Notes on Kathleen

  • Career Journey
    • Wells Fargo, Nikko Securities (1995-1996)
    • HP inc (1996-2004)
    • Qualcomm (2005-2018)
    • Finance major, first job at college was an investment major at Wells Fargo
    • She was also a stock broker

  • HP Inc: Create technology that makes life better for everyone, every whre

  • Qualcomm: Inventing the tech the world loves

  • Thermo Fisher Scientific: Enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

Main similarity = They all benefit the people.

Notes on Kris Porter

  • Software Engineer: SRE, DevOps, Infrastructure
  • Livermore hish school alum
    • Enjoyed STEM classes
  • Enrolled at UCLA for Electrical Engineering
    • Focus on cummonucation systems and computer networks
  • Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Cal State LA
  • Center for Embeded Netwroked Sensors
    • Networked Infomechanical Systems (NIMS)
    • Introduced to the Linux Operating Sytstem, Software Development

Timeline

  • Finished graduate school, stock market had crashed meant there were no job opportunities (2008)
  • Systems Engineer at GPM (2010)
  • NB Universal, Streaming media infrastructure (2012)
  • Intro to DevOps, transition to Qualcomm (2014)
  • Working at Twitter... (2021)