Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

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Chelsea Pierre CEO & Founder at Blerds Leading Technology, Inc	Accelerating the Movement of Diversity and Inclusion in One Datacenter at time Separating from the military where I was in a diversified environment to being hired as either the first woman, only woman, or the only minority in multiple tech departments in the private sector came with challenges that I had to overcome as I advanced in my Cyber Security career journey. Lets discuss these challenges, how I had to mentally overcome, and the new challenges I had to overcome when I opened my corporation. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Dr. Cheryl Cooper Business Information Security Officer at T-Mobile	From the Hood to Cyber :: Why It's a Career Every Resilient Leader Should Consider Dr. Cheryl Cooper is a charismatic speaker who connects with audiences by providing candid insight into how the “Hood” made her, the importance of mentors, allies, and the representation of the woman in STEM and cybersecurity. Her younger years were plagued with unhealthy decisions that caused harm to her and those around her. As she navigated young adulthood and motherhood, she made better choices that would pave the way for her future success. These lessons helped her to step into her power as a woman as she built confidence and learned to use her voice. It took her a while… read more
Rebecca Gasser Chief Information Officer at Omnicom Health Group	My Journey to the C-Suite, ask me anything Elevating your career while raising a family is a delicate balance. It takes the right company culture, the right support in life and your priorities in order. By ensuring your foundation is sound, your expectations are set and you allow for vulnerability in the workplace, you can succeed. This will be an opportunity for attendees to hear my briefly hear about my journey to the C-suite and ask me any questions that they are curious about that may help them in their journey. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Esther Deutsch Operations Manager at RCS Professional Services	How to Create Revenue Streams for Your Business by Making an Impact in Your Community Everyone wants to grow their business and make an impact. But is it really possible to do both? After this talk, you will feel inspired and motivated to get involved in your community and uncover new ways to give back. Learn methods for finding these opportunities in your local community - not only to live a more fulfilled, and enriched life but also to grow your business. It's a win-win! Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Christina Thomas Freelance Consultant \| Agile Coach	You're At The Table – So Now What? Showing up and finding your voice is important for you to deliver based on your Why. How can you be authentic in telling your story and create belonging? We will explore: 1) Being Authentic 2) Choose to Lead 3) Belonging Through Connectedness In this session, you will experience two (2) facilitated activities where we will deep dive into our personal reflections on Authentic Leadership and What it means to be at the table? You will have the opportunity to network with other attendees and start learning how to share your story. Did you like… read more
Anushree M Bag Chief Information Officer at Indiana Department of Child Services	Building trust in digital transformations, by engaging customers through a human centric approach Trust is central to the human experience. For digital transformations to be successful, it is important that customers feel trustful that the initiative is being done for them and with them, and not to them. Once they feel engaged and part of the process, they become partners in the solution delivery team, which can become a game-changer towards successful adoption of the new solution. This can be enabled via a humancentric, agile approach, where the customer feels valued. It is important to build trust before building systems. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Deepthi Goguri Database Administrator	Know all about Azure Security Planning to move your databases to the cloud but doubt if your data is 100% secure? No matter if you are on-prem or in the cloud, making sure your data is protected in every angle possible is the most crucial and important step in building a secure data tier of an application. Let's dedicate this session to knowing the different multi-layer defense-in-depth security techniques and strategies available to armor your Azure SQL database. let's dive deep into each of these layers starting with the network security, Azure role-based access control (RBAC), data security at the row level,… read more
Naomi Kent Managing Director at Felix	How to land your next corporate board Easy steps to increase your chances of getting on a board. I can do any session type for this. I can make it short or long or an interview. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Liana Zavo CEO & Founder at ZavoMedia PR Group	The Rise And Evolution Of FinTech Post-Covid The inception of a new industry reveals how the world is constantly evolving to keep up with the times. Financial Technology, or fintech, disrupts the traditional methods of the financial sector, challenging corporate giants that once dominated the mainstream. This revolutionary movement paved the path for innovations that seemed impossible decades ago, but here we are, bearing witness to many breakthroughs that are making our lives easier. Even before the pandemic, fintech was becoming part of our daily life. It added flexibility to our financial ecosystem that impacted how we budget and… read more
