{"685567":{"#nid":"685567","#data":{"type":"event","title":"MOVE October GBM: Microsoft Guest Speaker and Committee Introductions","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor MOVE\u0027s October GBM, we are very excited to have Cathy Oaks to speak about all things career, service, and networking. In addition to having a guest speaker, this GBM will serve as an introductory meeting for newly formed committees to start sharing ideas and getting to know one another.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EImportant: You do not have to be a committee member to attend this event. All are welcome to attend and participate in initial event brainstorming!!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMeeting Agenda:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(6:00 - 6:20)- \u003Cstrong\u003EGuest Speaker\u003C\/strong\u003E: Cathy will be joining us virtually from Seattle, Washington. She plans to speak about her own background, carreer trajectory, and the importance of networking. After this, we will open up the floor for any questions from the audience.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(6:20-6:40)- \u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee Brainstorming\u003C\/strong\u003E: Students will break off into their newly formed committees and start intitial idea sharing and brainstorming.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(6:40-6:45)- \u003Cstrong\u003EShare Ideas\u003C\/strong\u003E: Each committee will share out initial service project ideas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(6:45-7:00)- \u003Cstrong\u003ESocializing\u003C\/strong\u003E: Board games and snacks will be provided as committee members get to know one another and set regular meeting times.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMore about our Guest Speaker, Cathy Oaks:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ECathy\u0026nbsp;Oaks is a Partner, General Manager for Azure Reliability (AzRel) in Microsoft\u2019s Azure Customer Experience (CXP) organization, where she leads initiatives to improve cloud service quality, security, and operational excellence.\u0026nbsp;Cathy\u0026nbsp;earned her bachelor\u2019s degree from UC Santa Barbara and an MBA from the University of Washington, Foster School of Business. With over 25 years of experience in product, program and project management, consulting, and leadership, she joined Microsoft in 2018.\u0026nbsp;Cathy\u0026nbsp;is best known for her data-driven decision-making and strategic planning as well as her mentoring and coaching. At Microsoft, she also serves as the executive co-sponsor of Hispanic LatinX Employee Group and Manager Excellence Council. She lives in Bellevue, Washington, with her husband and daughters, Lexi \u0026amp; Addie. Lexi is currently a freshman at Notre Dame and Addie, a junior at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;Cathy\u0026nbsp;enjoys long-distance swimming, volunteers at the Salvation Army food pantry, and coaching a Special Olympics swim team.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ELinkedIn:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/cathyoaks\/\u0022 id=\u0022OWA338faa82-7b43-b2c1-cffd-83a1bc13a94b\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/cathyoaks\/\u0022\u003ECathy\u0026nbsp;Oaks | LinkedIn\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor MOVE\u0027s October GBM, we are very excited to have Cathy Oaks to speak about all things career, service, and networking.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"For MOVE\u0027s October GBM, we are very excited to have Cathy Oaks to speak about all things career, service, and networking."}],"uid":"36418","created_gmt":"2025-10-06 20:05:41","changed_gmt":"2025-10-06 20:07:39","author":"sgagliano3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2025-10-13T18:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2025-10-13T19:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2025-10-13T19:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2025-10-13 22:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2025-10-13 23:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2025-10-13 23:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Room 202, Skiles Building","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1791","name":"Student sponsored"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:coza3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECarina Oza\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}