Julia Minkowski is a community leader in Russia, Israel and Silicon Valley. Together with Lilia Shwarts, she founded a Russian-Speaking Women in Tech Silicon Valley network that grew to 1,500 members within a year and a half.  In her technology job, Julia currently manages Fraud and Credit Risk at Fiserv for over 2,500 US banks and financial institutions, including 27 out of the top 30 US banks, saving millions of dollars of potential Identity fraud and credit risk. Julia holds an MBA from HaUniversita Ha-Ptuha of Israel, a Software Programming Certificate from John Bryce Institute and recently graduated from Stanford University in Strategic Decision and Risk Management. Julia made aliyah to Israel alone at the age of 17, and met her Belgian husband in a kibbutz ulpan. After 16 years of study and work in Israel, she moved to Silicon Valley with her husband and three kids.