November 2019 Professional Development Event:
"Breaking Down Barriers – Finding and Negotiating Flexibility in Your Career"
Sponsored by Raytheon and FlexProfessionals!
Date and Time
Wed, November 13, 2019
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM EST
Register by November 8, 2019
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM EST
Register by November 8, 2019
Join SWE Boston for a panel on finding and negotiating flexibility in the workplace - presented by Raytheon and FlexProfessionals!
Event Overview Society of Women Engineers (SWE), FlexProfessionals and Raytheon are proud to announce an evening dinner and networking event with an informative panel on how to find a job with flexibility or negotiate flexibility into your current job as a professional.
Have you ever wished you had flexibility in your job? Or perhaps you’d like to find a role that has flexibility? During this panel, we’ll explore what is flexibility, share common flex-work models and discuss what are the options for flexibility in different roles. We’ll also share the business case for flexibility, i.e. the “why” of flexibility at work. Whether you’re looking for the ability to work some portion of the week remotely, or any other form of flexibility, panelists will help you understand your options and how to pursue them. Panelists-- including Purvi Booth, Deputy Director, Systems Engineering, Raytheon; Karen Kelly, Project Manager, Office of Work/Life, Harvard University; Jennifer Esty, Principal Technical Training Specialist, Raytheon; and Tamara Maniscalco, Technical Account Manager, X2O Media-- are women who successfully found or negotiated flexible terms in their roles as well as thought-leaders who’ve managed or operationalized flex-work programs.
Join us to hear their stories and talk about “Breaking Down Barriers – Finding and Negotiating Flexibility in Your Career.”
Event Overview Society of Women Engineers (SWE), FlexProfessionals and Raytheon are proud to announce an evening dinner and networking event with an informative panel on how to find a job with flexibility or negotiate flexibility into your current job as a professional.
Have you ever wished you had flexibility in your job? Or perhaps you’d like to find a role that has flexibility? During this panel, we’ll explore what is flexibility, share common flex-work models and discuss what are the options for flexibility in different roles. We’ll also share the business case for flexibility, i.e. the “why” of flexibility at work. Whether you’re looking for the ability to work some portion of the week remotely, or any other form of flexibility, panelists will help you understand your options and how to pursue them. Panelists-- including Purvi Booth, Deputy Director, Systems Engineering, Raytheon; Karen Kelly, Project Manager, Office of Work/Life, Harvard University; Jennifer Esty, Principal Technical Training Specialist, Raytheon; and Tamara Maniscalco, Technical Account Manager, X2O Media-- are women who successfully found or negotiated flexible terms in their roles as well as thought-leaders who’ve managed or operationalized flex-work programs.
Join us to hear their stories and talk about “Breaking Down Barriers – Finding and Negotiating Flexibility in Your Career.”
Agenda
- 5:30-6:00 Registration and Networking
- 6:00-6:45: Networking and Dinner
- 6:45-7:00: Opening Remarks
- 7:00-8:00: Panel Program and Q&A
LocationRaytheon Company, Missile Defense Center (MDC), Spencer Building
MDC Dining Center 235 Presidential Way, Woburn, MA 01801Parking:Stop at Gate House with Guard. Guard Entrance as shown on Map. Proceed to the Spencer Parking Garage. Park on Level 1 or 2. Enter the Raytheon Facility at the Spencer Building. |
Directions:From the EAST:From Danvers, take MA-128 S for 12.1 miles.
• Merge onto I-93 N via exit number 37B toward Lawrence.
• Take Exit 37C (Commerce Way/Atlantic Ave).
• At the end of the off-ramp, proceed to the 1st stoplight and turn right onto Presidential Way.
• Drive approximately 0.3 miles and the entrance to the new Raytheon facility is on the left.
From Salem, take I-95/MA-128 S toward Boston and Waltham for 10 miles.
• Merge onto I-93 N via exit number 37B toward Lawrence.
• Take Exit 37C (Commerce Way/ Atlantic Ave).
• At the end of the off-ramp, proceed to the 1st stoplight and turn right onto Presidential Way.
• Drive approximately 0.3 miles and the entrance to the new Raytheon facility is on the left.
