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Filipino Americans in STEAM, Science Technology Engineering Arts + Math (FASTER)

FASTERCON is the annual conference hosted at UC Berkeley by FASTER. Every year, our conference highlights and celebrates the work of leading Filipino American technology professionals making an impact on the tech industry and seeks to strengthen our collective and tech professional network.
This year’s keynote speaker is serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and tech pioneer, Dado Banatao.
We are excited to reach out to other prominent leaders in STEAM fields to participate in this year’s conference, which also includes professional breakouts for professional members of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and independent tech professionals, a new focus for technical women via Filipinas In Computing (under the Anita Borg Institute), and pursuing careers in tech startup entrepreneurship. Our attendees also include mentees were participate in our annual year-long mentorship program with students interested in pursuing tech careers.
<H2>Full Agenda:</H2>
8:00AM - 9:00AM - Registration and Mentorship Program Breakfast 9:00AM - 9:30AM - Opening Remarks 9:30AM - 10:30AM - Keynote Speaker + Fireside Chat - Dado Banatao
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<LI>Dado Banatao (Tallwood Ventures, PhilDev Foundation, Tech Entrepreneur, Investor, Philanthropist)</LI>
<LI>Fireside Chat Moderator: Rajiv Ayyangar, CEO, Cryptagon, Banatao Scholar (Princeton alumnus) “My story could be your story.” Hear Silicon Valley pioneer, Dado Banatao share his story and life experiences in the tech industry. Livetweet your burning questions and answers to @fastersv #FASTERCON18 #AskDado.</LI>
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10:30AM-10:45AM - Break 10:45AM-11:30AM - Engineering Panel
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<LI>Moderator: Nathan Murthy, Software Engineer, Tesla (Cal alumnus ℅ 2010)</LI>
<LI>Liezl Puzon, Facebook Applied Machine Learning, Software Engineer (Stanford alumnus),</LI>
<LI>Elizabeth Bautista, National Energy Research Scientific Computing (NERSC), Operations Technology Group Lead </LI>
<LI>Katherine Loh, Solutions Engineer, Sift Science (formerly Google), Cal alumnus Join us for a panel discussion with engineers from across industries talk about their journeys into the tech industry and the hardships they overcame to get there.</LI>
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11:30AM-12:15PM - Mentorship Lunch 
12:20PM-1:05PM - Skills-based Workshops
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<LI>Option A) Software Engineering: Technical Interview Preparation Christine Songco Lau, Google, Engineering Manager, Filipino Googler Network Co-Founder Estela-Marie Go, Google, Leadership Recruiter Nervous about technical interviews? Not sure about what to include/exclude from your resume? Join Google Engineering Manager Christine Songco Lau and Google Leadership Recruiter Estela-Marie Go for a workshop on how to best prepare for a technical interview.</LI>
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<LI>Option B) Data Analysis in Business Operations Raymond Delacruz - Program Manager / Metrics & Business Insights Lead | Global Business Operations,  StubHub Ever wonder how data analysis plays into the underlying operations of a company? Join Raymond Delacruz from Stubhub to learn about all the analytical skills necessary for providing insight from a business perspective. </LI>
<LI>Option C) Bridging Across Generations of Tech - Mentorship Breakout Charity Nicolas, BSI Cal ‘93 Jesse Ante, Cal ‘68, ‘70, School of Engineering Nervous about approaching someone you’d like to mentor you? How can you be active in sustaining a mentor/mentee relationship? Join Pilipino American Alumni Chapter’s President, Charity Nicolas, in breaking down the skills you need to create a successful mentorship, while learning about FASTER’s mentorship program. </LI>
<LI>Option D) Kubo Testimonials</LI>
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1:05PM-1:10PM - BREAK 1:10PM-1:55PM - Careers in Tech - Workshop Session #1  
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<LI>Option A) Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Rajiv Ayyangar, Cryptagon.io, Founder + CEO Espiridion Elio III, Coinbase, Director of Operations and Product Support Blockchain is one of the hottest buzzwords in today’s tech-scene. But what is blockchain and how can you get into the industry? Join Rajiv Ayyangar, Founder and CEO of Cryptagon.io as he walks you through his journey towards the field of cryptocurrency and the skills essential for this industry. </LI>
<LI>Option B) Software Engineering Across Industries Bianca Tamayo (Tesla, Software Engineer) Software Engineering has such a broad scope within the tech industry, spanning across all sectors of the professional world. Do you choose a job based off of sector, company, or position? Join Bianca Tamayo, Software Engineer at Tesla where you’ll go through deciding factors that can steer you in different directions, and the uncertainty that comes with each of them. </LI>
