Our BBC 2020 WiT Panelists have graciously offered their time to hold Mentoring Circle meetups leading up to BBC 2021.  The purpose of the WiT Mentoring Circle is to provide support for elevating women in the workplace.  The Circle provides a format for participants to learn from one another in a supportive environment, and also drive knowledge transfer and engagement.

We will continue to host meetings every two weeks, structuring our discussions around the following topics:

  • Personal Branding & Giving/Receiving Feedback (Jan/Feb)
  • Job Search & Interviewing Skills (Mar/April)
  • Salary & Negotiation (May/June)
  • Powerful Presentation & Building Confidence (July/August)
  • Dealing with Conflicts (Sept/ Oct)

The fourth topic, Powerful Presentation and Building Confidence, is available for signup now. Choose which date you'd like to attend to register:

  • July 1, Cristy Russell
  • July 15, Lynn Almoro
  • July 29, Maureen Sheehan
  • August 12, Jo Gilmore

Each session runs from 4:00pm-5:00pm ET.

The WiT discussion leaders will also be presenting an extended interactive session live at BBC 2021, October 25-29, in Hollywood, FL - see the full agenda. 

Moderator:

Gladys Lam, Principal & Co-Founder, Business Rule Solutions

Gladys S.W. Lam is a world-renowned authority on business design. She is Principal and Co-Founder of Business Rule Solutions, LLC (www.BRSolutions.com), the most recognized company world-wide in developing business capabilities based on business architecture and business rules. Based upon her experiences consulting to over two hundred organizations, Ms. Lam developed the landmark BRS methodology with Ronald G. Ross  featuring numerous innovative techniques including popular  ConceptSpeak™ and RuleSpeak™. She co-authored Building Business Solutions: Business Analysis with Business Rules (2nd Ed.).

 Ms. Lam is widely known for her lively, pragmatic style. She speaks and teaches worldwide at conferences and other professional events. She is also Executive Director of the Building Business Capability (BBC) Conference, the official conference of the IIBA®. she is Co-Founder of BRCommunity.com, professionals and home of Business Rules Journal.

July 1, 2021

Discussion Leader:

Cristy Russell, Senior Manager, Enterprise Process Design, TD Ameritrade

Cristy Russell is the Program Manager for the Enterprise Decision Management (EDA) program at TD Ameritrade. Cristy has been leading the EDA initiative at TDA for over 2 years, with a focus on enterprise rule services that eliminate silos, centralize decisions and provide business governance to the rules. With over 15 years of experience in working in technology, Cristy has experience in database technology, agile software deployment and rules management. This path has led her to a focus on enabling the business to drive rapid solutions through enterprise solutions.

July 15, 2021

Discussion Leader:

Lynn Almoro, Chief Architect, UnitedHealth Group

Lynn is senior leader with 22 years progressive technology experience and significant achievements in high complexity digital transformation and modernization initiatives, involving cross-functional teams across business and technology organizations. An executive with a unique blend of business knowledge and technology acumen to create a vision and implement innovative solutions with long shelf life. Broad and deep experience in software engineering, solution architecture, data governance, business architecture, digital platforms, customer experience optimization, big data solutions, machine learning and next generation analytics platforms.Highly respected leader with a bias for speedy and informed decision making, role model for collaboration and communication, inspires through action, and prioritizes developing and coaching to build a large pipeline of successful leaders.​

July 29, 2021

Discussion Leader:

Maureen Sheehan, Director, Business Transformation, Technical Safety BC

Maureen is the Director of Business Transformation with Technical Safety BC. She has a passion for enabling strong digital connections between organizations and their clients, employees and stakeholders, and believes simplicity and clarity in approach are keys to success. Maureen has undergraduate degrees in Economics and Communications from York University, an MBA from the IVEY Business School and over 20 years’ experience in senior leadership roles with both private and public sector organizations.

August 12, 2021

Discussion Leader:

Jo Gilmore, Manager, Commercial Business Agility Office, FedEx Services

Jo is the Commercial Business Agility Office Manager at FedEx, where she has been working in the product development space for much of the past 15 years, with over 25 years of Product and Portfolio Management experience overall. She is a Certified Business Architect, and serves on the Business Architecture Guild Council of Executive Advisors, as well as the Agile Memphis Board. She is also a SAFe Practitioner Consultant, and looks for ways to use a wide range of frameworks and practices to connect strategy to execution.