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The exclusive conference for Black software engineers

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/dev/color IN MOTION 

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ABOUT /dev/color IN MOTION

 /dev/color IN MOTION brings together hundreds of Black software engineers from near and far to connect, learn, share, and support one another's growth within the tech industry. 

 

The two-day experience consists of fireside chats and lightning talks featuring A* members and laudable industry leaders from our ally community. Plus, DCIM features a designated hack day, technical conversations, professional development sessions, community building exercises, fireside chats from tech industry giants and much more. This special package makes DCIM an experience unlike anything else in existence.

 

Lastly, our conference is a rare chance to celebrate all the amazing things the /dev/color community has come to represent to so many people over the last 4 years.  

 

Be sure to save the date and stay tuned for more updates. 


ENGINEERING OUR COMMUNITY

 

Our 2019 theme, “Engineering our community” speaks to the unique opportunity Black software engineers, in particular, have to architect a supportive and powerfully inclusive community that works to further their collective growth. Similarly, our theme alludes to our shared responsibility as co-creators of the the future, to reimagine, redesign and transform the tech industry in ways that accommodate and empower more people.


As our Executive Director, Lajuanda Asemota states, “It’s imperative that people of color emerge as key stakeholders in these imaginative processes to ensure we are creating a world that works for everyone. This conviction anchors /dev/color’s commitment to Black software engineers and drives our expansion efforts.”

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2019 SPEAKERS

Makinde Adeagbo

Founder

/dev/color

CAMIE HACKSON

Senior Director, Engineering

Google 

MARIAN CROAK

VP of Engineering 

Google

JACK DORSEy

Founder and CEO

Square

LAJUANDA ASEMOTA

Executive Director

/dev/color

LINDSaY LEE

Founder  

Authentic Ventures

CHRISTINE ETOKE

Senior Data Engineer

Brandless, Inc

SOYO Awosika-Olumo

 Technology Analyst

Goldman Sachs

 

BRIAN DOUGLAS

Developer Advocate

GitHub

PAUL ONAKOYA

Engineering Manager

Netflix

CHANTAL LEWIS

Software Engineer II

Microsoft

PARIS XAVIER PICKNEY

Software Engineer 

Apple

PRISCILLA ALFARO

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Chime

 CHRIS COCHRAN

Threat Intelligence Lead

Netflix

ANDREW "BOZ" BOSWORTH

Augmented and VR, VP 

Facebook

Kamilah Taylor

Co-Founder

Swaay, Inc.

Michael green

Senior Member Of Technical Staff

Octopus Design Automation

Shanea Leven

Senior Director of Product Management

Docker

JEM YOUNG

Senior Software Engineer

Netflix

Christopher chileshe

Microsoft

KRYSTAL SMITH

Software Engineer

Mailchimp

DANIEL BURKE

Engineering Manager

Handshake

TIA CALDWELL

Engineering Manager of Open Connect

Slack

DERRICK CARR

Senior Developer

thoughtbot

DURAN ROSE

Looker

ERIKA HAIRSTON

Product Manager, LinkedIn

CEO, Vimela

JEAN PAUL MUGIZI

Software Engineer

Mailchimp

CANdiCE MORGAN

Head of Inclusion & Diversity

Pinterest

hallie lomax

Lyft

SABRY TOZIN

VP Engineering

LinkedIn

MICHAEL CHASE

Senior Software Engineer

Netflix

ANEESHA RAINES

Quality Engineering Manager

Okta

Bernadette A. Carter

Staff Software Engineer

Google

JOMAYRA HERRERA

Investor

Emerson Collective

WILLIAM HILL

ESGF Installation Working Team Lead

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

JOHN KENNEY

Engineering Manager

Netflix

ALICIA BARRETT

Support Software Engineer

SalesLoft

Akintunde Ismail Maiyegun

Chief Technical Officer / Co-founder

Hingeto

FREDERICK OHEN

iOS Engineer

Scribd

Candace Williams

Google AI Undergraduate Researcher

Microsoft

Mekka Okereke

Engineering Director

Google

Cecili Reid

 - Senior Software Engineer

Mailchimp

Zach Singleton

Product Manager

Uber

Tremayne Stewart

Software Engineer 

Google

Swathi Joshi

Incident Response

Netflix

Isaiah Grigsby

Software Engineer

Lockheed Martin

Rosa Swaby 

Software Engineer 

American Express

Daphne Nicholson

Technical Program Manager

Facebook

IRVIN OWENS JR.

Principal Software Engineer

Fitbit, Inc.

AYO SUBER

UI Engineer

Square

Raven Covington

Software Engineer

MailChimp

DUSTIN HAFFNER

Senior Software Engineer

Netflix

YVES JEAN

Research Scientist and Software Engineer

Sceent

KRISTIE HOWARD

Hardware Operations Manager

Google

Kim Martin

 Software Engineer 

Google

CHRISTOPHER WARNER

Lead Engineer

Medidata, Inc.

