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How to Drive Your Career Forward with Mercedes-Benz Research & Development

Wednesday, September 29, 2021
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET
Webinar
Sponsored by
Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America
Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America
How to Drive Your Career Forward with Mercedes-Benz Research & Development
WEBINAR
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET
Sponsored by
Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America
Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America

Event details

Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America (MBRDNA) is a place for exceptional people with outstanding ideas and the willingness to bring them to life. With R&D facilities all over the U.S., employees are designing, developing, and testing the most exciting new technologies in the automotive world.  

Join us for this discussion as three women leaders share how MBRDNA has supported them to success and how you can build a career at the company.

From supportive managers to an inclusive environment, women rave about the culture and benefits at Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America – come find out why!


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Meet the speakers

Seema Acharya , Engineering Manager

Seema Acharya

Engineering Manager

Seema Acharya

Engineering Manager

Seema Acharya is an Engineering Manager at Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America’s Cloud and Connectivity Hub in Seattle. Teams in the Seattle hub are influential in building products that pave the way to connect Mercedes cars that are safer, smarter, and more sustainable. Seema and her team specialize in providing a platform to build in-car apps and update them over the air. In addition to her role as an Engineering Manager, she is passionate about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. As the co-chair of the employee-led DEI ...

Elizabeth Won, UX Designer

Elizabeth Won

UX Designer

Elizabeth Won

UX Designer

Yeongmin ‘Elizabeth’ Won is a UX Designer with a proven track record of building successful interactive digital/physical experiences. Her experience spans visual design, video games, and virtual/augmented reality. Her past projects were highly acclaimed at tech conferences including Siggraph, Tribeca Film Festival, and Game Developers Conference. One of her most successful projects was ‘Injustice’, an interactive VR experience themed around racial profiling issues in the U.S. She is currently a part of the Advanced UX Team in Carlsbad, ...

Laura Di Mario, Head of Workplace Services

Laura Di Mario

Head of Workplace Services

Laura Di Mario

Head of Workplace Services

Laura Di Mario is the Head of Workplace Services at Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, based out of the Sunnyvale, California headquarters. In her role, Laura leads the Workplace Services team, focusing on site operations, real estate strategy, safety health & environment, security services, construction and project management. She recently held positions at Stanford Health Care as Director of Site Operations and Nokia Technologies as Regional Site Operations. She holds a MBA from Notre Dame de Namur University.

Seema Acharya , Engineering Manager

Seema Acharya

Engineering Manager

Seema Acharya is an Engineering Manager at Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America’s Cloud and Connectivity Hub in Seattle. Teams in the Seattle hub are influential in building products that pave the way to connect Mercedes cars that are safer, smarter, and more sustainable. Seema and her team specialize in providing a platform to build in-car apps and update them over the air. In addition to her role as an Engineering Manager, she is passionate about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. As the co-chair of the employee-led DEI Council, Seema works on various initiatives to promote DEI at MBRDNA. Outside of work, Seema loves all the old-school computer games, F1, theater, improv, live music especially jazz and blues, painting and hiking through all the national parks.
Elizabeth Won, UX Designer

Elizabeth Won

UX Designer

Yeongmin ‘Elizabeth’ Won is a UX Designer with a proven track record of building successful interactive digital/physical experiences. Her experience spans visual design, video games, and virtual/augmented reality. Her past projects were highly acclaimed at tech conferences including Siggraph, Tribeca Film Festival, and Game Developers Conference. One of her most successful projects was ‘Injustice’, an interactive VR experience themed around racial profiling issues in the U.S. She is currently a part of the Advanced UX Team in Carlsbad, building holistic user-centric products utilizing the power of high technology for future generation vehicles of Mercedes-Benz.
Laura Di Mario, Head of Workplace Services

Laura Di Mario

Head of Workplace Services

Laura Di Mario is the Head of Workplace Services at Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, based out of the Sunnyvale, California headquarters. In her role, Laura leads the Workplace Services team, focusing on site operations, real estate strategy, safety health & environment, security services, construction and project management. She recently held positions at Stanford Health Care as Director of Site Operations and Nokia Technologies as Regional Site Operations. She holds a MBA from Notre Dame de Namur University.

Sponsored by Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America

Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America
At Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America (MBRDNA) we develop and certify cars for the U.S. and the world in six locations. Though, we are not just about cars — we are also about creating the latest and greatest software, cutting-edge technology, and groundbreaking innovation. Here at MBRDNA, you can create a digital ecosystem around cars, design a language between humans and machines, make a car even more intelligent - make the new reality for cars. We have an open and flexible environment to allow you to push boundaries. Join MBRDNA and design your future.

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