Boomie Odumade
Software Engineering Leader | Career Coach | Board Member | Adjunct Faculty
Washington, Washington, D.C., United States
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Boomie is a software engineering leader, with over 20 years of industry experience in software technology. She is Senior Director of Engineering at a small company, leading the engineering department. Past roles include engineering leadership roles at NPR, Capital One, Accenture, and more. She was also a co-founder of Nexercise, a mobile fitness startup. She is involved in organizations that mentor youth and/or advise people interested in STEM careers, is also a career coach, and sometimes works as an adjunct faculty. She holds a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering, a master’s of science in computer science, and an M.B.A. from Wharton.
Some of the speaking events I've completed are listed here.
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Engineering Leaders AMA - Leopard.FYI
1 of 2 panelists discussing the following topics:
- The art of finding & sustaining great mentorships
- Balancing startup ventures with full-time work
- Unconventional career advice
- Hot takes on software engineering
- Other topics from your questions!
Security Journey Odyssey Group
Talk titled "Security Training Can Be Seen as a Win" based on my experiences.
DC CTO Club Monthly Meeting & Breakfast
Talk titled "Whoa, I'm Biased" — Reducing Bias for Effective Workplaces
Topic was selected from multiple options given to organizers.
DevOpsDays DC 2024
Ignite Talk on "Strategically Handling Tech Debt in Your Platform"
Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2YaqnPVseg&list=PL0Ec9C2zxcYGMQ1gNNzwVo9l6ZikXjXxm&index=7
Ignite talks are 5-minute talks with 20 slides that advance automatically every 15 seconds.
LeadDev NY
Panel on "Diving Into the Role of Engineering Director"
Tech Leader Chats (by Multitudes)
Talk titled "How to Have Empowering Performance Reviews"
NextGen Work Culture Podcast
Episode titled "Parenthood via Adoption".
Parentaly Podcast
Episode titled "Creating a positive adoption experience for your employees"
GirlGeekX ELEVATE Conference
Talk titled "Reducing Bias in the Workplace"
We all have implicit bias so talk was about how to reduce it.
Topic was selected from multiple options given to organizers.
From a Woman to a Leader Podcast
Episode titled "Excel Lead Empower A Conversation with Boomie Odumade"
(Job Search) Wins & Lessons Learned - Leopard.FYI
1 of 2 panelists describing our wins and lessons learned from job searches conducted early 2024.
SheTO event
1 of 2 panelists on topic titled "Scale Yourself as a Leader"
Member blog about event at: https://www.sheto.org/blog/scaling-as-a-leader
Visiola Foundation Tech Mentor Hangout (First of multiple times)
~40 minute presentation to the girls and women in the boot camps, including advice for their futures.
Have given presentations to different cohorts since 2022.
ELC Annual 2022 (Engineering Leadership Community)
Roundtable Leader on topic "Establishing positive and productive relationships with direct reports"
Visiola Foundation International Women's Day 2022
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