BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20220914T164500Z DTEND:20220914T183000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:AGM 2021/2022 Tech Manitoba DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join us for our virtual Annual General Meeting on Wednesday\, September 14th! Our CEO\, Kelly Fournel\, will taking a look back at the pivots and accomplishments of the 2021-2022 membership year. \n\n\nAgenda \n\n11:45 AM - Virtual event doors open via Remo \n\n11:45AM - Networking \n\n12:00PM - Formal Agenda \n\n\n Report to the Community - Kelly Fournel\, CEO\n Business of the AGM - Sandra Foster\, Board Chair\n Vision for the Future - Kelly Fournel\, CEO\n\n 12:30PM - Special Keynote \n\n "Creating Culture One Person at a Time: Lessons on Trust and Transparency from a 90\,000 Employee Start-up"\n\n1:00PM - Networking\n\n1:30PM - Doors Close\n\n\n\nKeynote Presentation From Kyndryl\n\n \n\nCreating Culture One Person at a Time\n\nLessons on Trust and Transparency from a 90\,000 Employee Start-up\n\n\n\nWe are pleased to welcome Carol Simic-Marotta\, Senior Partner\, Culture and Development and Sammia Abrar\, Associate Solution Architect for a special keynote. \n\nHere a few themes they will speak to . . .\n\n\n Trust and transparency are the foundation of change\n Culture eats strategy for lunch\n Culture is critical to counter resignations and attrition\n Engaging employees across a variety of demographics are key to attracting and retaining top talent\n\n \n\nCarol Simic- Marotta (She/Her) is a passionate\, empathetic leader who is committed to creating a positive\, successful\, inclusive and rewarding culture at Kyndryl\, the employer of choice! She maintains steadfast focus on developing programs\, education and policies to foster world-class expertise and a culture of engaged\, resilient people who work together to advance the vital systems that power human progress. Carol's success speaks for itself\, as her Canadian programs are adopted in other countries around the world. With more than 35 years of experience leading people and working with customers\, Carol thrives on building connections\, supporting personal development and celebrating our shared successes! Carol is an active volunteer with a long tenure across our inclusion networks as an ally who drives outcomes for all people.\n\n\n\nSammia Abrar (Sum-yah Uh-b-rar) (She/Her) has always been passionate about helping others and creating a positive impact\, this is her driving force. Sammia is an Associate Solution Architect with Kyndryl Canada's Chief Technology Office\, a role that encompasses projects that optimize processes and teams\, innovating technical and difficult concepts into effective solutions\, and working on solutions that transform how people work and live!\n\nWith a background in Computer Science\, Software Engineering\, and Human-Computer Interaction\, Sammia explored diverse roles in the energy sector\, development and consulting prior to joining Kyndryl. Sammia is passionate about building the next generation of technology leaders through volunteerism\, mentoring\, and advocating for diversity through speaking engagements and development programs. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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\nWe invite you to join us for our virtual \;Annual General Meeting \;on Wednesday\, September 14th! Our CEO\, Kelly Fournel\, will \;taking a look back at the pivots and accomplishments of the 2021-2022 \;membership year. \;\n

\nAgenda \;
\n11:45 AM - Virtual event doors open via Remo \;
\n11:45AM - Networking \;
\n12:00PM - Formal Agenda \; \;\n\n\n 12:30PM - Special Keynote
\n \; \; \; \;"\;Creating Culture One Person at a Time: Lessons on Trust and Transparency from a 90\,000 Employee Start-up"\;
\n1:00PM - Networking
\n1:30PM - Doors Close\n\n

\nKeynote Presentation From Kyndryl
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\nCreating Culture One Person at a Time
\nLessons on Trust and Transparency from a 90\,000 Employee Start-up
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\nWe are pleased to welcome Carol Simic-Marotta\, Senior Partner\, Culture and Development and Sammia Abrar\, \;Associate Solution Architect for a special keynote. \;
\nHere a few themes they will speak to . . .\n\n\n  \;
\nCarol Simic- Marotta \;(She/Her) is a passionate\, empathetic leader who is committed to creating a positive\, successful\, inclusive and rewarding culture at Kyndryl\, the employer of choice! \; She maintains steadfast focus on developing programs\, education and policies to foster world-class expertise and a culture of engaged\, resilient people who work together to advance the vital systems that power human progress. \; Carol&rsquo\;s success speaks for itself\, as her Canadian programs are adopted in other countries around the world. \; With more than 35 years of experience leading people and working with customers\, Carol thrives on building connections\, supporting personal development and celebrating our shared successes! \; Carol is an active volunteer with a long tenure across our inclusion networks as an ally who drives outcomes for all people.
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\nSammia Abrar (Sum-yah Uh-b-rar) (She/Her) has always been passionate about helping others and creating a positive impact\, this is her driving force. Sammia is an Associate Solution Architect with Kyndryl Canada'\;s Chief Technology Office\, a role that encompasses projects that \;optimize processes and teams\, innovating technical and difficult concepts into effective solutions\, and working on solutions that \;transform \;how people work and live!
\nWith a background in Computer Science\, Software Engineering\, and Human-Computer Interaction\, Sammia explored diverse roles in the energy sector\, development and consulting prior to joining Kyndryl. Sammia is passionate about building the next generation of technology leaders through volunteerism\, mentoring\, and advocating for diversity through speaking engagements and development programs.
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\nKyndryl is IBM's wacky new name for its dry IT spinoff - The Verge
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