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Recently, I had the opportunity to sit on a Big Data panel event hosted by Women in Computer Science (WiCS) at the University of Waterloo. The three panelists and the moderator all work in different roles in the Big Data world, and there was an impressive turnout of students eager to hear what we had to say. The Panel Erin McLaughlin was our moderator, the connector who brought the panel together.   Read More...

Two weeks ago, our Women in NetSuite (WIN) committee hosted two self-defence sessions with Sensei Mary David and Sensei Alex David. Sensei Mary is a 5th degree black belt, who has been studying, teaching, and coaching karate for over 30 years. Sensei Alex is also a 5th degree black belt and a member of the Waterloo Regional Police.   Read More...

  To kick off 2016, Women in NetSuite (WIN) Waterloo launched its mentorship program. The purpose of the program is to advance the professional development of women at NetSuite by giving them an opportunity to be mentored by NetSuite leaders and WIN advocates. The mentorship program will run for a full year, with a check-in at the 6-month mark.   Read More...

The word Innovation is frequently thrown around in the software and tech industry. Used most often as a marketing tool, the word seems to mean something different to everyone. When thought of from the perspective of a technical team, however, it has very specific intent.   Read More...

  NetSuite Now is a video series for NetSuite employees to stay connected to everything NetSuite. The January 2016 episode includes NetSuite Chief People Officer, Kathy Zwickert, and a look at what it's like working at NetSuite around the globe!   Read More...

  In the past year as a SuiteImpact Ambassador, I've had the pleasure of collaborating on quite a few projects for NetSuite's Waterloo office. It has been very rewarding to see a remarkably high participation from all employees in these altruistic projects, like painting fences for an equestrian therapy farm, teaching kids to use technology, and making blankets for traumatized babies. I'm pleased to be working once again on a new SuiteImpact project.   Read More...

This past week we ran a Global Impact Week where 23 offices in 12 countries came together and donated over 3140 hours of service. Check out the video to hear how we did it locally. We're lucky enough to have a well-run organization in NetSuite.org that helps galvanize the efforts across all these offices.   Read More...

  Grace Hopper is a computer science legend. She worked on the first computer that existed in the United States (the MARK I) when she joined the US Navy in 1943 at the age of 37. In 1949 Hopper joined the team that worked on the UNIVAC I, the first commercial US computer.   Read More...

This week is Netsuite's Week of Impact, and we have the fortunate opportunity to share some of our programming knowledge with the next generation of coders.  We are doing this with the help of the great folks at Year of Code Waterloo Region, who were super helpful in hooking us up with 6 teachers in the area who were willing to let some wild code-monkeys loose in their classroom for a couple of hours. For our course material, we decided to teach an Introduction to Arduino class.   Read More...

Since earlier this year, Netsuite has been hosting a meetup group called "The Front Edge", aptly subtitled: "Kitchener-Waterloo's perpetual web technology conference". On the last Thursday of every month, we bring in a speaker to deliver a presentation about something related to front-end technology. This group is one of many ways that Netsuite interacts with the local technology community.   Read More...