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EqOpTech Summer STEM Speaker/Workshop Series #2

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)