EBOT Ndip-Agbor 

Research Engineer

Autodesk

“/dev/color IN MOTION transformed my isolation into inspiration”

–Nick Caldwell, Chief Product Officer, Looker


 

Friday


10:30am

Doors Open/Registration


11:00am

Welcome


11:10am

Community Collaboration & Lunch


12:25pm

Keynote Fireside


1:40pm

Hacking Begins


2:00pm

Unconference Breakouts


2:00pm

Executive Roundtable


3:45pm

#QueensInTheValley


5:00pm

Keynote Speaker


5:30pm

Happy Hour


Saturday


9:00am

Registration & Breakfast


10:00am

Welcome + Kickoff Activity


10:30am

Keynote


11:20am

Breakout Session #1


12:05pm

Lunch


1:45pm

Panel


3:05pm

Breakout Sessions #2


4:30pm

Breakout Sessions #3


5:35pm

Closing Keynote


6pm - 9pm

Closing Reception


Official Conference App 

 We're excited to announce that Whova is the official app of 2019 /dev/color IN MOTION. With Whova you can:

 

- View the detailed agenda and plan your schedule
- Find someone to share a ride with to and from conference
- Plan social activities like meet-ups or even post jobs.     
- Find answers to your questions in the FAQ Section

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PAST SPEAKERS

MICHAEL SEIBEL

Partner

Y Combinator

FUNMI OLUDAIYE

VP Technology, 

Marcus by Goldman Sachs

BEN HOROWITZ

Co-Founder

Andreessen Horowtiz


JEFF DEAN

Senior Fellow

Google

MERLINE SAINTIL

Head of Operations
Intuit

Lisa gelobter

CEO and Founder

tEQuitable

ERIN TEAGUE

Head of Product

YouTube VR and AR

Google

Ali Partovi

CEO

Neo

Hadi Partovi

CEO

Code.Org

 

STEVE SINOFSKI

Former President
Windows Division

Microsoft

Aston Motes

Director of Engineering

United Masters

LAUREN FRAZIER

Chief Technology Officer

Ramen VR

IME ARCHIBONG

Director of Partnerships
Facebook

TONY GAUDA

Founder & CEO 
Thin Air Labs

Jessica Mckellar

CTO and Co-Founder

Pilot.com

PAST TOPICS

 /dev/color IN MOTION will host a myriad of technical and career-focused engineering discussions to support your professional growth. Among the many topics we've covered in the past are: 

   ●   "The Great React Native Experiment: Cheaper & More Agile Mobile Development"

   ●   "Navigating the Path to Engineering Management"

   ●   "Making Moves: Struggles and Insights About Changing Roles and Companies"

   ●   "Ionify: Implicit Object Notations Invented For You"

   ●   "Navigating the Path to Entrepreneurship"

   ●   "Concept of Magic Numbers"
   ●   "Privilege: How those with it can support those without"

   ●   "Navigating the Path to Senior IC"
   ●   "Using engineering to impact social justice"

   ●   "Building a Federated Orchestration Layer"
   ●   "Engineering Management: The Struggle is Real"
   ●   "Data Delivery At Scale Via Webhooks"
   ●   "Authenticity: Code Switching at Work"
   ●   "Silicon Valley and Beyond: Building Careers, Families, and Lives in Tech Hubs"

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Event Features

2019 /dev/color IN MOTION conference will be bigger and better than ever before. Our return to the place of our very first conference, Facebook HQ, makes this a full circle moment for our organization. We couldn't be more excited to celebrate our community with you as we turn 4 years old!

Hack - A- Thon

We'll host a pre-conference Hack-a-Thon for members to collaborate and break ground on special projects.

Amazing Speakers

The conference will feature several talks with movers and shakers from our A* community and the broader tech landscape

Entertainment

/dev/color IN MOTION will feature live music and a special guest performance.

Special Activations

Demo rooms featuring unique innovation and special projects from our partners.

Technical Talks

DCIM will feature insightful presentations on a number of relevant technical topics. 

Community Outreach

Engineers will have the opportunity to pay it forward by participating in a community outreach project.

Because balancing hard work with play is a major key, /dev/color IN MOTION will feature live music. DJ Lady Ryan will hold it down on the "ones and twos" and set the vibe for the occasion.

Approval Letter

Need help convincing your employer to approve your DCIM attendance?  No sweat, we’ve got you covered. Check out the letter we've drafted for you below. All you have to do is make a copy and fill in the blanks.

Guest

IIf you're an engineer who is not currently a member of our A* or BFS program click HERE for a draft of a DCIM approval letter.


A* Members

If you're an engineer who is currently in our A* or BFS program click HERE for a draft of a DCIM approval letter.


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TRANSPORTATION

Throughout /dev/color IN MOTION 2019, our friends at Facebook will be providing transportation via shuttles routes in Oakland and San Francisco. Sign up via the link provided after registration.

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hotel NIA

Coming from out of town?

 Hotel Nia is the official hotel of /dev/color IN MOTION 2019. Their beautiful Menlo Park hotel is located less than 2 miles from the conference. Let em' know /dev/color sent ya!



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 /dev/color IN MOTION brings together hundreds of Black software engineers from near and far to connect, learn, share, and support one another's growth within the tech industry. 

 

The two-day experience consists of fireside chats and lightning talks featuring A* members and laudable industry leaders from our ally community. Plus, DCIM features a designated hack day, technical conversations, professional development sessions, community building exercises, fireside chats from tech industry giants and much more. This special package makes DCIM an experience unlike anything else in existence.

 

Lastly, our conference is a rare chance to celebrate all the amazing things the /dev/color community has come to represent to so many people over the last 4 years.  

 

Be sure to save the date and stay tuned for more updates. 

Coming from out of town?

“It was really gratifying to be at an event specifically geared towards engineers whose experience so often gets subsumed by other representations in 'Tech'.”

-Lisa Gelobter, CEO and Founder, tEQuitable

Conference Venue: 

 

Facebook HQ

Menlo Park, CA 

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