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Women in Technology Leadership Development Award

Active School of Technology students may be eligible to receive an electronic award after participating in all webinars for the Leadership Development Series.

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Future Vision: How Not to Be Obsolete as a Technology Worker in the 21st Century

Date: Thursday, Aug 14, 2025

Time: 7:00 p.m. EST/5:00 p.m. MT

Meet the Speaker:

Ronald Mendell 
August 14, 2025 Speaker

Ronald Mendell holds a B.S. degree in Liberal Studies (Humanities) from the University of the State of New York and an M.S. degree in Network Security from Capitol Technology University. He has done additional graduate study in criminal investigation and forensics at National University. Ronald is a CISSP-certified professional with six years of teaching experience in Information Security at Austin Community College. He has thirteen years of experience as a legal and private investigator and fifteen years as a Technical Client Analyst at CDK Global. Since 2016, he has taught Information Security at the School of IT at Western Governors University. 

His books include Probing into Cold Cases (on digital and physical investigations), The Quiet Threat (about industrial espionage), How To Do Financial Asset Investigations, and The Devious Counselor – A Dialogue on Information Security. His articles on security issues have appeared in Security Management and in the ISSA Journal. 

 

Upcoming Webinars for 2025

Ronald Mendell 
Thursday, Aug 14, 2025 7:00 p.m. EST/5:00 p.m. MT

Students will submit a Microsoft Form with a statement self-certifying their participation in each of the Leadership Series Sessions for the year. The form will be available to input information on April 24, 2026, at 6:00 a.m. MT. (Preview Form Here) The form will provide space to write a one-page reflection. The Women in Technology faculty support team will review the reflection for acceptance. Students must submit the reflections by 10:00 p.m. MT on May 31, 2026. Submitted reflections will be reviewed, and participants will receive a notification within 7 business days confirming whether their submission was successfully received and meets the requirement. Names will be submitted for credentialing no later than June 15, 2026.  

FAQ

You can go back and watch the recordings.

This award is for active students only.

This award is for active School of Technology students only.

This award is open to all active students in the School of Technology.

You will be allowed one opportunity to resubmit by May 31, 2026. Keep this deadline in mind when you submit your reflection. Seven business days are needed to review submissions. You may want to submit your reflection no later than May 15, 2026, to allow for a revision. 

The reflection will include at least one item learned from the sessions that helped refine the participant’s growth in overcoming self-doubt, cultivating positive expectations about the future, setting personal and professional boundaries, and cultivating a winning mindset. The reflection must focus on how participants have grown professionally due to learnings from the Leadership Development series.

The form is available here and will be active beginning April 24, 2026, at 6:00 a.m. MT. You may preview a pdf version of the form here. Submissions must be made via the MS Office form and will not be accepted if submitted otherwise.   

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