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ABOUT
Career Talk & Networking
We Can Make a Change Together
Living in a new country is hard.
Working and developing a career in a new country is even harder.
Come and talk about how to get a job, promotion, and career development. We are all here to celebrate our new venture as well as to support each other’s dreams and goals.
Because together, we can go even further.
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PROGRAM
10:30 - 11 am
Registration
11 am - 1 pm
Accent Improvement Workshop
Instructor: Bonu Ghosh
This course is designed for immigrant women who are seeking to re-enter the workforce and need to improve their pronunciation and communication skills for the US work environment.
In this two hours intensive course, participants will fine-tune their English communication skills by learning the theory of clear pronunciation and how to apply it to their real-life communication. Participants will receive tips from the instructor to become proficient in monitoring their own errors. The instructor will teach how participants can change their pronunciation patterns (based on 1st language interference), which interfere with clear and effective communication. The following priorities for accent Improvement will be addressed: rhythm in American English including syllable and keyword stress, intonation and pausing, reduced vowel sound (schwa), word endings, vowel sounds, consonant sounds (interference from the first language).
1 - 2 pm
Lunch & Registration (Afternoon Session)
2 - 3 pm
Opening Talk
Speaker: Sooinn Lee, CEO of Enuma
3:00 - 3:30 pm
Coffee Break
3:30 - 4:30 pm
Panel Session : Bio
What are the roles in Bio? What takes to be great at my role and position? How do we advance the career in Bio? Career path for Bio.
Moderator
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Jin Hyung Lee, Associate Professor@Stanford University
Panelist
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Kwang-Ai Won, Advisor@LG Chem
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Peter Hyunseok Kang, Executive Medical Director@Counsyl
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Seung-Yun Yoo, Sr Product Manager@Gliead Sciences
Panel Session : Product Management
What is a product manager(PM)? What takes to be a great PM? Tips for a PM job interview. How do we advance the career in PM? Career path for PM.
Moderator
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Jiwon Hong, Co-Founder & CEO@YesPlz
Panelist
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Alissa Heesang Ju, Product Manager@Facebook
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Koun Eom, Sr Product Manager@AdobeXD
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Sunyoung Rachel Kum, Principal Product Manager@Oath/Yahoo
Panel Session: Working As a Freelancer
Moderator
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Doyeon Kim, Founder@Simple Steps
Panelist
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Soyoung Chung, Korean Language Specialist@Clover Health Insurance
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Soyoung Youck, Freelance Artist
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Kyungle Han, Ceramist & Art Teacher
4:30 - 5:30 pm
Closing & Networking
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SPEAKERS
Sooinn is a co-founder and CEO of Enuma. She has designed learning apps from 2009 and received many awards including Best Design Award at Launch Education and Kids conference (2013) and Parents Choice Award Gold Medal (2012, 2015) with independent learning applications downloaded by more than 5.0 million users on iOS devices. She became an Ashoka Fellow (2017) with her on-going work which enables all children to access to quality education. Prior to starting Enuma, Sooinn led Project Injini from 2009 to 2012 and produced three award-winning assistive iPad applications for young children with special needs. She worked as an artist, a game designer, and a corporate strategist in the video game industry for 12 years.
CEO@Enuma
SOOINN LEE
Opening Talk
Bonu Ghosh is a passionate language teacher specialized in Accent Improvement and Pronunciation. Bonu received her M.A. in TESL/TEFL from San Francisco State University. She has been an ESL instructor and Teacher Trainer since 1990. Bonu’s course (America 101) was featured on National Public Radio(NPR.org) and she has presented at numerous international conferences. Fluent in 4 languages, Bonu has lived and taught English overseas and understands what it takes to succeed in a second or foreign language.
