Pacific DevFest 2021
GDG Modesto
Fri, Nov 5, 2021, 12:00 PM (PDT)
110 RSVP'ed
Join us for Pacific DevFest 2021! We will be turning the tech meetup format on its head by starting with a social hour and then following up with various tech talks including both Cloud and Android Study Jams, plus a special Career track. Don't miss this amazing event!
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What is the Pacific DevFest?
DevFests are Google-sponsored software developer conferences that allow the tech community to come together to network and learn about the coolest new technology out there.
Join us for Pacific Devfest 2021! We will be turning the tech meetup format on its head by starting with a social hour and then following up with various tech talks including both Cloud and Android Study Jams. Don't miss this amazing event!
What Pacific-region Google Developers Groups are contributing to this?
GDG/Cloud Fremont
GDG/Cloud Silicon Valley
GDG/Cloud San Francisco
GDG Sonoma
GDG Fresno
GDG San Fernando Valley
GDG/Cloud Los Angeles
GDG Oahu
GDG Richmond
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We have exciting giveaways including Google products, so be sure to register today!
Zoraida Martinez Duarte
Bitwise Industries
Randal Schwartz
Flutter/Dart GDE
Zoraida Martinez Duarte, PMP graduated from Fresno State in 2012 with a degree in Computer Engineering she is a Project Manager at Bitwise Industries and holds a Project Management Professional certification from PMI. Zoraida is currently pursuing her MBA in Global Management at The University of Louisiana, Lafayette. Over the past 15 years Zoraida has served as a community leader, activist and role model to the Hispanic and underrepresented communities through SHPE, SWE, Toastmasters and Women Techmakers. Zoraida is a DACA recipient and SHPE Lifetime member, she has served various leadership roles within SHPE including Regional Vice President for Region 1, and SHPE National Convention SHPEtinas Planning committee, she serves as the 2021 SHPE Cyber Security Challenge Vice-Chair. In her spare time Zoraida enjoys crossfit, hiking, triathlon training and ballroom dancing.
Four-decade professional career including programming, technical writing, training, podcasting, QA, network administration, and security review. Most keenly associated with Perl, Smalltalk, and now Dart and Flutter.
Dan Goncharov
Google Developer Expert in ML
I really enjoy developing Android and iOS applications and in my spare time create apps that I freely share. I have been programming on the Android platform for over 10 years and iOS for a year. I have courses on Kotlin at LinkedIn.com and RayWenderlich.com and have worked on three books. I have written many apps for the play store.
Google Developer Expert, Machine Learning, AI vs COVID-19 initiative - FounderOur goal is to make a tool for researchers, virologists, doctors, to extract novel insights and make drug discoveries
Gunu Shrestha
IBM Garage
Uliana Popov
Gerardo Malpartida
Michael Yang
Chryssa Jones
Director of Curriculum
Procheta Nag
BGC Engineering Inc.
Riya Dashoriya
Daisy Mayorga
Lenita Williamson
ProcedureCard.com
Surgeon, CEO, Founder, Global Surgical Preference Card Innovator
During my senior year in high school, there was one thing I was so sure of, that one day I'd become an engineer. I didn't know what type of engineer though. When my dad gave me money to buy a PC, that's when I decided to become a computer engineer. I pursued my academic journey majoring in computer science. During my college years, I learned a lot about software development coupled with various building tools. However, I lacked hands-on industry experience. That's when I decided to make a career move from management to IT engineering. In 2016, I started my DevOps engineering journey with UnitedHealth Group (UHG), then moved to DXC Technology/Gainwell Technology. During my tenure at these companies, I learned about Cloud Technology as well as various SaaS, PaaS and IaaS tools. Although the projects were hard at times, I embraced all the challenges and instilled valuable knowledge. I learned a lot more than what one could possibly learn from a four-year college. My passion in engineering encouraged me to do better everyday and I constantly evolve with new technology. I didn't want to stop my journey there, so I started looking for a new opportunity. That's when I landed an opportunity with IBM Garage as DevOps engineer specialist.I enjoy automating and improving development and release processes.
I hold a Mater's degree in Computer Science. After working for IBM as software engineer I took a 8 year career break to raise my family (4 kids). Currently I'm working as Data Manager on the International team of Yummly.comMy main interests are ML and Data Analysis. I love data.
