Calendar of Events

Topic: 

"How to deliver and how to make your team shine"

When I transitioned from an individual contributor into people management, I was inexperienced, had to figure out how to manage 8 technical people while being a black female immigrant with little guidance, and still maintain a technical day-to-day role for an extended period of time. In this talk, I present some tips and tricks that I wish I knew when I transitioned, including: how to transition to leadership in underrepresented spaces, how to understand what a technical team is looking for and how to deliver on those things, and how to make your team shine - because you, as a leader, are only as successful as your team!

Objectives:

• Learn how to transition to leadership in underrepresented spaces
• Understand what a technical team is looking for
• Know how to make your team shine - your team's success = your success

Speaker:  Kaylan Hales-Clark, Technical Manager and Systems Performance Consultant

Speaker Bio:

Kaylan is a Jamaican native based in the U.S. who on a mission to improve knowledge sharing, primarily in tech. In addition to her day job as a Technical Manager and Systems Monitoring & Performance Consultant, Kayan has spent the last 10 years doing graphic and web design for a variety of clients. This includes creating websites, flyers, tickets, posters, brochures, book covers, social media marketing, etc. As a foreign worker and a minority here in the US, she tries to help those in the same boat, who are looking to dominate the tech industry while trying to adapt to a new culture and environment.