Navigating Your Career

Whitney Faires, Katrina Thomas-Dycus, Anu Chowdipura

Are you ready to take the next step in your career?

This is an unprecedented time as we navigate new personal challenges and career opportunities. Deciding what’s next and when to make the move should be done strategically.

Intuitive’s Anu Chowdipura, Director, IT (HR & Legal...

Are you ready to take the next step in your career?

This is an unprecedented time as we navigate new personal challenges and career opportunities. Deciding what’s next and when to make the move should be done strategically.

Intuitive’s Anu Chowdipura, Director, IT (HR & Legal Applications), Katrina Thomas-Dycusand, Senior Counsel, Global Employee Relations and Employment Law, and Whitney Faires (Sr. Director of Finance Organization Development) have been able to navigate various jobs and life transitions to create a fulfilling career path, and they want to share what they’ve learned along the way!

Join Anu, Katrina, and Whitney to learn more about how to navigate your professional journey and best practices to determine the next step in your career.

In this chat, you’ll learn:

How you can accelerate your career and take ownership for your development
Tips to evaluate potential opportunities and determine if it’s right for you
How to best prepare yourself for a promotion
The importance of mentorship and networking in career growth

Meet The Speakers

Whitney Faires

Sr. Director of Finance Organization Development, Intuitive

Whitney Faires has been a transformational leader in the medical device industry. She’s best known for leading positive change in people and organizations resulting in unprecedented levels of team performance and improved organizational health. Her passion is people. She believes that personal and professional growth is critical for employee satisfaction, exceeding key performance metrics, and developing empowered leaders.

She has spent over fifteen years in the medical device industry. Her breadth of experience in sales, global operations, and scaling internationally offers one-of-a-kind perspective on how to develop a company culture that empowers employees for greatness. Whitney is committed to helping people reach their personal best and has trained to become a Leadership and Organizational Coach. Her passion for coaching stems from many personal experiences balancing her career and being a dedicated mother. She has coached many professionals to create fundamental shifts that unlock their career potential.

During the last 13 years, Whitney has held many leadership roles at Intuitive Surgical. She is currently the Senior Director of Finance Organization Development and the Chair of WiFi (Women in Finance). Graduating from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce, Whitney was a highly decorated athlete winning the prestigious Louis A. Onesty Memorial Scholar-Athlete Award. She’s most proud of her family including her husband and two young children.

Katrina Thomas-Dycus

Senior Counsel, Global Employee Relations and Employment Law, Intuitive

Katrina serves as Senior Counsel, Global Employee Relations and Employment Law for Intuitive, Inc. In her role, Katrina supports employees globally on employment life-cycle matters with a focus on ensuring alignment between employee experience, company values, proactive risk mitigation, and employment laws.

Over more than 18 years Katrina’s career has spanned legal roles in multiple areas of employment law, domestic violence, child custody, dissolution of marriage with complex asset division, and other civil law matters.

Additionally Katrina has served in several leadership roles in Human Resources and Employee and Labor Relations across industry lines, including for non-profit organizations, and in the private, public, and government sectors.

Anu Chowdipura

Director, IT (HR & Legal Applications), Women Intuitive Network (WIN) Co-Founder/Board Member, Women in IT - Co-Founder/Co-Chair

Anu Chowdipura is the Director, IT (HR & Legal Applications), Women Intuitive Network (WIN) Co-Founder/Board Member, Women in IT - Co-Founder/Co-Chair at Intuitive with over twenty years of experience in IT Business Applications, primarily strategizing and implementing HR and Legal Applications.

Her range of experience includes on-prem, SaaS, and the best breed applications for the best possible business outcome. Anu Chowdipura is passionate Employee Resource Group leader at Intuitive and believes in creating space for everyone to feel included and heard.