After studying math and physics in college, Michael started his career as a data analyst at a start-up. There he was introduced to light coding, which piqued his interest to further pursue the field. After going through countless free lectures and YouTube tutorials, Michael was able to build a portfolio of side-projects that eventually allowed him to transition into the software industry. He continues to work on interesting side-projects, both technical and non-technical, during his free time.
Chryssa Jones is an educator, a web developer, and a curriculum designer. She holds a Master of Business Administration degree, with honors, from Hawaii Pacific University and a professional certificate in Web Development from the University of California San Diego. Her professional work includes developing technical curriculum for novice engineers and creating applications that support indigenous language normalization and culture-based education. Her professional background also includes extensive experience in higher education administration and teaching, data analysis, small-business and retail management, manufacturing and operations, community development and public speaking, writing and editing, marketing, travel and event planning, and theatrical production. She volunteers her time as a Women Techmakers Ambassador and a Google Developer Groups Leader, is involved in community politics and neighborhood events, has a commercial pilot's license, and loves to fly, travel all over the world, and spend time with her family. When she's at home and has some downtime, she's often gardening, cooking, reading a book, or relaxing at the beach.
Procheta is working full time as a UI/UX Designer at BGC Engineering Inc, Canada. She has a Masters's degree in Human-Computer Interaction from Simon Fraser University and Bachelor's in Computer Science & Engineering. She made several research publications on renowned conferences like IEEE, ACM.She is engaged with the tech community from her undergraduate study life on a mission to help learners. She is a Mentor of Exchange with Google Developer, Organizer of Google Developer Group and Women Techmakers Ambassador. She enjoys sharing her learnings and experiences about UX and Career.
Riya Dashoriya is a Software Engineer at Quizlet with an innate love to solve problems through technology. Her dedication, passion and curiosity has helped her execute several key projects, demonstrating leadership and team player abilities. In her spare time, Riya likes to travel and spend time with family. Always looking for avenues to mentor and empower others, Riya has a passion for accessibility and access to education to make the world a better place.Riya holds a Masters of Science in Information Systems from The University of Utah. She is a Women Techmakers Ambassador and GDG Organizer for San Francisco and Cloud San Francisco chapters.
I am a mother, wife, full-time employee, GDG Organizer, WTM Ambassador. Currently learning more about Data Science. I love giving back to my community and learning new technologies.
CEO and Founder ProcedureCard.com a subscription-based SaaS created to improve operating room efficiency by providing a cloud-based surgical preference card management system.
Marsha Swallow
TargetClose
Jim Hutson
IDG Engineering Solutions
Csaba Toth
SportsBoard
Director of Product Engineering
A coding bootcamp graduate, when she's not hard up work as a startup technical project manager, Marsha is involved in the developer community both as a Google Developer Groups Organizer for Los Angeles, and also as a Google Women Techmakers Ambassador.
Her motto? Motivated by changing lives through technology. Learning new things everyday.
GDG Fresno lead, WTM Fresno ambassador
Matt Kaufman
MK Partners, Inc.
Chief Innovation Officer
Leopoldo Hernandez
ROMAN JAQUEZ
Flutter GDE, GDG Lawrence Lead Organizer and GDG Mentor for the Northeast
Since 2002 Matt Kaufman has worked with hundreds of businesses to improve their efficiency through cloud technologies. He has worked as a consultant, instructor, and engineer. He is the author of two books as well as multiple PluralSight videos. Matt is a founder and the Chief Innovation Officer of MK Partners, Inc. (www.mkpartners.com) the #1 Salesforce implementation partner in Southern California. When not spending time with his family he volunteers as an organizer and mentor for Google Developer Groups.
I am an avid and focused individual. I strive for daily self-enrichment of the ever-growing CS field. After teaching English as a Second Language to adults for 10+ years, I came to the realization that my passion for problem solving, patience and dedication needed a change of pace, and so, a career-change took place.
I studied computer science at 42 Silicon Valley where the pedagogy is peer-to-peer, based learning. I was able to learn about what inspired me and motivated me while coding away projects for 14+ hours a day. I was a lot of fun.
I'm currently a Full-Stack Developer at Wayfair based in Boston MA. :D
Roman Jaquez, Flutter GDE, GDG Lawrence Lead Organizer and GDG Mentor
Foundry (formerly IDG Communications)
Lourdes Lopez
Roxanne Finks
Bernadette Davoud
Karlha Davies
Korazon Konsultants Collective
Founder and Chingona
Angel pichardo
GDG Organizer/Carpenter
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