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• Navigating Cybersecurity: Ransomware, the SEC Cybersecurity Rule, and More!

  • When
    Friday, October 06, 2023
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom - Online/Virtual Webinar

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  Join us for an insightful presentation on the intersection of cybersecurity and the legal landscape, featuring an exploration of evolving threats posed by ransomware attacks and an overview of the new SEC cybersecurity rule. In this session, our experts will shed light on the legal implications, compliance challenges, and proactive strategies for safeguarding your organization. We will talk through lessons learned, legal considerations and ramifications, mitigating factors and the role of legal counsel in cybersecurity preparedness.

  We hope you can join us for this free virtual event!

  
  

  When: October 6, 2023 from 12pm-1pm

  Where: Virtual Webinar on Zoom

  (Zoom link available upon registration)

  
  

  Meet Our Speakers

  
  

  
  

  Kate Campbell, Attorney at Godfrey & Kahn. Kate’s practice focuses on advising clients in a wide array of matters related to cybersecurity and data privacy. She counsels clients on compliance with state, federal and international privacy laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (EU) (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the New York Department of Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulation. Kate assists her clients with establishing data privacy programs, information security programs, information handling, incident response plans and subsidiary information technology and security standards and policies.

  
  

  
  

  Lillie Conrad, Director and Assistant General Counsel – Corporate Security, Cybersecurity and Privacy at 3M, counsels global teams on data privacy, cybersecurity, AI and digital transformation. Prior to joining 3M, she assisted clients with building privacy and cybersecurity programs, as outside counsel and in-house at Kimberly-Clark Corporation. Lillie is an IAPP Certified Information Privacy Professional and holds the US, Europe and Privacy Manager certificates. Lillie is the Treasurer and Secretary for Northeast Wisconsin Women in Technology, sits on the board of the Appleton YMCA and volunteers with the Milwaukee Justice Center Expungement / Pardon Clinic.

  
  

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• Power at the Tower

  • When
    Wednesday, October 11, 2023
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    8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Rockwell Automation 1201 S 2nd St Milwaukee, WI 53204
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  We're thrilled to announce we've joined forces with Women in Manufacturing (WiM) and invite you to an epic event at Rockwell Automation's Global Headquarters, "Power at the Tower".  This event is free of charge to all members and students.  Not a member yet?  Become one today!  We hope you will join us for:

  • Breakfast, networking, keynote speaker Darcy Luoma, breakout sessions, iconic Rockwell Automation clock tower tours, and so much more! 

  • October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CAM)! All registrants will receive a custom 'Power at the Tower Cybersecurity Newsletter' to share with family, friends, colleagues, etc.

  • October is also National Manufacturing Month! So much to celebrate.

  Registration is required. Space is limited! REGISTER TODAY!!
  
  

  As a participant in the event (“Participant”), I grant permission to Women in Technology - Wisconsin (WIT), and their representatives, successors, licensees, and program partners (hereinafter collectively “Licensed Parties”), to record and take screen captures in connection with this WIT event, and to publish, reproduce, distribute, and/or otherwise use (i) the Participant’s name and (iii) any still or moving photographic or digital image, likeness or sound recording (“Media”) of the Participant for use in Licensed Parties’ publications, website and related media. This license includes all copyrights in and all rights to use, publish and alter the Media and any spoken quote(s) in connection with the Media, without restrictions, for any lawful purpose (including by way of example and not limitation, publicity, illustration, presentations, and Web content), without compensation, and hereby release the Licensed Parties from liability related to the rights granted in this agreement. I have read the above consent and release and fully understand the contents thereof.
  

  
  

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• Byte of IT Career Expo: Breaking Barriers for Students in IT

  • When
    Thursday, October 12, 2023
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    4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Waukesha County Technical College – Main Campus 800 Main St. Pewaukee, WI 53072

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  Ever wonder about ALL the CAREER OPPORTUNITIES that exist in technology? Join us at WCTC for this incredible event.  Hear from industry experts featuring early, mid, and advanced careers, followed by breakout rooms with panels of professionals in specific career areas (data, cyber, software development, etc.) These panels will highlight key details of different careers within technology. 

  Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to hear from industry experts, understand career opportunities, and network.  See you there!

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• South Central (Madison Area) Behind the Scenes of a Ransomware Attack

  • When
    Thursday, October 19, 2023
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    7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
  • Location
    Baker Tilly: 4807 Innovate Ln, Madison, WI 53718
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  Title of Presentation: Behind the Scenes of a Ransomware Attack

  Summary:

  Join us as Jessica delves into the intricacies of ransomware attacks and their corresponding response strategies. She will take you behind the scenes to show you common and uncommon strategies that attackers use to gain access into organizations, and then walk through what it looks like to try to defend these types of attacks. You’ll walk away from this presentation with several key tips and actions you can take to stay safe personally and help protect your organization, even if you’re not in security.
  
  
  

  Speaker Bio: 

  Jessica Bartley is the Vice President of IT Security and Chief Security and Privacy Officer at TDS and OneNeck IT Solutions. This latest phase of her career has been spent establishing an information security practice that focuses on assessing risks of various threats to the environment and preventing and detecting potential security breaches within various companies in the TDS organization. Jessica has a variety of hands-on and leadership experience in a diverse set of information technology areas but most of all loves building high performing teams and turning around problem areas in businesses. 

  But that’s the boring stuff….for fun, Jessica loves exploring the world, spending time outdoors, hiking, and in her spare time she runs a natural health practice helping chronically ill people get their lives back.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Navigating Your Cyber Future: Next-Gen Threats, Strategies & Tech | NE Region in-Person Event

  • When
    Friday, October 20, 2023
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    7:00 AM - 9:30 AM
  • Location
    The Fox Club: 2400 North Casaloma Drive Appleton, WI 54913
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  The WIT@Work Breakfast Series continues! The Center for Digital Government works tirelessly to analyze the current and future state of cybersecurity. How will governments stay ahead of cyber-attackers? Are the emerging threats just too much? What are the new approaches to addressing cyber challenges? This session will tackle these issues by having the CDG present an update on key issues and trends facing government cybersecurity leaders today.

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  Join us at The Fox Club at Neuroscience Group Field!
  

  Location: 2400 North Casaloma Drive Appleton, WI 54913

  When: October 20th, 2023 | 7:00am - 9:30am

  Event Details:

          7 am, Doors open, breakfast begins, & networking.

          7:30 - 9:30 am, Welcome & speaker presentation.

  

  
  

  Our Speaker

  

  Teri Takai- SVP Center for Digital Government at eRepublic  

  Teri Takai is the Senior Vice President of the Center for Digital Government, a national research and advisory institute on information technology policies and best practices in state and local government. She worked for Ford Motor Company for 30 years in global application development and information technology strategic planning.   From Ford, she moved to EDS in support of General Motors.   

  A long-time interest in public service led her to the government sector, first as CIO of the State of Michigan, then as CIO of the State of California, and subsequently the CIO of the U.S. Department of Defense, the first woman appointed to this role. She then served as the CIO for Meridian Health Plan. She is a member of several industry advisory boards. 

  Teri has won numerous awards including Governing Magazine’s Public Official of the Year, CIO Magazine’s CIO Hall of Fame, Government Technology Magazine’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers, the Women in Defense Excellence in Leadership Award, and the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service.

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• Panel Discussion: Navigating Your Cyber Future: Next-Gen Threats, Strategies & Tech

  • When
    Friday, November 03, 2023
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom - Online/Virtual Webinar

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  Join our statewide, virtual panel discussion facilitated by Teri Takai on November 3rd!

  
  

  The Center for Digital Government works tirelessly to analyze the current and future state of cybersecurity. How will governments stay ahead of cyber-attackers? Are the emerging threats just too much? What are the new approaches to addressing cyber challenges? This session will tackle these issues by having the CDG present an update on key issues and trends facing government cybersecurity leaders today. 

