Are you interested in learning about leadership? sheLEADS: Women in Leadership is a series organized by Career Design comprised of sessions specifically focused on individuals who identify as female and who have secured leadership roles within a variety of career fields.
Each session features a guest speaker or speakers from a specific industry or career field who will discuss their career path(s), how they were able to overcome obstacles to rise in the ranks, and provide suggestions and advice to those who are interested in taking on leadership roles. There will be a dedicated portion of this session to student Q & A.
Register for this session in NUworks if you want to learn more about leadership!
Dr. Mirjana Spasojevic is the Technology R&D Senior Principal at Accenture Labs where she leads a team focused on biosensing, neurotech and human-AI interactions. She received both her Master of Science Degree and PhD in Computer Science at Penn State University.
Her consulting practice was conducted as Pivot Point Innovation involving entrepreneurial teams and early stage companies and focused on strategy, customer development, product planning, and UX design. Previously she was VP, Global Head of the Immersive Experiences lab at HP, leading research, design and development of new products in VR/AR, 3D printing and design tools. Her team created the HP Omnicept software, which incorporates user’s response captured by biometric sensors to take training, wellbeing, creation and collaboration to the next level.
Her prior roles include acting as the Senior Principal Scientist at Harman in the Future User Experience team and co-founder of Kindoma, a startup focused on connecting geographically dispersed families and improving early childhood literacy. She has also served as Director of Exploratory Research at the Nokia Research Center, Silicon Valley and led research activities and technical teams at HP, Yahoo and Transarc.
She is the recipient of the Profiles in Diversity Journal‘s 2017 Women Worth Watching in STEM® Award.
They are looking forward to share their leadership knowledge and wisdom with us in this sheLEADS session. We look forward to your participation!
