Inspirational Career Stories
Journey Through the Trials, Triumphs, and Transformations
Embrace the stories of success, struggle, and resilience. If you're seeking inspiration and guidance on your career path, here's where real stories turn into life lessons. Join us to get inspired, motivated, and rejuvenated!
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Track Overview
Every career path is filled with challenges, setbacks, milestones, and victories. The "Inspirational Career Stories" track offers a window into the personal and professional journeys of remarkable individuals who have carved a niche for themselves in the tech industry. From overcoming obstacles to embracing opportunities, these stories shine a light on perseverance, determination, and the power of self-belief.
Key Takeaways
Lessons on resilience, adaptability, and persistence from real-life experiences.
Strategies for overcoming career challenges and turning them into growth opportunities.
Insight into diverse career paths, encouraging unconventional approaches and thinking.
Who Should Attend?
Aspiring tech professionals looking for motivation.
Individuals at career crossroads seeking direction.
Anyone needing a spark of inspiration or considering a pivot in their career.
Leaders, mentors, and coaches aiming to motivate their teams or mentees.
Interested in Speaking?
Have a career journey filled with compelling lessons and experiences? Your story could be the beacon for many navigating their career paths. We invite you to share your narrative and inspire others on their journey.
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Senior Manager - Product and Engineering at T-Mobile
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Delivery Director at Made Tech
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Senior Software Engineer at Cisco
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Senior Director at Akamai Technologies
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Padmini Soni
Founder at Rezonance AI
Carla Guzzetti
SVP Product, Experience & Innovation at Extreme Networks
Parul Gupta
Senior Production Engineer at Meta Platforms Inc (Formerly Facebook)
Lara Martini
Non-Executive Director at Magna Housing
Vijitha Thunga
Software Engineering Manager at ServiceNow
Sarika Mittal
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Marielle Hajducko
Founder & President at The Leader's DNA
Windy Nicholson
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Sukanya Moorthy
Sr Machine Learning Engineer II at Credit Karma
Steliana Moraru
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Lori Nishiura Mackenzie
Co-foudner at Stanford VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab
Jagbir Kaur
Global Strategy and operations manager at Google
Vikash Rungta
Lead Product Manage, Meta & Instructor, Stanford at Meta, Stanford
Diana Richardson
Sr. Principal, Technical Product Management at CoreLogic
JeanAnn Nichols
CEO at JeanAnn Nichols Executive Coach
Ivana Ciric
Director of Product, Practice at Thoughtworks
Ananya Padhiari
Clinical Research Staff / Software Developer III at Arkansas Children's Research Institute
Rohini Chavakula
AI Security Lead at HPE
Elif Tekerlekci
Software Engineer at Meta
Michal Hanover
Senior Product Manager at K Health
Melissa Holloway
VP of Product & Innovation at WoundPros
Mary Nielsen
Senior Manager, Solutions Architecture at Amazon Web Services
Priyanka Shinde
Founder CEO at imPriSe Solutions
Elaine Laird
Head of People & Culture at Logitech
