Christina Yakomin
Vanguard
Speaker at GOTOpia Chicago 2021

Senior technical lead for SRE at Vanguard

  • Worked closely with the Women's Initiative for Leadership Success at Vanguard
  • Advocate for women in STEM

Talks at GOTOpia Chicago 2021

Christina is a Site Reliability Engineer in Vanguard's Chief Technology Office. She has worked at the company's Malvern, PA headquarters since graduating from Villanova University in 2015 with an undergraduate degree in Computer Science. Throughout her career, she has developed an expansive skill set in front- and back-end web development, as well as cloud infrastructure and automation. She has earned several Amazon Web Services certifications, including Solutions Architect – Professional. Christina has also worked closely with the Women's Initiative for Leadership Success at Vanguard, both internally at the company and externally in the local community, to further the career advancement of women and girls - in particular within the tech industry. In her spare time (and when it is safe to do so!), Christina is passionate about traveling; she has visited over 20 different countries and 25 U.S. states so far!