NVIDIA'S Speaker Series, World Headquarters Santa Clara CA.
Scottie Jeanette Madden, born Scott James, and Marcy Madden shared their story iat NVIDIA's Santa Clara headquarters this week of transitioning as a transgender woman from “one helluva guy,” while working in the über-male work of survival shows.
They spoke as part of NVIDIA's Speaker Series event, drawing an internal audience of about 250.
For more than three decades in TV production, Scottie focused on filming thrilling productions in the world’s most dangerous jungles, glaciers, and deserts. The alpha male atmosphere was at odds with her knowledge that she long identified as a woman.
Scottie put her job and her marriage, on the line to figure out how to live as a woman. Scottie, and her wife of 27 years, Marcy Madden, came to speak as part of efforts to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender workplace equality.
NVIDIA’s efforts to improve policies and benefits for LGBT employees include broadening the definition of a spouse, adding life insurance, and updating bereavement polices to include same sex spouses and domestic partners. We’ve also added transgender medical benefits to our healthcare coverage.
Our Equal Employment Opportunity policy contains specific language in support of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression.
Scottie, who wrote a book about her experience, “Getting Back to Me,” shared some tips about transitioning in the workplace:
Work with your HR department and start the process there.
]Learn what the company policies are.
Engage with your managers and colleagues.
Set boundaries regarding questions, explain which pronoun you prefer.
They spoke as part of NVIDIA's Speaker Series event, drawing an internal audience of about 250.
For more than three decades in TV production, Scottie focused on filming thrilling productions in the world’s most dangerous jungles, glaciers, and deserts. The alpha male atmosphere was at odds with her knowledge that she long identified as a woman.
Scottie put her job and her marriage, on the line to figure out how to live as a woman. Scottie, and her wife of 27 years, Marcy Madden, came to speak as part of efforts to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender workplace equality.
NVIDIA’s efforts to improve policies and benefits for LGBT employees include broadening the definition of a spouse, adding life insurance, and updating bereavement polices to include same sex spouses and domestic partners. We’ve also added transgender medical benefits to our healthcare coverage.
Our Equal Employment Opportunity policy contains specific language in support of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression.
Scottie, who wrote a book about her experience, “Getting Back to Me,” shared some tips about transitioning in the workplace:
Work with your HR department and start the process there.
]Learn what the company policies are.
Engage with your managers and colleagues.
Set boundaries regarding questions, explain which pronoun you prefer.