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AMCHAM Women’s Leadership Committee Webinar
DATE & TIME

Thursday, September 30, 2021

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

VENUE

Zoom

EVENT DESCRIPTION
In these dynamic and disrupted times, companies are becoming increasingly dependent on their ability to embrace and harness new technologies. At the same time companies are pushing more resources into their corporate Diversity Equity and Inclusion efforts to remain competitive.

With these imperatives being touted as growth drivers of today’s business landscape, AMCHAM Women’s Leadership Committee has invited special guest speakers from leading US companies - GM Korea and HP Printing Korea - who will share their leadership experiences with tech-focused women’s empowerment programs such as Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and Women Impact Network and speak about each company’s best practices on:

- How each company is embracing diversity, equity & inclusion
- The challenges of being a woman leader in technology
- Unique set of opportunities for women in technology
- What implications this has for the next generation of aspiring women leaders in tech

Detail

TOPIC Women Leaders in Technology - Challenges, Opportunities and Acceleration of Gender Diversity in the Digital Era
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About the Speaker

Myongok Yoon, Managing Director of GM Korea
Topic : How GM's Society of Women Engineers (SWE) program is unleashing the potential of women engineers

As of Oct 1, 2020, Myongok Yoon was appointed as Managing Director of GM Korea and GM Technical Center Korea Communications, and is a member of executive committee of GM Korea. Myongok joined General Motors in June, 2019 as Director, Corporate and Executive Communications, GM International Operations. She took additional role looking after Communications, GM Technology Center Korea.

Myongok is personally committed to gender diversity by helping other potential female talents develop the leadership and leading some big initiatives in women’s network or council of the organizations where she had worked for. She is now Co-Chair of Diversity Council of GM in Korea driving Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in GM Korea operation with the company’s aspiration to become the most inclusive company in the world.

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Soohee Park, R&D Director of HP Printing Korea
Topic : How to leave a door open - sharing HP experience

Soohee Park is R&D Director of HP Printing Korea and leads Product Integration team to deliver developments and innovation of A3 and OEM products world-wide for HP. In her current role, she is dedicated to developing quality products for customers and supporting the HP A3 Office and OEM business growth. She is one of the most talked about woman leaders at the company.

Soohee played a key role in the successful integration of HP and Samsung’s printing business solution as a R&D Representative in Korea during HP’s acquisition of Samsung Printing business in 2017. Since the launch of HP Printing Korea, Soohee has been serving as Site Lead in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Workstream championing HP values and culture. She is passionate about advancing woman leadership in technology and mentoring female talent. She currently sits as a sponsor HP-WISET Global Mentoring Program as well as Korea Lead for HP Partnership with Society of Women in Engineering. She loves to work with diverse and talented teams.

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Contact

(email) amchamrsvp@amchamkorea.org

(phone) 02-6201-2255

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