Keynote Speaker Announced for 2010 IT Woman of the Year Awards Breakfast!

Jessica Vreeswijk is the founder of Terrabytes Consulting (www.terrabytesconsulting.com), a green IT firm that helps organizations measure and manage their environmental impact. As well, Jessica is the creator and editor of GreenITTools.com (www.greenittools.com), a vendor-neutral information source for all things green IT, including: industry articles, tips, whitepapers, and the Green IT Guide and Toolkit.


Jessica, BCom, MCPM, MBA in Sustainable Business (Bainbridge Graduate Institute), is articulate, knowledgeable, and an engaging speaker. She is very connected to what is happening in the IT industry and has first-hand knowledge of implementing green IT initiatives. With more than eight years experience working in and running IT departments for large corporations, government, cultural institutions, non-profits and community associations, Jessica has an excellent understanding of the challenges and opportunities each of these organizational models presents. She is on Business Trends Quarterly's "Green Enterprise" panel and is regularly consulted by leading publications (you can read recent interviews here: http://www.terrabytesconsulting.com/recent-press).

More details on our last year's award breakfast:
• The Award Winner
• The Nominees
• The Keynote Speaker

See photos of:
• IT Woman of the Year Awards Breakfast 2009
• IT Woman of the Year Awards Breakfast 2008

2009 Keynote Speaker Announced!

The Keynote Speaker for the 2009 IT Woman of the Year Awards breakfast will be Nina Bhatti, Principal Scientist for Hewlett-Packard Labs.

Nina Bhatti is a technologist by training, an innovator by practice leading first-of-a-kind innovation projects for some of HP’s largest customers. She has a track record of discovering and driving breakthrough business opportunities for new products, new markets, new consumer experiences. She also leads the transformation of these technologies into commercial offerings. She was recently named as one of the top 50 women in technology by Corporate Board Magazine.

A thought leader, Bhatti has worked as in 'Intrepreneur' within HP since 1996, delivering the design and creation of consumer and lifestyle mobile technologies for some of HP’s largest customers. She has also done extensive research in consumer connection technologies, web, and networking performance. Bhatti holds a Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Arizona and a BA. from the University of California, Berkeley. She has published 30 papers and has 25 patents filed.