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SUMMARY:CTA: Women in Technology - Speed Mentoring
DESCRIPTION:Women in Tech - Speed Mentoring\n \nEvery professional should have a mentor. Mentors help drive you to the next level in your business career. Just as an old Chinese Proverb says:\n\n"A single conversation with a wise women is better than ten years of study.â€Â  \n\nThe knowledge and experiences mentors have is intangible and honest\, and can provide you with the knowledge and tools to pave the path for the next leadership role you want and deserve.  Mentors share the challenges they’ve faced and how they’ve overcome them and the mistakes they’ve made and what they’d do differently. \n\nJoin us for Women in Technology – Speed Mentoring\, where you will have the opportunity to sit down with at least one of the executives below (and meet the other mentors during the morning) and ask them questions about how they got to the leadership position they are in now\, what challenges they faced and how they overcame them\, what would they do differently\, and anything else you want to ask. Mentors are across industries and their companies range from large to small\, and startups to large corporations. \n\n\nMentors include:\n\nSusan Cheedle\, Senior District President\, Robert Half Technology\nCindy Humphrey\, VP Business Marketing\, Century Link/Qwest\nMary Cay Kosten \, Vice President Global Customer Support\, EMC\n\nNadine Lange\, President FONT-WEIGHT: bold\; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">\n \nAgenda:\n7:30 - 8:00am   Registration\n8:00 - 8:20am   Breakfast and networking\n8:20 - 9:00am   Mentoring\n9:05 - 9:45am   Switch Mentors\n9:45 - 10:15am  Networking\n\nTicket Information: - Tickets include breakfast and session content \n$45 for women Members\; Premium Members receive 2 complimentary tickets. (Please contact Michelle Marek (303-592-4070) if you do not know the Women in Technology promo code for your complimentary tickets.)\n$85 for women Non Members\n\n\nMentors:\n\nSusan Cheedle\, Senior District President\, Robert Half Technology\n\nSusan Cheedle is the Senior District President for Robert Half Technology where she oversees the company's consulting and permanent placement operations throughout the central and western United States as well as Canada. Robert Half Technology (RHT) is a leading specialized staffing firm providing information technology (IT) professionals on a project and full-time basis.  Cheedle began her career with Robert Half in 1993 as a Staffing Manager quickly moving through the ranks as a Business Development Director\, Regional Vice President\, Senior Regional Vice President and District President. Experienced in recruitment\, account management\, financial management and project development\, she is known for her leadership abilities and a high commitment to client service. Additionally\, her extensive network within the business community enables her to provide clients with the highest caliber of IT professionals to successfully meet their business objectives.\n\n\nCheedle is a former Board member with Denver-based Urban Peak\, a program that helps young people overcome homelessness and other real life challenges by providing safety\, respect\, essential services and a supportive community\, empowering them to become self-reliant adults. Additionally\, she served as the Chairman of Urban Peak's Human Resources \n\n\nCommittee for two years\, a role that helps the organization continue its success by recruiting the best talent in Colorado. She also supports The Denver Dumb Friends League\, Guide Dogs of America\, The Children’s Hospital Foundation\, Boys and Girls Clubs of America\, The United Way and Courage Center.\n\n\nCindy Humphrey\, VP Business Marketing\, Century Link/Qwest\nCindy Humphrey oversees all product development and marketing for CenturyLink Business. A nationwide organization\, CenturyLink Business is regionally based in Denver\, Colorado and generates more than $4 billion in annual revenues through delivery of a comprehensive portfolio of data and voice networking communications solutions\, through an industry-leading fiber optic network and data centers. The group services institutions domestically\, as well as in Europe and the Pacific Rim. \nA seasoned professional with 24 years of experience in the telecommunications industry\, Humphrey handles a broad scope of responsibility in reaching all segments of the business market\, including medium- to large-size businesses\, government and education accounts. She manages a team of product and marketing professionals working to equip Business Markets with tools that drive results for CenturyLink Business.