AWE Member Margret Schmidt Receives Two Major Silicon Valley Awards
By AWE Staff
Congratulations to AWE Member Margret Schmidt who was named recipient of the 29th Annual YWCA Tribute to Women Awards, the longest running Women Recognition event in Silicon Valley. The YWCA honors Top Executive women and recognizes companies that promote women leadership. Margret was also recently awarded the Silicon…
Read MoreShohreh Abedi, Chief Information Officer, Farmers Insurance
By AWE Staff
Shohreh Abedi is Chief Information Officer at Farmers Insurance, a position she has held since 2010. In her current role, she manages a team of several thousand IT professionals and is responsible for delivering all IT services to Farmer’s business units. She also manages sourcing partners who deliver all…
Read MoreCarol C. Reber, Chief Marketing & Business Development Officer, Duckhorn Wine Company
By AWE Staff
Carol Reber is the Chief Marketing & Business Development Officer for Duckhorn Wine Company, which carries one of the finest portfolios of American super-luxury wine brands in the world today, including Duckhorn Vineyards, Goldeneye Anderson Valley, Paraduxx Napa Valley, Migration and Decoy by Duckhorn. Carol is responsible for Duckhorn…
Read MoreLeading Information Security at Levi Strauss & Co: A Truly Global Approach by Elizabeth Dinsel
By AWE Staff
Elizabeth Dinsel, VP Global IT Governance, Risk & Compliance for Levi Strauss & Co., spoke at IT & Cyber Security Exchange on Tuesday, March 12th about the challenges that globalization brings upon the CIO/CISO and how to measure the overall success of the global organization. She also discussed…
Read MoreManjula Talreja, Vice President of Global Cloud Business Development, Cisco
By AWE Staff
Manjula Talreja is a 25-year IT industry veteran who has spent the majority of her career at Cisco, where her extensive experience in general management, business strategy consulting and operations of large scale IT systems has helped guide Cisco business teams through many inflection points. Manjula is currently…
Read MoreBrandi Galvin Morandi, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Equinix
By AWE Staff
Brandi Galvin Morandi joined Equinix in January 2003 and has served as Equinix’s General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since that time. Before joining Equinix, Ms. Morandi practiced in the corporate securities group at the law firm of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP (Gunderson Dettmer) in Menlo…
Read MoreRobin Eletto, Executive Vice President, Global Human Resources, Paramount Pictures
By AWE Staff
Executive Vice President, Global Human Resources Robin Eletto was named Executive Vice President of Global Human Resources for Paramount Pictures in July of 2012. In this role, Robin is responsible for designing and executing world-class strategies for talent acquisition and retention, succession planning, compensation and benefits, organizational development, learning,…
Read MoreAmy Bunszel, Vice President, AutoCAD Product Line Group
By AWE Staff
As Vice President of the AutoCAD Product Line Group, Amy Bunszel leads the product team responsible for producing a wide variety of AutoCAD products running on desktop, web and mobile platforms. Most recently, Amy has been driving a transformation of the AutoCAD product line – modernizing the 30 year…
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