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IMPOSTER PLENARY PANEL: ADDRESSING uNIquE ChALLENGES
FRIDAY, 1:45 – 2:45 PM • CENTENNIAL BALLROOM I-IV
Imposter Syndrome: Addressing Unique Challenges
The “imposter syndrome” is a common yet typically unacknowledged condition. Those experiencing it typically
have difficulties believing in and internalizing their own accomplishments despite clear evidence of success.
Although affirmative action policies have provided many opportunities for women and minorities, they often lead
to resentment and exclusion. Our panelists have wrestled with such feelings. Hear how these distinguished women
have coped with and surmounted challenges. They have valuable insights and life lessons to share.
Fran Berman
Vice President for Research and Professor of
Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute
Dr. Fran Berman is Vice President for
Research and Professor of Computer
Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Prior to joining Rensselaer, Dr. Berman was
High Performance Computing Endowed
Chair at UCSD. From 2001 to 2009,
she served as Director of the San Diego
Supercomputer Center (SDSC) where
she led a staff of 250+ interdisciplinary
scientists, engineers, and technologists. Dr.
Berman has been recognized by the Library
of Congress as a
“Digital Preservation
Pioneer”,
and by Business-
Week as one of
the top women in
technology. She
was awarded the
inaugural ACM/
IEEE-CS Ken
Kennedy Award in 2009 for “influential
leadership in the design, development, and
deployment of national-scale cyberinfrastructure.”
Diane Gonzalez
Vice President of Product Development-
Shared Services & Tools, Intuit
Diane Gonzalez is the Vice President of
Product Development for the Shared
Services & Tools team within Intuit’s
CTO organization. She leads the engineering
team responsible for building the
next generation product infrastructure for
Intuit’s Connected Services Strategy.
Prior to joining
Intuit, Ms. Gonzalez
was a Senior
Director, Engineering
at Siebel
Systems responsible
for Siebel’s Industry
Specific Solutions.
She has held a
variety of senior management positions
throughout her career. She has worked
as an Executive Consultant with several
start-ups where she functioned as the Vice
President of Engineering. Ms. Gonzalez has
held senior management positions at Prism
Solutions, ViewStar Corporation, and
Ingres Corporation. Ms. Gonzalez started
her professional career at Hewlett-Packard
after graduating from the University of
California, Berkeley with a BA in Applied
Mathematics.
Yolanda Rankin
Research Scientist, IBM Research – Almaden
Yolanda A. Rankin is a Research
Scientist at IBM Research – Almaden
in San Jose, CA. Her research interests
include: 1. Conceptual design and evaluation
of digital media as collaborative work
spaces for knowledge acquisition and
situational awareness; 2. Design of complex
service engagements as indicators of value
co-creation.
Yolanda accumulated extensive experience
in telecommunications at AT&T
Bell Labs and Lucent Technologies. She
managed the product development of
optical networking
subsystems at Luxcore
Networks. Yolanda
completed her Ph.D.
in Computer Science
at Northwestern
University, attained
a M.A. in Computer
Science at Kent State University, and a B.S.
in Mathematics at Tougaloo College.
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