\nBefore joining CenturyLink Business Markets\, Humphrey was a Regional Vice President for Qwest Wholesale and responsible for sales to wireless carriers. Humphrey achieved increased sales levels in a declining market over multiple years. Humphrey began her career as a network manager and has held a variety of positions in CenturyLink and its predecessor companies\, including Product Manager and Director for multiple product lines\; Market Manager and Channel Manager. \nAdditionally\, she holds a patent for work completed in a product development position. She was named the Direct Marketing Association\, "2011 Business to Business Marketer of the Year.â€Â \n\nMary Cay Kosten \, Vice President Global Customer Support\, EMC\nMary Cay Kosten is responsible for creating and driving field service strategy and programs\, logistics\, and escalation management for EMC’s 3\,000-person global team supporting EMC’s customer base. \n\nMary Cay has over 25 years of experience in service and supplier management\, with a proven track record in building outstanding service delivery organizations. Prior to joining EMC\, she was Vice President of Global Customer Services Delivery for Oracle/Sun Microsystems\, responsible for delivering all elements of Sun's support services. At Sun Microsystems\, she also served as Vice President of Customer Services for the Americas Region and Vice President for the Americas Customer Care Center. \n\nUnder her leadership\, Sun achieved the prestigious J.D. Power and Associates Certified Technology Service and Support (CTSS) award for "An Outstanding Customer Service Experience\," the Service FONT-SIZE: 10pt\; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Nadine Lange\, President FONT-SIZE: 13px\; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">\n\nBetsy Redfern\, Chief Learning Officer\, MWH\nThose who have met Betsy Redfern\, MWH’s Chief Learning Officer\, report that they have seen a walking\, talking\, human version of the Energizer Bunny. Betsy is certainly a model of what it means to be on the move.  A multilevel thinker with impressive problem-solving skills mixed with an understanding of academic structure\, she is a dynamic and energetic person.\n\n\nEnthusiasm is not the only personality trait.  Her undergraduate degree in English Literature affords her a classical background as well as a basis for building a lifetime career as a communicator.  Continuing her academic studies while juggling family responsibilities along with her assignment as Chairperson of the Language Arts program in Fayetteville\, AR\, she earned a Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction as well as Gifted Education from the University of Arkansas. Being community and service minded\, she also served a ten-year long term as President of a non-profit organization whose goal it was to care for the children of working parents in Fayetteville\, AR. \n \nAs Chief Learning Officer at MWH\, Betsy runs MWH’s accredited\, in-house university.  Courses include:  Inspirational Leadership\, Create the Future\, and Project Manager Essentials.  In addition MWHU sponsors an annual global knowledge sharing event that brings together MWH employees from around the world to share and expand their knowledge of new applications\, technologies and projects while improving their presentation skills and networking with the global MWH community.  \n\n\nAlthough Betsy was raised in the Ozarks\, the Rocky Mountains drew her to Colorado.  She brings a new perspective to the world of engineering as well as a touch of Southern hospitality.\n\n\nMelissa Risteff\, VP Marketing\, NewsGator\n\nMelissa Risteff is the VP of Marketing at NewsGator Technologies in Denver\, CO. She is a thought leader in social computing\, E2.0\, organizational development\, and e-learning\; and has extensive experience using Web 2.0\, social media and traditional marketing technologies to effectively build brands\, generate leads\, and drive revenue at high-growth startups and Fortune 500 organizations. She is also a regular contributor to NewsGator’s Social inSites blog\, and her writings have been featured in many publications including CMSWire\, KMWorld\, SharePoint Daily\, and Inside Knowledge.\n\n\nBefore arriving @newsgator\, Melissa served as Chief Marketing Officer of a collaborative analytics software firm\, Vice President of Marketing and Product for an eLearning company\, and has held many senior level marketing and product management roles at both Sun Microsystems and General Electric. Melissa holds a B.S. in Marketing from Bentley University\, and MAS in Technology Management from the University of Denver.\n\n\nAfter growing up in New York and Vermont\, Melissa moved to Denver in 1992\, where she has lived ever since. A self-proclaimed foodie\, she has an affinity for gastronomy\, wanderlust\, and hiking. Follow her on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/risteff and Twitter: @mristeff\n\n\nMargie Simms\, Region VP Sales\, ViaWest\n\n\n\nAndrea Young\, CIO and VP of Development\, BI Incorporated \nMs. Young has more than 20 years of experience in information technology systems.  Presently\, Ms. Young is the Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Development at BI Incorporated\, a leading provider of location monitoring technology and treatment services for community corrections agencies located in Boulder\, CO.  