Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

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Sarah Glova CEO at Reify Media	Stop Giving Women Advice - Fighting the Toxic Effects of Unsolicited Advice on Women’s Leadership We’re weighing each other down with advice instead of opening up the conversation. Worse, we don’t even notice we’re doing it. Advice is not neutral. It is mindset shifting, often in a toxic way, and we’re drowning in it. But no one’s talking about it! No one’s talking about how common it is for us to get advice from strangers, or unsolicited advice from our coworkers, or unsolicited advice from our families. Research shows that receiving unwanted advice leads people to feel judged and caught lacking when they were trying to show up big. It’s disempowering. In… read more
Trina Martin Founder & CEO at Trina L. Martin International	Women of Color in Tech: Qualified but Overlooked Companies say they can't find qualified women of color in tech. Why is that? It's not the lack of skill. Women of color face barriers and obstacles related to race and gender in the technology industry. This talk will detail the inequality of women of color in tech being underrepresented, underpaid, and discriminated against in the white male-dominated industry. I will explain the biases women of color in tech face and the impact on these women. This talk will leave you ready to take action in order to close the racial and gender wage gap that women of color in tech endure. … read more
Pooja Malpani Head of Engineering at Bloomberg Media	Trends in Web Development Why is web development interesting? What are the challenges in the web world and how is it evolving? How do you become a great web developer? Join to hear multiple perspectives and answers to these questions and more from experienced web developers and senior managers. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Melissa Carson CEO/Founder at Crim Dell Consulting, LLC	Leading is an art, not a science There are no perfect people. There are no perfect leaders. Leading is a "messy" job to do it effectively because we all come with different motivations, different ways of thinking, and different experiences. It's time to rethink how we enable the leaders of the future. We need to rethink how we lead ourselves effectively and then find ways to harness the messy of our teams. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Theresa Joseph COO at Statusphere	What creating a start-up really looks like Theresa Joseph is COO of Statusphere, a consumer-to-consumer marketing tech platform. She'll share her experience of starting a business that serves in today's digital world. She'll discuss how the business got started, what it's been like to scale the business and its team and things she's learned along the way. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Alysia Eve Director at Citrix & Co-founder of Women on Work	Technology and career progression. Designing an inclusive experience for women in tech As technology innovation and broader acceptance and support of remote and hybrid work continue to transform the job market, women are much more likely to take advantage of increased flexibility in how, where and when they work. But these new opportunities threaten career growth for women without deliberate design and strategic execution by leaders. This session dives into: • The latest technology trends and future innovation creating a dynamic and inclusive experience for all workers • How managers and leaders can design an employee experience that overcomes proximity and… read more
Afreen Aliya Software Developer	How to Build Security Within Your Application Secure Design Principles are the industry best practices for building security into any platform regardless of the language or the operating system. In this session, participants learn about some of the secure design principles including defense-in-depth, how to keep security simple, minimizing attack surface, failing securely, and separation of duties. Additionally, they will also learn now to apply these principles to their own applications. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Amy Yip Life Transformation & Mental Fitness Coach at Amy Yip Coaching	How to Grow Your Mental Fitness: Shifting from Surviving to Thriving If you’re physically fit, you’d be able to climb a steep hill without much physical stress. Same goes with mental fitness. The more mentally fit you are, the more you’ll be able to handle the stress, anxiety and frustrations that might come from work and personal life challenges. Recent events such as the pandemic, disruption in financial markets, social unrest, and political changes have overstretched many of us. Strengthening your Mental Fitness is the X Factor. Your level of Mental Fitness is the best predictor of how happy you are and how well you… read more
Roja Boina Software Engineering Senior Advisor at Evernorth	Data-Driven Decision Making Data-driven decision making (DDDM) is making decisions supported by complex data rather than being intuitive or based solely on observation. As industry technology has improved exponentially in recent years, Data-driven decision-making has become a more fundamental part of many sectors, including essential fields like medicine, transportation, and equipment manufacture. Data-driven decision making, also known as data-driven decision management or data-directed decision making, is a method of making decisions based on data. Did you like this session? Share to vote. … read more
