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Caroline Watteeuw
Global Chief Technology Officer, PepsiCo Inc.
Friday, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM, BCC: 324-326
Caroline is currently the Global Chief Technology Officer
and SVP Business Information Solution Services of
PepsiCo Inc. She develops and executes a strategic
agenda for technology programs that drive significant
value, supports the fast growth in operating capabilities,
increases the value-contribution of IT and manages all
infrastructure and enterprise services operations. She
served as Managing Director of Technology and Chief
Technology Officer for iFormation
Group and Managing Director at Credit
Suisse First Boston and at Bankers
Trust. Caroline has a master’s degree in
chemical and biochemical engineering
from the University of Pennsylvania.
She earned a number of master’s level
academic credentials in computer science, as well as
an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering, from
the State University of Ghent in Belgium.
Lori Beer
Executive Vice President, WellPoint, Inc.
Friday, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM, BCC: 324-326
Lori Beer is Executive Vice President of Enterprise
Business Services for WellPoint, Inc. She is responsible
for driving the business, technology and service
solutions to deliver innovative health care products
and services to the more than 34 million members
of the company’s affiliated health plans. She leads
Enterprise Business Services, including operations,
technology, real estate, information management,
vendor partnerships, and strategic
project portfolio. She manages
more than 30,000 employees and
a portfolio exceeding $3 billion. She
has more than 20 years of executive
experience and has been recognized
by Profiles in Diversity Journal as
one of the “Women Worth Watching,” by Insurance
& Technology magazine as one of its “Elite Eight,” as
a Computerworld 2011 Premier 100 IT Leader and as
the 2011 National Association for Female Executives
Women of Excellence Health Care Champion.
Hilary Mason
Chief Scientist, bit.ly
Friday, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM, BCC: 309
Hilary Mason is the Chief Scientist at bit.ly, where she
finds sense in vast data sets. Her work involves both
pure research and development of
product-focused features. She’s also
a co-founder of HackNY, a non-profit
organization that connects talented
student hackers with startups. Hilary
recently started the data science blog
Dataists and is a member of hacker
collective NYC Resistor. Hilary studied computer
science at Grinnell College and Brown University. She
was Chief Scientist at Path101 and Assistant Professor
at Johnson & Wales University. She speaks widely at
academic and industry conferences, including keynotes
at PyCon 2011, Strange Loop 2011, and WSDM 2012,
and has been featured this year in publications as
diverse as Glamour, Scientific American, and Fast
Company. She has discovered two new species, loves
to bake cookies, and asks way too many questions.
Jane Margolis
Senior Researcher, School of Education and Information
Studies, University of California Los Angeles
Friday, 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM, BCC: 319-320
Jane Margolis, UCLA Senior Researcher at the
Graduate School of Education and Information Studies,
is the author of two award-winning
books: Unlocking the Clubhouse:
Women in Computing, which
examines the gender gap in computer
science at the college level, and Stuck
in the Shallow End: Education, Race,
and Computing, which examines the
disparities in computer science learning opportunities
in Los Angeles public high schools. Her research
consistently leads to innovative organizational reform.
Margolis is the PI of two National Science Foundation
supported grants that have goals of increasing
access and transforming computer science learning
opportunities for traditionally underrepresented
students. She is one of the founding members of the
National Center for Women in Technology.
30 Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology | Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing