Jessie Link has freshly joined as the Senior Director of Engineering at Google after working as the Vice President of Engineering at Twitter. With an illustrious career at some of the biggest companies in the world and backed by her MS in Computer and Information Systems Security/ Information Assurance from Hawaii Pacific University and Bachelor in Computer Science from Wellesley College, Jessie has umpteen experience that she is now shares as a speaker at corporate events. Here, she dives into her knowledge of social media, technology and the digital landscape, leaving her audiences with more knowledge and excitement about technology than they thought possible.
An example for women all around that a successful career in this male-dominated industry as a woman is possible, Jessie started out her career as a Systems Engineer at the United States Air Force. She has since then been a Technical Manager at General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, the Director of Engineering at Lookingglass Cyber Solutions LLC, the Senior Director of Engineering at LivingSocial and then joined Twitter as the Director of Software Engineering. Over the course of next few years, Jessie was able to work her way up to the post of VP of Engineering at Twitter.
At Twitter and in other roles throughout her career, Jessie has displayed her philosophy on discovering, honing, and retaining the talent of employees in a way that extracts the best performance from them. She believes this is the key to a successful business and now teaches other organisations on how apply this philosophy to their operations.
Currently the Senior Director of Engineering at Google, she is someone future female technologists can look up to. When hire as a speaker at corporate events, Jessie advises her audience on business and digital strategies that they can benefit from and how to make the best use of their existing talent pool at work. A whizz at effective communication, she makes for an excellent speaker at any event. Enquire about how you may book Jessie Link for your next event today!
