Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

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Sara Luchian Director, Passenger Experience at Virgin Hyperloop	Designing the Future of Transportation at the Intersection of Innovation and Inclusion What if you could design a new mode of transportation – entirely from scratch? What functions and features would you prioritize? As the head of passenger experience at an innovative transportation company – and the first passenger on a hyperloop! – Sara is working to integrate empathy into engineering. In this talk, she’ll address the importance of incorporating inclusion into design from the very beginning. So many depictions of the future portray a dark, dystopian outlook, with stark lighting and ubiquitous screens. Join Sara as she shares her efforts to shape… read more
Chitra Madhwacharyula DIrector, Customer Success at Couchbase	Building Consulting Services to maximize Customer Value and Success How do you make your customers successful by bridging the gap between your company's product offerings and your customer's needs. How do you apply a consultative approach to identify patterns and build service offerings. How do you make your Customer Success and Services Org a differentiator for your company. These are some of the topics we will discuss in this presentation by reviewing some real life examples, best practices and methodologies. This session will provide insights and value for anyone who is interested in building a successful career working with customers and… read more
Mamta Suri Senior Engineering Manager at Workday	Art of Tooting Your Own Horn - Be Visible and Succeed Why are men promoted more often than women? Why are there more men in the C-suite than women? Women and other genders often assume that hard work alone will get them noticed and advance their careers. It’s important to recognize that along with hard work, it’s crucial to share our strengths and contributions. This talk is not about bragging but owning our accomplishments. It’s about being proud of those accomplishments rather than deflecting them or undermining them. I’ll cover the vital role of self-promotion in advancing one’s career, common misconceptions regarding self-promotion and clear… read more
Jui Khankari Founder & President at AInspire	By the People, for the People: Why Increasing Diversity in AI is Important & How We Can Achieve It When computing technology first emerged during World War II, women made up a majority of the computing workforce. However, the number of women in computing and in the computing subfield of artificial intelligence (AI) has declined steadily in the past few decades. It is clear that female and racial minority involvement in computing fields is declining. A lack of gender and racial diversity in AI means biases are unknowingly encoded into AI algorithms, highlighting why it is integral that women and racial minorities claim their seat at the table. By encouraging more women and racial minorities… read more
Graciela Perez Founder / Principal at Lean Sigma Tech LLC	Focus your energy on what really matters Do you find yourself spinning your wheels, being super busy yet not always reaching your desired goal(s)? There is a simple tool you can use to ensure your energy and time are focused on delivering value. It's easy, quick and will help you eliminate the things that are getting in the way of you achieving what really matters, Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Aji Oliyide Lead Program Manager at Google	Charting a Path to Leadership as a Program Manager A career in program management is often unknown or forgotten for women early in their career. Many professionals focus on specific industries such as Finance or Marketing without truly understanding that lucrative and varied opportunities lie in the field of Program Management. This talk will share the twists and turns of my journey, including the "what", "why's" and "how's" of becoming a thought leader in Program Management. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Claudia Galvan Principal Technical Program Manager at Oracle Corporation	From Local to Global presence Covid brought many changes last year and was a tipping point for technology. Industries like Education, Health and the workplace were pushed to the limits finding themselves reaching a global audience overnight. The global software development process requires not only changes in the code but changes in the business processes. This talk covers the end to end process of preparing a software product for the world. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Alison Heller-Ono Physical Therapist and Certified Professional Ergonomist at Worksite International, Inc.	Is Our New Way of Working Helping or Hurting Women? This talk will focus on the impact work from home has had on women's health, productivity, opportunity for advancement and more. I'll touch on the vulnerabilities of women vs. men; home office safety and ergonomics as it applies to women working from home. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Naomi West Email Marketing Manager at Invoice2Go	Applying Empathy to Your Email Marketing What is the true value of email marketing? Is it a medium of batch and blast sends that "help" build relationships with your audience? Is it a 15-series automation that encourages users to complete certain actions? Naomi discusses the true value of applying empathy when shaping email marketing programs, and how you can often see more success by doing less. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Nancy Coblenz Senior Vice President at nFLXn Consulting Services	Robotics, Augmented and Virtual Reality Will Empower Women To Take Over in Tech This is the first time in history with global self isolation due to Covid 19 that people can replicate their in person communication through technology that is accessible to a vast majority of the world population. We now have entered a new era where digital transformation is no longer a luxury, but a necessity. Robotics, AR and VR will be the tools that will bring women to the forefront in this next technical generation, because of the need for empathetic and emotional connecting through these alternate realities. The technology today is developed by 97% men and consequently have coded… read more