From the WEST:From Chelmsford, take I-495 N toward the Lawrence/Salisbury/Lowell Connector for 8.6 miles.
• Merge onto I-93 S via exit number 40A toward Boston.
• Follow I-93 S for 10.3 miles.
• Take the 37C (Commerce Way/Atlantic Ave) exit.
• At the end of the off-ramp, proceed to the 1st stoplight and turn right onto Presidential Way.
• Drive approximately 0.3 miles and the entrance to the new Raytheon facility is on the left.
From Bedford, follow MA-225 east to I-95/MA-128 N.
• Take I-95/MA-128 N toward Burlington and Portsmouth, NH for approximately 7.4 miles.
• Merge onto I-93 N via exit number 37B toward Concord, NH.
• Follow this for 1.4 miles.
• Take the Exit 37C (Commerce Way/Atlantic Ave) exit.
• At the end of the off-ramp, proceed to the 1st stoplight and turn right onto Presidential Way.
• Drive approximately 0.3 miles and the entrance to the new Raytheon facility is on the left.
From the NORTH (Tewksbury/Lowell and New Hampshire) or SOUTH (Boston and Logan Airport):
• Follow I-93 to Exit 37C (Commerce Way/Atlantic Ave).
• At the end of the off-ramp, proceed to the 1st stoplight and turn right onto Presidential Way.
• Drive approximately 0.3 miles and the entrance to the new Raytheon facility is on the left.
• Merge onto I-93 N via exit number 37B toward Lawrence.
• Take Exit 37C (Commerce Way/Atlantic Ave).
• At the end of the off-ramp, proceed to the 1st stoplight and turn right onto Presidential Way.
• Drive approximately 0.3 miles and the entrance to the new Raytheon facility is on the left.
From Salem, take I-95/MA-128 S toward Boston and Waltham for 10 miles.
• Merge onto I-93 N via exit number 37B toward Lawrence.
• Take Exit 37C (Commerce Way/ Atlantic Ave).
• At the end of the off-ramp, proceed to the 1st stoplight and turn right onto Presidential Way.
• Drive approximately 0.3 miles and the entrance to the new Raytheon facility is on the left.
From the WEST:From Chelmsford, take I-495 N toward the Lawrence/Salisbury/Lowell Connector for 8.6 miles.
• Merge onto I-93 S via exit number 40A toward Boston.
• Follow I-93 S for 10.3 miles.
• Take the 37C (Commerce Way/Atlantic Ave) exit.
• At the end of the off-ramp, proceed to the 1st stoplight and turn right onto Presidential Way.
• Drive approximately 0.3 miles and the entrance to the new Raytheon facility is on the left.
From Bedford, follow MA-225 east to I-95/MA-128 N.
• Take I-95/MA-128 N toward Burlington and Portsmouth, NH for approximately 7.4 miles.
• Merge onto I-93 N via exit number 37B toward Concord, NH.
• Follow this for 1.4 miles.
• Take the Exit 37C (Commerce Way/Atlantic Ave) exit.
• At the end of the off-ramp, proceed to the 1st stoplight and turn right onto Presidential Way.
• Drive approximately 0.3 miles and the entrance to the new Raytheon facility is on the left.
From the NORTH (Tewksbury/Lowell and New Hampshire) or SOUTH (Boston and Logan Airport):
• Follow I-93 to Exit 37C (Commerce Way/Atlantic Ave).
• At the end of the off-ramp, proceed to the 1st stoplight and turn right onto Presidential Way.
• Drive approximately 0.3 miles and the entrance to the new Raytheon facility is on the left.
About our Panelists
Karen Kelly
Project Manager, Office of Work/Life, Harvard University; (Former Principal at Flexwork Global)
Karen Kelly has extensive leadership experience in remote and flexible work programs. Karen is an expert in the design, development, and implementation of flexible work programs with a focus on policy and procedure development and program design and management. She is a sought-after source of industry knowledge: she was profiled in the book Workshift and has spoken at industry conferences on her experience with remote work programs. Karen currently works at Harvard University in the Office of Work/Life, leading the Flexwork program for 19,000 employees University-wide, as well as other Work/Life programs. Karen started her career with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts where she held leadership positions in sales, finance, and human resources during her 26-year tenure. With regards to implementing flexible work programs, she offers a unique ability to provide a comprehensive strategic viewpoint across all lines of business, including financial benefits, safety, security, compliance, business requirements, and technical equipment and support. Through these efforts, she has helped companies realize administrative expense savings, improve business efficiencies, support diversity and inclusion goals, boost recruitment and retention, and increase employee satisfaction and engagement. Karen holds a BS in Business Management from Salem State University and an MBA from Northeastern University.
