Tag: Tech

— Europe, Interviews —

Nadia van Bedijk-Dekkers – Founder of “You Need Tech Ladies”

Being creative, personal and sincere has become even more important now in this digitalized era. Nadia van Bedijk-Dekkers is a 32 entrepreneur from the Netherlands and the founder of “You Need Tech Ladies”. YNTL was started with the motto to ‘Empower the women around you’. She has a complete focus on matching female engineers with… Read More Nadia van Bedijk-Dekkers – Founder of “You Need Tech Ladies”

— Africa, Interviews —

Sylvia Mukasa – Founder and CEO of GlobalX Investments Ltd/GlobalX Innovation Labs

You can be anything you want to be if you put to heart and mind to it, because gender does not define what or who you should/can be. Sylvia is Founder/CEO of GlobalX Investments Ltd/GlobalX Innovation Labs. GlobalX’s provides opportunities for children, developers & entrepreneurs to learn, innovate, and scale up their knowledge in hardware… Read More Sylvia Mukasa – Founder and CEO of GlobalX Investments Ltd/GlobalX Innovation Labs

— Europe, Interviews —

Monique Morrow – President of the Humanized Internet and of the VETRI Foundation

My journey has been a very enriching one specific to technology and it continues today in the form of social entrepreneurship, ethics and governance specific to technology. Monique Morrow is President and Co-Founder of the Humanized Internet, a non-profit organization focused on addressing the need to control our identities as well as providing digital identity… Read More Monique Morrow – President of the Humanized Internet and of the VETRI Foundation

— Asia, Interviews —

Esra’a Alsanie – Founder at EnvaTechs and Product Manager at Mawdoo3.com

Women need more confidence, trust and support in order to grow bigger. Unfortunately, I can’t deny that sometimes the first blocker for our growth is us, the limits we build in our minds for what we can achieve, in addition to the tradition of giving men more duties in the tech field. Esra’a Alsanie is… Read More Esra’a Alsanie – Founder at EnvaTechs and Product Manager at Mawdoo3.com

— Interviews, North America —

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

— Interviews, North America —

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

— Interviews, North America —

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

— Interviews, North America —

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

— Europe, Interviews —

Dr. Narisa Chauvidul-Aw – Serial Entrepreneur and Chief Executive at KogoPAY

Mobile Payment App Helping People – I would like to see people can pick up their phone using our App to scan and pay to Big Issues vendors, donate to charities on the street or help paying for food, drinks or hostels to homeless people. Dr. Narisa Chauvidul-Aw has a PhD in compliance and information… Read More Dr. Narisa Chauvidul-Aw – Serial Entrepreneur and Chief Executive at KogoPAY

— Interviews, North America —

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