BONU GHOSH
Workshop
Alissa Heesang Ju is a Product Manager at Facebook. At Facebook, she linitiated the Messenger Game platform from scratch, drove crowdsourcing initiative, and is currently leading Facebook Pages Growth. Prior to Facebook, she was a Senior Product Manager at Zynga and graduated MIT Sloan MBA. Outside of work, she always explore new things from restaurant, bar, recipe, language to new hobbies.
Product Manager@Facebook
ALISSA HEESANG JU
PM Panel
Kate Eom is a Senior Product Manager for Adobe XD. She is enthusiastic about understanding users and solving their problems.
Prior to joining the XD team, She was a Product Manager for Adobe Marketing Cloud and Samsung Mobiles.
She enjoys listening to people’s stories through books, podcasts, blogs, and every day conversations. You can find her on Twitter at @k8eom.
Sr Product Manager@Adobe XD
KOUN EOM
PM Panel
Rachel Kum is a product manager at Oath/Yahoo, currently responsible for Local Search. She has been with Yahoo! Search team over 11 years working various components on Search stack from Backend, platform and Frontend. She started from Yahoo! Korea and relocated to the US in 2011. She is a mom to two kids, so her interest is on how to raise healthy children as a working mom.
Principal Product Manager@Oath/Yahoo
SUNYOUNG RACHEL KUM
PM Panel
Jiwon has worked as a product manager over 12 years at Samsung and Sony Music. Currently she leads product development at YesPlz, AI for fashion search, which she founded. Jiwon is a recent graudate from Ignite XL accelator. When she is not working, she likes to space out at park looking at the trees and sky.
Co-Founder/CEO@YesPlz
JIWON HONG
PM Panel
Dr. Kwang-Ai Won is Scientific Advisor of Life Sciences at LG Chem, and working as an independent biotechnology consultant in the San Diego and San Francisco Bay Areas. She led multiple drug candidates into the clinic and FDA-approved drugs onto the market, and worked with scientists and business people in academia and pharmaceutical companies in the USA and Korea. She has been working as an industry advisor to Stanford University as well as providing mentorship to young researchers in the SF Bay area.
Advisor@LG Chem
KWANG-AI WON
Bio Panel
Dr. Kang is the Executive Medical Director at Counsyl, which provides genetic tests for women's health. He is passionate about providing actionable information to patients who are making important health decisions. Prior to joining Counsyl, he worked as an Assistant Professor at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. In his spare time, he enjoys outdoor activities and nature photography.
Executive Medical Director@Counsyl
PETER HYUNSEOK KANG
Bio Panel
Seung-Yun is a Senior Product Manager at HIV Marketing, Gilead Sciences. She has a broad range of background and expertise in pharmaceutical industry including Marketing, Pricing/Reimbursement/Market Access, Market Research, and Bench Science. She is very passionate about developing and commercializing treatments for life-threatening diseases.
Sr Product Manager@Gilead Sciences
SEUNG-YUN YOO
Bio Panel
Dr. Lee received her Bachelor’s degree from Seoul National University and Masters and Doctoral degree from Stanford University, all in Electrical Engineering. As an Electrical Engineer by training with Neuroscience research interest, her goal is to analyze, debug, and engineer the brain circuit through innovative technology.
Associate Professor@Stanford University
JIN HYUNG LEE
Bio Panel
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HOST
Simple Steps is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2017 in the San Francisco Bay Area with a mission to empower immigrant women by helping them rebuild their careers after a hiatus. Simple Steps hopes to build a stronger and more engaged community for immigrant women pursuing their career aspirations.
W.group
Bay Area K Group
Bay Area K Group W-Group is a group of professional women working in the tech industry with 400+ members. We are engineers, researchers, UI/UX designers, product managers, and marketers who motivate and inspire one another through sharing and caring.
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VENUE
Google San Francisco
345 Spear St, San Francisco CA, 94105
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SPONSORS
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We Shop Differently
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AI-Fueled Your Fashion Search
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Beta Tester Wanted http://beta.yesplz.us
YesPlz!
Marketing Booth
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