Anna Murray CEO at Emedia, LLC	Project Management-- The 5 Truths No One Tells you No PM certification teaches you the art of Project Management-- which you only learn in the trenches. Anna Murray, author of the best-selling The Complete Software Project Manager (Wiley, 2016) discloses the best-kept secrets of project management. Secrets she learned over 25 years as the head of a software development and tech strategy company. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Fatima Taj Software Engineer at Yelp	What they don't tell you about technical interviews Having seen the technical interview process from both ends (as an interviewer and an interviewee), I'm interested in conducting a story-telling style presentation centered on preparing for software engineering interviews. More specifically, focusing on things we take for granted and the little things we could do to help us stand apart from other candidates. This will be a story-telling style presentation specifically meant for interns, new graduates, and career changers looking for opportunities within the tech industry. For each of the three major sections listed below, I… read more
Ellen Di Resta Managing Director at Pearl Partners, LLC	Tipping Point: Why women are well positioned to thrive in the Future of Work It has become passé to refer to house hold chores as "women's work" but these chores still disproportionately fall to women. Similarly, in the workplace women do a far greater share of tasks deemed "non-promotable." These "non-promotable" tasks, such as training, team communication, and providing cultural 'glue' are strongly correlated to the skills cited by the World Bank as among the top skills needed to thrive in the Future of Work. Women disproportionately earn advanced degrees in the 'soft sciences' that prepare… read more
Ariel Naftali CEO & Founder, Executive Coach at Perform With Purpose	Redefining Success After coaching so many high-achieving leaders in the second half of their career, I started noticing a theme. Most of these individuals looked incredibly successful from the outside, but they were struggling with internal stagnancy, dissatisfaction, and burnout. Even though societal messages around success had pointed them down a linear path to retirement, they were craving new opportunities for growth and felt like they had only scratched the surface of realizing their true potential. We are moving into a purpose economy, where more and more individuals desire to feel… read more
Sylvia Gedge Chief Executive Officer at ScriptString.AI	Corporate Sustanability Matters Learn why Corporate Sustainability is important and how it can add competitive advantages to any business. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Anupama Pathirage Director of Engineering at WSO2	Ballerina - Open Source Cloud Native Programming Language In the old days, developers didn't have to think much about the deployment aspects of the program they developed. But in the current cloud era, we write it, build it, and then think about the various ways of running it as well. That might be a binary running on a machine of some kind (virtual or physical) or package it into a container or maybe take that container and make it part of a more extensive deployment (K8s) or possibly deploy it into a serverless or service mesh. So deployment aspects are inevitable for programmers now, and having first-class support from the programming… read more
Anjali Midha Founder and CEO at Diesel Labs	Quantifying Audience Attention in the Modern Media Landscape Audiences today influence the media landscape like never before. With the streaming media, video games, livestreams and social networks among those competing for attention and engagement, it is crucial that platforms, producers, and marketers produce and promote the right content. But how do they know what to produce, and how can they predict success? Content intelligence data helps inform those and other critical decisions being made daily in the media industry. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Jayeeta Putatunda Senior Data Scientist at Fitch Ratings	NLP in Fintech: How Large Language Models are transforming the future of Fintech 1\ Overview of AI in Finance - where it is and the path forward 2\ Best practices to consider as organizations begin implementing end-to-end ML models 3\ A case study on how to use open-source NLP large language models (LLMs) to build a domain-specific Question-Answering model Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Preeti Gupta Vice President at Brown Brothers Harriman	How to Amplify Confidence to Exude it Effortlessly Being self-confident is imperative in our time. I am sure everyone would agree that confidence enables you to communicate and demonstrate your value at the workplace resulting in increased visibility, and creditability leading to success in your career. A study conducted by Indeed about "Confidence at Work" reported 1. 97% of respondents said confidence matters when securing a promotion 2. 94% believed it is a significant contributor to overall career growth Women enjoy opportunities today that could only be dreamt of by past generations… read more
Deb Cupp President at Microsoft, North America	Creating a Winning Culture A lifelong athlete, Deb Cupp approaches everything with a team-first attitude and the mindset of a coach. She puts employees, customers, and partners first, fostering a community where individuals are encouraged to create a journey that is meaningful to them. Deb is deeply passionate about building a culture for her team where everyone can show up as their true authentic selves and are free to be curious, to experience, and to share the things they learn. In her talk, Deb will highlight the value of creating a positive and inclusive team culture, share how she’s done it, and… read more
Jeanette Woods Owner/Chief Creative Officer at Sketch and Form	Overcoming the Odds and Succeeding in Tech In this talk, we will cover how to create and attract opportunities for yourself in tech, how to overcome obstacles that may arise, and identify niches for yourself. I will also share lessons and actionable suggestions from my 10+ year journey. Did you like this session? Share to vote.