Reflections by Susie Wee

What is a CTEO?

susiewee — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:02:47 +0000

Hi friends! I disappeared from the blogosphere for a while, but I’ve been as busy as ever. Last April I made my biggest career jump yet… I joined Cisco as the VP and CTEO of the Collaboration and Communication Group. You may ask “What is a CTEO?” Well, CTEO is a new position that my [...]

New adventure…

susiewee — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:24:46 +0000

After 15 great years at HP, I am taking on a new adventure in my career. I wasn’t looking for a job outside HP, but an interesting new challenge/opportunity appeared and after much thought I decided to go for it! I’m very excited about my new adventure! I’ll pop up in the industry in a [...]

My WITI Hall of Fame Award

susiewee — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 02:41:09 +0000

I was recently inducted into the WITI Hall of Fame, which is an award sponsored by the Women In Technology, International since 1996. WITI is a fantastic organization that promotes and supports women in technology. This was my first time attending a WITI event, and all I can say is that I was impressed with [...]

The impact of Google’s bold move

susiewee — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:17:58 +0000

Today many people in China are sad. Who’s sad? The people in China who most strongly support Google. These people were excited about Google’s services- search, docs, wave, android, chrome, and all the other services that were yet to come. Google could do no wrong in their eyes, and they were ready to be the [...]

Qualcomm CES keynote: All consumer devices are going to be cell phones themselves.

susiewee — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:52:20 +0000

Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs gave a keyntoe at CES. This was perhaps the best CES keynote I attended, since Jacobs went through a lot of information at a quick pace and he brought forward many interesting partners. Jacobs said one line that sums up Qualcomm’s vision and strategy "We believe all consumer devices are going [...]

Nokia CES Keynote: Focus on people. Empower people to take care of themselves. Focus on doing good business and doing good.

susiewee — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:08:02 +0000

Nokia’s CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo gave a keynote and CES. I attended the second half and I included my live tweets below. Overall, I was very impressed with the keynote. It really differed from the other keynotes I saw which focused on products. Nokia really focused on people, their needs, and Nokia’s solutions to those needs. [...]

Intel CES Keynote: Computing power is more important than ever. 3D, mobile, netbook app store

susiewee — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:16:07 +0000

Intel CEO Paul Otellini gave a keynote speech at CES 2010. I live-tweeted the session and my raw tweets are below. In addition, here are some of the themes and highlights that I heard. The world is moving in directions that need a lot more compute/processing power. Computing and processor technology has rapidly advanced in [...]

Microsoft CES Keynote: Slate PCs, Something for everyone, and Xbox Natural User Interfaces

susiewee — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:00:29 +0000

Steve Ballmer (CEO) and Robbie Bach (President of the Devices & Entertainment division) shared the keynote and CES. They talked about what Microsoft did in 2009 and what Microsoft will do in 2010. I live-tweeted the session and my raw tweets are included below. In addition, I’m including some of the big messages I heard [...]

Ten tech thoughts for the 2010′s

susiewee — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:52:59 +0000

New Year’s Day is always a time for reflection, especially when the new year ends in a 0. This morning I tweeted some tech thoughts I have on the 2010′s. I’ll follow up with blog posts dedicated to some of these topics. In the mean time, here are some of my first tweets for the [...]

In Remembrance of Professor William F. Schreiber

susiewee — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:40:56 +0000

Professor William F. Schreiber was my Ph.D. thesis advisor. He passed away in October 2009 at the age of 84. This article in the Boston Globe describes a bit about his life. His remembrance ceremony was held at the MIT Faculty Club on November 21, 2009. The room was packed with people who came to celebrate his life. [...]