  
  

  

  
  

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• Exploring the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem of NE WI | NE Region in-Person Event

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    Friday, November 17, 2023
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    7:00 AM - 9:30 AM
  • Location
    The Urban Hub: 340 N Broadway #200, Green Bay, WI 54303

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  What is Wisconsin Startup week?  What resources are available for startups? What companies are investing in Startups to solve big audacious problems? How can I get involved, even if I don’t want to start up my own company? It's time to explore innovation.

  Starting any new journey can be daunting and requires courage and resources. That’s why we are partnering with Green Bay’s Urban Hub, the Economic Development Organization, to bring together two groups, the entrepreneur society from Northeast Wisconsin, and Women In Technology to better understand the world of startups and what is going on in Northeast Wisconsin to solve problems and start new business ventures. Also, hear from three local startups including their personal and professional journey to starting their own company and how you might be able to lend your expertise to help them grow and flourish. Last, we will hear from 2-3 Wisconsin based Venture Capital Funds to understand how they choose investments, what they are looking for and what their portfolio’s comprise. 

  Last, we will hear from a few local companies that are partnering with Entrepreneurs through their own incubators, and what big audacious problems they are looking to solve through these investments. 

  
  

  Friday, November 17th Agenda:

  • 7:00-7:20 Networking and Breakfast
  • 7:20 Event Kickoff and Hear from the Speakers
  • 9:00 Q&A

  Join us for FREE at the Urban Hub, located inside Base Companies LLC downtown Green Bay!

  
  

  
  

  Our Speakers

  
  

  Matthew Kee - Manager at Tundra Angels

  As a former VC-backed startup founder turned angel investor, I work with startups to find asymmetric ways to win in the market.

  What I Do: I am the Founding Manager of Tundra Angels, an angel investor network based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. We have invested over $2.5m in high growth Pre-Seed to Series A stage companies across the Wisconsin ecosystem. My responsibility is determining which startups to put in front of the group for investment consideration, coordinating due diligence, deal execution, and growth of our portfolio companies.

  
  

  
  

  Andrew Schmidt - Gener8tor

  Andrew Schmitz is the Managing Director of the U.S. Venture Sustainability Accelerator (powered by gener8tor) which invests in 5 sustainable mobility focused companies every year. Prior to joining gener8tor, Andrew founded and led two SaaS startups, Proceed.app (exited) and Micronet.
  

  
  

    
  

  Amy & Joshua Woods - Favoryt Brand Founder
  

  Founders of Favoryt Brand a natural body and hair products company, who participated in an accelerator through the Green Bay Urban Hub back in 2021. Their founder journey is a great story to listen to. Solo.to/favorytbrand.

  Amy is a wife, mother of four and co-owner/COO of FAVORYT Brand. Her and her husband started this company to provide natural body products for people with sensitive skin. Their product designs focus on compact, mess-free application to be used on-the-go. She has over eight years of experience in operations within the transportation industry and four years of experience an entrepreneurship. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and baking.

  
  

  
  

  Kelly Schwartz - Fridge Jerky Founder

  Who wants boring anymore? Not us! We're a Wisconsin based small craft jerky company disrupting status quo beef jerky. We've spent years crafting and perfecting our recipes. Friends and family love it - we're sure you've never had jerky like this before! Our uniqueness lies in refrigerator stored jerky, hence our name Fridge Jerky.

  
  

  
  

  Shane Achterberg - Director of Innovation, Automation and Architecture at Schneider National

  Driven IT professional focused on enabling business segments through collaborative and complete technology solutions to further drive automation and industry leading results.

  
  

  
  

  Blair Tritt - Director, Corporate Ventures & Partnerships at Schreiber Ventures I Venture Investor l Entrepreneur
  

  Exploring New Spaces, Inspiring Movements, and Progressing Positive Change.

  Motivated business professional focused on a cohesive blend of: societal impact, growth policy, world health and global business/economics.