Tamara Maniscalco
Technical Account Manager, X2O Media
Tamara Maniscalco has 25 years of experience as an IT Professional in software application development and project management. She began her career as a Technical Support Engineer, then worked her way into Application Development. Eventually in the first part of her career, she became a Development Manager for the USDA. Currently, she is working in a flexible arrangement for X2O Media, a digital signage company, where she is deployed to Akamai for the implementation of the digital signage at their new headquarters in Cambridge. Prior to this, Tamara was employed at Microsoft as a Application Development Manager, supporting 7 corporate customers and before that, at the Security Division of EMC (RSA) where she was responsible for ensuring that the RSA consultants had the tools they needed. She rolled out technologies, wrote processes and managed all the internal communications with the consultants. She likes working with teams and customers, and finds communication to be an important factor in Information Technology project success. Highly adept at project management, she uses Agile methods, defining scope and requirements to meet product delivery deadlines. She has been described as one of those rare people who’s both an “exceptional technical resource and a great project manager.” She has a Bachelor’s degree from Boston University and a Masters in Computer Information Systems from the University of Phoenix. She’s completed graduate-level courses in Software Engineering at Harvard University.
Jennifer Esty
Principal Technical Training Specialist, IAMD Training and Technical Manuals, Integrated Defense Systems, Raytheon Company
Jennifer Esty joined Raytheon in June, 2019 working in IAMD Training and Technical Manuals. Jennifer started her career at AT&T Bell Laboratories/Lucent where, over 20 years rising to a senior manager position, she worked in product development and engineering infrastructure. Her engineering experience included working at the device level in linear transformers and inductors, secure voice terminals, and the first hybrid-fiber-coax systems used in the cable television industry to deliver voice, video and data to the home. She led an effort for OneLucent that transformed product data management supporting world-wide manufacturing and development. After this and prior to joining Raytheon, Jennifer was an adjunct professor at MIT with the MIT I-Corp program; taught math and science at a private high school (including roles as athletic director and robotics coach); and provided consulting to startup companies. Jennifer holds mechanical engineering degrees from Vermont Technical College, Northeastern University and the University of Washington in Seattle where she earned a Master’s degree.
Purvi Booth
Deputy Director of the Systems Architecture, Design and Integration Directorate (SADID) in Engineering, Raytheon Company
Purvi Booth is currently the Deputy Director of the Systems Architecture, Design and Integration Directorate (SADID) in Engineering at Raytheon. In this role, she is responsible for providing systems engineering development across all IDS products. Prior to taking on this role, Purvi was the Department Manager in both the Missile Defense and Sensor Systems Department and the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Systems Department in SADID. Prior to this role, Booth was the Supplier Innovation lead at Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems. Positioned within the Integrated Supply Chain organization, Booth led the Supplier Innovation engineering team. Her team of engineers was focused on building strategic supplier relationships to align their technologies and products to Raytheon’s internal technology roadmaps. Booth has held strategic positions in the commercial sector in addition to her Department of Defense experience. Working for a leading telecommunications company, Booth led the design of OC-192 Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) SONET communication system. Focusing on design, testability and design for manufacturing, Booth provided seamless transitions through the development phase to product delivery to the customer. Capitalizing on her commercial experience, Booth joined a small security management startup company as the primary hardware designer, responsible to mature the hardware and modernize the existing technologies. In this role, Booth identified industrial partners who could provide the necessary technology to successfully build and manufacture complex circuit card designs. This resulted in introducing new manufacturing capabilities to further expand the business. Booth returned to Raytheon in 2005 in the IDS Systems Engineering organization working system integration and test on the forward based radar program. Booth earned her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Project Manager, Office of Work/Life, Harvard University; (Former Principal at Flexwork Global)
Karen Kelly has extensive leadership experience in remote and flexible work programs. Karen is an expert in the design, development, and implementation of flexible work programs with a focus on policy and procedure development and program design and management. She is a sought-after source of industry knowledge: she was profiled in the book Workshift and has spoken at industry conferences on her experience with remote work programs. Karen currently works at Harvard University in the Office of Work/Life, leading the Flexwork program for 19,000 employees University-wide, as well as other Work/Life programs. Karen started her career with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts where she held leadership positions in sales, finance, and human resources during her 26-year tenure. With regards to implementing flexible work programs, she offers a unique ability to provide a comprehensive strategic viewpoint across all lines of business, including financial benefits, safety, security, compliance, business requirements, and technical equipment and support. Through these efforts, she has helped companies realize administrative expense savings, improve business efficiencies, support diversity and inclusion goals, boost recruitment and retention, and increase employee satisfaction and engagement. Karen holds a BS in Business Management from Salem State University and an MBA from Northeastern University.
