SD CTO Talks Presents: Women Driving The Future of Tech
Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 6:00 PM PDT – 8:00 PM PDT
Engineering & Interdisciplinary Science (EIS) · Centennial Plaza, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
Hosted by ArkusNexus | CTO Talks
Join senior women leaders from Oracle, GitHub, and Teradata as they discuss building AI systems, navigating engineering leadership & more! 🅿️ PARKING INFORMATION - IMPORTANT Free parking is available at SDSU Parking 1 Garage, Level 6 (top floor). ⚠️ ACTION REQUIRED: You must register your license plate in advance for free parking access. Register your license plate here: https://www.offstreet.io/events/HCJLPL1L Where to Park: SDSU Parking Structure 1, Level 6 - any Faculty/Staff Green spot Address: East Campus Dr, San Diego, CA 92115 Directions from I-8: Exit College Ave → Turn left on Alvarado Rd → Enter 4th structure entrance Event Details: Once parked, walk to SDSU Zip Launchpad (5-minute walk). See map below 👇 Hear from three accomplished engineering executives who have shaped AI products and platforms at scale: Tara Taghavi | Senior Director of AI, Oracle Health Former Amazon (Alexa AI, AmazonGo@Home), Qualcomm, IBM. PhD Computer Science (UCLA). Rocio Montes | Senior Engineering Manager, GitHub Leads GitHub Actions compute infrastructure. Former Intuit, Grace Hopper Open Source Day Co-Chair, EMAR Co-Founder. Veena Gowda | VP of Software Engineering, Teradata 25+ years leading global engineering teams. Leads observability, developer tools, and platform engineering for Teradata's AI platform Vantage. Moderated by Dayra Gamiño, Strategic Growth Executive at ArkusNexus.