<LI>Option C) Art and Enterprise: Kristian Kabuay, DevOps, Gap. Co-Head of Asian Americans at Gap. FASTER Board of Directors, FASTER PROS Co-Chair.</LI>
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<LI>Option D) Kubo Video Testimonials</LI>
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1:55-2:00PM - BREAK 2:00PM-2:45PM - Careers in Tech - Workshop Session #2
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<LI>Option A) Product Management Mikaela Reyes (Kleiner Perkins, Fellow, Ripcord) Product management - the crossroads between strategy, business, and engineering. With the many hats a product manager wears, what are the essentials to have when seeking out this role? Talk with Mikaela Reyes, KPCB Product Fellow, about a day in the life of a product manager and walk through the development cycle of a new product.   </LI>
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<LI>Option B) Tech and Social Impact Mario Lugay - Innovation Director, Justice Funders; (formerly Kapor Capital) There’s no doubt that the tech industry holds insurmountable power in the modern age. So how can we apply the innovation of tech to social issues? Come chat with Mario Lugay, Innovation Director at Justice Funders, about tech’s current and future (both positive and negative) on our society.</LI>
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<LI>Option C) HealthTech + Population/Public Health Eric J. Daza, DrPH - <A HREF="https://medcitynews.com/2018/09/clarify-health-nabs-57m-for-care-guidance-tech-and-clinical-trial-expansion/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Clarify Health</A>, Senior Statistician (formerly Stanford, Postdoctoral Scholar; UNC Chapel Hill, Cornell alumnus) Wearable technology such as Fitbits and Apple watches are one of the many ways that tech has integrated into our daily lives to monitor our health. Join Eric Daza, straight out of his Post-Doc at Stanford in Biostatistics to learn more about the research methods that go into studying health data, and the statistical analyses done on them. </LI>
<LI>Option D) Kubo Video Testimonials</LI>
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2:45PM-2:50PM - BREAK 2:55PM-3:40PM - Identity Caucus Breakout
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<LI>Option A) Pinays In Tech - Filipinas In Computing - Technical Women Breakout Meriam (Yami) Bautista - Chair, Filipinas in Computing - Systers Affinity Group of AnitaB.Org , PhD Candidate  - University of Technology Sydney, Founding VP of Filipino Student Council of NSW (FISC), Chair-IEEE NSW WiEE, Filipina Women STEM “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber” and “I Look Like an Engineer” are just a couple of the most notable examples of discrimination against women in tech. There are known challenges to being a woman of color in the tech industry, but there is also power in representation. Join Yami Bautista, Chair of Filipinas in Computing, in dissecting this intersectionality.</LI>
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<LI>Option B) Identity Caucus Breakout #2:  FASTER PROS - Professionals Breakout Evelyn Obamos - Founder, Filipinos at Pinterest, International Project Manager, Pinterest (USF alumnus) Kristian Kabuay, DevOps, Gap. Co-Head of Asian Americans at Gap. FASTER Board of Directors, FASTER PROS Co-Chair Jerome Atendido, Diversity and Inclusion, Pandora, FASTER Adviser After several years of being involved in community organizing and surrounded by folks with similar backgrounds and values, the professional world can feel isolating. Join Evelyn Obamos, founder of Filipinos at Pinterest, Kristian Kabuay, Co-Head of Asian Americans at Gap, and Jerome Atendido, Diversity and Inclusion at Pandora, for a discussion on the power of Employee Resource Groups and finding your community at a company.</LI>
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<LI>Option C) FASTER - FRESH Entrepreneurship Breakout Earl Martin Valencia, Managing Director, Charles Schwab, Founder, IdeaSpace Philippines, STAC-SV Board (Stanford alumnus) Kendrick Kho, Head of Data, HoneCap (Stanford alumnus), FASTER Adviser, STAC-SV Board Mark Montalban (Founders Institute) Are you full of ideas of ways to disrupt technology and improve the world? Or maybe you’ve just started thinking about how awesome it would be to be your own boss. Either way, join our entrepreneurial experts, who have leadership experience from all the different phases of start-ups, in a workshop that will take you from idea creation all the way to pitching to funders.</LI>
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3:40PM-3:50PM - BREAK 3:50PM-4:10PM - Isang Bagsak - Closing + Photos

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