Diversity Reboot Summit

Agesim in the Workplace

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Agesim in the Workplace
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In this conversation with Helen Sanchez, Founder of Tanagui LLC, Ursula Wolz, Founder of RiverSound Solutions LLC, and Information Systems professiona Rita Taylor, we examine how to combat ageism in the workplace, remote or otherwise. Helen Sanchez has over 20 years of recruitment experience, specializing in coaching women over 40. She founded Tanagui LLC, whose focus is to offer services that result in breakthrough resume and interview mastery for women over 40. Ursula Wolz founded RiverSound Solutions LLC, an organization that creates computing software for personal growth and education. Their objective is to support people as they become empowered with technology. Rita Taylor, a six year veteran of Deloitte, is an experienced Information Systems professional with a unique combination of technical expertise, functional experience, managerial experience, business leadership and production support to lead the delivery and implementation of mission-critical software systems. The conversation will be moderated by Jane Elizabeth, the Managing Editor of The News & Observer and The Herald Sun in Raleigh, North Carolina. Previously, Jane led the American Press Institute’s project to improve and expand accountability journalism.

Meet The Speakers

Helen D. Sanchez
Helen D. Sanchez
Founder, Tanagui LLC
Helen’s background includes over twenty years working in recruiting, education in Women and Gender Studies, as well as African American Studies. She is the founder of Tanagui, whose primary focus is to offer services that result in breakthrough resume and interview mastery for women over 40.
Ursula Wolz
Ursula Wolz
Founder & CEO, RiverSound Solutions

Yikes, I broke LinkedIn! Tom Potter noticed!. By entering William Paterson after RiverSound, I broadcast that my new career is as an adjunct professor. Not exactly true. I founded RiverSound Solutions two years ago, and turned a profit in 2014. Can a middle-aged women run a tech-start up? OF COURSE. Check us out over the coming weeks as we 'go live'. Connect with me to receive a short software development resume or a full academic vita.

Rita Taylor
Rita Taylor
Solutions Manager, Deloitte

Rita Taylor, a six year veteran of Deloitte, is an experienced Information Systems professional with a unique combination of technical expertise, functional experience, managerial experience, business leadership and production support to lead the delivery and implementation of mission-critical software systems.

Jane Elizabeth
Jane Elizabeth
Managing Editor of The News & Observer and The Herald Sun

Jane Elizabeth is the Managing Editor of The News & Observer and The Herald Sun in Raleigh, North Carolina. Previously, Jane She led the American Press Institute’s project to improve and expand accountability journalism. She is a former deputy local editor at The Washington Post; and has taught journalism at Old Dominion University, the University of Pittsburgh and Point Park University. Jane’s work as a reporter, editor and manager at a total of five metropolitan U.S. newspapers has focused largely on politics and government. She holds a master’s degree in mass communications from Virginia Commonwealth University, and was a 2017 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.