{"665874":{"#nid":"665874","#data":{"type":"event","title":"ECE Student Seminar - Discovering Your Purpose in the Tech Industry","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Monday, February 27,\u0026nbsp;2023\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;12:30\u0026nbsp;p.m. -\u0026nbsp;1:20 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EVan Leer, WC240\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EKendrick Treadwell\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeakers\u0026#39; Title:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Program Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeakers\u0026#39; Affiliation:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Google\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESeminar Title:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EDiscovering Your Purpose in the Tech Industry\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EKendrick Treadwell discovered his talent for planning and organizing as a student at Georgia Tech. He sought to create a career capitalizing on this skill in the tech industry in alignment with his purpose, an ongoing exercise of self-reflection and practical experience. In this seminar, Kendrick will share his journey from an electrical engineering student to a successful program manager at Google, while making a real-world impact and developing leadership skills as a driver of diversity and inclusion initiatives at the company.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBiographical Sketch of the Speaker:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAs one of nine\u0026nbsp;alumni featured in the Georgia Tech College of Engineering\u0026rsquo;s 2020\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EHelluva Engineer\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;magazine article \u0026ldquo;The Rising Stars of Engineering,\u0026rdquo; Kendrick Treadwell is an ECE alumnus and a program manager who has over a decade of experience in the tech industry. Currently employed at Google, Kendrick drives strategic and operational excellence for an in-house production studio at Google that creates content and experiences (e.g., YouTube videos, social media content, and global conferences) to educate and inspire software developers in partnership with Google\u0026rsquo;s product areas (e.g., Android, Google Chrome, etc.).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to his core role, Kendrick currently leads several initiatives that are part of Google\u0026rsquo;s Tech Equity Collective, a program designed to accelerate Black representation in the tech industry and create holistic pathways for current and aspiring Black tech innovators. Between 2016 and 2020, Kendrick also volunteered as co-lead of the Atlanta chapter of the Black Googler Network (BGN), one of Google\u0026rsquo;s employee resource groups supporting underrepresented employees, their allies, and the external communities Google serves.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKendrick has been employed at Google since 2015 and works out of the Atlanta office. Prior to his current role, he worked as a program manager for Google Fiber from 2015 - 2018 helping launch and operate the Google Fiber networks in Atlanta and Huntsville. He also worked as a program manager for Google Cloud from 2018 - 2020.\u0026nbsp;Prior to Google, Kendrick worked at AT\u0026amp;T as a project manager in its Network Operations organization from 2012 - 2015. He interned at Microsoft in 2008 and graduated from Georgia Tech in 2010 with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. He earned a M.S. in Management from Wake Forest University in 2011. 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