Jyo Shukla Global Head of Customer success	From Customer-focused to customer-centric Unlock unlimited growth potential for your business using your biggest advocates: your customers. Being a truly customer-centric organization goes beyond just having a customer success function. In this session, we will talk about some strategies that will help you adopt a company-wide customer-first mindset to fuel your growth. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Natalie Monbiot Head of Strategy at Hour One	Replacing cameras with code for the next generation of video communications In the next 5 to 7 years the majority of content online will be generated by computers versus cameras. While this does present some challenges, it will also greatly improve a business's ability to communicate effectively with their customer, through presenter-led video. AI production will remove the friction in presenter-led video production, enabling a video-first internet and a new era of personalized communication. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Keavy Murphy Director of Security: Governance, Risk and Compliance at Starburst Data	The Cybersecurity Skills Gap: Leveraging Transferable Skills to Move Into the Field Now more than ever, there is a shortage of security, compliance and risk management professionals, leading to challenges and roadblocks for companies of all sizes. Fortunately, this means that a career in the security space is within reach for those who do not have previous experience! This presentation will focus on resume structuring and job applications, with a goal of providing attendees with actionable ways to showcase their previous experience in a way that allows them to successfully break into the security field. Attendees will leave with knowledge of… read more
Jarell Oshodi Deputy Chief Privacy Officer at Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)	Data Privacy as a Competitive Differentiator I discuss 6 strategic pillars of data privacy that reduce the risk of noncompliance, build client trust, and fuel growth. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Aisha Lawrey Global Head of Education Programs at AWS	How becoming a statue enhanced my advocacy and outreach STEM efforts For many of us, advocacy and outreach of women in STEM was already a passion and routine in our daily lives. But it took AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) and Lyda Hill Foundation to bring 120 IF/THEN Ambassadors all together to take our efforts to the next level. I am one of the faces of the IF/THEN Ambassadorship, and I want to share my story with you. I am a professional who uses my various talents to advocate for women in STEM. If statues could speak, what would they say? Find out in this session, I'll discuss what it was like being featured… read more
Natoshia Anderson Director of Facilities and Operations at Atlanta Technical College	Take Your Place: Using Your P.O.W.E.R to Lead Women have always been in power to some degree. How did they do it? What we know is that communities, businesses, companies don't thrive without women and women in leadership. Through the principles of the P.O.W.E.R the audience will learn how women can effectively lead now and into the future. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Daniela Herrera Director, Recruitment Operations and EDI at R/GA	Is your Interview Process (Really) Inclusive? Hiring a diverse team is imperative and needed –– but how do you, as a Leader, make sure that your hiring processes are intentionally inclusive? In this talk, we'll uncover how to identify inherent biases in your interview process, break down your talent attraction and hiring process to identify inclusivity opportunities, and discuss methods for expanding your talent pool. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Sarah Baldeo CEO at ID Quotient	Digital Identity - Enabling the Metaverse This talk will focus on how digital identity will enable and inform a metaverse-focused Future of Work for AR/VR. As industries continue to evolve and undergo digital transformation change management strategies include establishing guardrails around remote work, fraud detection and cybersecurity. The intersectionality of digital identity and the metaverse bridge the gaps in building a foundation for decentralized approaches to a virtual social infrastructure. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Karime Salomon Quality Assurance Manager & Automation advisor	When leadership is the recipe and mentorship is the icing on the cake Leadership is a never ending learning process, no matter how many years of experience you have, if you are just starting or if you already have a relevant amount of years as a leader in different fields, this is a place where we are always learning, the world is evolving and many things have changed so our path as leaders should evolve too, one of my main points to talk about is about the importance of mentorship and how easy could be for us as leaders to use the GROW model for mentorship. From my experience this is the best way to keep learning, whenever you offer your guidance to somebody… read more
Brittany Sherell Executive Coach + TEDx Speaker at Elam & Co.	How to Overcome the Fear of Promoting Yourself This session is for women executives and entrepreneurs who know they need to "put themselves out there" more to grow their leadership and/or business but anxiety, fear and insecurity seem to make your stomach do flips to even think about it. You see others in your industry showing up big and crushing it, and you're tired of secretly wishing you knew their secrets to confidence. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Nickoria Johnson Chief Diversity Officer and Partner at Credera	The Intersectionality of Being a Black Woman in Tech: Take a walk with me Growing up as a young Black girl pursing an education and career in technology, I have faced many barriers and challenges along the way, unique to my intersectional identity. I wrote an open letter to my Black Girls in Tech which I would start with. I hope that sharing my personal journey, lessons learned, and data points around walking this walk hopefully will foster a new thread of empathy, inspire others to persevere, lean in, and uplift others, regardless of their race or gender. Did you like this session? Share to vote.