Here are some highlights of my work at Microsoft, speaking, hacking, diversity & inclusion efforts, and more.
- Jul 2019: Featured on Crosscut "On defeating imposter syndrome to become a tech innovator and mom"
- May 2019: Filed 21 patents for my work at Microsoft so far
- Apr 2019: Chosen as one of the six employees worldwide for the Microsoft Inclusion Campaign
- Mar 2019: The Intrazone podcast interview goes live!
- Mar 2019: Speaker, Microsoft MVP Global Summit
- Mar 2019: #GetInspired Series: D&I Spotlight feature, Microsoft Tech Community
- Feb 2019: Things She Does podcast interview goes live
- Feb 2019: Panelist, Ask the Experts Panel: Speaking and Volunteering at GHC 2019 (est reach ~ Women @ Microsoft community)
- Jan 2019: Microsoft Inclusion campaign interview and photo shoot
- Nov 2018: Two hour guest lecture at the school of informatics, University of Washington
- Nov 2018: Keynote speaker at She Codes Summit
- Sep 2018: 45 min tech session at Microsoft Ignite on Bringing Mixed Reality to your Intranet". View the on-demand video here.
- Sep 2018: Panel, GHC prep panel hosted by the Technical Women at Microsoft community (est reach ~600)
- Aug 2018: Nominated as the General Chair of the 2019 Grace Hopper Conference, the largest conference for women in computing
- Jul 2018: The Ability Hacks book is published
- Aug 2018: Panelist, Interns @ Microsoft panel about Product Management
- May 2018: Keynote Speaker at SharePoint Conference North America
- Apr 2018: Speaker at the Women In Tech Regatta, Seattle
- Mar 2018: Panelist, ACM-W Career Panel at University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Jan 2018: Featured in Moms Can: Code
- Jan 2018: Learn To Code With Me Podcast interview goes live (est reach ~15,000)
- Jan 2018: Panelist, Microsoft Women Tweet Chat
- Jan 2018: Featured in the CSC News: 50 Years at NC State magazine
- Dec 2017: Invitation to Chair Human Computer Interaction track at GHC 2018
- Dec 2017: IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Conf (WIE ILE) Panel acceptance
- Nov 2017: LTCWM Podcast Interview
- Nov 2017: Tedx Speaker
- Nov 2017: Speaker trainer for ABI.Seattle : Hopper x 1 Seattle
- Nov 2017: Guest Lecture, iSchool @ University of Washington
- Oct 2017: Finals Judge, Dubhacks
- Oct 2017: Recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumni Award by North Carolina State University
- Oct 2017: Keynote speaker welcoming 30 of our newest employees to Microsoft @ Orlando, FL
- Oct 2017: Invited speaker at Featured Session: Panel, Grace Hopper Conference
- Oct 2017: Career Panel, Grace Hopper Conference
- Aug 2017: Winner of the distinguished CSC Young Alumni Award awarded by North Carolina State University
- Aug 2017: Featured on the GALs show, Channel 9
- Aug 2017: Keynote at Microsoft Bring Your Kids to Work Day (Aud: 2000+)
- Jul 2017: Featured on Forbes "Succeeding In The Fourth Trimester: Resuming Your Tech Job After Maternity Leave"
- Jul 2017: Ted-style talk: Microsoft Women Signature Event (Aud: 800)
- Jun 2017: Panel: Women, Technology, and Voice by ABI.Seattle hosted by GoDaddy
- May 2017: First Article @ The Huffington Post
- May 2017: Guest Lecture, School of informatics, University of Washington (Aud: 150)
- Mar 2017: Keynote, Gender in STEM, UW (Aud: 200)
- Feb 2017: Brown Bag, OneDrive SharePoint Women's Group
- Dec 2016: Nominated as Chair, Human-Computer Interaction @ GHC 2017
- Oct 2016: Keynote, Dubhacks 2016 (Aud: 800)
- Oct 2016: Featured on Forbes "Defying Stereotypes as a pregnant woman in tech"
- Sep 2016: Honored to be chosen as one of the 12 "Faces of Computer Science" by North Carolina State University
- Jul 2016: Podcast, The Women in Tech Show - "Hacking for Good with Vidya Srinivasan"
- Jun 2016: Featured in Microsoft Web "Hackathon might be the best way to build your network"
- May 2016: Tech Talk, Inspiration for Innovation, Codess Seattle (Aud 250)
- Apr 2016: Won "Contributing to the Future" Award at Microsoft Ability Summit
- Apr 2016: Keynote Demo, Microsoft Ability Summit
- Mar 2016: Brown Bag, Microsoft Women's Group
- Feb 2016: Nominated as Chair, Student Opportunity Lab @ GHC 2016
- Jan 2016: Featured by the Department of Computer Science, NC State University
- Oct 2015: Panel & Tech Talk, Grace Hopper Conference
- Oct 2015: Featured by Microsoft Research for my work on Open Source Day
- Oct 2015: Featured by Anita Borg Institute on Instagram
- Oct 2015: Led Open Source Day @ Grace Hopper Conference
- Sep 2015: Speaker, Systers Seattle
- Sep 2015: Featured by Microsoft Story Labs "Designing Her Own Destiny"
- Aug 2015: Won "Most Inspiring Project" at Microsoft Global Hackathon
- Jul 2015: Student Spotlight, NC State University
- May 2015: Tech Talk, Codess (Aud 100)
- Apr 2015: Won "Tech4Good" Award at the Microsoft Research Hackathon
- Feb 2015: Nominated as Chair for Open Source Day, GHC 2015
- Oct 2014: Panel, Grace Hopper Conference
- Oct 2014: Podcast, iGirl Tech News
- Sep 2014: Guest Speaker, Hackathon & Innovation @ Microsoft CSS Global Summit
- Aug 2014: Took the #ALSIceBucketChallenge with Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft
- Aug 2014: Won "Tech4Good" Award at Microsoft Global Hackathon
- Aug 2014: Won the "Grand Prize" at Microsoft Global Hackathon
- May 2014: Panel, Voices Conference
- Mar 2014: Nominated as Org Coordinator, Open Source Day @ GHC 2014
- Nov 2013: Guest Lecture, Skype in the Classroom
- Oct 2013: Tech Talk, Student Opportunity Lab @ Grace Hopper Conference
- Aug 2012: Presented at the 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
- Apr 2012: Joined Asha Seatle as a Volunteer [Designer incharge of designing posters, brochures, t-shirts, and other marketing materials]
- Mar 2012: Joined Microsoft
- May 2011: Nominated as the Microsoft Intern Ambassador for NC State University
- May 2011: Interned at Microsoft
- Jan 2011: Nominated as a member at the NC State University Standing Committee
- Dec 2010: Nominated as Cultural Secretary of MAITRI @ NC State University
- Feb 2010: Presented at the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Computer and Automation Engineering
- May 2009: Nominated as the Secretary of LEO Club, subsidiary of the Lions Club International
- Sep 2010: Joined National Service Scheme as a volunteer
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