You are invited to join a STEM speaker/workshop series:
Where: The View Teen Center, Castro Room, 263 Escuela Avenue, Mountain View
When: July 15, 3 to 5 pm
Who: Students interested in tech fields
Cost: Free
Prerequisites: None
Sign up: (a) complete Google Form https://goo.gl/forms/TXfw6gfJe1hpPXNm2 & submit the attached signed release form.
Guest Speaker: Kevin Whitley, Software Engineer from Roadster. Kevin is a developer at Roadster working on user interface. Previously he was a senior engineer at POPSUGAR’s ShopStyle and an architect at Ariba and several other software companies. He has a Bachelor and Master of Science in Physics from U.C. Berkeley.
Agenda:
- Speaker Introduction (5 minutes)
- What is User Interface (UI) Design
- How to become a UI Designer
- UI Design Tools (demo)
- Showcase UI at Roadster, POPSUGAR, Ariba
- Journey to becoming a developer, UI designer, software engineer
- Refreshment break (15 minutes)
- Working for a silicon valley start up, what to expect
- Roadster disruptive business model
- Other topics of interest
- Q&A (15 minutes)