Session: From Roadblocks to Roadmaps: Women's Inspiring Tech & Auto Trajectories
The career path in tech or the automotive industry isn’t always straight up the ladder, sometimes it means saying yes to lateral or unexpected opportunities. This session will showcase two women with fascinating professional and personal journeys that led them to their current technology roles at Cox Automotive. The panelists will dig into the value of taking risks in your career, thinking outside the box, and leaning on your strengths, passions, and goals to find the right role.
Bio
Nazia
Nazia Ali joined Cox Automotive in 2017 and is the VP of Product & Engineering in Enterprise Technology leading a team of Product Managers, Engineers, and Architects working in a scaled agile model to deliver capabilities that maximize business performance and enable transformation. She has decades of experience including roles at Cisco and Proctor & Gamble prior to Cox Automotive, where she spearheaded global supply chain innovation efforts to digitize processes with industrial IoT solutions, enabled complex fulfillment networks to be more collaborative and profitable, and transformed supply chain disruption management.
Erum
Erum Alim the Senior Program/Product Manager at Fyusion, leads the charge in delivering groundbreaking products that not only meet but exceed expectations, perfectly syncing with the company's bold vision and roadmap. With a kaleidoscope of experience ranging from advertising to luxury real estate management, healthcare administration, and operations management. Erum brings an electrifying energy to problem-solving and program management. Her journey, including stints at tech giants like Google, Intel and in the thrilling VR industry, has honed her skills to perfection. At Fyusion, Erum thrives in a turbo-charged atmosphere, where collaboration ignites innovation and every team member is driven by an insatiable thirst for excellence.