Come join WIE of Santa Clara and hear the talk by Nora M. Denzel,
Senior VP and General Manager of HP on
Top 10 Ways Women Shoot Themselves in the Foot in the Workplace

Date:	Wednesday, October 29th, 2003
Time:	This talk starts at 7:00PM. Come join us at 6:45PM for social and refreshment
Location:	Dragon Den of Cogswell Polytechnical College, 1175 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale, CA (directions)
RSVP:	This event is free, but send an e-mail to Wendy Wong to reserve a spot
About the talk:	This exciting talk will acquaint you with the ten most common mistakes women make in trying to climb the corporate career ladder. You will learn first hand what the mistakes are and how to combat them from someone who has been there. Using a lot of humor and personal experience, Nora will share with you what she learned as she climbed the corporate ladder at IBM to become one of their youngest executives by the age of 33! She will talk candidly on how she did it, and how you can do it at an even faster pace. After this session, you will not only be able to recognize what the most common mistakes are, but you will have heard practical experience on how to avoid them.
About the speaker:	Nora M. Denzel is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of HP’s Software Global Business Unit. She has worldwide responsibility for the entire HP software portfolio, including the industry leading OpenView and OpenCall management software product lines. She joined HP in 2000 as the Vice President of the storage business and was promoted to her current position in May 2002. Prior to joining HP, she was the Senior Vice President and a corporate officer of Legato Systems, Inc. where she was tasked with running the engineering and technical support operations of the company as it grew from $50M to over $250M in revenue. She began her career at IBM in San Jose, California as an engineer and left IBM in 1997 after serving in several engineering, marketing, and executive posts in the storage division. She was recognized by the YWCA of Santa Clara County with a Tribute to Women in Industry award for her contributions to the substantial revenue growth of IBM’s storage software and was named in the top 20 movers and shakers in the worldwide storage business by Storage Magazine. She holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from the State University of New York and an M.B.A from Santa Clara University. She serves on the boards of Women in Technology International and on the advisory board of the Business School at Santa Clara University. Her hobbies include scuba diving, reading, biking, and mentoring young men and women in high-tech firms in the Silicon Valley.