2019 Southern Arizona Women in the Workforce Series #1

Our 2019 Women in the Workforce Series as

Katie Schwertz presents…

Strategies for Advancing Your Career

February 22, 2019  |   3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

If you are just starting your career or if you have been in your position for a while and are wondering what’s next, our first Women in the Workforce event is for you.

Katie Schwertz, a Senior Design Engineer with Edmund Optics, will share real-life strategies she has used to advance her career. She’ll speak about how to evaluate your value in an organization and how to avoid common missteps that early career professionals make.

Topics will include:

• How to build confidence and address things you don’t know
• Strategies to establish yourself in a new company or position
• How to negotiate a raise or promotion

This will be a discussion with the audience and questions will be encouraged.

About our Presenter:

Katie Schwertz is a Senior Design Engineer for Edmund Optics where she is responsible for the rapid development of optical and mechanical designs within the Tucson Design Center. She has a B.S. in Optics from the University of Rochester and an M.S. in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona. She also holds various volunteer positions within the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) and the Arizona Technology Council advocating for the optics community and gender equity.

Agenda:

3:00 – 3:30pm | Registration

3:30 – 3:45pm | Welcome and Introductions

3:45 – 4:30pm | Katie Schwertz

4:30 – 5:00pm | Reception and Networking

Register today!

$45 AZTC Members, $55 non-members  
*Cost INCLUDES 1 drink at the cocktail reception and appetizers.

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Meet Our Sponsors:

Headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, with offices worldwide, Hexagon Mining is shaping smart change by helping to connect all parts of a mine with technologies that make sense of data in real time. Hexagon Mining is built on more than a century of expertise and innovation. Driven by professionals for professionals, their solutions are tailored to your needs and delivered on your terms – short term, long term, for the life of your mine.

IBM Tucson is a center of competency for IBM’s Data Storage products. The facility develops a majority of IBM’s storage products, and is home to other IBM organizations as well – including software development, and software and storage support teams. IBM Tucson is proud to be a community partner supporting local Non-Profits such as SARSEF and the United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona. Additionally, IBM Tucson supports local academic institutions including the                                                                       University of Arizona, Pima Community College, and many K-12 schools.  In 2018 IBM Tucson was proud to celebrate it’s                                                                       40th Anniversary in Tucson, and 70 years of business in our great state of Arizona.

Edmund Optics^® (EO) is a leading global supplier of optics, imaging, and photonics technology that has served a variety of markets including Life Sciences, Biomedical, Industrial Inspection, Semiconductor, R&D, and Defense since 1942. EO designs and manufactures a wide array of optical components, multi-element lenses, imaging systems, and                                                                                                        optomechanical equipment, while supporting OEM applications with volume production of stock and custom products. 

Enterprise Holdings’ global networkOpens a New Window. operates in more than 90 countries and territories, including North America, Central America, South America, the Caribbean and Europe, as well as parts of Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. As the world’s largest car rental provider, Enterprise Holdings operates – through its independent regional subsidiaries and franchise partners – more than 9,900 fully staffed neighborhood and airport locations. This network also offers strategic and sustainable mobility options, as hourly, daily and weekly car rentals continue to expand as cost-effective and consumer-friendly modes of transportation.