Dona Sarkar wishes she’d been born as a cat so she could have had 9 nine lives. Since that didn’t work out, she decided to live 9 lives in this one.  She spends her days making holograms at Microsoft, celebrates diversity in STEM fields as a fashion blogger at Fibonacci Sequins and is launching her first fashion line called Prima Dona Style this year.

She is also the published author of 6 novels and a non-fiction.

She lives in Seattle with her really patient husband and her muse, a very bossy tabby cat named Ash.

Helen Is An Energizing And Passionate Leader Who Thrives In Aligning Business Strategy To Application Design And Architecture. With Expedia For 11 Years, Helen Is Currently The Sr. Director Of EWE Engineering And Operations. Her Career, Always Rooted In Development And Operations, Has Afforded Her Experiences In Customer Facing And Back Office Technologies Including All Aspects Of The Expedia Brand (Site, Services, And Supply), As Well As Contact Center (Agent Tools, Telephony, And Workforce Optimization) And ERP (HR And Financial Applications). Prior To Expedia, Helen Travelled The Globe As A Consultant With Accenture Implementing Billing Systems For Leading ISP And Mobile Phone Providers. Helen Holds A B.B.A. In Operations, MIS, And Marketing From Gonzaga University.

Personally Helen Has An Unwavering Love Of Travel, Wine, And Bargain Shopping. Her Greatest Passion And Accomplishment Is Raising Her Four Children - Her Two Daughters, Her Australian Shepherd, And Her Dutch Husband.

Vidya Srinivasan is a Technical Program Manager at Microsoft, where she translates ideas into action. She holds a Bachelors and Masters in Computer Science and joined Microsoft in 2012. Vidya is also a singer, speaker and tech-for-good hacker and her projects have won several awards at the Microsoft global hackathon for the past two years. A passionate diversity in tech advocate, she has been a part of the Grace Hopper Conference Leadership since 2014, and is the Chair for the Student Opportunity Lab track this year. More recently, Vidya was featured by Microsoft for her work in the industry. Check out her story here. 

CEO & Founder Of PhotoPad for Business. A leader and passionate about the start-up community, Serves as Former Director, Seattle Founder Institute, Mentor, Coach and organizer to Start up Weekend, Expert Panelist and speaker on Entrepreneurship, Invited to the White House Digital Tech summit and served on Delegation for Vancouver First Startup Week and panelist for Bridging the Gap between Seattle and Vancouver, as well as seeks ways to help entrepreneurs connect with one another and provides resources to assure success. Thought leader and advocate for Women Entrepreneurs and empower them to pursue their startups serving as advisers to start-ups, Board of Directors to Women In Wireless and Women in Tech. Passionate to give back to the community in the philanthropy sector, serving on the Board of Trustee for a non-profit Olive Crest. 2015 Women in Business Award, 2012 Mom of the Year Business Award and 2012 Ambassador to the Children Community Award

Karen Reinhardt is an experienced IT professional with over 23 years of experience in IT and Information Security.  Currently, Karen leads PKI architecture and engineering for Verifone’s payment business. Over the last decade, Karen held roles as the Principal Security Consultant for RSA’s Advanced Cyber Defense, lead RSA’s PKI Consulting practice, and acted as RSA  Chief PKI Architect by representing RSA in various government and industry compliance organizations.  Before RSA, Karen held PKI and security roles at Bank of America and Qwest Communications.  During her career, Karen has lead the design and implementation of PKI for numerous Fortune 500 enterprise customers, local and national governments, and secure device manufacturers.

Valentina Keremidarska Is Group Engineering Manager In Visual Studio Team Services Leading Agile Team. Currently She Works On Work Item Tracking, Backlogs, Kanban And Portfolio Management. During Her 8 Years On Team Services She Has Also Worked On Collaboration, Reporting, And Code Sharing On Codeplex.Com And Source Depot.

Valentina Joined Microsoft In 2000, And Held Variety Of Technical And Management Positions Since. She Worked On Setup And Deployment Team In Visual Studio Driving Transition To Scalable Distributed Deployment System For All Developer Products.

Before Joining Microsoft In 2000, Valentina Worked As A Developer In A Startup Building Broadcasting Software As Part Of Discrete Edit (Subsequently Part Of Autodesk Media And Entertainment) And As A Scientist In The Bulgarian Academy Of Sciences.

Valentina Is Passionate About Agile, Efficient And Scalable Processes, Hiring And Helping Engineers Grow.