Her responsibilities include overseeing BI’s information technology systems and software development team\, a key role in BI achieving its enterprise-wide strategic goals. \n\n\nPrior to BI\, Ms. Young was Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Information Technology for Janus Capital Group.  She managed an annual operating budget of more than $75 million and a staff of more than 200. In addition\, Ms. Young has worked for ConferTech – now Polycom\, Inc.\, a manufacturer of audio conference bridge systems and services\; McGraw-Hill\, Inc.\, a leading institution in the financial services and education and business information markets\; and Kroh Brothers Real Estate. \n\n\nMs. Young also serves as Board of Director for New Foundations for Nonviolence Center (NFNC)\, a Colorado-based Not-for-Profit Corporation dedicated to empowering people within the criminal justice system in Colorado to make positive life changes for the betterment of themselves\, their families\, and the community at large\n\n\nMs. Young is respected for her organizational and management skills. Her ability to strategically plan and organize projects at the department and enterprise levels has saved valuable resources\, improving production efficiency and customer relationships. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business and information systems from the University of Phoenix in Denver\, and she has completed work toward a Master of Science degree in technology management from the University of Denver.   \n\nOn the personal side\, Ms. Young is a third-generation native to Denver\, Colorado.  She enjoys spending time with family\, volunteering\, skiing\, golfing\, and travel.
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"A single conversation with a wise women is better than ten years of study.â€Â Â
The knowledge and experiences mentors have is intangible and honest\, and can provide you with the knowledge and tools to pave the path for the next leadership role you want and deserve.  Mentors share the challenges they’ve faced and how they’ve overcome them and the mistakes they’ve made and what they’d do differently.Â
Join us for Women in Technology – Speed Mentoring\, where you will have the opportunity to sit down with at least one of the executives below (and meet the other mentors during the morning) and ask them questions about how they got to the leadership position they are in now\, what challenges they faced and how they overcame them\, what would they do differently\, and anything else you want to ask. Mentors are across industries and their companies range from large to small\, and startups to large corporations.Â
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Nadine Lange\, President & CEO\, OpenScan
Betsy Redfern\, Chief Learning Officer\, MWH
Melissa Risteff\, VP Marketing\, NewsGator
Margie Simms\, Region VP Sales\, ViaWest
Andrea Young\, CIO and VP of Development\, BI Incorporated
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Agenda:
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7:30 - 8:00am   Registration
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8:00 - 8:20am   Breakfast and networking
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8:20 - 9:00am   Mentoring
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9:05 - 9:45am   Switch Mentors
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9:45 - 10:15am  Networking
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Ticket Information:Â - Tickets include breakfast and session contentÂ
$45 for women Members\; Premium Members receive 2 complimentary tickets. (Please contact Michelle Marek (303-592-4070) if you do not know the Women in Technology promo code for your complimentary tickets.)
$85 for women Non Members \n
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Susan Cheedle\, Senior District President\, Robert Half Technology \n
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Susan Cheedle is the Senior District President for Robert Half Technology where she oversees the company's consulting and permanent placement operations throughout the central and western United States as well as Canada. Robert Half Technology (RHT) is a leading specialized staffing firm providing information technology (IT) professionals on a project and full-time basis. Â Cheedle began her career with Robert Half in 1993 as a Staffing Manager quickly moving through the ranks as a Business Development Director\, Regional Vice President\, Senior Regional Vice President and District President. Experienced in recruitment\, account management\, financial management and project development\, she is known for her leadership abilities and a high commitment to client service. Additionally\, her extensive network within the business community enables her to provide clients with the highest caliber of IT professionals to successfully meet their business objectives.
