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Overview
As
president and CEO of a successful
construction company for 22 years,
renowned speaker Roxanne Rivera, author
of the new book, There's No Crying in
Business, has learned a lot about
what it takes to be a successful woman
in a male-dominated industry. She
believes that women who aspire to work
in such male-dominated fields as
construction, engineering, medicine and
mathematics, among others, still
continue to face a well-fortified gender
barrier.
In
this IEEE-USA webinar, co-sponsored by
the
IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE)
Committee, Rivera comes to
share her lessons for success, including
an overview of lessons learned during
her years as a female business owner.
Rivera will also outline a few tools and
strategies contained in There's No
Crying in Business that women can
use to be successful in their work
environments. Though she focuses on
male-dominated businesses, the advice
she provides will benefit all women, in
whatever industry they are employed.
About
Roxanne Rivera
Rivera worked her way to success in the
male-dominated construction industry,
building her company from two employees
and $1,200 in the bank, to a business
that in is last years had consistent
yearly revenues of approximately $13
million, employing more than 100 people.
Rivera has been appointed to several
national advisory committees, most
recently by Secretary of Labor Elaine
Chao to the National Advisory Committee
on Ergonomics, where she was the only
businessperson on the committee. Rivera
has also spoken at and conducted
seminars throughout the country on such
topics as Communication in the
Construction Industry and Women in
Construction. Currently, she serves as
CEO of Syntactics Communication Skills,
LLC, a company that offers presentation
and speaking skills training and
coaching to executives at every level.
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