 20 words or less, and showing them how to pitch the big picture in under 60 seconds. Rebecca also teaches strategic communications and executive presence where leaders learn how to capture the room, and project confidence, expertise and insight.

Rebecca is a former P&G executive and first Asian American woman to reach the top 1% of the Supply Chain Function. She was also P&G’s first Asian woman to run a supply chain in Japan. Today she is on a mission to develop Asian leaders who will develop Asians, everywhere.

Rebecca is a popular blogger and speaker, and she consults with corporations, associations and entrepreneurs on career and communication success. Her clients include Procter & Gamble, Medtronic, Asian Business League San Francisco, and Network of Executive Women.

Leadership starts with how we lead ourselves—and believe it or not, your professional attire can be instrumental in obtaining your professional goals at the workplace and beyond. In today's competitive environment, your skills and professional accomplishments may not be enough to give you that edge. It's about leveraging all the tools at your disposal to build your personal brand - that includes having a polished, professional look.

Take the guesswork out of getting dressed in the morning. Learn how to build a functional, capsule wardrobe that conveys confidence, personality, and capability. Premier stylist and fashion entrepreneur, Samantha Shih, has styled and suited thousands of clients from young professionals to professional athletes. In our workshop, the founder of 9Tailors will show you her simple formula to building a "uniform." Sam will discuss which pieces to invest in and why, how to mix and match your wardrobe essentials, the importance of proper fit, and how to hone your personal style. Pull up a seat to hear one of Boston’s leaders in the sartorial space share her top tips!

Best for: All Professionals

In 2008 Sam switched gears from management consulting at Deloitte to launching her own start-up. She combined newfound knowledge about tailor-made clothing with her creative and entrepreneurial instincts to launch what is now a household name in custom suiting: 9Tailors. She saw a white space specifically in custom suiting, where tailoring was not always meeting the needs and wants of every unique body that wanted to wear a suit. 9Tailors was born to fulfill the long-time demand for inclusivity in an overly structured industry. You can read about Sam and 9Tailors in Boston Magazine and People Magazine, where she is featured alongside the custom clothier's celebrity clientele.

Outside of 9Tailors, Sam is also involved in the Boston chapter Ace NextGen, an Asian American entrepreneurship organization backed by the Asian/Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce & Entrepreneurship, has served as co-chair of the Equity & Inclusion committee for Phillips Academy Andover’s Alumni Council, and has been featured in Boston Business Journal's 40 Under 40. You can also find Sam on WeTV's Growing Up Hip Hop, where she has designed for a few of the reality show's stars.

Over the past year, our society has simultaneously experienced a pandemic, civil unrest, natural disasters and a new social consciousness. These factors have had a major impact on today’s workplace as outside influencers have a significant effect on employees’ emotional and physical wellbeing. How a leader responds can affect employee engagement as well as the efficacy of teams. Leaders of all levels have been challenged to demonstrate social awareness, develop emotional intelligence, evolve, and “up skill” quickly to address the needs of employees within their organizations. In this session, our leaders will discuss how they have adjusted their leadership styles, learned to be better listeners, demonstrated empathy, and developed skills in allyship to maintain employee engagement, increase team productivity, and facilitate unity across the organization. They will share relevant stories from personal experiences over the past year, and provide tips on how current and future leaders can effectively lead when employees are experiencing stress outside of the organization that carries over into their workplace experience.

Panelists:

• Madhi Komanduri, Director, Digital Infrastructure
• Ed Griebel, Vice President, Digital Engineering & Competitive Design
• Butch Lucero, Software Engineering Department Manager

Moderator: Norm Eng, Vice President, Engineering

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Covid-19 has changed our world, requiring a change to virtual practices and mindsets to accomplish our goals. Learn how executives have adapted to this new world to stay productive and balanced during these times.

Panelists:

• Wei Cai, General Electric
• Roy Donelson, Raytheon
• Sanyogita Shamsunder, Verizon

Moderator: Beena Kavalam

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Strategic thinking is commonly cited as an area of improvement for Asians aspiring to leadership positions. Executives will share what is expected within their companies, and how they’ve developed strategic thinking skills to succeed.

Panelists:

• Tabrez Malik, Southwire
• Mukund Parasarathy, Dow
• Gefferie Yee-Madera, Northrop Grumman

Moderator: Dennis Hirotsu, SASE Pro

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Successful leaders must build strong relationships to achieve exceptional results. Executives will share their experience and advice in building relationships that matter, to make a difference in your results and career.

Panelists:

• Sophia Bright, Boeing
• Rishi Grover, Carrier
• Allen Xi, Burns & McDonnell

Moderator: Nozomi Morgan, Michiki Morgan

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The scale and impact of your accomplishments rests on your ability to influence others. Learn how top executives have developed skills in influencing others to achieve big accomplishments in their careers.

