Time: May 8th, 2021 02:00 PM – 4:20PM Central Daylight Time

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Meeting ID: 820 3139 9372

The CIE/USA-DFW Chapter is proud to unveil our WEBINAR event for the 2021 Spring Leadership Assessment and Mentoring Program (LAMP), "Be a Resilient Leader". Admission is free but advance registration is required. Webinar details will be provided via email after registration and before the event starts. Please plan to join the meeting 5 minutes prior to the start time to ensure you do not miss a single minute!

The 2021 Leadership Assessment and Mentoring Program (LAMP) event will be conducted by successful and experienced leaders within the Dallas area. LAMP is one of the long-standing CIE/USA-DFW events featuring "Leadership" and "Career Mentoring" for young professionals. This event is especially designed for graduating university students and young professionals who desire to enhance their knowledge and hand-on experience on hiring process, career development, corporate culture, and leadership. After the speakers have presented, a QA panel discussion will be conducted for those who may have questions.

David Lu

Vice President, Network Systems & Automation, AT&T Labs, Church Leader, Board Member of DFW CIE & DFW USCCC, Mentor & Adviser for Multiple Employee Resource Groups and Mentoring Circles at AT&T, and Cellist.

A Journey from Musician to Technology Executive – Unleash Your Full Potential

The world and technology are changing in an unprecedented pace around us. So is today’s young people’s career aspiration. This talk will explore tips on how to discover your true self, unleash your full leadership potential, and fulfill your dream.

David Lu currently leads a global team of more than 2,500 people responsible for the architecture, development and engineering of AT&T’s next generation SDN (Software Defined Network) automation platform and open source (Linux Foundation ONAP) enabling AT&T’s network virtualization and target network systems transformation including PaaS & SaaS, policy control & orchestration, hyper-automation and AI/ML driven data analytics. He is the recipient of number of industry awards including IEEE CQR Chairman’s Award, CIO 100 Award, CIE AAEOY Award, and currently holds 53 patents. He is also a frequent speaker at industry conferences and community forums.

Bing Xie

Corporate Board Member, University Adviser, Angel Investor, Former Senior Vice President/Executive Officer for Texas Instruments

Thrive In Time Of Uncertainty

Covid-19 has introduced a lot of changes to our professional as well as personal lives. How to improve one’s tolerance and thrive amid uncertainty.

Bing Xie is senior global business executive with a successful track record in global revenue growth strategy, digital transformation and talent development. He now works as corporate board member, university adviser and angel investor. Before his retirement end of 2020, he was Senior Vice President/Executive Officer for Texas Instruments Inc., overseeing global Sales and Application teams and $14+ billion in sales revenue.

Alex Machoka

Senior Director Transmission Operations, Oncor

Inevitability of Change: Intersection of Leadership and Generations in the Workplace

How to effectively lead multiple generations especially for young leaders leading older employees, who in most cases have more functional experience.

Alex Machoka has worked at Oncor Electric delivery in Texas since May 2005 and is currently Senior Director in Transmission Operations. Alex started with Oncor in 2005 as a Transmission Protection and Control technician where he worked on substation system protection and relay maintenance. In 2009, after attaining an MBA from University of Dallas, he joined Oncor’s leadership development program and was an assistant manager in the vegetation management group where he managed storm restoration response, utility vegetation management program. Since then, he’s had multiple leadership roles at Oncor with the most recent role prior to current role as the distribution operations director for Dallas Metro region.