Sadia Poddar, Sr. Engineer, Apple

Sadia is a Senior Engineer at Apple and an experienced automation engineer interested in automating challenging problems. Previously she has worked for Splunk where she was responsible for automation, developing automation framework libraries, creating ova, ami and packages of Splunk UBA (user behavior analytics) product and feature testing. She has automated the upgrade and Installation process of UBA product on various OS (Rhel, Centos, Ubuntu) platforms in VMware and AWS environment. She has also worked at VMware.

Sadia obtained her MS degree in Computer Engineering from Santa Clara University.

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Sachi Ahmed, Senior Scientist, Merck & Co.

Sachi Ahmed is a senior scientist at Merck & Co. working on ADCs and bispecifics. With a background in chemical engineering, she has been a researcher in the field of cancer for 20 years and is a published author in scientific journals, including a publication in Nature magazine on nasal delivery of an IgM drug for SARS-CoV-2 variants . Sachi is also a key inventor on a US patent for glyco-engineered IgMs . Prior to Merck, she was at IGM biosciences for 7 years where she led the research antibody production team focused on novel approaches in cancer and Covid-19 therapeutics. She has also previously worked for biotechnology companies such as Abbott, Abbvie, and Merck and has expertise in in-vitro glycoengineering and antibody production to support the development of innovative biologics. Sachi was a founder of the PTPS (Peers Teaching Peers Science) program at the FAME Charter School in Fremont, CA, aimed to inspire children to gain confidence and interest in science and engin...

Tahmida Mahmud, Ph.D., Director of Engineering, AI, Nauto

Tahmida Mahmud is the Director of Engineering, AI at Nauto, Inc leading both the Perception & Data Science teams. The teams develop AI-based algorithms related to critical external safety features (ADAS) and driver monitoring system (DMS) for automotive fleets focusing on development, large-scale deployment, and monitoring of machine learning/deep learning solutions to mitigate distracted driving, prevent collisions, model risk, coach drivers, and contribute to the advancement of self-driving technology. She received her Masters and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of California, Riverside. Her research focus is computer vision and machine learning and she has several publications in her field. She finished her Bachelors in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). She was listed as one of the 30 influential women advancing AI in 2020 by ReWork. Apart from her passion to use technology to have a real i...

Kazi Tasneem, Ph.D., Preclinical Senior Scientist, Genentech Inc.

Kazi Tasneem is a Preclinical Senior Scientist at Genentech Inc., specializing in antibody drug development with over 3 years of industry experience. She focuses on computational prediction models for drug transport in preclinical settings, overseeing the design/strategy and interpretation of pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics studies for antibody/biologics in cancer immunotherapy. She holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Vanderbilt University, a Master’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Central Florida and a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Kazi is an Advisory Council Member of the Engineering Leadership Program at California State University, Chico. She has received prestigious awards, including the Best Abstract Awa...

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