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SUMMARY:Lunch with Beth Hutchison - Beth Hutchison (IBM)
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CONTACT:Fiona Billingsley
DESCRIPTION:From life as a Cambridge PhD (crystal physics) student\, Beth 
 Hutchison found that she enjoyed computing far more than the physics\, and
  so spent the next eight years working in a variety of IT companies\, mana
 ging to include a career break spending two glorious summers on a yacht\, 
 cruising the Mediterranean''\,  before joining IBM. \n\nAt IBM's UK Softwa
 re Development Lab at Hursley\, Winchester\, Beth's career spiralled to th
 e level of Distinguished Engineer. She was lead architect for IBM's Java V
 irtual Machine\, working with Java during its emergence as a vital compone
 nt of the web technology we all now take for granted and she is currently 
 pushing the boundaries of technology as lead architect in Web Services.\n\
 nShe balances work demands with a passion for sailing\, flying (she qualif
 ied as a solo glider pilot in 1992) and golf\, yet still makes time to be 
 involved in initiatives to encourage women within the IT profession. Beth 
 won the Women’s Engineering Society’s Karen Burt Award in 2001\, for p
 romoting the profession and continues to mentor software professionals\, b
 oth within and outside IBM\, encouraging them both in terms of their techn
 ical interests and their career development\n\nBeth will talk informally a
 bout her career and how she got to be where she is today. Come along and f
 ind out what it's like to work at IBM from one of its senior leaders and i
 nventors.\n
LOCATION:Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Building\, Room FW26
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