— career path, advanced leadership

Speaker: Dr. Steve Hwang, Vice President, Technology and Product Development, Seagate Technology
Meeting Date: Thursday, September 5, 2013
Time: 6:00 PM: Registration & Informal Networking, 6:30 PM: Management Forum / Guided Networking, 7:00 PM: Dinner, 7:30 PM: After Dinner Presentation, 9:00 PM: Adjourn
Location: RAMADA Silicon Valley – 1217 Wildwood Ave Sunnyvale,  CA 94089 

 
Summary:
Management Forum / Guided Networking: Bring Your Management Challenge; Arrive by 6:30 PM to join this exciting Management Forum. Following informal networking is a guided discussion typically related to the topic of the evening’s after dinner talk, or of general Technology Management interest.
Light Dinner: This month we’re continuing with our light dinner format — typically sandwiches, salad, drinks, and cookie or similar light dinner.
 
Presentation: My Journey from Engineering to Management
Dr. Steve Hwang will provide the audience with his exciting personal experiences and insights on advancing from an immigrant engineering student to a senior manager at a major technology company, Dr. Hwang has become one of the most sought after leadership, management and motivational speakers in the engineering communities all over the world. In the upcoming presentation at the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the IEEE Technology Management Council on Thursday September 5, you will learn how Steve prepared himself, built and led a winning team from success to success, and even more importantly, converted the knowledge he gained at the Harvard Strategic Leadership Development Program into advanced leadership and management skills and effective competitive strategies. Steve will show us exactly how we can win against all odds. You will further learn how to rapidly move up the management ladder through continuous contributions and positive impacts to your company.

Bio:
Steve Hwang is Vice President of Technology & Product Development, Seagate Technology.  Steve leads a Media R&D team of 450 technical staff with an annual R&D budget of US$ 120 million.  His responsibilities include technology and process development, new product qualification, customer engineering and product transfer to off shore production sites, as well as the site management of Seagate facility in Fremont, California.  Steve holds a BS in Materials Engineering from National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, an MS in Materials Engineering from National Taiwan University, and a Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering from University of Utah.  He has also attended Harvard Business School’s Strategic Leadership Development Program.  In addition to numerous invited speeches on both technical subjects and engineering management career development, he has published three books on leadership and management:  Five Secrets of Leadership and Management , Winning by the Seconds, and Creating a Diamond Class Enterprise, all in Chinese.