Helping Asian Americans Move to the Corner Office with S.K. Gupta

S. K. will present his story, talk about breaking down barriers, and share his 3 rules for success and the 4 S’s of good leadership.  He will discuss the strengths of the Asian American culture, overcoming stereotypes, and taking risks.   Questions are gladly taken at the end of the Webinar.

About S.K. Gupta

Mr. Gupta is vice president of Operations for Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (SSC). SSC designs, develops, tests, manufactures and operates a full spectrum of advanced-technology systems for national security, civil and commercial customers. Chief products include human space flight systems; a full range of remote sensing, navigation, meteorological and communications satellites and instruments; space observatories and interplanetary spacecraft and more.  SSC provides over $8 billion of Lockheed Martin’s $43 billion of annual sales.

S. K.’s responsibilities include the Material Management, Transportation, Publications & Services, and Environment, Safety & Health organizations as well as about 17 million square feet of facility operations across ten states. Additionally, he manages all of SSC’s capital investments and leads SSC’s efforts for LM21 Operating Excellence and Target Zero.

As the first corporate director of LM21 Operating Excellence at Lockheed Martin Corporation, S. K. helped implement a culture of continuous improvement.  Beginning in 2004, S.K. began winning a number of national awards for engineering and leadership excellence, including the Department of Defense’s 1997 Single Process Initiative Award.

S.K. has engineering degrees from the Marine Engineering College in India and the University of Michigan, an MBA from Seattle University, and executive management training at Columbia, Northwestern and Santa Clara Universities, and the Lockheed Martin’s Center for Leadership Education, S.K. has published and presented on technical, business, and leadership topics.

Elizabeth Xu 10 Steps to a Successful Career

Elizabeth Xu

The NAAAP National Webinar Series
November 17, 2009, at 9:00 PM Eastern Time
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Dr. Elizabeth Xu is the Senior Vice President of Product Development and World Wide Support for Vitria Technology. She currently is responsible for Vitria’s Product Development, Product Management, World Wide Customer Support, Education and IT Operations. Prior to Vitria, Elizabeth had managerial positions at IBM, in which she acquired deep knowledge in software development. She launched the IBM Asian American Network with three IBM Asian Executive sponsors. IBM provided her with solid management skills and leadership training. In the last few years, Elizabeth has expanded her efforts in elevating leadership skills in the Asian community by teaching in-depth leadership classes as well as making presentations to different Asian community organizations and alumni groups. Elizabeth holds a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Nevada, Reno. She has earned an M.S. in Atmospheric Science and B.S. in Space Physics from Peking University.

Her well-received presentation “Ten Steps to a Successful Career” provides building blocks for individuals who pursue meaningful careers. On November 17, Dr. Xu will give the Ten Steps presentation and will help you assess personal values, define life and work goals, and understand pitfalls for Asians in the workplace. Dr. Xu’s presentation provides an overview of how to be successful in the workplace. She covers tools that are useful for younger professionals as well as higher level managers.  The presentation is a balance between the right mindset and actual steps to one can take.

The Diversity Career Fair is open to the public but you must register in advance.  Registering also allows you to search for posted jobs and upload your resume where it will be accessible to career fair employers:

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