{"id":2413,"date":"2018-10-25T21:08:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T04:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aascend-preview.dreamhosters.com\/?p=2413"},"modified":"2018-10-25T21:08:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T04:08:14","slug":"a-prominent-tech-executive-focuses-on-autism-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=2413","title":{"rendered":"A Prominent Tech Executive Focuses on Autism Employment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Join us at the <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">A<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">S<\/span><span style=\"color: #339966;\">C<\/span><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">E<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">N<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">D<\/span><\/strong> <strong>Job Club<\/strong> on Saturday, November 3, for a discussion with <strong>Ranga Jayaraman<\/strong>, a prominent tech executive, who is now working full-time on increasing employment opportunities for adults on the autism spectrum, in tech and a range of other fields.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2414\" src=\"http:\/\/aascend-preview.dreamhosters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/RJ-Head-Shot-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ranga Jayaraman\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/RJ-Head-Shot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/RJ-Head-Shot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/RJ-Head-Shot-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/RJ-Head-Shot.jpg 983w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ranga&#8217;s current passion is to empower neurodivergent individuals with the desire and ability to contribute, to find meaningful, rewarding, and sustained employment and to help organizations in their journey to embrace neurodiversity inclusion in their workplaces. In a past life, Ranga was an accomplished Senior Executive of digital transformation \u00a0(<strong>Stanford University, Nvidia, Hitachi<\/strong>), with expertise in providing innovative and cost effective solutions and services to enable and support business strategy and growth in the Higher Education and Information Technology industry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>As always, <span style=\"color: #339966;\">attendees on the spectrum will offer their experience and perspectives\u00a0throughout the program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Special thanks to the Autism Studies Department at SFSU for volunteers!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Who: <\/b>Adults on the autism spectrum, families, mentors and professionals all welcome. For more information, please contact: info@aascend.org<br \/>\n<strong>When:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sat Nov 3, 10am \u2013 1pm<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Where: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Arc of SF<\/span> 1500 Howard St. @ 11th St. SF, CA 94103 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=1500+Howard+Street,+San+Francisco,+CA&amp;hl=en&amp;sll=37.269174,-119.306607&amp;sspn=11.81214,16.633301&amp;oq=1500+Howard+st&amp;hnear=1500+Howard+St,+San+Francisco,+California+94103&amp;t=m&amp;z=16\">map<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For more information about employment on the autism spectrum, join us at:<br \/>\n<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/5086843\">Spectrum Employment Community by AASCEND<\/a>\u00a0on LinkedIn<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Parking is usually available in the garage at 255 12th Street, with a reasonable flat rate for Saturdays. 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