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Cheedle is a former Board member with Denver-based Urban Peak\, a program that helps young people overcome homelessness and other real life challenges by providing safety\, respect\, essential services and a supportive community\, empowering them to become self-reliant adults. Additionally\, she served as the Chairman of Urban Peak's Human ResourcesÂ
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Committee for two years\, a role that helps the organization continue its success by recruiting the best talent in Colorado. She also supports The Denver Dumb Friends League\, Guide Dogs of America\, The Children’s Hospital Foundation\, Boys and Girls Clubs of America\, The United Way and Courage Center.
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Cindy Humphrey\, VP Business Marketing\, Century Link/Qwest \n
Cindy Humphrey oversees all product development and marketing for CenturyLink Business. A nationwide organization\, CenturyLink Business is regionally based in Denver\, Colorado and generates more than $4 billion in annual revenues through delivery of a comprehensive portfolio of data and voice networking communications solutions\, through an industry-leading fiber optic network and data centers. The group services institutions domestically\, as well as in Europe and the Pacific Rim.Â
A seasoned professional with 24 years of experience in the telecommunications industry\, Humphrey handles a broad scope of responsibility in reaching all segments of the business market\, including medium- to large-size businesses\, government and education accounts. She manages a team of product and marketing professionals working to equip Business Markets with tools that drive results for CenturyLink Business.
Before joining CenturyLink Business Markets\, Humphrey was a Regional Vice President for Qwest Wholesale and responsible for sales to wireless carriers. Humphrey achieved increased sales levels in a declining market over multiple years. Humphrey began her career as a network manager and has held a variety of positions in CenturyLink and its predecessor companies\, including Product Manager and Director for multiple product lines\; Market Manager and Channel Manager.Â
Additionally\, she holds a patent for work completed in a product development position. She was named the Direct Marketing Association\, "2011 Business to Business Marketer of the Year.â€Â
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Mary Cay Kosten \, Vice President Global Customer Support\, EMC
Mary Cay Kosten is responsible for creating and driving field service strategy and programs\, logistics\, and escalation management for EMC’s 3\,000-person global team supporting EMC’s customer base.Â
Mary Cay has over 25 years of experience in service and supplier management\, with a proven track record in building outstanding service delivery organizations. Prior to joining EMC\, she was Vice President of Global Customer Services Delivery for Oracle/Sun Microsystems\, responsible for delivering all elements of Sun's support services. At Sun Microsystems\, she also served as Vice President of Customer Services for the Americas Region and Vice President for the Americas Customer Care Center.Â
Under her leadership\, Sun achieved the prestigious J.D. Power and Associates Certified Technology Service and Support (CTSS) award for "An Outstanding Customer Service Experience\," the Service & Support Professionals Association (SSPA) award for Excellence in Service Operations\, and was inducted into the SSPA Hall of Fame.  Mary Cay is a 2008 recipient of the Denver Business Journal's Outstanding Women in Business (High Tech and Telecommunications) award and a 2006 recipient of the Silicon Valley YWCA Tribute to Women and Industry (TWIN) award. She holds an MS degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California and a BS in Marketing from the University of West Florida. \n
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Nadine Lange\, President & CEO\, OpenScan \n
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Nadine Lange founded OPEN SCAN® in July of 1998 and was the first to recognize the importance of linking a financial instrument with the payment coupon at the point of capture. Ms. Lange's pioneering vision of "how to automate business-to-business mail processing" was to integrate a check scanner along with a page scanner\, thereby capturing all documents at the envelope level. Today\, the company is still the premier technology provider delivering the convergence of electronic check deposit\, remittance processing and cash application at the desktop.
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As President and CEO of Open Scan Technologies\, Inc.\, Ms. Lange maintains the company's vision and oversees strategic direction and corporate development. Prior to OPEN SCAN® \, she held executive sales management positions spanning more than 15 years within some of the leading image and data capture\, archive\, and document management companies such as IMR (now Captaris) and Microsystems Technology (now AnyDoc Software).
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Ms. Lange holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Houston. She received the 2003 "Woman Owned Business" Award from the Women's Business Enterprise National Council\, which recognizes outstanding contributions by a woman owned business to the economy.
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Betsy Redfern\, Chief Learning Officer\, MWH \n
Those who have met Betsy Redfern\, MWH’s Chief Learning Officer\, report that they have seen a walking\, talking\, human version of the Energizer Bunny. Betsy is certainly a model of what it means to be on the move.  A multilevel thinker with impressive problem-solving skills mixed with an understanding of academic structure\, she is a dynamic and energetic person.
