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Career Panel: Accessibility Design at Apple and Microsoft: Fri Nov 19 | 4 - 5 pm
CAREER PANEL:
ACCESSIBILITY DESIGN AT APPLE AND MICROSOFT
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19th
4:00pm - 5:00pm PST
Want to hear from recent Stanford grads who work on accessibility design at Apple and Microsoft?
Curious about what projects you can work on if you want to develop accessibility software?
Then join us for a panel as part of Stanford's EDIT Conference featuring Allison Lettiere, Vivian Xiao, and Mihaela Vorvoreanu
Panelists will be interviewed by Stanford CS and Poli Sci student, Ananya Karthik
Allison Lettiere graduated with her Master’s degree from Stanford University studying computer science, with a focus in artificial intelligence. She is interested in using AI to build assistive and accessible technologies, and currently works on Apple’s Accessibility team as a software engineer.
Vivian Xiao is a designer at Microsoft in Silicon Valley, where she designs for engagement, inclusivity, and modern AI experiences in PowerPoint. Her design process is centered around empathy & storytelling, user research, problem solving, and prototype iteration. She graduated from Stanford University's Product Design program, where she studied design thinking, psychology, and computer science.
Mihaela Vorvoreanu (aka Mickey, aka Dr. V) is Senior Program Manager at Microsoft Research (MSR), where she drives research-based innovation and conducts scholarly research. Before joining MSR, she was Associate Professor in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute, where she created one of the first undergraduate programs in User Experience Design.
We hope you can join us!
The event will be live-captioned and recorded.
Sponsored by the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society, and the Ethics, Society and Technology Hub.
