About this event
Does mentoring really matter?
What another year?!
2023 showed promise to get us back together in person with the global pandemic under control. Yet, tensions continue with the global political and military conflicts across the world. Humanity’s challenges toward obtaining calm and peace seems so elusive.
As in previous years, we are closing this year with a hopeful tone with leaders helping each other out in life’s tough times through mentoring.
When most things are uncertain, stress levels high, and spirits recovering from the lowest lows with persistent vulnerabilities, there are those unique individuals who stood and will stand the test of the global pandemic and its aftermath, and the ramifications of wars and their impact on economies and jobs.
They are called leaders.
Leaders keep their eyes on their goals regardless of obstacles. They make a plan and take action to achieve their goals. They may get distracted but once they catch themselves, they get back on track. They are always learning. They do what is meaningful work to them. They are committed to work towards making a positive impact on the lives of the people around them and the people they serve. They strive to make a difference in the world.
The mentors and mentees in The Mentoring Club are leaders. They are in various stages of their leadership journeys and they come together for this gathering to share their experiences and their take on mentoring.
Does mentoring really matter? Why? How? What does mentoring mean to them? Would their lives be different today if they decided not to engage in mentoring relationships?
Listen to their stories and for sure you are bound to pick up a thing or two that may tell you if mentoring is right for you.
Meet Our Featured Mentees and Mentors (in their mentoring relationship pairings):
- Anna Ladutko and Jossie Haines
- Kaan Ozdokmeci and Kevin Magee
- Kaan Ozdokmeci and David Rowley
- Ricardo Sanchez and David Rowley
Anna Ladutko is the Monetization Art Team Lead at Moon Active. She has over 10 years of experience in the game industry in Lithuania. Besides being a mentee, she is an active Mentor several career mentoring organizations – Women in Tech, ByChange, and MentorMove.
Kaan Ozdokmeci is a builder with over 10 years of experience in software engineering. He is currently focused on building education products at Trilogy.
Ricardo Sanchez is a Senior Principal Engineer at Asimily. He has been a software engineer for over 20 years with exposure in Research, Reliability, and DevOps in various technology companies.
Jossie Haines is an executive coach who is a passionate advocate and change-maker for women in technology, driven by her dedication to altering the alarming statistic that sees 56% of women leaving the tech industry after 10 to 20 years of giving it their best shot. Equipped with over 23 years of experience and notable accolades in software engineering leadership, she is well-prepared to create this change.
In 2022, she left the corporate world and founded Jossie Haines Consulting to enable women in tech to figure out what they really want and make that a reality by coaching them to lead authentically, ensure their voices are heard, and reshape the rules in their favor.
Prior to starting her business, she was most recently serving as the Vice President of Software Engineering and Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Tile. Jossie’s impressive track record spans Silicon Valley’s tech giants, including Apple, Zynga, and American Express. Her management roles in these renowned companies have shaped her expertise in managing the development of large-scale consumer, IoT, and e-commerce technologies.
Her experience and tenacity combined with her mission to enable women in tech to be vibrant and successful in both their professional leadership career and personal lives position her as a pioneering force in the industry.
Kevin Magee is a recognized technology and data expert with 30+ years experience at the forefront of innovation in multiple sectors. He has led teams for high-growth technology companies, the largest multinationals (inclunding Fortune 10), academic AI research labs, and investment firms.
His fascination with advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI began nearly 20 years ago. Since then he has been applying this tech into products and businesses from Healthcare and Financial Services, to AdTech, Digital Marketing, and even Regulatory & Safety Tech.
As a CTO, he’s been a lifelong learner and relishes finding the magic dust that makes a product so compelling that users can’t do without it.
David Rowley has spent most of his career building and leading agile product development organizations and takes great pride in helping individuals and businesses become better at what they do.
He started his career writing code, moved into cross-functional leadership, and now acts as a private equity operating partner helping multiple portfolio companies with their tech and product strategy.
David enjoys mentoring students and professionals at all stages of their careers as they pursue their goals and overcome obstacles.
Event Recording, Refreshments, Fees & Donations
This is an online event that will be recorded and the recording will be used for marketing purposes. By participating in the online event, you agree to be recorded, such as but not limited to, when you are asking questions or stating comments.
We encourage you to prepare some refreshments at home that you can consume while joining us at the event. Please feel free to allow other members of your household to join us.
This event is FREE.
Everyone is encouraged to donate to The Mentoring Club using Eventbrite’s Donations function when you register. Your donations will go a long way in building our capacity to sustain a robust organization that will support our global mentoring community. Thank you very much!
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