Panelists:

• Paul Chi, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Jennifer Chuang, AON
• Fanny Wu, Procter & Gamble

Moderator: Ed Gerding, Boeing

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A true test of a leader are the results their teams deliver in trouble times. Hear stories from executives on how some of their greatest successes emerged from troubled times, and how they led their teams through this.

Panelists:

• Dave Chen, Google
• Roshy Francis, General Electric
• Kirsten Park, Eaton

Moderator: Jim Lee, B-SPOKE

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As a leader, it’s your job to drive team performance that’s greater than the sum of the individual capabilities. Learn how leaders have done this in their careers, often in incredibly challenging situations.

Panelists:

• Bharat Amin, Huntington Ingalls
• Walter Chai, Missile Defense Agency
• Aimin Huang, Shell

Moderator: Uday Sheth, SASE Pro

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Do you want to advance in your career but you’re not sure how to proceed? Do you feel stuck in your current role or career track and not know how to get out? Do you feel like you can never stretch up into new levels of responsibility because your current responsibilities are holding you back? Join Mike Figliuolo as he shares models for accelerating your career growth and freeing yourself up to take on new responsibilities. This session will cover new ways of looking at your career growth, techniques for delegating to create space for growth, and lenses for looking at new roles differently to understand how they fit on your career path.

Best for: 5-15 years of experience – mid-career who are looking to accelerate growth

Mike Figliuolo is an honor graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he graduated in the top 5 percent of his class. He served in the U.S. Army as an armor officer. Mike also spent time in corporate America as a consultant at McKinsey & Company and as an executive at Capital One and Scotts Miracle-Gro. As the founder and managing director of thoughtLEADERS, LLC, he and his team train senior executives at leading companies on leadership, strategy, communications, innovation, and other critical business skills. He is the author of three books – One Piece of Paper: The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal Leadership, Lead Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders Guide Their Teams to Exceptional Results, and The Elegant Pitch: Create a Compelling Recommendation, Build Broad Support, and Get it Approved.

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Strategies to Leverage and Boost Relationships in the Workplace

Allies and adversaries exist in many ways at work, yet how do we average each? Alliances prove easier, as they often form from common cause, and can forge friendships. This session includes tactics to advance your relationships from alliances. Equally important, adversaries can prove quite valuable in professional and leadership development—if you know how to leverage these relationships. How can adversaries support us as we refine positions, recognize blind spots, and reduce conflict? Join us with this interactive session to learn how.

As the Chair of Elevate, Vu H. Pham, Ph.D. works with dozens of organizations from the Fortune 500 to government and non-profit agencies. Elevate is a partnership with the University of California Irvine Merage School of Business’ Executive Education, as well as Cal State Fullerton and UC Riverside's Career Centers, the UC Office of the President—MESA, & Spectrum Knowledge. The Elevate Program boosts organizational performance and strategic effectiveness through interactive learning and research. Dr. Pham's work has been featured on national and international multimedia, such as CNN, MSNBC, the Associated Press, Forbes, Voice of America, Los Angeles Times, KSCI International Television, Strategic Innovators, Asian Week and Radio Free Asia. He has given numerous keynote speeches internationally and has written many publications. He has helped generate over a million dollars for non-profit groups and donates many hours to them.

How do you connect with someone authentically when there is a barrier between you? In this interactive online workshop, we will explore strategies to grow your presence and build authentic connections virtually and in person. You will learn ways to mitigate "Zoom fatigue" and the keys to designing virtual and hybrid meetings that engage your teams, drive productivity, and increase morale. More specifically, you will learn how to utilize video and online meetings to build connections and your strategic advantage.

Best for: All audiences

Beena Kavalam is a leadership consultant, located in the Metro New York area, and CEO of Personal Revolution Consulting, an executive coaching and training consultancy.

Beena received an M.B.A. from NYU Stern School of Business and a B.A. in Biological Sciences from Rutgers University. She also has her

Executive Coaching certifications from the International Coaching Federation (PCC) and the Co-Active Training Institute (CPCC).

Beena started her career as a management consultant for Accenture and later worked as a brand manager on the Bayer Aspirin®, Flintstones™ Vitamins and International Delight® brands. Today, she coaches over 600 top millennial leaders and C-level executives around the country on the topics of mindset, communication and leadership.

In this fast-paced world, clear and concise communications are vital in any interaction, whether you’re talking to your board, your boss, your team, or your clients. In this workshop, leadership coach and communications trainer Lily Tung Crystal teaches you how to get your message across quickly and clearly, in a compelling, impactful way. You’ll learn effective techniques and hands-on exercises that you can use to hone your messaging throughout your career.

