At the head of TwinEngine is the company’s owner and principal, Winnie Hart, who has built a reputation as an inspired, award-winning designer and savvy interpreter of business brand and personality. She has collaborated with the largest public and privately held corporations in the region, helping them to define their positions in the marketplace through communications, and winning over 200 industry awards and recognitions. Winnie is a past president of the Art Directors and Designers Association and has served as Internal Communications Chair on the Global Communications Committee for the Entrepreneurs’ Association (EO) – a global business network of 9,500+ business owners in 131 chapters and 40 countries. She defines her business style as collaborative and relationship-based, and brings a left-brain approach to the visual organization of ideas combined with the right-brain efficiencies of real-time brand management. Email Winnie

As CEO and Founder of Signum Group, Susan Hrib oversees corporate strategy and guides the development of the SignumWay™ suite of implementation and business process management tools. Signum Group is recognized as a certified woman-owned global system integrator whose core capability is implementing Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and Computerized Maintenance Management System software.

Susan is an industry expert on effective enterprise asset management system deployment and strategy. Throughout her career she has provided executive consulting leadership to clients in the implementation, management and integration of maintenance and asset management applications. Under Susan’s leadership Signum Group has emerged as a leading integrator of Oracle Applications, particularly Oracle eAM. Since its founding in 1994, Signum Group has grown to be a world leader in EAM in utilities including generation and transmission, and distribution. In 2007, The Carter Center named Susan to its Board of Councilors. In addition, she serves as an advisory board member for the Women’s Leadership Exchange and is an involved and active committee member of music icon Usher’s New Look Foundation. Susan earned a B.S. in Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science and Russian, and an M.A. in Statistics from the State University of New York at Albany. Email Susan

The rapidly evolving practice of medicine these days poses many challenges for all involved–patients, physicians, hospitals, pharmacies, insurance companies, and many others.  As Medical Director of Ob/Gyn Hospitalists at one of the most highly regarded community hospitals in Monterey, California, Heajin works to improve levels of productivity, clinical flow and patient satisfaction, while still practicing obstetrics and gynecology day to day—seeing patients, performing surgeries, and managing high risk pregnancies.  Bringing in almost 20 years of experience from both private and public sectors of healthcare, she partners with hospital administration in the short and long term growth and strategic development of their organizations.

She received her M.D. from University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, and is a Board Certified OB/GYN and Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecology.  She serves on several hospital committees, including Quality Review, and has also worked as a medical volunteer abroad in Peru.  With dual degrees in Biology and History from Stanford University, she is passionate about the practice of obstetrics and gynecology in a larger social context, as well as the spirit of innovation for which Stanford University and the Silicon Valley are well known.  Email Heajin

A native Texan, raised in New England, Carolyn Matula has worked extensively in both the downstream and upstream segments of the energy industry during her 14 years with Shell. During her tenure, she performed a wide range of duties. For the downstream market, she lead the Toxicology Analytical Support Group and was the Product Safety and Compliance manager for the industrial solvents market where she represented the company on various trade association groups working with both national and state regulatory agencies. Upon transitioning to Shell’s upstream business, Carolyn became the Export Control Compliance Officer for all proprietary technology associated with deepwater drilling in the United States. As the company globalized, her role expanded to include establishing a business management system to ensure compliance with corporate guidelines. Carolyn’s final assignment for Shell involved brokering a multi-national corporate credit card transaction and implementing its rollout to 100,000+ employees worldwide.

Prior to joining Shell, Ms. Matula executed pharmaceutical research for Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis. She developed standard operating procedures for analytical testing equipment and performed chemical validation studies for the dementia work group. Her skills in the analytical chemistry laboratory were honed initially while working for the New England Power Company.

Carolyn graduated magna cum laude from Boston College receiving a B.S. degree in Chemistry, where she distinguished herself as Scholar of the College. She also earned a M.S. from the University of Michigan in Analytical Chemistry and a M.B.A. from Rice University. Ms. Matula has held various volunteer positions at a number of private schools in Houston. Email Carolyn

Marie has a Bachelor’s degree in Art and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from The University of Queensland, Australia. She also earned a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) in Marketing and Finance from the University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas.

Upon the separation of Hewlett-Packard Company, Marie became V.P. of the Finance Separation Management Office for HP Inc. She was accountable for standing up all major financial processes, including an auditable financial history.  Additionally, she was a key contributor in establishing an end-state vision for HP Finance.

She is also a board member of the Houston Chapter of the National Association of Women MBA’s (NAWMBA), the University of St. Thomas Advisory Board, the Girlstart Council for Houston and The University of Queensland in America, Inc. (TUQIA). Marie also founded the Anti-Gray Market Alliance (AGMA), the first global technology industry association to address gray marketing, and serves as its President Emeritus.

Pilar Stillwater is a counsel in the Intellectual Property and Litigation groups in Crowell & Moring’s San Francisco office, with a background in molecular and cell biology. Her practice focuses on intellectual property litigation, with an emphasis on patent infringement disputes. Pilar has litigated patent infringement cases involving a wide range of technologies, including pharmaceuticals, prefabricated concrete slabs, and wireless LAN technology. Pilar also counsels clients on patent infringement and licensing issues in the medical device and biopharmaceutical areas.

Pilar is actively involved in pro bono work and has represented clients in debt-collection and copyright disputes. She was the first attorney at Crowell & Moring to successfully take a third-party debt collection case to trial in collaboration with the East Bay Community Law Center. Pilar also supervises students participating in the University of California, Hastings’ Startup Legal Garage, a legal clinic providing services to startup organizations in the Bay Area.

Pilar earned her B.S. in molecular, cell, and developmental biology with highest honors in the major and college honors from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2004. She received her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings, cum laude, in 2008, where she was the executive production editor of the Hastings Law Journal.

Barbara Burger, Ph.D., joined Chevron in 1987 and is currently the president of Chevron Technology Ventures, an organization that champions innovation and the integration of emerging technologies into Chevron.  Barbara holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Rochester, a doctoral degree in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology and an academic honor MBA in finance from the University of California, Berkeley.

Linda leads compliance in her role both as chief compliance officer for Bridgeway Capital Management and Bridgeway Funds- roles that she has held since 2004. She also serves as the treasurer for Bridgeway Funds. Linda is responsible for the design and implementation of the compliance program, including the annual review and testing. She has over 25 years of experience in the investment management industry in operations, compliance and accounting.

Dr. Jody Lee is a practicing physician and a medical real estate entrepreneur.  She earned her BA from Rice University, her MD from the University of Texas Health Science Center – Houston, and her MBA from George Washington University.

A board-certified radiologist, Dr. Lee is a Diplomat of the American College of Radiology. An accomplished scientist, she is credited with authoring numerous scientific presentations, posters, abstracts, and peer-reviewed articles. Her research results were published in prestigious scientific journals such as the American Journal of Roentgenology, the Journal of Emergency Radiology, and the Journal of Thoracic Radiology.

Dr. Lee is passionate about promoting healthcare issues in the community and leads radiologists in political discussions by serving as the Texas Radiological Society Political Action Committee Chair.