NEW this year the workshop will be held in the MORNING. Please join us Monday, July 24, 2006, 10:00 am to 12:45 pm for the Program and Award presentation (continental breakfast & registration 9:00 - 10:00 am, and lunch 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm). Workshop registration includes entrance to the Exhibition and Demo Suites on Monday.
Working the 80/20 Rule for Success - Focusing in on What Matters
The workshop's accomplished keynote speaker and panelists will provide insights into how to work the 80/20 rule for success. Showcasing their own real life examples and providing practical suggestions, workshop attendees will learn how these talented women "cracked the code" and learned how to focus on the 20% that mattered and enabled them to achieve the 80% results for career success and work/life balance.
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Keynote Address:
Reynette Au, Vice President Business Licensing, nVidia Corp.
Reynette Au joined nVIDIA as Vice President of Business Licensing in November 2005. With more than 20 years of management experience in the semiconductor industry, she is responsible for building the company's IP licensing business and positioning it as a complementary and strategic partnership-building model across all nVIDIA businesses.
Before joining nVIDIA, Reynette was Vice President, Marketing for Stretch Inc., the industry's first company to embed programmable logic within processor architecture to create a unique, software-configurable solution. Prior to this, she was president and Chief Executive Officer for Triscend Corporation, which was sold to Xilinx, Inc. in 2004; and Vice President, Marketing for ARM, where under her direction, the company significantly expanded the brand awareness of its popular microprocessor solutions and firmly established its market position as 'The Architecture for the Digital World'. She also held operational and program management positions at AMD and AT&T Microelectronics. Reynette earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (BSCS) degree from the University of Denver.
Panel Moderator:
Sabina Burns, Sr. Director, Corp Marketing and Communications, Virage Logic Corp.
Panelists:
Denise Brouillette, The Innovative Edge
Soha Hassoun, Tufts Univ.
Sophie Maxwell, City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisors - District 10
Kathy Papermaster, IBM Corp.
Eileen Sullivan, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
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MARIE R. PISTILLI WOMEN IN EDA
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Women have made important contributions and strides in the EDA
industry
for over 20 years. In an effort to recognize those who
have dedicated
time towards these achievements, the DAC Executive
Committee presents
an annual award at the WWINDA Luncheon to honor an individual who
has made significant contributions in helping women advance in the
field of EDA technology. Nominations for the award closed on April 3, 2006. Thank you to all who submitted a nomination.
Here is a list of previous recipients of the Marie R. Pistilli Women in EDA Achievement Award.
37th DAC - Penny Herscher, Previously Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
38th DAC - Deidre Hanford, Synopsys, Inc.
39th DAC - Ann Rincon, AMI Semiconductor
40th DAC - Karen Bartleson, Synopsys, Inc.
41st DAC - Mary Jane Irwin, Penn State Univ.
42nd DAC - Kathryn Kranen, Jasper Design Automation, Inc.
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MISSION
STATEMENT
To be a workshop of relevance to women in Electronic Design
Automation, to provide a forum for the interchange of ideas
for successful careers in the EDA profession, to address the
particular needs of professional women and to
provide an opportunity
for peer networking.
WWINDA Chair: Daya
Nadamuni, Chief Analyst and Research VP, Gartner
Dataquest
WWINDA Vice Chair:
Sabina Burns, Sr. Director, Corp Marketing and
Communications,
Virage Logic Corp.
STEERING
COMMITTEE
Nanette Collins, Publicity Chair, 42nd DAC
Marie R. Pistilli, Co-Chair, Board of Directors, MP
Associates,
Inc.
Telle Whitney, President, Anita Borg Institute for
Women &
Technology
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RECENT TOPICS INCLUDE:
2005 42nd "Cultural Evolution: Keeping Pace with
Organizational
Diversity"
2004 41st "Career and Life Drivers - Passion vs.
Ambition"
2003 40th "Would Life be Different if Risk were Not a Factor?
Managing Life & Career Transition"
2002 39th "Silk Purses and Sow's Ears: Turning Obstacles into
Opportunity"
2001 38th "Smart Risk Taking = Innovation"
2000 37th "Strategies For Success"
1999 36th "Making the Right Choices"
1998 35th "Forget the Ceiling-Break the Glass"
We welcome and encourage feedback. Please
email Nannette
Jordan or Susie Horn with suggested topics and comments for future
workshops, or to become involved with the success of the
WWINDA. Receive
the latest information first join the WWINDA mail list.
SPECIAL THANKS: We would
like to express our thanks to the DAC Executive
Committee, ACM/SIGDA,
IEEE/CAS Society and the EDA Consortium for their support
and leadership
in making this event possible. Special thanks goes to MP
Associates,
Inc. who donates the logistical and publication
coordination for the
women's workshop.
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