A few of my past speaking events:
How to lead effective virtual meetings – ICF, Germany
Communicate with Confidence @Women Leadership Experience – Adobe, Italy
Equipping Rising Speakers – Netcentric, Switzerland
Pitching new technologies to investors – Columbia University, USA
Moderator: Siemens Leadership Conference, London
Understanding culture and business etiquette in China – Siemens Diversity Day, Germany
“Catch me if you can”: HIV resistance and treatment strategies – Pathology Conference, Philippines
Moderator: Siemens Day, Singapore
Raising future leaders in Uganda – Watoto + Cherish fundraising event, Hong Kong
Moderator: Siemens Healthcare Day, Asia-Pacific, Thailand
Darwinian evolution of the laboratory – Clinical pathologist meeting, Malaysia
Managing Change in Laboratory – Sanglah Hospital, Indonesia
Moderator: Automation in Laboratory Conference, Malaysia
Debunking myths in clinical laboratory workflow – Clinical pathologist meeting, Philippines
Maternal screening and prenatal risk calculation – PathLab, Singapore
Innovative minimally-invasive technology for liver fibrosis assessment – Clinical pathologist meeting, Indonesia
Clinical significance of Vitamin D testing – MedTec Congress, Thailand
Normalization of gene expression profile with housekeeping genes – Celera, USA
…plus various public speaking trainings at different organisations
Publications:
“Early gene expression profiles of patients with chronic hepatitis C treated with pegylated interferon-alfa and ribavirin.” (2009) Hepatology, 49 (3):763-74
“Expression levels for many genes in human peripheral blood cells are highly sensitive to ex vivo incubation”, (2004) Genes and Immunity, 5, 347 – 353
“Association of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease with genetic variation in multiple members of the GAPD gene family” (2004) PNAS 101, 15688-15693
About me:
My passion is to inspire people through creative stories. I have spoken to diverse groups of audience around the globe with my role as scientist in Celera, and global marketing director in Siemens Healthcare for the past ten years. I have also served in various leadership positions in non-profit organisations as my way to give back to the society. Throughout my career, I have resided in the U.S., Hong Kong, Germany and Singapore, and my volunteer work took me to South Africa and Uganda. I am now a communications coach and have delivered public speaking training to organisations such as Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Maersk, MIT Media Lab, Siemens, WeWork, Zendesk, Visa, Columbia University, and European School of Management and Technology.
I love snowboarding, tennis, and football (and have attended the FIFA world cup twice: in Brazil and South Africa!).
“Every word Joanne says is a value-add.” – Shilpa Sharma, Enterprise Relationship Manager at LinkedIn