Organizers

Fran Quittel also known as Careerbabe, is a former university faculty member and career development veteran. She has written the Career Advisor column for ComputerWorld for three years and is the author of "FirePower! (10 Speed Press) regarding career transition after job loss, as well as the recently released "IT Career Guide for New Grads" (Prentice Hall). In addition to her upcoming work on the "Post 50" job market ("Work 'til You're 80!), Fran is an experienced senior business person, who combines both career and workforce development with technology expertise and results-oriented program management. The creator of the Career Forum on The Microsoft Network (MSN), her expertise addresses empowering people of all ages to enter - and re-enter- an ever changing job and activities marketplace and using these programs to their full marketing potential. With experience in all segments of program creation and today's job market, in print, from the podium, on radio and on "Good Morning, America," Quittel is a recognized and respected contributor in this market space. (Both SuccessAHEAD! and CareerBabe are trademarks of Frances Quittel, Inc.) Fran also serves on the Board of the Open Door Education foundation which serves to bring additional learning opportunities particularly involving computer science to people of any age.

 

 

Dr. Malu Roldan has been a research fellow at the Haas School's Fisher Center for Management and Information Technology where she coordinates programs addressing the Information Technology Workforce Shortage. Her research focuses on how emerging information technologies are enabling (and complicating) organizational flexibility, and human resource management. She is co-author of the book, "The Search for Digital Excellence" published by CommerceNet Press/McGraw Hill. With a master's degree in education, Dr. Roldan completed her Ph.D. studies at UCLA's Anderson School of Management and currently teaches at San Jose State University with a strong focus on service learning initiatives. "We were able to see," says Malu, "how our program literally changed some lives, creating competencies in both our adult and college students regarding both technology and their careers. Among the highlights of our program, one adult student well over 50 changed careers and successfully marketed herself into UC Berkeley and the Haas School of Business. Another had an idea about selling bicycle clothing on the web and received funding from IBM. Another took the idea of helping her mother to develop a web information site on conservatorships. Both our "old" kids and our college student mentors learned how to use the web for research, to write resumes and present themselves at interviews."

 

Dr. Malu Roldan
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