Keynote

Keynote Breakfast and Presentation
"Run Puff Run"
8:00 - 10:00 am, Thursday, Nov. 4

Keynote Speaker, Tana Utley, Chief Technology Officer at Caterpillar Inc.

Tana Utley, Chief Technology Officer at Caterpillar Inc., has a story to tell about her journey through a male-dominated industry to become the top technical leader at a Fortune 50 company. Through a series of very deliberate choices, Utley has charted a path for her life that balances her personal passions – family, long distance running and the diesel engine – with her drive to make her mark on her industry. The lessons she’s learned along the way are relevant to any woman seeking to fulfill her promise in a world of often conflicting expectations. Utley’s keynote address will explore some of these lessons, including:

• Cultivate your brand
• Make and use connections
• Probe motives – your own and those of others
• Protect and savor creativity
• Mind your business

Whether running a business division with thousands of employees, a ground-breaking engine technology project, a marathon or a home, the measure of success for Tana Utley is not what she has achieved but how she has achieved it, and the path she’s created for others to follow. The intent of her story is to engage and inspire listeners; to help them recognize that their unique history and day-to-day challenges hold the keys to deep personal knowledge and professional development. “Run Puff Run” is a call-to-action for women engineers and anyone working their way through life’s marathons.

Listen to Utley's podcast previewing her keynote address

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