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SOWMYA GURU

Tech Consultant, CTO-LÆMON, Founder-Night Owl Labs


Main focus: SOWMYA GURU

Twitter handle: @sayheysom

Websites/blogs: www.sowmyaguru.com , https://www.linkedin.com/in/sowmya-guru-2b252920 , https://www.nowl-labs.com

Languages: English

City: Berlin

Country: Germany

Topics: mobile, diversity & inclusion, android, software engineering, entrepreneurship education, women in programming, android apps, diversity in tech

Services: Talk, Moderation, Workshop management, Consulting, Coaching, Interview

  Willing to travel for an event.

  Willing to talk for nonprofit.

Bio:

I am a developer, mentor, tech consultant and speaker.

I am developing apps since 2012 and I have IT experience since 2008.

The topics that interests me are Android development, Entrepreneurship, Programming, Women in Tech, Diversity and Inclusion.

Examples of previous talks / appearances:

MVVM + Data Binding in Android

A tech talk and code walkthrough of Data Binding in Android and using it along with MVVM architecture.

This talk is in: English
Influencing Diversity

A motivational talk for women in tech to influence diversity at workplaces and the purpose as to why everyone should be diversity advocates. In this talk I also share about the implicit bias we possess and how allyship works.

This talk is in: English
Good Android Developer Practises

The tech talk was presented as a part of Women's Day celebration and it covered good practises to keep in mind while developing Android apps.

This talk is in: English
Secrets to Learning Smarter, Memorise more and Perform Better

Everyone struggles with learning especially once one is outta college learning curve drops if one does not make it a habit.
My talk covered some explanation about the functioning of the brain, the importance of exercise, sleep and stress management to learn smarter, memorise more and in turn perform better in everyday chores.

This talk is in: English
Android Bootcamp

I have held several Android Bootcamps to teach complete beginners about Android Development as an effort to improve gender diversity in tech.

This talk is in: English
Git Basics

Git is a powerful version control tool and is one of the most popularly used in Software development.
In this talk I introduced Git to the audience and explain its history, terminologies and using commands in Git to version control their projects.

This talk is in: English
What's new in Android Studio 3.5 Beta?

The talk contain valuable insights of the new features that was released with AS 3.5 IDE during Google I/O 2019.

This talk is in: English