  
  

  
  

  As a participant in the event (“Participant”), I grant permission to Women in Technology - Wisconsin (WIT), and their representatives, successors, licensees, and program partners (hereinafter collectively “Licensed Parties”), to record and take screen captures in connection with this WIT event, and to publish, reproduce, distribute, and/or otherwise use (i) the Participant’s name and (iii) any still or moving photographic or digital image, likeness or sound recording (“Media”) of the Participant for use in Licensed Parties’ publications, website and related media. This license includes all copyrights in and all rights to use, publish and alter the Media and any spoken quote(s) in connection with the Media, without restrictions, for any lawful purpose (including by way of example and not limitation, publicity, illustration, presentations, and Web content), without compensation, and hereby release the Licensed Parties from liability related to the rights granted in this agreement. I have read the above consent and release and fully understand the contents thereof.

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• Shattering Glass Ceilings in Tech

  • When
    Friday, November 17, 2023
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    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Generac Power Systems - Kern Center S45 W29290 Wisconsin 59 Waukesha, WI 53189
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  Join us for an inspiring and motivational event as we bring together a panel of accomplished female IT leaders. Hear their personal stories and insights on their journeys in the tech world. They’ll shed light on what initially inspired them to start a career in tech, what has kept them there, and what led them to success! Enjoy lunch at 11:30 and our panel discussions start at noon!

  Shattering Glass Ceilings in Tech: Women's Success Stories

  Date:

  Friday, November 17
  Time:

  11:30am - 1:00pm

  
  Where:  

  Generac Power Systems - Kern Center  
  S45 W29290 Wisconsin 59 Waukesha WI 53189

  
  

  Meet the Panelists:  

  • Damini Dhawal (panelist) Vice President, IT Architecture and Strategy GI at AIG 
  • Lori Videkovich (panelist)Director IT Enterprise CRM at Generac Power Systems, 
  • Lynne Briggs (panelist) CIO at Versiti
  • Molly Mulroy (moderator) Executive Vice President + Chief Administrative Officer at WEC Energy Group 

  
  

  As a participant in the event (“Participant”), I grant permission to Women in Technology - Wisconsin (WIT), and their representatives, successors, licensees, and program partners (hereinafter collectively “Licensed Parties”), to record and take screen captures in connection with this WIT event, and to publish, reproduce, distribute, and/or otherwise use (i) the Participant’s name and (iii) any still or moving photographic or digital image, likeness or sound recording (“Media”) of the Participant for use in Licensed Parties’ publications, website and related media. This license includes all copyrights in and all rights to use, publish and alter the Media and any spoken quote(s) in connection with the Media, without restrictions, for any lawful purpose (including by way of example and not limitation, publicity, illustration, presentations, and Web content), without compensation, and hereby release the Licensed Parties from liability related to the rights granted in this agreement. I have read the above consent and release and fully understand the contents thereof.
  

  
  

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• Making Spirits Bright!

  • When
    Thursday, November 30, 2023
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    5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Hot House Tavern N88W16631 Appleton Ave, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051
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  Time to celebrate! Join SE WI as we unwrap the spirit of giving with our Toy Drive and Gift Exchange! Join us for appetizers, beverages, and FUN!

  
  

  If you joined us last year for our gift exchange, you know just how much fun was had!  If you missed last year's, don't have FOMO and register today!

  
  

  Date: 

  Thursday, November 30th
  

  
  

  Time:
  5:00-8:00 pm

   
  Location: 
  

  Hot House Tavern
  N88W16631 Appleton Ave, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051

  Making Spirits Bright:

  • Charity Donation: To participate, bring a new and unwrapped toy to donate to Sojourner.  (Special Note: Consider the 12-18 year old age group as they are often overlooked and in need!)

  • White Elephant Gift Exchange: To participate, bring a wrapped gift valued at $20 or less to exchange. The gift can be new or a recycled treasure for someone else to enjoy.

  We cannot wait to celebrate with you!
  
  

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