• Create clear, focused, persuasive messages.
• Understand what your audience needs and focus on content that resonates with them.
• Increase your awareness of body language, non-verbal communication, and your voice and how they affect you getting your message across.
• Learn techniques to create and communicate clear, concise messages in 20 seconds or less.
• Understand and enhance the three elements that operate in any communication – you, your audience, and your message.
• Use bridging to transition from difficult questions to your key message.
• Learn how to assess how you’re doing and adjust your communications on the spot.

Lily Tung Crystal is a Hudson-certified leadership coach and a media and communications trainer, who has navigated diverse careers in both the corporate and creative world. She is also an actor, director, and the artistic director of Theater Mu in the Twin Cities, one of the largest Asian American theaters in the country.

As a coach and trainer, Lily helps people embrace their voice, improve their communication skills, and build their leadership presence. To this work, she brings 15 years of experience as a corporate communications trainer and 25 years as a journalist/producer. She uses a holistic methodology to train corporate executives, managers and other staff in a variety of industries – from the arts, media, and nonprofit, to healthcare and technology. Her clients have included Intel, Sandoz, Pfizer, and Eli Lilly.

For the last decade, Lily has also been a prominent social activist promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion in the arts, pushing forward representation on America’s stages, and giving voice to marginalized stories. She is a 2016 YBCA 100 honoree, named by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, as a “creative pioneer making the provocations that will shape the future of culture.”

The creation, sharing and exchange of thoughts is the foundation of innovation. However, these elements can be vulnerable and scary for many. The human element of innovation can become the roadblock that prevents organizations from truly innovating. So, how do you create the conditions of success to enable a free flow of thoughts in innovation? The answer lies in psychological safety.

In this experiential workshop, participants will learn what it takes to cultivate a healthy environment that empowers courageous innovation. Participants will be equipped with tools to develop this for themselves and others.

Takeaways:

1. Participants will learn what psychological safety is and isn't and why it’s so foundational for innovation.
2. Participants will learn the challenges and roadblocks that prevent psychological safety in innovation.
3. Participants will gain tools to create a healthy environment to empower courageous innovation for themselves and for others.

Best for: Everyone - open and applicable to all audiences!

Leo is the founder of Abound Innovation – their mission is to unleash the power + joy of innovation & creativity to all. He brings 20+ years of experience to the world of innovation & creativity. He's the former Senior Innovation Lead at Chick-fil-A and former innovator at State Farm Insurance.

Leo was the catalyst for a thriving culture of innovation at Chick-fil-A. Leo redesigned Hatch, Chick-fil-A's 30,000 sq. ft Innovation Center, transforming it into an epicentre for innovation. He developed, trained and mentored Chick-fil-A innovators. He also designed and created innovation events attended by 1000+ employees.

Leo is a formally trained graphic designer, a named inventor on 41 US patents, insatiably curious and a lifelong learner. Leo is a licensed trainer of LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® methods with Strategic Play Global, a Certified LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Facilitator, Certified Virtual Facilitator and a Certified Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coach.

Blockchain, Crypto, Bitcoin, Ethereum...what is all that anyway? Come discover the basics and some different applications of blockchain technology that you may not be familiar with. Todd Little is a top blockchain architect with Oracle! He will spell things out for us and be available to answer questions.

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Meet Jennifer Chen Morikawa, Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Director and Life Member. In this session, she will share some of SWE's history, programs, and initiatives with respect to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. She will share how her experiences with SWE provided skills and opportunities in her 20 year professional career, support during life stages, and a platform to inspire others.

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In this session, the Deputy Director of CDC’s Office of Science and the Director of the Office of Science Quality will provide the latest information about COVID-19 vaccines, including how the vaccines work, vaccine effectiveness, safety, and implementation.

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As the use of AI becomes more ubiquitous, how do we build technology to augment, rather than hurt, the essence of being human? In this talk, Varun will talk about the use of AI to help us become better communicators.

Varun is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Paul Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence. Varun is working on a new startup that uses AI to help people improve their communication skills without the pressure of an audience. Prior to this, Varun worked on a GoogleX project to bring high speed internet to unconnected regions using invisible lasers. He also ran special projects for Sergey Brin, Google's co-founder. Varun was previously a speaker coach at Google and a nationally ranked debater and mock trial attorney.

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What is a security mindset, and what does it mean to have one? Everyone has a security mindset to a certain degree, but how do we tap into it while building things as engineers or inventing things as scientists? I'll be sharing some of my observations and experiences on how to improve your security mindset and ways to apply them in your day to day professional and/or personal lives, including:

• What is a "security mindset"?
• Day-to-day trust but verify examples you might not even notice
• Some real world security issues in multiple industries (simply explained) that we can learn from other disciplines
• Some ways and observations to improve your security mindset
• Balancing security mindset within your life

George is a Staff Product Security Engineer at Auth0, where he helps secure billions of logins a month and ensures the safety of the platform. Prior to joining Auth0, he has a background as a security-focused software engineer specializing in identity services, authentication protocols, and browser development.

