Please join us TODAY — Wednesday, April 4, at 4pm in Lasry Center room 237 for a unique opportunity to hear from Kathrin Winkler, VP of Sustainability and Chief Sustainability Officer at EMC, about sustainability, careers, and women in business. All students are welcome! Kathrin will be available to talk with students after the event. Light lunch fare will be served after the Q&A!
Co-sponsors of the event include Net Impact, Clark Women in Business, GSOM Student Council, and GSOM Career Services
About Kathrin Winkler:
Winkler provides the vision strategy and leadership for the company’s global sustainability initiatives. As Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO), she chairs and collaborates with a virtual cross-functional team comprising EMC’s Green Business Leadership to integrate sustainability principles into the corporate culture, the business strategy, and day-to-day operations. Winkler’s passion in topics such as Sustainability as a Cultural Norm, has made her a frequent guest speaker in many forums. In 2010, she appeared before the Senate Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet to provide insight into how information technology is contributing to energy efficiency. Winkler founded EMC’s Engineering Green Team and its Design for Environment program while Senior Director with the Hardware Engineering Group. Prior to joining EMC in 2003, Winkler held senior positions at Renaissance Worldwide and Digital Equipment Corporation. Winkler is a Director of EcoLogic Development Fun, a nonprofit organization dedicated to community-based conservation in Central America. She is also a Director of the Green Grid, a non-profit open industry consortium dedicated to resource efficiency in business computing.
About EMC:
EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset – information – in a more agile, trusted and efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at www.EMC.com