Please note that this is a VanWIT member only event, you can purchase a membership here 

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Join us for this amazing leadership circle where Cybele Negris, our guest speaker, will talk to us about her journey to become the founder and CEO of webnames.ca.

Cybele Negris is a serial entrepreneur, seasoned board member, speaker, mentor, columnist and a Hall of Fame inductee of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women.

Cybele is CEO & Co-Founder of Webnames.ca, Canada’s original .CA Registrar and provider of hundreds of domain extensions, corporate domain portfolio management, webhosting, email, security products, and other online solutions. Webnames’ clients include some of the country’s largest corporations, government, law-firms, and global Fortune 500 brands.

Cybele serves on the boards of the Royal Canadian Mint, BCAA, Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver and Science World. Working closely with the Chair, BC Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Competitiveness, Cybele is Vice-Chair of the Small Business Roundtable of BC. She also serves on a number of other advisory boards and councils.

A Hall of Fame Inductee and four-time winner of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women and nine-time winner of PROFIT W100, some of Cybele’s other recognitions include BC Business Most Influential Women in Business 2018, 2017, 2015, and Business In Vancouver’s Influential Women in Business 2010 and Top 40 Under 40 2003.

She is a columnist for Business in Vancouver and speaks at dozens of events each year including TEDx and Level Up Conference along with former Prime Ministers Chretien and Harper.

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2020 brought a certain level of awareness to the public consciousness. But what does this really mean? How does equity, diversity and inclusion really work on the day-to-day and how can we navigate these unknown waters?

This event talks about the personal experiences of our guest speaker and how she has managed a tech career as a woman and a person of colour.

The speaker:

Susan Romeo-Gilbert, Educator, Independent Management Information Systems Consultant and Women-In-Technology Career Coach

Susan has over 26 years of experience in the IT Industry, including a variety of industrial sectors including Telecommunications, Utilities, Oil and Gas, Finance, Banking and Education having worked in Canada, USA, UK and the Caribbean.

Currently she is an instructor at Capilano University, Faculty of Business, teaching Business Information Systems Management and Project Management. She spent 2 years at the University of the West Indies- Continuing Education and 3.5 years working full time at University College London, England. Susan re-entered the Higher Education Sector in 2011 as a visiting Lecturer at the Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University.

She was previously a Principal Platform Strategist with Microsoft Canada. She also undertook Business and Technical Management, Subject matter Expert (SME) and Lead roles for several GIS, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Architecture and Data Warehousing projects.

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Trying to break into, break though, or perhaps break out of your career? Wondering if “following your passion” is even a thing anymore – never mind bubbles and lockdowns?

What if you really can find opportunities that can float your boat no matter where and when you are in your career path?  And what if passion is a thing, just not the only thing?

The speaker:

Jennifer Strutt, Sr. Cybersecurity Advisor at Mirai Security

Jennifer Strutt is a woman on a leadership mission who has recently transitioned from an executive role in a 80 year old Forestry company to a 4 year old Cybersecurity start-up.  A seasoned technologist with experience spanning 25 years and five continents, Jennifer has previously held positions as the Senior Director, Technology & CIO at Canfor Corporation, Director of IT at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games, the Director of Telecom at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Committee (VANOC) and a variety of international assignments with systems integrators Atos, Schlumberger and IBM.

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The brain is the ultimate technology. Unfortunately, it doesn’t come with a user manual, therefore, many of us go through life without ever reaching our brains full potential.

In this presentation, we will delve into how, as women, we put conscious and unconscious limits on our brains. We will look at the differences between the male and female brain and how we can nurture our brains for optimal neural health. We will talk about neuro-strategies to optimize effectiveness, more powerfully use your brain, enhance mental energy and heighten problem solving skills. The goal is that you walk away with strategies to use your brain in more creative and strategic ways to avoid stress and burnout, which I know we have all struggled with in the last year. This session will embrace creative ways to become limitless.

The speaker:

Sheila Sutherland

With almost 20 years of experience in Science and Education, Sheila Sutherland combines her knowledge, quirky sense of humour and curiosity in human behaviour to find ways to master this thing called life.

Sheila is a certified Social and Emotional Intelligence Coach, NeuroCoach, Professional Educator, Speaker, life-long learner and professional development junkie.

She believes you can change your life by choosing to shift how you react to your circumstances, and teaches tangible skills to manage your reactions, increase self-awareness and regain your personal power to make positive changes that stick! 

Beyond the professional, Sheila is always looking for new ways to grow and challenge herself, while fiercely protecting her ‘downtime’ as to find that mystical unicorn of BALANCE in life.