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Women of OpenStack Working Session Sponsored by Comcast

Working Groups

Join the Women of OpenStack on Tuesday morning before the keynote session to hear from other women working in the OpenStack community and discuss how we can help support each other. During the session we'll celebrate our accomplishments over the past year and hear lightning talks from three Women of OpenStack who have recently taken on new roles within the OpenStack community. The speakers and will share their insights on how you can accelerate your learning curve to navigate and become an influencer within the OpenStack community.

Allison Randal, OpenStack Board Member
Lana Brindley, Project Technical Lead
Kendall Nelson, OpenStack Developer

We'll break into small groups to discuss the key lightening talk messages and identify actions for the Women of OpenStack to achieve over the next six months.

Breakfast and coffee will be provided.

Tuesday, April 26, 7:00am-8:45am (12:00pm - 1:45pm UTC)

Austin Convention Center - Level 1 - Expo Hall 5

Difficulty Level: Beginner

Tags: Women of OpenStack

Jessica Murillo

IBM

I am known for: Open source development, Cloud, Open Stack, and IBM Systems. Jessica Murillo is the Vice President of Systems Strategy at IBM. She collaborates with our clients and across IBM to define and deliver infrastructure that is cognitive at our core and enables the world's enterprise cloud platforms. In previous roles, Jessica was the Vice President of Cloud and OpenStack Development... FULL PROFILE

Lana Brindley

OpenStack Documentation PTL

Lana Brindley has several university degrees, a few of which are even relevant to her field. She has has been playing and working with technology since she discovered the Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy text adventure game in the 80's. Eventually, she worked out a way to get paid for her two passions – writing and playing with gadgetry – and has been a technical writer ever since.... FULL PROFILE

Kendall Nelson

Senior Upstream Developer Advocate

Kendall is a Senior Upstream Developer Advocate at the Open Infrastructure Foundation based in St. Paul, MN. She first started working on OpenStack during the Liberty release (2015) on a single service, but has since been involved in Release Management, the Diversity and Inclusion Working Group, the First Contact SIG, various technical leadership roles and also onboarding activities like... FULL PROFILE

Allison Randal

Open Usage Commons, Board Member

Allison is an open source developer and strategist. She is a board member at the Open Infrastructure Foundation, a board member at the Software Freedom Conservancy, and a board member at Open Usage Commons. At various points in the past she has served as chair of the board at the Open Infrastructure Foundation, president and board member of the Open Source Initiative, president and board member... FULL PROFILE

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