Tech in the Right Direction
200 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWelcome to Tech in the Right Direction! Every week, Directions Training President and CEO, Jennifer Didier discusses how women can take tech in the right direction to drive social change and close the employment, pay, and culture gap for women in technology.
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How Tech is Creating a Better Future and the Importance of STEM for Young Adults
December 07, 2021 16:00 - 38 minutes - 17.6 MBThis week's guest is Donna Loughlin, the Founder of LMGPR - an award-winning public relations agency focused on B2B and consumer technology. LMGPR's proprietary approach called Pulse, a multi-tiered, systematic approach to public relations, is designed to leverage public relations to drive new business opportunities, increase sales and create category leadership. In addition to her business, Donna also hosts Before It Happened, a podcast focused on telling the stories of visionaries, innovat...
How Women Can Negotiate and Advocate for More Equality
November 16, 2021 16:00 - 41 minutes - 19.2 MBThis week's guest is Peggy Martinus, VP of Sales & Marketing at Magenium Solutions - an organization focused on Microsoft-centered services and solutions that allows companies to increase revenue, reduce risk, and decrease costs. Peggy is a tenured leader with over twenty-five years of experience in IT and is an instrumental part of Magenium's partnership with Microsoft. She offers deep insight across all aspects of the business relationship and has helped grow the organization over the past...
How-to Achieve Work-Life Balance in Today‘s Remote World
November 09, 2021 16:00 - 32 minutes - 15 MBThis week's guest is Liz Aldridge, the Manager of Client Services at ApostleTech - an organization specializing in implementing, extending, connecting, and supporting Salesforce. Liz is passionate about developing processes and sales operations that provide substantial customer results and drive change. In addition, she has extensive experience in sales and cloud services, which has allowed her to grow within the ApostleTech team. In today's episode, we talk with Liz about managing a team i...
How Women Can Leverage the Unique Opportunities Created by the Pandemic
November 02, 2021 15:00 - 33 minutes - 15.3 MBThis week's guest is Sara Silver, the Founder and President of Silverware, Inc. - a Premier Microsoft Gold Partner focused on providing a library of solutions to help organizations drive efficiency and create growth. Starting in 1988, Sara has grown the company into a world-class organization and is now focused on using this growth to create more opportunities for women in tech. In today's episode, we talk about Sara's career journey and what led her to become the Founder of Silverware, Inc...
MENtors that Make a Difference Featuring Allen Middleton
October 26, 2021 15:00 - 35 minutes - 16.5 MBOur next guest on MENtors that Make a Difference is Allen Middleton, Partner Development Manager of North America for Amazon Web Services (AWS). Allen has spent over 20 years in the IT learning and development space, where he has a proven track record of creating positive organizational change. He is a driven leader focused on creating team success and the growth and advancement of his customers. Today we discuss Allen's professional career and how his past 20 years in the learning develop...
How-to Realize Your Potential and Reach Your Career Goals
October 19, 2021 15:00 - 32 minutes - 14.9 MBThis week's guest is Alaina Percival, the CEO and Board Member of Women Who Code - an international nonprofit focused on creating opportunities for women to excel in tech careers. Alaina sees the lack of women in tech as a global issue and is passionate about finding modern-day solutions to help solve it. She founded Women Who Code with these ideas in mind and has continued to grow the organization's reach by expanding into new communities every day. In today's episode, we talk about Alaina...
How-to Navigate Today‘s Challenges as a Woman in Technology
October 12, 2021 15:00 - 43 minutes - 19.9 MBThis week's guest is Sarah Currey, a Cloud Security Consultant at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Sarah works closely with AWS customers to architect, implement, and deploy AWS Cloud Security solutions. Additionally, Sarah is a strong advocate for underrepresented individuals in the cloud security space and serves on several committees to help push for more inclusion in the industry. In today's episode, we talk about Sarah's early years in tech and how her career evolved into working within the ...
How-to Keep Innovating and Thriving When Facing Modern Day Challenges
September 28, 2021 15:00 - 34 minutes - 15.8 MBThis week's guests are Colette Bishamy and Melody Roberts. Colette is the Director of Women's Innovation Learning Labs at the Women's Business Development Center. The organization is focused on supporting and accelerating innovation by and between women business owners, subject matter experts, and corporate partners. Melody is the CEO and Co-Founder of Liv-Labs. They focus on combining self-care tools and easy-access services for convenient health management, starting with pelvic floor fitne...