Sree Cheemalapati Director of Quality Engineering at Comfy, a Siemens Company	Building and Scaling a High Performing Global Quality Organization From Ground Up The key ingredient to building high performing teams is to have different perspectives. Having worked as a leader in tech across multiple continents, domains and companies has helped me get different perspectives about people, culture and technology. Over the past decade, customer needs have increased exponentially and companies are trying hard to release great features much faster. Also, working with distributed teams has added a whole new level of complexity to this initiative. In this talk, I will share my real life experience building and scaling Global Quality… read more
Sreeja Nair Staff Product Manager at Qualcomm	Stand Out: Find your USP Differentiating one's personal brand is key to career growth. Strategizing this personal brand differentiation similar to product differentiation is key to career advancement. In this talk, view your personal brand through a product lens; learn product management frameworks to analyze your personal brand and create invaluable differentiators. I will use a product management framework to explain how we prioritize, rank and develop features for our products. Using the same framework for our career, I will explain how we can focus on finding our key strengths, develop our USP and… read more
Stephanie Geno Chief Marketing Officer at Innovid	From Imposter to Impact: Advancing Tech Inclusion from the Inside Despite the progress of diversity and inclusion initiatives in tech, women and minorities are still inadequately represented — only four black CEOs at Fortune 500 companies, and none of them are women. Underrepresented people who don’t see anyone who like themselves in executive roles often develop imposter syndrome, a self-doubt that causes them to come in over-prepared and under-confident. How can capable young women of color bring their confidence up to speed with their competency while navigating tech’s formidable lack of diversity? In this session, Innovid’s Senior Vice President of… read more
Divi Granadeno Software Developer	Selfless service to humanity and its prosperity To contribute to the betterment of society is one of the most noble actions a human being can engage on. We can all be agents of change, through directing our talents and abilities to the elevation of our communities. Interestingly enough, our talents and abilities can be discovered and improved in the field of service. For example: while volunteering you can learn about mutual support, which plays a huge part in teamwork in your future career. Many aspects occupy our time - family, education, work, etc.- but we should try to see how all these aspects complement each other;… read more
Shelli Brunswick Chief Operating Officer at Space Foundation and UNOOSA S4W Mentor	Space: Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Leadership Shelli will share her space journey from highschool graduate to global space leader. She will discuss the growing opportunities for space technology innovation in the $424 billion space economy and the importance of global collaboration. Today, virtually every community, infrastructure, and aspect of modern life is profoundly reliant on or affected by space technologies. These innovations span weather forecasting, new materials for manufacturing goods, advanced global communications, healthcare discoveries, and precision farming — all which impact societies and… read more
Monica Bajaj Senior Director of Product & Engineering, Workday at Workday	Love, Lead and Be Yourself When we hear people talk about love, how often do we think about our primary relationship, the one with ourselves and self compassionate about ourselves. Let us pause for a moment to reflect on : What does this even mean? When was the last time you looked into your inner self and said "I Love you"? Do you ever stop and think "Have you loved yourself enough?" Sadly, for many of us, our default mode is being self - critical about ourselves, running below the surface of our own actions and interactions continuing to state— I could have done better, Am I there… read more
Carey Jenkins CEO at Substantial	Are We Building Products that are Ruining the World? Innovators and technologists are in an extraordinary position to create experiences that impact how society interacts with nearly every facet of our world. In this talk, Carey Jenkins - CEO of Substantial - shares her perspective on how the intersection of technology and ethics leads to the development of more compelling products and more conscious innovation cultures. She unpacks how technologists have not just a responsibility, but also a mission to create more intentionally with creativity, diversity, and deeper purpose. Intertwining insights from over 20 years of professional experience,… read more
Sunitha Narayan Graduate Student, Computer Science with a minor in Cryptography at Johns Hopkins University	Federated Learning and Differential Privacy: Privacy Preserving Machine Learning on User’s Data Federated Learning challenges the standard approaches in Machine Learning that require centralised training of the data. In this session, Sunitha Narayan will explore the key concepts in Federated Learning with an emphasis on User Privacy. You would also learn how various industries and business functions are deploying this privacy-preserving technology, and explore the current open problems in this research area. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Jing Dong Technical Coach at Outco	Getting your senior software engineer role Getting your senior software engineer role Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Cat Swetel Principal Consultant at Lost Embossing Consulting	A Feminist Outlook on Digital Transformation and Surveillance Capitalism The technical capability of humanity has matured to a point where we can construct and maintain relationships in digital places. This digital paradigm is exciting and rich with possibilities. Is it now possible to begin to move beyond physical scarcity into a place of generative institutions? Yes, but this also means we must move beyond global patriarchy. Join this session to explore what could be possible through digital transformation infused with feminist perspective and an ethic of care. Did you like this session? Share to vote.