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  <div class="vevent h-event"> <h1 class="summary p-name">PDX Women in Tech (PDXWIT) Women Veterans in Tech</h1> <div class='date'><time class="dtstart dt-start" title="2017-10-02T17:30:00" datetime="2017-10-02T17:30:00">Monday, October 2, 2017 from 5:30</time>–<time class="dtend dt-end" title="2017-10-02T19:30:00" datetime="2017-10-02T19:30:00">7:30pm</time></div> <div class="location vcard p-location h-card"> <a class="url" href='http://calagator.org/venues/202395711'><span class='fn org p-name'>Viewpoint</span></a> <div class="adr p-adr h-adr"> <div class="street-address p-street-address">300 Waterfront Bike Trail</div> <span class="locality p-locality">Portland</span> , <span class="region p-region">OR</span> <span class="postal-code p-postal-code">97204</span> <div class="country-name p-country-name">US</div> (<a href='https://maps.google.com/maps?q=300%20Waterfront%20Bike%20Trail,%20Portland%20OR%2097204%20US'>map</a>) </div> </div> <div class="description p-description"> <p>Description: Are you a woman with current or prior military service? Want to examine how your military experience can help you land a job in today's tech field? Join Portland Women in Tech and Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs to learn about the many opportunities available, find out how you can increase your wage, and how that job you never saw as a tech job can get you in at any level, from the ground up. Don't settle for less than you deserve with your skills. Join us for a night of camaraderie, job-finding, and tools for career advancement. We’ll be hosting a panel featuring women veterans who turned their military skills into tech careers. There will be networking opportunities with managers working for hiring companies, recruiters, and other women veterans.</p> <br><br> <p>Meet the panelists:</p> <br>Dana Lawson, VP of Engineering at InVision <br>Tiffany Longworth, Products Operations Manager at Puppet <br>Amber Buckley, Release Manager at InComm Digital <br>Shannon Langley, State Veterans Program Coordinator with the Oregon Employment Department <br><br> <p>Agenda:</p> <br>5:30 - Networking <br>6:00 - Panel begins, followed by Q&A <br>6:30 - More networking time, résumé updating, etc. <br>7:30 - Event ends <br><br> <p>PDXWIT Purpose : PDXWIT is a community-based non-profit organization. Our purpose is to strengthen the Portland women in tech community by offering educational programs, partnerships, mentorships, resources and opportunities. We are unifying a supportive environment for current and potential women in tech, all of whom are committed to helping each other. Our goal is to bring together and empower women in tech and to encourage others to pursue tech careers. This is our step towards reducing the gender imbalance in the industry and addressing the current negative effects of that imbalance on women.</p> <p>Trans and non-binary people are always welcome at our events.</p> </div> <h3>Links</h3> <ul> <li><a class="url u-url" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pdx-women-in-tech-pdxwit-women-veterans-in-tech-advancing-the-role-of-women-veterans-in-the-tech-tickets-36749977171">Website</a></li> </ul> </div>