Girls In Tech - Portland, OR
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Girls in Tech is a social network enterprise focused on the engagement, education and empowerment of like-minded, professional, intelligent and influential women in technology. As young women with the capacity to inspire, we made it our personal desire and passion to create and sustain an organization that focuses on the collaboration, promotion, growth and success of women in the technology sector.

Created in February of 2007, ʽGirls in Techʼ (GIT) was founded by Adriana Gascoigne. GIT and... (read more)
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Girls In Tech - Portland, OR
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Girls in Tech is a social network enterprise focused on the engagement, education and empowerment of like-minded, professional, intelligent and influential women in technology. As young women with the capacity to inspire, we made it our personal desire and passion to create and sustain an organization that focuses on the collaboration, promotion, growth and success of women in the technology sector.

Created in February of 2007, ʽGirls in Techʼ (GIT) was founded by Adriana Gascoigne. GIT and... (read more)
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>We're excited to announce that the Girls in Tech Catalyst Conference 2010 registration is officially open.

Girls in Tech Presents: Catalyst Conference
9am – 6pm, January 26th, 2010
Commonwealth Club
595 Market Street, 2nd Floor

For more information click on the following link:
http://girlsintech.net/conference2010/

To register click on the following link:
http://gitcc.eventbrite.com/

“Catalyst Conference” catalyzes the career development of women working in high-tech. By offering high-level keynotes and discussions from successful women at the top of their game alongside workshops led by experts in innovation and collaboration, the Catalyst Conference enables & propels women to take the next step, whether they’re launching a venture, making waves in the corporate world, looking to join an innovative startup, or building their online and digital-media media brand.

Catalyst Conference will bring over 250 passionate, creative women together to fuel new relationships and ideas. Come prepared to share concrete technology and business tools and tactics, meet energetic leaders and entrepreneurs, and develop your own business ventures. This conference is for women at the top of their industries as well as those leading their first ventures, and will guide them all in discussions of strategy and success.

Please note: This event is for WOMEN ONLY.

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>October 22, 2009: 6:30-8:30pm
Workshop/lecture of an amazing guest speaker,
Katherine Durham, Vice President of Marketing, Imaging & Printing Group, Americas, Hewlett-Packard
TOPIC: Shifting the Digital Marketing + Technology Mindset to Harness the Power of an Integrated Approach
You must RSVP through eventbrite: http://gitpdxdigital.eventbrite.com

Space limited to 50 only!

About Katherine:
Katherine Durham is the Vice President of Marketing for the Imaging and Printing Group, Americas. In this role she is responsible for building the HP brand and driving demand for imaging and printing products with Consumer, SMB, Enterprise and Public Sector segments across the U.S., Canada and Latin America. In addition she is responsible for Environmental Leadership -- compliance, sales support and marketing -- across the Americas.
Since joining HP in 2000, Durham has held a number of positions in the Americas marketing organization. From 2005-2007 Durham was the Director of Business Planning, Market Insight and Operations where she re-architected the market insight team and built an analytics and reporting team in India. Before that Durham was the Director of Communications responsible for advertising, direct marketing, digital marketing, merchandising, training, events and more. Durham also held roles as the e-marketing manager and NA brand manager for IPG-A Marketing.

Prior to joining HP, Durham was the general manager of an interactive unit of Mattel Inc. where she led the team in developing software titles for Barbie, Hot Wheels and American Girl brands. Before that she was the vice president of Marketing for two technology start-ups: PrintPaks, a multi-media software company and Kibu, an internet company targeting teen girls. She started her career in public relations followed by a three-year stint working for a municipal government as the assistant to the Mayor and Land Use Director in Washington state. She served in the Peace Corps as a teacher in Thailand, where she picked up a bit of the language and life-long appreciation for the people, culture and food.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in communications studies from the University of Portland and studied for a year in Salzburg, Austria. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and two teen sons. In her free time she likes to travel, cook and spend time with family and friends