Leadership to Drive Social Change in the Tech Industry
September 21, 2021 15:00 - 36 minutes - 16.8 MBThis week's guest is Anne Bathel, CEO, and co-founder of ReDI School of Digital Integration. In 2006 Anne graduated from KaosPilot in Denmark, a hybrid of a business and a design school. From 2006-2009, she worked as a corporate social responsibility consultant. While in this role, Anne developed and implemented Samsung Electronics' award-winning corporate social responsibility strategy for Scandinavia. Anne eventually moved to Japan, researching open social innovation, where she received th...
Breaking the Glass Ceilings: Creating Opportunities for Women
September 14, 2021 15:00 - 45 minutes - 20.7 MBThis week's guest is Chaitra Vedullapalli, an influential business leader passionate about enabling business equity throughout our communities. Chaitra is the Co-Founder of Women in Cloud and the CMO of Meylah, a cloud solution provider that helps businesses grow their digital presence through a wide range of solutions. She is also a Board Member, Forbes & Your Story Contributor, Entrepreneur, TEDx & Public Speaker, and avTop100 Global Change Leader. Today we talk about Chaitra's career ...
Finding Your Purpose
August 31, 2021 15:00 - 34 minutes - 15.8 MBThis week's guest is Ayumi Moore Aoki, the Founder and CEO of WOMEN IN TECH - a leading global organization whose mission is to empower and grow women and girls’ presence in STEM. The organization focuses on four primary areas that are a call for action: Education, Entrepreneurialism, Social Inclusion, Science & Research. The aim is to educate, equip and empower women and girls with the necessary skills and confidence to succeed in STEM careers. She is also the Founder and CEO of the award-w...
Creating Proactive Solutions for Tomorrow’s Problems
August 24, 2021 15:00 - 29 minutes - 13.5 MBThis week's guest is Rhonda Cook, a Senior Director of Customer Success at Microsoft. Rhonda manages the adoption, consumption, and digital transformation for all United States Federal Agencies, Military Services, and Intelligence Organizations. Her focus is to ensure all aspects of these organizations have their needs met when it comes to their usage of all Microsoft 365 offerings. Additionally, she has continued to help these organizations maintain a modern-day infrastructure in today's di...
Nurturing and Developing Your Skills to Allow Your Career to Flourish
July 20, 2021 15:00 - 48 minutes - 22.3 MBThis week's guest is Jane Pitt, a Business Program Manager at Microsoft. Jane is a Technical Architect with +20 years of experience in infrastructure engineering and architectural design and a Storyteller with a passion for illuminating opportunities to grow and succeed personally and in business. Today we talk about Jane's career journey and how she got into tech. Her story is very similar to most women who join the industry, as it was not her first career choice. Jane did have a lot of ex...
How-to Take Ownership as a Woman in Tech
July 13, 2021 15:00 - 38 minutes - 17.6 MBThis week's guest is Jennifer Buchholz, the Founder of Excel and Flourish - a corporate technical training company. Jennifer helps organizations, teams, and individuals leverage their technology to save time, increase productivity, and reduce frustrations. Today we talk about Jennifer's early experiences with technology and how her childhood helped shape her career path in tech training. We also talk about the importance of taking ownership as a woman in technology to accomplish the tasks a...
How-to Establish Yourself as a Woman Leader in Tech
July 06, 2021 15:00 - 41 minutes - 19.2 MBThis week's guest is Nauren Batjargal, the Co-Founder and COO of erxes Inc, an open-source growth marketing platform that focuses on being a single tool for the Growth Marketing Lifecycle. They currently have over 1 million downloads in over 100 countries and are in the process of raising even more capital for further growth. Today we talk about Nauren's career journey and how she moved up the ranks within the financial tech industry and how this led her to co-found erxes. We also cover how...
How to Grow Your Career With a Global Perspective
June 22, 2021 15:00 - 29 minutes - 13.5 MBThis week's guest is Lisa Heite, a Partner Development Manager at Microsoft with a passion for helping others. Lisa's story revolves around living, studying, and working around the world. She gained a wide range of experience throughout her international travel and has used that to bring a unique perspective to the tech industry. Her ideas and approach give her an edge when it comes to solving problems and bringing people together. While volunteering at an NGO, Lisa developed a digital stra...
How-to Unlock Opportunities and Build Confidence in Yourself
June 15, 2021 15:00 - 32 minutes - 14.8 MBThis week's guest is Dr. Nicole Tschierske - a scientist and positive psychology coach. Nicole is passionate about helping overlooked women in STEM become influential to confidently unlock new opportunities for themselves. Nicole lives in Hamburg, Germany, is a food chemist by training and holds a Ph.D. in chemistry next to certifications in coaching, positive psychology, change management, and advanced problem-solving. As a scientist and positive psychology coach, Nicole helps her clients s...
