Women in Tech New York City
Product Innovation in Fintech
Hosted by TheGuarantors
June 27, 2024
17:30:00
Join us on June 27th in New York for an empowering meetup, hosted by TheGuarantors. If you are in Product Management, Product Design, a UX/UI Designer or a Software Engineer, this event is for you.
What to Expect?
👉 Unlocking Tech Opportunities: Keynote by Madona Wambua on "The Intersection of Technology and Real Estate: Opportunities and Innovations."
👉 Innovations in Fintech: Panel discussion by The Guarantors' team about their impact and innovations in the industry.
👉 Networking & Career Growth: Connect with fellow women in tech and The Guarantors' team members, including talent acquisition representatives, and discover open roles in Software Engineering leadership and other positions.
WomenTech Network’s mission is to empower communities of talented and motivated women in tech through leadership development, professional growth, mentorship, and networking events to make a difference building impactful and inclusive products and technology services.
Please note that space is limited and attendance is upon confirmation.
Agenda
Speakers
Madona Wambua
Founder and CTO of Jibu Labs
Named Women Top 50 Success Women of Influence by Success Magazine, Madona S. Wambua is the Chief Technology Officer and founder of Jibu Labs and an award-winning technology expert. With a prolific career spanning over a decade plus, Madona excels as an accomplished author, a sought-after technical keynote speaker, and a Google Developer Expert Android. Madona is also a Women Tech Makers Ambassador, Advisory Council Member for the Strategic AI Certificate Program at Mercy University, and Co-Chair of Anitab.org
Valentina Rodriguez Sosa
WomenTech Network NY Leader, Principal Technical Marketing Manager OpenShift at RedHat
Valentina Rodriguez is a Principal Technical Marketing Manager at Red Hat, focusing on the developer journeys in OpenShift and emerging technologies. Before this role, she worked with high-profile customers, helping them adopt new technologies, and worked closely with developers and platform engineers. Her background is in software engineering. She built software for 15 years, working in diverse roles from Developer to Tech Lead and Architect, from retail, healthcare, financial, e-commerce, telco, and many other industries.
Julien Bonneville
Founder and CEO at TheGuarantors
Julien Bonneville is the founder and CEO of TheGuarantors. Julien was previously a consultant at IMS Health from January 2012 to December 2014, and an associate at McKinsey & Company from January 2011 to December 2011. Prior to that, they were a founding partner at Sanisphere from January 2005 to December 2010, where they provided health and pharmaceutical intelligence in developing countries. Julien began their career as an intern in the “Access to Medicines” department at sanofi-aventis from January 2004 to December 2005, where they initiated and launched a ground-based survey in eight African, Asian and South American countries to assess the corporate fight against HIV/AIDS and malaria. Julien Bonneville has an MBA from Columbia Business School, and did an MBA exchange student program at The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Julien also has a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Business Administration and Management, General from ESSEC Business School.
Amanda Knauer
Chief Marketing Officer at TheGuarantors
Amanda Knauer, Chief Marketing Officer at TheGuarantors, draws upon her extensive experience from both startups and late stage, iconic brands. Prior to joining TheGuarantors, Amanda served as VP of Marketing & Customer Success at CompScience, an insurtech startup using computer vision to transform workers' compensation. Earlier in her career, she led international brand strategy at Cadillac, served as Head of Product & Strategy at GM's car subscription startup, and managed brand at Johnnie Walker and Godiva. Amanda has an A.B. from Brown University and an MBA from The Wharton School.
Amanjot Khaira
Chief Product & Technology Officer at TheGuarantors
Aman is currently the Chief Product and Technology Officer (CPO & CTO) at TheGuarantors. Prior to TheGuarantors, Aman led product management at CoverWallet. He joined the company as one of its earliest employees and led the product from its conceptual phase to establishing three globally operating business lines and an acquisition by Aon within 3.5 years. At Aon, Aman led the expansion of the product within Aon and further scaled the business globally. Prior to CoverWallet, Aman was at American Express, where he led the development of the mobile payments platform and integration with digital wallets like ApplePay, GooglePay and SamsungPay. Aman has an M.Eng in Computer Science from Cornell University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Sibei Mi
Senior Director, Growth Marketing at TheGuarantors
Sibei Mi is the Senior Director of Growth Marketing at TheGuarantors, leading demand generation, lifecycle marketing, marketing operations, account-based marketing, sponsored partnerships, and search engine optimization. Sibei spent most of her career leading global strategic growth initiatives for tech startup and scaleup companies in Silicon Valley. Prior to TheGuarantors, Sibei led global performance marketing at Patreon, spearheading customer acquisition, lifecycle, activation, and retention expansion efforts across 14 countries. Sibei earned her B.A. from The University of Chicago.
Talha Zubair
Senior Director of Product at TheGuarantors
Talha Zubair is a Senior Director of Product at TheGuarantors. He has spent most of his career in the financial services industry, building products across payments, banking and insurance. Outside work, he enjoys cycling, hiking and exploring his neighborhood of Brooklyn.
We’ve got three good reasons for you to apply to join this event:
- Meet women in tech leaders and get inspired by their journeys and stories.
- Expand your network and establish relationships with fellow women in technology.
- Connect with leading tech companies, explore global industry trends and identify career growth opportunities.
