Where: Virtual
Description
The world around us is changing dramatically, and so are we. Suddenly, our life has been impacted, especially how we communicate, connect, and interact with each other. During these interactive workshops, you will be introduced to a wide range of tactics and concepts in communication, networking to create an impact. In each workshop, you will be engaged in different exercises and challenges that stimulate your thinking and apply the techniques you have learned during the workshops into your lifestyle. Objectives: Consider ways to enhance effective interpersonal communication Identify communication skillsets that contribute to effective teams Appreciate the importance of networking, and different forms of networking Understand the dynamics of communication that are specific to networking Assessment plan: Team and individual exercises and challenges will be used during the two sessions. You need to attend following sessions to get the credits: 1/2: 17 Jan 2021 3:00 - 5:00 PM AT 2/2: 18 Jan 2021 3:00 - 5:00 PM AT
Bülent Erbilgin
Dr. Bülent Erbilgin has over three decades of industry executive leadership and teaching experience in technology. As an executive of seven startups and several public companies he successfully released products ranging from Cyber-security, Network Security, Web applications, SaaS, Complex high-availability software, Highly-distributed systems, Analytics, Big data, IOT, Machine Learning to Network Intelligence products. His teaching experience in the last few years includes Leadership, Teaming, Ethics, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Design Thinking, , Lean Design & Development as well as Engineering Management at UC Berkeley, Northeastern University and KAUST. In addition Dr. Erbilgin has mentored founders and students in various entrepreneurship classes to identify startup opportunities, develop business plans, and VC presentations. He spent significant time with number of teams guiding them through all stages of forming a startup. Served on panels together with VC’s to evaluate and score various startup teams as part of the classes. Most recently Dr. Erbilgin led the Security Software Development effort at Workday. Prior to that Dr. Erbilgin was a VP Engineering at Telesense, VP Engineering at Cryptography Research/Rambus, VP Engineering at SS8, and several other companies. Dr. Erbilgin holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Computer Architecture) and M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University.
Hattan Ahmed
Hattan currently leads the Entrepreneurship Center at KAUST, delivering the university’s entrepreneurship vision. He believes in young people as change agents of the future and that universities play a key role in creating national economic impact. In his role as an advocate for innovation, Hattan works across the entire entrepreneurship ecosystem in the Kingdom, delivering entrepreneurship training, creating corporate innovation programs, and accelerating startups that will contribute to the national transformation agenda. Hattan has a diverse background in industry, startups and academia. As a startup co-founder, he brings a successful entrepreneurial background to his role, having navigated early stage growth to acquisition. He has received multiple entrepreneurial awards on both a national and international scale. He also brings a rich background in Information Technology to his role, with experience in system design development and implementation within industries ranging from oil and gas, travel and retail.
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