Anthropologist at Intel? Meet Genevieve Bell
The last in the series of the Keynote speakers from the Women’s Presidents Organization from late April is Genevieve Bell. She is an Anthropologist who works at Intel. Yes, you read correctly, an Anthropologist. She is a perfect example of working outside of traditional career roles. It took Intel about a year to coax Ms.…
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Girls Who Code: Why It is Important
This is the second in the series of three which started a couple of weeks ago. The Women’s Presidents Organization focuses on propelling women forward in all fields for equality in jobs and pay. Reshma Saujani was a Keynote speaker who drove my thinking in this area. She is the creator of the non-profit…
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What I Learned from Popeye’s Chicken
One of the groups I belong to is the Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO). This group held its 18th annual conference in Phoenix at the end of April. It was very inspirational, as WPO conferences often are. Among the keynote speakers were Cheryl Bachelder, CEO of Popeye’s Chicken; Reshma Sujani, developer of “Girls Who Code”; and…
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Small changes to go “Green”
I started to think on Earth Day about what we do for sustainability in our offices. Part of this comes from reading a friend’s book, “Your Mother Called (Mother Earth)…You’d better call her back!” Gina Murphy-Darling is known as “Mrs. Green” here in Tucson and around the country. She has an Internet-based radio show every…
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Update: Siemens Bluetooth Accessories and Pacemakers
This is a quick update from previous blogs on manufacturers of Bluetooth (or like) accessories and the specs for Pacemakers. As I have written in the past, we as a profession have many issues to watch, and this one is of personal interest to me. We need to monitor how things interact on our clients (patients)…
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A Closer Look at Pendred Syndrome
In this last of the series of syndromes that started in the January 20 post on early identification of syndromes using hearing loss, we come to Pendred Syndrome. Pendred Syndrome derives its name from the physician Vaughan Pendred who first described its symptoms in the late 19th century. This genetic disorder causes early hearing loss in children…
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