Developing Your Skills to Stand Out from the Field
June 08, 2021 15:00 - 28 minutes - 12.9 MBThis week's guest is Evelyn Sheahan, Director of Business Programs for Azure Cloud and AI at Microsoft. She has a background in technology, business management, and marketing. Evelyn has a wide range of corporate and field experience and has worked in sales-enablement programs developed to drive multi-million-dollar sales with increased efficiencies. Today we talk about Evelyn's beginnings and how it eventually grew into a role at Microsoft. We also talk about the challenge’s women face wit...
How-to Create Opportunity for Women in the Tech Industry
June 01, 2021 15:00 - 32 minutes - 15 MBThis week's guest is Sharan Hildebrand, Vice-President of Strategic Alliances for the North American division of Hitachi Solutions. Sharan has more than 15 years of client development and consulting experience in the IT industry. She is passionate about partnering with customers and other corporate organizations to leverage technology that helps people reach their top-line goals and address their most significant business problems. She works with field sellers and partners to design, market,...
Transforming Industries through Tech Innovations and Challenging the Status Quo
April 13, 2021 15:00 - 45 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week's guest is Sowmya Murthy, Chief Customer Officer with Seven Lakes Technologies - a SaaS company that focuses on empowering people to gain insights and take timely action on Production, Capex, Opex, Reserves, Regulatory and Compliance metrics of over 100,000 wells of the 1 million wells in the US. Sowmya has a passion for measurable revenue growth outcomes by implementing disruptive business strategies, product roadmaps, and market leadership campaigns for B2B technology companies. ...
Designing Tech Products to Solve Modern Day Problems
April 06, 2021 15:00 - 48 minutes - 22 MBThis week's guest is Elisabeth Bohlmann, VP of Client Strategy for December Labs - a company that focuses on building vibrant and game-changing products for Enterprise corporations, such as Google, Accenture, Zurich, Santander & Nest, along with Silicon Valley’s top-funded startups and growth-stage companies. Elisabeth is a versatile cross-functional marketing executive specializing in defining and developing custom marketing solutions with aesthetic precision and timely execution. She has d...
How Government and Tech are Working Together to Create a Better Tomorrow
March 30, 2021 15:00 - 22 minutes - 10.2 MBThis week's guest is Jen Snyder, Chief Evangelist at GovQA - a provider of SaaS-based collaboration tools enabling the nation's top cities, counties, and state agencies to process complex work while facilitating internal and external communications in a highly secure environment. Jen is also a guest speaker and moderator for government events, roundtables, and associations with nearly fifteen years of experience in the state and local government space - plus another ten years managing local ...
Creating Representation in Technical Roles
March 23, 2021 15:00 - 25 minutes - 11.9 MBThis week's guest is Kris Blackmon, the Chief Channel Officer at JS Group - a management consulting firm specializing in creating impactful indirect go-to-market strategies for tech firms. Kris has been in the channel market for several years now, which she has used to develop her skills and grow into an executive role within JS Group. She is passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion, and her volunteer efforts bring her a deep sense of fulfillment. Today we talk about Kris's career ...
How-to Rise Above and Become a Leader
March 16, 2021 15:00 - 44 minutes - 20.4 MBThis week's guest is Holley Hunt, Sales Director at IntelliSite - an organization that focuses on turnkey IoT solutions that build out to a wide range of managed applications that create connected businesses and actionable outcomes. Holley has been passionately involved in the security industry for over 20 years. She currently represents innovations in IoT, AI, and Computer Vision for smarter and more secure solutions. Today we talk about Holley's beginnings in the tech industry and how she...
How-to Break Barriers for Women in Tech
March 09, 2021 16:00 - 38 minutes - 17.5 MBThis week's guest is Shindy Chen, the Founder and CEO of Scribe - a global financial content consultancy and agency based in New York. As a former guest contributor and on-air expert for media outlets such as The Huffington Post and Cheddar TV, she wrote on fintech, credit, lifestyle, career, and travel advice. She has also authored three books: "The Credit Cleanup Book" (Praeger) was published in 2014. Its sequel, "Credit Score Hacks" (Scribe) released in September 2017 and hit #1 on...
How-to Grow Women's Presence in the Tech Industry
March 05, 2021 16:00 - 19 minutes - 9.11 MBChristine Bongard is the President of the WIT (Women in Tech) Network, and she is joining us in this week’s episode to discuss the amazing work her organization does. The WIT Network is present in over 30 countries worldwide and it is working diligently on encouraging women and girls to pursue careers in the technology sector, enable more women to attain leadership positions and support more female entrepreneurs in their professional endeavors. Christine talked to us about including more gir...
