Hosted each month by different tech firms, opening up their offices to the wider community.
Join us for our first Big Boost Mondays in New York City! Big Boost Mondays is a Tech & DEI meet-up, helping you find your pathway into technology in the city!
Registration, Networking & Canapés - 17:00
Talks Start - 18:00
Talks Finish - 19:00
Post-event Networking To Close - 19:30
Who is this for?
Joining us on the night:
Peter Smulovics - Executive Director at Morgan Stanley
Peter is the Executive Director of Software Development Experience at Morgan Stanley. He leads Windows, .NET, Microsoft R&D, and Development Practices through platform development projects and framework building. He is also Co-Chair of Open Source Readiness and Emerging Technologies in FINOS, and is a champion of DEI in the tech space.
James McLeod - Director of Community at FINOS
James is Director of Community at FINOS and OpenUK Top 100 Influencer who believes that the transformation of financial services can only be fulfilled when open source is embraced under the three pillars of Contribution, Consumption and Community. He is an active contributor to open source through the founding of London.js, a rapidly growing London meetup with a membership of over 2500 ReactJS and Javascript developers.
Rita Chaturvedi - Executive Director at Morgan Stanley
As Executive Director and Advisory Board Member at Morgan Stanley, with over 20 years of experience in Financial Services, Rita has extensive experience building and leading large, global, diverse teams and organizations, spanning Technology Risk and Controls, IT Operations, Digital Transformation and Innovation, and more.
Kay XiongPachay - Open Source Program Manager at Goldman Sachs
Kay is the Program Manager in the Open Source Program Office at Goldman Sachs, where she has been instrumental in integrating open source culture into the firm. With a non-traditional background - being in retail before joining Goldman Sachs - she brings a unique user-centric perspective to the open source community, with a focus on empowering engineers, integrating new initiatives, and cultivating a more inclusive culture.
Maureen Doyle-Spare - General Manager - Head of Asset & Wealth Management & Insurance at UST
Maureen is a results-driven leader with a focus on bringing value through consultative selling and enabling sales executives and practice delivery teams with industry perspective, platform domain and the ability to develop transformational solutions. She also works with UST's Step IT Up programme - a global talent development program designed to help organizations bridge the IT talent gap.
All of these talks will finish with a group Q&A with the audience, moderated by the speaker.
See the full agenda and register here.