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Dinner #56 on March 8, 2018

February 24, 2018 2:56 pm | Leave a Comment |

Hello Seattle Girl Geeks! Zillow will be sponsoring our 56th dinner. “Move Fast, Think Big” will be the topic of discussion for the evening. Move your projects, team, and career in the right direction by being smart about what you spend your time on.

Agenda:

6:00pm – 6:30pm: Networking/food and drinks

6:30pm – 7:15pm: Panel Discussion

7:15pm – 8:00pm: Networking

Bio’s of speakers:

April Drake – April started her career in technology in the early 90’s, building websites for small businesses while completing a degree in Chemistry at the University of Washington. She worked as a software test engineer at Microsoft for a number of years before moving into program management. During her tenure at Microsoft she earned an Outstanding Award in Trustworthy Computing for her focus on Reliability. She started at Zillow Group in late 2016 as a Principal Program Manager, after a brief tenure at Amazon as a Senior Technical Program Manager working in fintech. She works in the Security and Compliance team in IT, and is in her last year of an MBA program in IT Management at WGU. April lives with her husband and 2 small children in Newcastle, Washington.

Lisa Johansen – Lisa Johansen is a Group Manager at Zillow leading the teams that intake and process the listing data that powers Zillow Group sites and analytics. Starting her career in network security research in academia, Lisa moved to Hewlett-Packard and then to Expedia as a software engineer realizing her passion for leadership alongside building services and architecting systems.

Debbie Dubrow – Debbie is a Senior Software Development Manager at Zillow and mom to three kids. Her team is responsible for growing Zillow’s audience by building engaging user experiences that make our paid advertising more efficient. Prior to transitioning into a Development Manager role, she was the Product Manager responsible for developing Zillow’s home seller strategy.

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Dinner #49 on April 26, 2017

April 12, 2017 2:54 pm | Leave a Comment |

Join us at Zillow HQ for our third hosted Girl Geek Dinner!

Our theme this month is ‘Trivia Night’. We’ll have Sarah Maurer, Development Manager, and Taylor De Rosa, Product Manager, Tech, hosting the event. Come meet other Geek Girls, form teams, and play for the chance to win a few prizes and bragging rights; but mostly bragging rights.

Food and drinks will be provided and we’ll have some time before and after trivia to do some networking.

Space is limited due to the need for tables and the bar style format of the game. Please RSVP if you are absolutely going to come!

Location:

Zillow
1301 2nd Avenue
Floor 30
Seattle, WA 98101

Date and Time:
Wed, April 26, 2017
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM PDT

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Dinner #43 on November 17, 2016

November 5, 2016 4:10 pm | Leave a Comment |

Please join Zillow as we host this month’s meet up and dinner! Mingle with other Geek Girls in the area with light snacks and refreshments provided. Several of our women leaders will be speaking to you on various topics related to the tech industry. Meet our speakers below and read an overview of their talking points.

Speakers:

Joyce Wu is a Development Manager at Zillow. She’s been writing code for ten years, interned at Amazon back when all the interns fit in one small conference room, and at Microsoft, back when the Surface was the size of a coffee table (see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VfpVYYQzHs and the parody here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZrr7AZ9nCY). Since then she’s worked as an IC on shipping Windows 8, the Xbox One, and Zillow’s Premier Agent Advertising Product. She will be presenting the career advice that she’s heard over the past eight years and that she’d wish she’d known when she started.

Amy Winther first ran into the term “user experience” at the University of Washington and was instantly hooked. Graduating with a degree in Interaction Design, she started out designing custom mobile apps before finding her home at Zillow. Four years later, she has is now a UX Design Manager and will be speaking about designing and building user driven experiences.

Rebekah Bastian is Vice President of Product at Zillow, driving the strategy and execution of product teams focusing on advertising, financial systems, and connecting real estate buyers with agents. Rebekah was one of Zillow’s first employees, coming over from Microsoft in 2005, and has led the development of several areas of the site since its launch. Always searching for ways to connect her personal values to her technology career, Rebekah launched the Community Pillar program to help connect low income renters with affordable housing and serves on several local boards related to rising housing costs and homelessness. Rebekah will be speaking about how tech communities can create social change.

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Dinner #40 on April 26, 2016

March 22, 2016 5:10 pm | Leave a Comment |

Hey Seattle Girl Geeks!

We are doing something different for a change …. Poker Night with Zillow!

Please join us at Zillow headquarters for a fun night of poker to benefit the Plymouth Housing Group on April 26th at 6-8pm. Even if you don’t know how to play poker, come join in on the fun and learn how to play to support a good cause. If you just want to socialize and not play, there’s no obligation to pay.

Food and drinks will be provided.

Here are a few basic rules for the night:
Payment to enter the poker tournament or in poker terms “buy-in” is $25/person. The buy-in amount will get you poker chips to play. 100% of the amount goes directly to Plymouth Housing Group. You can pay upon registration or pay at the door.

To avoid lines and pay upon registration, please go here: https://www.plymouthhousing.org/zillow/ and bring your payment confirmation at check-in.

Prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners.

Plymouth Housing Group works to eliminate homelessness and address its causes by preserving, developing and operating safe, quality, supportive housing and by providing homeless adults with opportunities to stabilize and improve their lives. Services they offer include housing support, employment programs, shelter care and mental health programs.
For more information on Plymouth Housing Group: https://www.plymouthhousing.org/

WHEN: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (PDT)
WHERE: Zillow – 1301 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA 98101

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