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Enthusiasm is not the only personality trait.  Her undergraduate degree in English Literature affords her a classical background as well as a basis for building a lifetime career as a communicator.  Continuing her academic studies while juggling family responsibilities along with her assignment as Chairperson of the Language Arts program in Fayetteville\, AR\, she earned a Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction as well as Gifted Education from the University of Arkansas. Being community and service minded\, she also served a ten-year long term as President of a non-profit organization whose goal it was to care for the children of working parents in Fayetteville\, AR.Â
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As Chief Learning Officer at MWH\, Betsy runs MWH’s accredited\, in-house university.  Courses include:  Inspirational Leadership\, Create the Future\, and Project Manager Essentials.  In addition MWHU sponsors an annual global knowledge sharing event that brings together MWH employees from around the world to share and expand their knowledge of new applications\, technologies and projects while improving their presentation skills and networking with the global MWH community. Â
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Although Betsy was raised in the Ozarks\, the Rocky Mountains drew her to Colorado. Â She brings a new perspective to the world of engineering as well as a touch of Southern hospitality.
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Melissa Risteff\, VP Marketing\, NewsGator \n
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Melissa Risteff is the VP of Marketing at NewsGator Technologies in Denver\, CO. She is a thought leader in social computing\, E2.0\, organizational development\, and e-learning\; and has extensive experience using Web 2.0\, social media and traditional marketing technologies to effectively build brands\, generate leads\, and drive revenue at high-growth startups and Fortune 500 organizations. She is also a regular contributor to NewsGator’s Social inSites blog\, and her writings have been featured in many publications including CMSWire\, KMWorld\, SharePoint Daily\, and Inside Knowledge.
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Before arriving @newsgator\, Melissa served as Chief Marketing Officer of a collaborative analytics software firm\, Vice President of Marketing and Product for an eLearning company\, and has held many senior level marketing and product management roles at both Sun Microsystems and General Electric. Melissa holds a B.S. in Marketing from Bentley University\, and MAS in Technology Management from the University of Denver.
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After growing up in New York and Vermont\, Melissa moved to Denver in 1992\, where she has lived ever since. A self-proclaimed foodie\, she has an affinity for gastronomy\, wanderlust\, and hiking. Follow her on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/risteff and Twitter: @mristeff
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Margie Simms\, Region VP Sales\, ViaWest \n
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Andrea Young\, CIO and VP of Development\, BI Incorporated \n
Ms. Young has more than 20 years of experience in information technology systems.  Presently\, Ms. Young is the Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Development at BI Incorporated\, a leading provider of location monitoring technology and treatment services for community corrections agencies located in Boulder\, CO.  Her responsibilities include overseeing BI’s information technology systems and software development team\, a key role in BI achieving its enterprise-wide strategic goals.Â
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Prior to BI\, Ms. Young was Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Information Technology for Janus Capital Group.  She managed an annual operating budget of more than $75 million and a staff of more than 200. In addition\, Ms. Young has worked for ConferTech – now Polycom\, Inc.\, a manufacturer of audio conference bridge systems and services\; McGraw-Hill\, Inc.\, a leading institution in the financial services and education and business information markets\; and Kroh Brothers Real Estate.Â
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Ms. Young also serves as Board of Director for New Foundations for Nonviolence Center (NFNC)\, a Colorado-based Not-for-Profit Corporation dedicated to empowering people within the criminal justice system in Colorado to make positive life changes for the betterment of themselves\, their families\, and the community at large
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Ms. Young is respected for her organizational and management skills. Her ability to strategically plan and organize projects at the department and enterprise levels has saved valuable resources\, improving production efficiency and customer relationships. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business and information systems from the University of Phoenix in Denver\, and she has completed work toward a Master of Science degree in technology management from the University of Denver. Â Â
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On the personal side\, Ms. Young is a third-generation native to Denver\, Colorado. Â She enjoys spending time with family\, volunteering\, skiing\, golfing\, and travel.
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