Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

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Melissa Swisher Chief Revenue Officer at Socrates.ai	Creating Your Path to Leadership: Lessons from a Technology Leader’s Journey An advocate for women in technology, Melissa Swisher, co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer at Socrates.ai, will share her path to leadership. Eight years after college, Melissa was still working for the same company, but wasn’t feeling challenged in the ways that fostered growth. She decided to leave the comfort of this position to work for a startup organization, and quickly learned that the sales strategies that had proved successful at an established organization didn’t work in her new environment. Melissa started to doubt herself and realized she had to push through it with resiliency and… read more
Ingrid Gonzalez President and Chairwoman/Head of Sales at Positive Planet US/Google Cloud	Collaborative Leadership: Leading With Our Whole Selves Being the leader through collaboration, compassion and communication. Today, women at work have the opportunity to lead in a new way. We will celebrate the strengths we innately bring to work—collaboration, compassion, and communication— as the traits most needed in leadership. How can we harness what comes naturally to us so that we can lead with our whole selves? How can we nurture those we lead as we support the next generation of leaders? Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Larissa Rosochansky Senior Manager, Digital Transformation and QA at CI&T	Change the focus in your career: a dream or a possibility? You have been working in the same area for some time, and you noticed that the path to work, is not as enjoyable as before... you start wandering more and more, and count the minutes until the end of the day. You start to ponder what might be happening, and you get to the conclusion that the problem is not your company and not your boss. The real issue is what you are doing every day. You want to do something else, what now? In this talk, Larissa will go through the feelings when that time comes, how we can address that, and create a feasible plan to understand what one wants to do… read more
Tiffany Guarnaccia CEO & Founder at Kite Hill PR	How to Create Communications Programs that Drive Your Business Forward in a Dynamic Market With massive shifts happening with privacy, a more consumer-led economy, the rising power of platforms (and misinformation being propagated on them), along with consolidation and unclear measurement parameters, leaders are struggling with how to plan solid frameworks for communications with stakeholders. Veteran PR pro and founder of Award Winning Kite Hill PR, Tiffany Guarnaccia offers a 4-part approach to how leaders can create proactive communications programs that both drive the business forward and factor in a dynamic market. The 4-part approach is purpose forward, thought leadership,… read more
Titina Ott Adams Senior Vice President, Customer Experience & Operations at Ellucian	Building Your Own Board of Directors – The Importance of Networking For women in technology careers, hard work is table stakes. To be successful, you need more than the hard skills. In this session, Titina will share her journey and lessons from life on a farm to senior leadership roles at top technology companies. Learn about networking and the power of relationships -- what it takes beyond the hard skills and the work you deliver -- to be successful in today’s technology careers. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Marie Roker-Jones Co-founder at Essteem	You're Not an Imposter, You're an Outlier in Tech A call to action to women feeling like an imposter inside their company and the tech industry. Your unique, non-conforming point of view is why you got into tech and why you should stay in the field. It's time to stop thinking of yourself as an imposter and start thinking of yourself as an outlier. No matter what your background or professional experience, there is a place for you in technology. You are on the brink of something great. You’re better than average and that’s what makes you an outlier. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Jennifer Flanagan President and CEO at Actua	Inspiring the next generation of women as STEM Leaders Many business leaders say that technology holds the key to economic recovery post-pandemic. But, while technology, and STEM more broadly, may play a critical role, there remains a significant problem threatening the potential of its workforce - the persistent and widening gender gap. For far too long, women have been underrepresented in STEM, and the ongoing pandemic has only exacerbated this gender gap. The good news? The pandemic has presented an opportunity to re-energize progress towards gender equality in STEM, which starts by making STEM more inclusive for the next generation. … read more
Ashley Fernandez Career Coach	Design a Career on Your Terms Learn about the key components to building a career that works for you not against you while understanding how to set a strategy, leverage your strengths and grow your network. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Bárbara Almeida Software Engineer at Cadence Design Systems	Collaboration: A strong ally to overcome the unknown COVID-19 has changed the way we work, but even before that, the collaboration between peers was already an important tool to tame challenges and guarantee fast deliveries. This is a talk on how pair programming, and collaboration in general, was used to achieve the delivery of a new feature, where developers didn't know much about the technology but had a hard deadline. Collaboration was a key part of the success of the delivery, but also served as a connection point between teammates, reducing solitude while working from home. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Khadija Moore Founder, Managing Director	Leading Innovation A culture of creativity and innovation is essential for long term business success and is therefore a top 3 strategic priority for the majority of companies globally, especially those within tech. This culture has to be driven by organizational leaders in order to be successful. They need both the technical know-how and the requisite soft skills to do this. How can you facilitate this in a uncomplicated and non-demanding way? Join me to find out. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Emily Mossburg Global Cyber Leader at Deloitte	Three warnings. Two cyber threats. One mandate. Zero Trust. This shift of the global workforce looks to be a permanent change. Despite widespread Zoom fatigue, it seems like users generally like it. The move to cloud and hybrid IT environments—along with increasing numbers of cloud-based systems, remote workers, and connected devices—are constantly expanding and dissolving the network perimeter. It wasn’t that long ago that a typical user would enter a building, go to a workstation, login and access everything they needed via on-premises servers. As digital strategy and cloud adoption increased, the way in which users accessed their IT resources is… read more