Tamara Maniscalco
Technical Account Manager, X2O Media
Tamara Maniscalco has 25 years of experience as an IT Professional in software application development and project management. She began her career as a Technical Support Engineer, then worked her way into Application Development. Eventually in the first part of her career, she became a Development Manager for the USDA. Currently, she is working in a flexible arrangement for X2O Media, a digital signage company, where she is deployed to Akamai for the implementation of the digital signage at their new headquarters in Cambridge. Prior to this, Tamara was employed at Microsoft as a Application Development Manager, supporting 7 corporate customers and before that, at the Security Division of EMC (RSA) where she was responsible for ensuring that the RSA consultants had the tools they needed. She rolled out technologies, wrote processes and managed all the internal communications with the consultants. She likes working with teams and customers, and finds communication to be an important factor in Information Technology project success. Highly adept at project management, she uses Agile methods, defining scope and requirements to meet product delivery deadlines. She has been described as one of those rare people who’s both an “exceptional technical resource and a great project manager.” She has a Bachelor’s degree from Boston University and a Masters in Computer Information Systems from the University of Phoenix. She’s completed graduate-level courses in Software Engineering at Harvard University.
Jennifer Esty
Principal Technical Training Specialist, IAMD Training and Technical Manuals, Integrated Defense Systems, Raytheon Company
Jennifer Esty joined Raytheon in June, 2019 working in IAMD Training and Technical Manuals. Jennifer started her career at AT&T Bell Laboratories/Lucent where, over 20 years rising to a senior manager position, she worked in product development and engineering infrastructure. Her engineering experience included working at the device level in linear transformers and inductors, secure voice terminals, and the first hybrid-fiber-coax systems used in the cable television industry to deliver voice, video and data to the home. She led an effort for OneLucent that transformed product data management supporting world-wide manufacturing and development. After this and prior to joining Raytheon, Jennifer was an adjunct professor at MIT with the MIT I-Corp program; taught math and science at a private high school (including roles as athletic director and robotics coach); and provided consulting to startup companies. Jennifer holds mechanical engineering degrees from Vermont Technical College, Northeastern University and the University of Washington in Seattle where she earned a Master’s degree.
