2026 Speakers & Consultants – Details coming soon!


2026 Career Consultants (in alphabetical order) Contents may be subject to change.

Rob Uy is a global human resources professional, career transition coach, trainer and facilitator. Drawing on 30+ years human resources experience in global high tech products and services, Rob works with individuals, teams and organizations to help them ‘find their voice’ and realize career and organizational goals.

Rob followed his experience on JET (Fukuoka, 1989 – 1991) with an additional three and half years as business operations manager at a growing conversation school in Fukuoka. Those experiences helped open the doors to global recruiting and HR management roles in technology in Silicon Valley and the Pacific Northwest, continuing to present day.  

As a human resources professional, coach and trainer, Rob has held global HR leadership roles at Amazon, T-Mobile, Intellectual Ventures, and Microsoft. Rob also has his own consulting company called RSU Consulting, which is one of our 2026 Networking Partners!


2026 Photographer

Perry Garvey has worn many hats professionally over the past decade and a half. His most current one is that of Ad Operations Manager (the evil guy who makes ads appear in your online content). Previously, Perry worked on projects that ranged from shooting promotional footage for the Empowerment Project, to programming an entirely new channel for IndieFlix on Roku devices.

He has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Washington State and a Bachelor’s Degree in Radio/TV/Film from Auburn University with a minor in Asian Studies. He also has a certificate in C# Programming from Bellevue College.

Perry will be providing the headshots for participants at our event. Take advantage of updating your profile photo and be sure to sign up early for your private photo shoot!

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