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Our professional reputation can be described as what others say about you, when you are not in the room. Gaining an understanding of your reputation and influencing perceptions of you is a critical part of being successful in corporate America. Nyle Miyamoto, a long time engineering executive at Boeing will share his formula for increasing your Leadership Potential and opening more doors by shaping your professional reputation.

Nyle Miyamoto is Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Sr. Director of Airplane Level Engineering Integration (ALEI) and Chief Architect for Processes and Tools. In this role he leads the engineering digital transformation initiative, and is the functional engineering leader for Airplane Integration, Product Lifecycle Management and Systems Engineering.

Prior to this assignment, Miyamoto was named as the first Additive Manufacturing Chief Engineer for Commercial Airplanes. Miyamoto has held other positions as Director of Structures Product Development, Structures Design Chief Engineer, 747/767 Airframe and Cargo Design Center Chief Engineer, and Director of Engineering Operations for BCA Processes and Tools.

Other leadership assignments include 747-8 Fuselage Integration and work on the USAF 767 Tanker. In 2003 Miyamoto joined the 787 program and was responsible for design development of the first one-piece composite fuselage barrel. He joined Boeing in 1990 as a summer intern, working on aircraft landing gear.

Miyamoto is a graduate of Washington State University’s Masters of Engineering Management program and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington.

FRESH is Forward-thinking, Resilience, Engaged, Social, and Honest. As a minority employee in a large corporate organization, what are the mindset and behavior that one needs to cultivate and hone to advance your aspirations and more importantly be recognized and promoted. A long time seasoned executive will share his experiences, observations and lessons learned.

Linh Nguyen is an Executive at Avanade, Inc. He is Avanade's first official employee and they have been in business for over 21+ years. Linh is the North American Orange Programs Ambassador where his focus will be creating great experiences for all North American employees. He has just recently been promoted to this role after 5 years of serving as the Executive and General Manager for the Gulf Coast Territory Business. This new role aligns with Linh’s passion of nurturing and promoting a culture of inclusiveness and diversity. In fact, Linh is the executive sponsor and co-founders of the Avanade Asian Employee Network. Linh has 4 kids and enjoys his free time running every day or playing golf.

Why are workplace relationships critical to success? What types of relationships need to be fostered? And how do these relationships change over time?

Join Larry Ling as he draws on personal stories from his nearly 40 year career to explore these questions and share his tips on how to be more intentional with developing and maintaining your workplace relationships to support your career aspirations.

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The ability to inspire people is one of the critical leadership competencies. How do you develop inspirational leadership skills? As an Asian business leader, I find my leadership brand is deeply rooted in Asian culture and value. In this talk, I will share my learning journey on inspirational leadership. This includes understanding the inspirational leadership attributes and developing skills as the authentic Asian leader to create inspiration in the workplace.

Jennifer Guo is the General Manager for Upstream Supply Chain for Chevron, a position she has held since February 2018. This position is critical in driving commercial stewardship of the multi-billion dollar annual third party spend. In her 19 years in Chevron’s supply chain function, Jennifer worked in upstream, downstream, and corporate leadership roles in the United States and Angola. Jennifer started her career at Chevron in 2002 as a Business Analyst in the MBA Development Program.

Jennifer is a founding member of Chevron’s Asian Executive Association (AEA), a group that was set up in 2019 to drive leadership development for Asian employees. Externally, she serves as a board member on the Dean’s Advisory Board at University of Houston Victoria Business School.

Prior to Chevron, Jennifer had a career in environmental consulting. In 1998-1999, she was a Post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard University, focusing on US-China collaboration on carbon reductions and offsets.

She received her Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering in 1997, from Tsinghua University in China, and her MBA from Arizona State University in 2002.

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Aspiring leaders of Asian heritage often face unique challenges along their career paths due to unconscious bias they are subjected to and the difference in cultural norms that could prevent them from fully realizing their potential. This talk attempts to address these factors that could affect Asian leaders from 4Cs: Communication, Connection (networking), Culture and Confidence. This talk is based on the presenter’s own personal learning as well as various studies in this area.

Dr. Sharon Feng is the Director of Corp Science and Technology at PPG Industries, the largest coating and materials manufacturer in the world headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In her current role, she leads the global flagship R&D center located in Pittsburgh as well as research teams in support of business growth and digital transformation.

Before joining PPG, Dr. Feng was the Senior Assoc Dean and Executive Director of the Pritzker School for Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago from 2012-2018 where she played an instrumental role in building this innovative and cross disciplinary materials engineering program from ground up. After receiving her Ph.D. in chemistry from MIT, Sharon spent 20 years working in material, special chemical and biotech industry for companies like Bayer, Lanxess and Immunartis with increased responsibility in the areas of R&D, marketing, business development, sustainability, EHS, business operations including C suite roles.