Celebrate Your Wins With Us!

Simple Steps is turning 6! Join us on Saturday, May 20th at 10 am to celebrate our 6th anniversary at Sobrato Center for Nonprofits, Palo Alto. This year, we are celebrating your choices: life, career, family, personal, and everything else. Listen to the career pivot story from our keynote speaker, Jimin Kang, VP of Engineering at Salesforce, and our dedicated panelists, Narae Kwon, Hyejin Kang, and Seungyeon Lee, as they share their choices and valuable gains from their choices. Join us to connect with like-minded women and take the first step toward building the journey of your dreams. Register now!

Program

10:00 am - Opening
10:10 am - Keynote
10:50 am - Panels
11:50 am - Break
12:00 pm - Small Group Networking
12:50 pm - Raffle Drawing & Closing

KEYNOTE

Nurturing Self-confidence and Building Relationships

When faced with career choices, we often wonder whether the outcome will turn out as imagined. Join us as we hear from Jimin Kang, VP of Engineering at Salesforce, who studied literature/linguistics as an undergrad. Discover the choices she made that carved out her career path on her own terms and learn from her experiences. She will share honest insights on how to lead a successful career by nurturing self-confidence, building relationships, and finding the right information and community. Don't miss out on this chance to cherish different choices and perspectives.

Jimin Kang

Vice President of Engineering
Salesforce

Jimin is the Vice President, Engineering at Salesforce. She started her second career in technology in her early 30s after studying computer science. She has been with Salesforce, the #1 CRM company in the world, for the past 17 years. Jimin joined the company as an engineer and later moved on to management. An immigrant and a woman, Jimin is passionate about helping other immigrants and women succeed in the technology sector. Since she has seen how Salesforce has changed many people's lives, Jimin introduces Salesforce skills and shares the career possibilities they can bring whenever possible. Outside work, you can find her hiking outdoors and listening to a good book.

PANELS

We Become What We Choose

We will talk with special guests and fellow Simple Steps members in the panel session. Narae, Hyejin, and Seung Yeoun will unpack their stories of hesitation to make decisions, new discoveries as they go through difficult decisions, and the moments they face themselves. We are what we choose and will be what we will choose.

Narae Kwon

Software Development Engineer
SunPower Corporation
A professional gayageumist (gayageum is a traditional Korean string instrument), started learning to code when her life in the U.S. began. After months of studying and internship, she successfully transitioned into a software engineer at the web coding platform Qoom. This drastic career change did not happen overnight. Let’s dive into her musician turned engineer career journey.
Hyejin Kang

Integration Artist
Riot Games
A game artist who values collaboration and community engagement. Hyejin has a background in a culture that prioritizes people and is passionate about various causes such as animal rights, vegan/vegetarian markets, and climate change. She works as a 3D asset integration game artist and enjoys learning from community-centered platforms while encouraging a flexible and collaborative work environment.
Seung Yeoun Lee

Program Manager
Korean American Community Foundation of San Francisco
Seung Yeoun is a program manager for KACF-SF, overseeing grantmaking and programmatic work, including a scholarship program and various community initiatives. As an immigrant mom with three children, she is passionate about community building and making a positive impact on the Korean American community.