Sarah Patrick
Solutions Architect @ AWS
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Sarah is an advocate for women in technology and has been involved in STEM volunteer initiatives since 2016, including speaking at various technical conferences and leading community workshops for young girls exploring tech. She graduated from the University of Maryland – College Park with dual degrees in Information Science and Operations Management & Business Analytics, where she also was a Student Ambassador for the InfoSci program.
Her professional experience includes roles at the Project Management Institute, the Smithsonian Institution’s Office of the CIO, and the Library of Congress’s Congressional Research Service, contributing to projects ranging from event database modernization to custom SharePoint development to building a Neo4j-based visual knowledge graph. Sarah is now a Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS), supporting customers throughout their cloud adoption journey.
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Inspiring the Next Generation: Teaching TechGirlz
David and Sarah Patrick will discuss their adventures in teaching young ladies a variety of computer related technologies. Through a program called TechGirlz, David and Sarah have been running workshops designed to inspire the next generation of young women to get and stay interested in STEM, to help bridge the gender gap that exists in these fields today. During the talk, David and Sarah will show off how they were able to incorporate into the TechGirlz workshops the latest Microsoft technologies like Office 365, Kodu, Visual Studio Code, Power Apps and Microsoft Teams, so that the ladies would not only be learning technology, but gaining current, relevant, and valuable skills.
Train the Trainer: The TechGirlz Team Workshop
This session walks you through the Intro to Collaboration with Microsoft Teams workshop that we run for the organization TechGirlz. You will learn how we run the workshops, the activities involved, the goals and learning objectives and how using Microsoft Teams helps teach collaboration.
Sarah the Explorer: Navigating and Customizing the SharePoint Interface
As the SharePoint Intern for Smithsonian Institution’s Office of the Chief Information Officer, I created an interactive organization chart in SharePoint so users can find information on all the Smithsonian units in one place. I will go in depth on how I used SharePoint web parts, HTML/CSS, and JavaScript to create an image map with modals to display each unit’s information and the obstacles I faced with the customizations.
Case Study: How I used SharePoint, Power Automate, PowerApps, and Forms to build a Speaker Database
In this case study, I detail how I went about designing and implementing a Speaker Database for the Project Management Institute using SharePoint, Power Automate, Power Apps, and Microsoft Forms. We will do a brief intro of what each technology is and its pros and cons, and then dive into what I learned about each, their strengths and weaknesses, and how I was able to build a functional Speaker Database.
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