Purvi Booth
Deputy Director of the Systems Architecture, Design and Integration Directorate (SADID) in Engineering, Raytheon Company
Purvi Booth is currently the Deputy Director of the Systems Architecture, Design and Integration Directorate (SADID) in Engineering at Raytheon. In this role, she is responsible for providing systems engineering development across all IDS products. Prior to taking on this role, Purvi was the Department Manager in both the Missile Defense and Sensor Systems Department and the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Systems Department in SADID. Prior to this role, Booth was the Supplier Innovation lead at Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems. Positioned within the Integrated Supply Chain organization, Booth led the Supplier Innovation engineering team. Her team of engineers was focused on building strategic supplier relationships to align their technologies and products to Raytheon’s internal technology roadmaps. Booth has held strategic positions in the commercial sector in addition to her Department of Defense experience. Working for a leading telecommunications company, Booth led the design of OC-192 Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) SONET communication system. Focusing on design, testability and design for manufacturing, Booth provided seamless transitions through the development phase to product delivery to the customer. Capitalizing on her commercial experience, Booth joined a small security management startup company as the primary hardware designer, responsible to mature the hardware and modernize the existing technologies. In this role, Booth identified industrial partners who could provide the necessary technology to successfully build and manufacture complex circuit card designs. This resulted in introducing new manufacturing capabilities to further expand the business. Booth returned to Raytheon in 2005 in the IDS Systems Engineering organization working system integration and test on the forward based radar program. Booth earned her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
About our Event Moderator
Jennifer Voss
Managing Director, Boston, FlexProfessionals
Jennifer Voss has over 20 years’ experience in the business services, consulting and talent acquisition industries. With a passion for innovation and diversity, Jennifer has spent the past 6 years in the new and rapidly growing talent acquisition space that’s focused on helping women find quality, professional work opportunities. She is currently the Managing Director of FlexProfessionals, Boston where she’s responsible for the management and growth of FlexProfessionals' Boston operation, including general management, business development, sales, account management, and recruiting. Before this, Jennifer was General Manager, New Markets at reacHIRE, overseeing growth into new markets at this company that helps women return to professional work after a career break. Prior to this, Jennifer filled a key commercial expansion role at Veritude, a Fidelity-owned staffing firm. Here, she focused on making sure the company was aware of, reacted to and anticipated the ongoing changes in the US talent acquisition market. Jennifer graduated from Williams College with a BA in Economics and received her MBA from Harvard Business School. An active parent and member of the community, Jennifer has held leadership Board positions in Minuteman National Park Association, several Harvard Business School alumni organizations and her children’s school PTAs.
Managing Director, Boston, FlexProfessionals
Jennifer Voss has over 20 years’ experience in the business services, consulting and talent acquisition industries. With a passion for innovation and diversity, Jennifer has spent the past 6 years in the new and rapidly growing talent acquisition space that’s focused on helping women find quality, professional work opportunities. She is currently the Managing Director of FlexProfessionals, Boston where she’s responsible for the management and growth of FlexProfessionals' Boston operation, including general management, business development, sales, account management, and recruiting. Before this, Jennifer was General Manager, New Markets at reacHIRE, overseeing growth into new markets at this company that helps women return to professional work after a career break. Prior to this, Jennifer filled a key commercial expansion role at Veritude, a Fidelity-owned staffing firm. Here, she focused on making sure the company was aware of, reacted to and anticipated the ongoing changes in the US talent acquisition market. Jennifer graduated from Williams College with a BA in Economics and received her MBA from Harvard Business School. An active parent and member of the community, Jennifer has held leadership Board positions in Minuteman National Park Association, several Harvard Business School alumni organizations and her children’s school PTAs.
About our Moderator
FlexProfessionals is a Boston and DC-based talent resource for growing companies. They specialize in professional part-time positions and full-time roles with flexibility which provides corporations access to an amazing, untapped workforce, many of whom are women. FlexProfessionals is on a mission to bring amazing professionals off the sidelines into organizations that want phenomenal talent. They are at the forefront of the Future of Work, partnering with and helping employers to attract and retain the growing US talent pools that prefer to work with flexibility.
About our Sponsor
Raytheon Company is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government and cybersecurity solutions. Founded in 1922, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration, capabilities in C5I (command, control, communications, computing, cyber and intelligence), sensing, effects and mission support services. To learn more, visit www.raytheon.com and follow @Raytheon on Twitter.
Important Note
*Please have your current Federal or State Identification with Photo. No Camera, recording devices, phone, etc. are allowed into the facility.
Attendees must supply name, including middle name and the name of the company you work for. Citizenship information is also required. All attendees must present a government-issued picture ID. Non-citizens with a Green Card should also show their Green Card. No cell phones, cameras, video cameras or recording devices of any kind are allowed into the Raytheon Facility. All attendees will be required to sign a photo release form.
Attendees must supply name, including middle name and the name of the company you work for. Citizenship information is also required. All attendees must present a government-issued picture ID. Non-citizens with a Green Card should also show their Green Card. No cell phones, cameras, video cameras or recording devices of any kind are allowed into the Raytheon Facility. All attendees will be required to sign a photo release form.
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