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Women in Computing Tech Talk: Diane Curtis/Microsoft Tips for Success in Industry: Mentoring Networking and Executing with Balance in ACES 2.402

Contact Name: 
Jenna Whitney
Date: 
Apr 18, 2006 9:00am - 10:30am

Speaker Name/Affiliation: Diane Curtis/Microsoft<

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Talk Title: Tips for Success in Industry: Mentoring Networking an

d Executing with Balance

Date/Time: April 18 2006 at 9:00 a.m.

Location: ACES 2.402

Host: UTCS OEA

Talk Abstract:
N

ow that you?ve landed an internship or full-time position
in industry

get ready to wow! Diane Curtis will be present
tips for success in ind

ustry. Mentoring networking and
executing can help you build an excep

tional career. Diane
will focus on the five steps of networking mento

rship basics
and techniques for executing while keeping a work/life ba

lance.

Speaker Bio:
Diane Curtis is an Academic Developer Relatio

ns Manager
at Microsoft. Diane graduated from Ohio State with a B.S. in Mathematics and a B.S. in Computer Science. She started
at Micros

oft as an intern on the .NET Framework. She worked
as a Software Desig

n Engineer in Test on. NET Client and
later became a Program Manager on
Windows Mobile and Windows
Vista anti-spam and anti-phishing. Diane re

cently joined
the Academic Developer Relations team and focuses her ef

forts
on fostering student developer communities.