[UCI-Calit2] 4/15/15 OC Business Leaders Discuss Entrepreneurial and Career Opportunities in STEM

Mon Apr 6 08:49:20 PDT 2015

Shelly!

Thank you for reaching out on this. It sounds spectacular. 

How can we be of help? We work with Athina and would love to support,
moderate, have a booth, etc. 

Thank you!

In and for entrepreneurship,

David

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David M. Ochi
UC Irvine  |  Blackstone LaunchPad 
Executive Director
G202A Student Center
Irvine, CA 92697

+1-949-824-6407
 <mailto:bmarange at uci.edu> dochi at uci.edu

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Subject: [UCI-Calit2] 4/15/15 OC Business Leaders Discuss Entrepreneurial
and Career Opportunities in STEM

You are cordially invited to attend the following panel presentation, as
part of the series on:

"This is What a Scientist/Engineer Looks Like: Changing the Face of STEM"

Topic:  Entrepreneurial and Career Opportunities in STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

Presenters: 

Doris Mattingly is the Director of Engineering for Lantronix, a global
provider of smart networking and communications solutions for Internet of
Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) applications. Mattingly is a 25
year veteran in the technology industry. Her past experience includes lead
engineering roles with Ericsson, Hughes Aircraft Company, and McDonnell
Douglas Astronautics Corp. Mattingly earned her BSEE in Engineering and
graduated Summa Cum Laude from Boston University. She and her family are
residents of Huntington Beach, California.

Lisa Varga is the Chief Executive Officer & Founder of Phoenix Energy
Technologies and brings 20+ years of energy and waste management experience
to the dynamic PhoenixET Team.  Prior to founding PhoenixET, Varga led sales
and marketing efforts for a leading waste management company. She brings a
wealth of retail knowledge and experience to the PhoenixET organization, and
has put this knowledge to use in some of the industry's leading trade
organizations.  Varga has served on several boards including the Board of
Directors for Professional Retail Store Maintenance (PRSM) since 2007. She
is the Chairperson and Co-Founder of PRSM's Sustainability Council, a
resource center for green initiatives, legislation, and best practices. She
is also Vice-Chairperson for CleanTech OC, an association promoting economic
growth in Orange County's clean technology industry.

Athina Markopoulou is an associate professor in the Samueli School of
Engineering and co-founder of Shoelace Wireless, Inc., a startup company
named for its ability to tie mobile devices together. Markopoulou is the
2014 Samueli School Mid-Career Faculty Research Excellence Awardee. She is a
senior member of the IEEE and an associate editor for IEEE/ACM Transactions
on Networking. She currently serves as the director of UCI's Graduate
Program in Networked Systems. In 2012, Markopoulou won a NSF Innovation
Corps grant enabling her to explore the marketability of a Microcast project
she and her graduate students were working on, later the project was spun
off into Shoelace Wireless.

Representative from the Small Business Administration (SBA) (invited) The
SBA's Santa Ana District Office is responsible for the delivery of SBA's
programs and services to Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. The
team at the SBA  do three things very well at the Santa Ana District Office-
Inform, Educate, and Connect.  The SBA's job is to connect entrepreneurs and
small businesses to the resources needed to start, grow and succeed.

Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Time: 4 p.m.

Location: Calit2 Building Auditorium, UC Irvine

Parking: Anteater Parking Structure, $2/hour (directions here)
<http://www.calit2.uci.edu/uploads/Media/Text/Directions%20to%20Calit2%2008-
09.pdf> 

Background: According to the National Science Foundation's 2014 report on
Science & Engineering Indicators, women receive more than half of the
bachelor's degrees awarded in the U.S. in biological sciences. They receive
far fewer, however, in computer sciences (18.2%), engineering (18.4%), and
mathematics and statistics (43.1%). Women remain underrepresented in the
science and engineering workforce. They comprise only 13% of all engineers
and just 25% of computer and mathematical sciences. Furthermore, minority
women comprise fewer than 1 in 10 employed scientists and engineers. UCI is
working to improve these statistics by helping our female undergraduate
students succeed in these fields. 

While this program targets women and underrepresented students, we encourage
anyone interested in STEM to attend. Please forward this email to anyone you
think might benefit from learning more about opportunities in these fields.

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