Leading Through Change

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Uploaded: 2023-10-31

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# ELC Annual 2023

# Leadership

# Change Management

# AI

# Prioritization

speakers

Erica Lockheimer

VP of Engineering @ LinkedIn

Erica Lockheimer is the VP of Engineering at LinkedIn, overseeing the LinkedIn Talent Solutions suite. Her teams oversee LinkedIn Learning (formerly known as Lynda.com) and LinkedIn Talent Solutions (connecting members to career opportunities and helping recruiters find the best candidates for their companies).

Erica has been at LinkedIn since 2010, starting out as Sr. Manager of Engineering where she created the Growth team from the ground up and deepened engagement with members across LinkedIn's products. During her tenure, Erica founded the Women In Tech (WIT) program at LinkedIn and has been an advocate for women in engineering both internally and externally through programs and events that build up and invest in the WIT community.

In 2014 and 2015, Erica was voted amongst the top 22 women engineers in the world by Business Insider. Erica is a San Francisco Bay Area native, has 2 kids, loves to run and is a graduate from San Jose State University with a B.S. in Computer Engineering.

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Chris Pruett

Co-Founder and CTO @ Jam

Chris Pruett is the CTO and Co-Founder of Jam — the first podcast player built for podcasters, contributors, and listeners. Jam is designed to entertain curious minds, connecting audio creators with their listeners so that they can interact and build community. Prior to Jam, he spent nearly a decade at LinkedIn, leading full-stack teams of 500+ engineers, where he transformed all parts of the consumer product, from the native mobile and web applications to the distributed systems that power the core platforms (feed, messaging, search, profile, notifications).

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SUMMARY

We are in the midst of a unique moment in the tech industry where job opportunities are not as plentiful and there is a large shift in focus on skillsets - by way of upskilling to embrace change via up-and-coming technology (like AI), looking at internal mobility plays and reskilling our existing talent, and incorporating upskilling into our products. This is a moment for leaders to think outside the box as we are challenged to have more agility with ruthless prioritization to keep our teams and products on top of technological advances. Join Erica Lockheimer, VP of Engineering at LinkedIn, and Chris Pruett, Co-Founder & CTO at Jam, as they compare and contrast their experience with this change in real-time from both perspectives in early-stage startups and big tech.

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