Category: North America

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Dominique West – Senior Cloud Security Consultant at EY

It is important to make sure we are undoing biases in our technology evolution and that only comes with diversity of thought – aka making sure women and minorities are not only in the room but heard and leading conversations. Dominique West is currently a Senior Cloud Security Consultant for a multinational professional services and… Read More Dominique West – Senior Cloud Security Consultant at EY

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Rocio van Nierop – Co-founder and Executive Director at Latinas in Tech

The best decision in my career was leaving the tech industry to focus 100% of my time to Latinas in Tech. Rocio van Nierop is Co-founder and Executive Director of Latinas in Tech, a powerful non-profit organization dedicated to empowering and connecting Latinas in the Technology Industry.  Latinas in Tech is a non-profit organization with… Read More Rocio van Nierop – Co-founder and Executive Director at Latinas in Tech

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Celeste Fralick – Senior Principal Engineer and Chief Data Scientist for McAfee

Data Scientist Celeste Fralick, one of Forbes’ Top 50 Technical Women in America: What comes to mind is the continued lack of women in technology, but those that are in it have made incredible strides as well as laid a foundation for others to follow. Dr. Celeste Fralick, Senior Principal Engineer and Chief Data Scientist… Read More Celeste Fralick – Senior Principal Engineer and Chief Data Scientist for McAfee

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Alishba Imran – Blockchain & Machine Learning Developer at The Knowledge Society

To me, technology is not just software or hardware, it’s entrepreneurship, emerging technologies and a way for us to crack humanity’s hardest problems. And to solve these harder problems, we need to think differently than we have for ages. Alishba Imran is a 16-year-old Blockchain and Machine Learning developer from The Knowledge Society, who interned at… Read More Alishba Imran – Blockchain & Machine Learning Developer at The Knowledge Society

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Leemay Nassery – Senior Engineering Manager at Comcast NBCUniversal

I’ve never really felt comfortable talking about being a woman in this industry. However, I realize that is not realistic because if we really want to change the fact that women are underrepresented, we do have to talk about our experiences so we can help make change happen. Leemay Nassery is a senior engineering manager… Read More Leemay Nassery – Senior Engineering Manager at Comcast NBCUniversal

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Sarah Clatterbuck – Director of Engineering YouTube at Google

One of Forbes’ Top 50 Women in Tech 2019 – Many things need to happen to change the number of women working in technology. Most of those changes are deep-seated societal, academic and industry biases. Those changes will take time. Sarah Clatterbuck joined Google in 2018. She currently leads four teams focused on Monetization beyond… Read More Sarah Clatterbuck – Director of Engineering YouTube at Google

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Jumoke Dada – Technology Consultant at Signature RED and Founder of the Tech Women Network

Creating tools for women in technology – I’ve always liked being a problem solver, creating community, and making a difference in my own small way. But one day a woman asked me why I didn’t put my name on something and told me to stop hiding because I was doing great work. Her advice stuck… Read More Jumoke Dada – Technology Consultant at Signature RED and Founder of the Tech Women Network

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Dr. Bonny McClain – Healthcare Datapreneur and Chief Data Officer at Data and Donuts

I was speaking at a Women in Technology conference and asked the group (99.9% women) to define “technology”. The room was silent. When I did a little research prior to the conference, the conversations tended to be about work/life balance, timing your career with family planning, or a lot of young women with vocal fry… Read More Dr. Bonny McClain – Healthcare Datapreneur and Chief Data Officer at Data and Donuts

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Sue Wallace – Vice President Student and Career Services at CompTIA Tech Career Academy

I really think the biggest barrier to getting more women into tech is breaking down the confidence gap. Many women and young girls do not see themselves getting into tech jobs. Sue helped launch CompTIA Tech Career Academy in 2019 as a nonprofit subsidiary of Creating IT Futures Foundation. She is responsible for overseeing student… Read More Sue Wallace – Vice President Student and Career Services at CompTIA Tech Career Academy

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Beate Chelette – Growth Architect and Founder of The Women’s Code

Personally, I love to immerse myself in data; I understand it is the ‘heroin’ for businesses and will drive most solutions moving forward. I’ve always been a bit of tech junkie—particularly around repeatable processes and productivity. Beate Chelette is the Growth Architect® and founder of The Women’s Code®, a professional development company specialized in guiding… Read More Beate Chelette – Growth Architect and Founder of The Women’s Code

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Tracey Welson-Rossman – Chief Marketing Officer at Chariot Solutions and Founder of TechGirlz

My professional journey has not been a straight line. And if you had told me at the outset that I was going to spend the largest part of my career in tech, I would have said you were crazy! Tracey Welson-Rossman is a Founding Member and Chief Marketing Officer at Chariot Solutions, a leading Philadelphia… Read More Tracey Welson-Rossman – Chief Marketing Officer at Chariot Solutions and Founder of TechGirlz