highlights from the journey so far

  Vidya Srinivasan New
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2020
  • Dec 2020: Panelist, Tech Circus UK 
  • Nov 2020: Opening keynote speaker, Aspire Asia (est reach ~800)
  • Oct 2020: Panelist, "Unpacking Product Management" hosted by the Associate Product Managers Club 
  • Oct 2020: Panelist, She Empowers event in celebration of the Day of the Girl 
  • Oct 2020: CurryUp StartUp Podcast recording 
  • Sep 2020: Closing keynote speaker, Grace Hopper Conference 2020
  • Sep 2020: Featured speaker, "Legacy of Women in Computing" with Dr. Sheila Tejada, Grace Hopper Conference 2020
  • Sep 2020: Panelist, "#Relationships are the true currency", Grace Hopper Conference 2020
  • Aug 2020: Panelist, "Product Management in Tech" hosted by Houston Product Management group
  • Jul 2020: Nominated as the Co-Chair of Women @ Teams group 
  • Jul 2020: Panelist, "How do I become a Product Manager?"- repeat due to popular demand, hosted by Her Tech Hour and IWiC (sold out event)
  • June 2020: Panelist, "Personal Branding" with Dona Sarkar hosted by WiBA, Microsoft 
  • Jun 2020: Panelist, "How do I become a Product Manager?" hosted by Her Tech Hour and IWiC (sold out event @ 200 attendees)
  • May 2020: Featured by Wogrammer
  • Mar 2020: Panelist, International women's day event hosted by IWiC PWiC, and NWiC (sold out event)
  • Mar 2020: Panelist, Tech track, Microsoft Global Women's Conference (cancelled due to COVID)
  • Feb 2020: Speaker, How to Speak at GHC 2020, AnitaB.Seattle event 
  • Feb 2020: Speaker, Speaking at Tech Conferences, Boost Conference hosted by Women @ Teams  
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2019
  • Oct 2019: Women in Business and Technology (WiBT) podcast episode goes live
  • Oct 2019: One of the closing keynote speakers at the 2019 Grace Hopper Conference (audience: 25,000)
  • Aug 2019: Panelist, "Product Managers Interview" hosted by the Product Managers Club
  • Jul 2019: Featured on Crosscut "On defeating imposter syndrome to become a tech innovator and mom"
  • May 2019: Filed 21 patents for my work in the tech industry 
  • Apr 2019: Commons building exhibit at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond unveiled 
  • Apr 2019: Chosen as one of the six employees worldwide for the Microsoft Inclusion Campaign
  • Mar 2019: My interview on 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 episode 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
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2018
  • Nov 2018: Two hour guest lecture at the school of informatics, University of Washington
  • Nov 2018: Keynote speaker, 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 launch  
  • 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
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2017
  • 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 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
2016
  • 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​
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2015​​
  • 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​

2014
  • 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
2013
  • Nov 2013: Guest Lecture, Skype in the Classroom
  • Oct 2013: Tech Talk, Student Opportunity Lab @ Grace Hopper Conference
2012​
  • 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
2010-2011
  • 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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