Jennifer Howland Managing Director at iRelaunch	Deploying STEM Reentry Programs: Experiences from Worldwide Tech Companies The challenges to improving an organization's diverse technical talent are well documented across tech industries around the world. As a non-traditional way to address these challenges, companies have launched and expanded global STEM reentry programs with the help of the SWE/iRelaunch STEM Reentry Task Force. Attend this session to learn about how large tech companies have implemented successful STEM reentry programs, including gaining senior executive buy-in, recruiting candidates, and developing the reentry program, for consideration in your own companies. Did you like… read more
Fausta Ballesteros VP of Marketing and Communication at Cognizant Softvision	Thriving During Covid With an Engaging and Strong Culture Cognizant Softvision, a 20-year-old global software product engineering firm, enjoys a vibrant culture across its 40 global studios. In March, the entire organization and thousands of employees went to a remote environment in less than 48 hours to adhere to 'Shelter in Place' rules associated with the global pandemic. Cognizant Softvision, like many organizations, was faced with a daunting challenge: How do we maintain our unique collaborative and team-oriented culture when everyone is operating in a distributed environment from home? The marketing team, led by Fausta Ballesteros,… read more
Naimeesha Murthy Founder/Product Leader at Products by Women/HUGE	The Correlation Between Primary Care Benefits and Women in the Workforce Working caregivers have a lot on their plate. For most mothers, this means that half of their day is spent working while the other half is spent caring for the family, leaving no room to look after their own wellbeing. Eventually, this causes burnout. And this is where most employers are still falling short! Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Abby Dryer Sr Project Manager; Global Technology DEI Champion at Morningstar Inc	Choose Your DEI Adventure; finding new ways to bring our colleagues into Diversity, Equity & Inclusion work Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts have historically been grass-roots programs managed by affected employees, creating a tax on the under-represented. How can we make sure everyone is getting engaged in DEI efforts in a tangible way? Find out how Morningstar is increasing DEI engagement with a program based on role playing games. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Christy Moccia Chief Compliance Officer at Clear Street	Finding Your Seat at the Table Finance and tech – two male-dominated industries. Christy Moccia, Chief Compliance Officer at Clear Street, a capital markets fintech, will share key learnings from her own career journey. How she was able to pivot her career to develop a new passion and enter the world of compliance with little previous experience after taking a break to raise children. Now as CCO, she’ll share how she was able to elevate her role and be one of the few women in the industry to get a seat at the leadership table. Hint – mentorship is not the only advocate junior employees should be searching for. Did… read more
Ideshini Naidoo Head of Engineering: Legal Practice & Productivity at Thomson Reuters	Ethical AI for a better world Our world is increasingly running on AI services. As this state transitions from pervasive to ubiquitous, what will it mean for society? As technologists we play a pivotal role in this unique time in history, to use this power to shape a better world. Let's talk about how we do that! It starts with committing time and effort to deeply understand the implications of this powerful technology and using this knowledge to guide it into ethical use. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Shelli Brunswick COO at Space Foundation	Stellar Women in the Space Sector Stellar Women in the Space Sector will focus on the journey to becoming an international, interdisciplinary space professional. Shelli Brunswick, chief operating officer at Space Foundation, will host a selected panel of female space professionals from around the globe who will share their personal and professional pathways to their current role in space exploration and space-inspired industries here on Earth. You will come away from this session with new-found awareness on how to access opportunity, network with peers, connect with space pros and find a mentor to guide you on your own… read more
Claudia Minzi Head Of Cybersecurity and Tech Controls for Latam and Canada	Cyber Modern Engineering "The threat of a cyber attack may very well be the biggest threat to the U.S. financial system." - Jamie Dimon JPMorgan Chase is leading the effort in ensuring data security and mitigating risk of cyber attacks. Proper adoption of Emerging Technologies is more critical than ever, especially as we identify the impacts of Covid 19. Claudia Minzi will talk about the top cyber threats and how JPMorgan Chase is investing in Cybersecurity. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Rawia Ashraf Vice President, Product - Legal Practice and Productivity at Thomson Reuters	Partnering with your Product Team A look at how technology and product teams can truly partner to deliver amazing solutions. Did you like this session? Share to vote.