Why Understanding Data Is Critical for the Success of Your Business
March 04, 2021 16:00 - 43 minutes - 19.9 MBJoining us in this week’s episode of our podcast is Sarika Malhotra, a dynamic business leader who spent over 25 years consulting companies around the world, helping them with their IT needs. Today, Sarika is the founder and CEO of C3IT Software Solutions and a community leader at IAMCP, a not-for-profit working with the Microsoft Partner Channel, however she told us her amazing journey in the world of technology started by mistake. Sarika almost followed in her father’s footsteps and joined...
How-to Overcome the Challenges Women are Facing In Tech
March 01, 2021 16:00 - 19 minutes - 9.14 MBThis week's guest is Gavriella Schuster, Corporate VP of Commercial Partners at Microsoft. Gavriella currently leads a global portfolio of channel partners that has influenced over $1 trillion in ecosystem revenues through Microsoft's fastest-growing ecosystem. She has over 20 years of leadership in digital and cloud transformation roles, driving strategy and execution spanning all aspects of the business model and product development, launch, marketing, sales, and partner development. As a ...
How Real Change is Created by Market Leaders
February 16, 2021 16:00 - 29 minutes - 13.4 MBThis week's guest is Aja Hill, Director of Modern Workplace Customer Success - Federal at Microsoft. Aja's primary focus is on ensuring Microsoft customers achieve full adoption of their Microsoft Teams technology. She does this by giving the customer full visibility into what they own, developing plans to train end-users to use the technology, and encouraging end-users to make the technology their own. Today we talk about Aja's beginnings in marketing within the music industry and how she ...
Global Perspective: How-to Grow Your Organization
February 09, 2021 16:00 - 45 minutes - 21 MBThis week's guest is Leonie Moos, the Head of Program at Grace - Accelerate Female Entrepreneurship. Leonie previously worked at a fintech company in the e-commerce industry and a venture capitalist firm. Her global industry experience has allowed her to become an expert on how to grow a business with worldwide capabilities. Today we talk about how a global perspective can help organizations improve and grow a worldwide presence. We also discuss the importance of promoting female entreprene...
How-to Grow a Diverse and Inclusive Organization
January 26, 2021 16:00 - 50 minutes - 23.1 MBThis week's guests are Megan McCann, Jane Hamner, and Leslie Vickrey. Megan is an established IT recruitment and technology services leader known for building and leading highly successful IT services firms and for her work to advance diversity and cultivate talent across the technology industry. Jane is a dedicated and seasoned IT staffing professional with more than 30 years of experience delivering top technology talent and IT solutions to businesses. Lastly, we have Leslie, an enterprisi...
How-to Innovate and Thrive in Today's World
January 19, 2021 16:00 - 34 minutes - 15.9 MBThis week's guests are Colette Buscemi and Melody Roberts. Colette is the Director of Women's Innovation Learning Labs at the Women's Business Development Center. The organization is focused on supporting and accelerating innovation by and between women business owners, subject matter experts, and corporate partners. Melody is the CEO and Co-Founder of Liv-Labs. They focus on combining self-care tools and easy-access services for convenient health management, starting with pelvic floor fitne...
Revolutionizing Social Change Through the Power of Technology
January 12, 2021 16:00 - 36 minutes - 16.8 MBThis week's guest is Anne Bathel, CEO and co-founder of ReDI School of Digital Integration. In 2006 Anne graduated from KaosPilot in Denmark, a hybrid of a business and a design school. From 2006-2009, she worked as a corporate social responsibility consultant. While in this role, Anne developed and implemented Samsung Electronics' award-winning corporate social responsibility strategy for Scandinavia. Anne eventually moved to Japan, where she spent two years researching open social innovati...
Finding Modern Day Solutions for Modern Day Problems
January 05, 2021 16:00 - 29 minutes - 13.5 MBThis week's guest is Rhonda Cook, a Senior Director of Customer Success at Microsoft. Rhonda is responsible for managing the adoption, consumption, and digital transformation for all United States Federal Agencies, Military Services, and Intelligence Organizations. Her focus is to ensure all aspects of these organizations have their needs met when it comes to their usage of all Microsoft 365 offerings. She has continued to help these organizations maintain a modern-day infrastructure in toda...
Start-Up from the Ground-Up
December 29, 2020 16:00 - 43 minutes - 20.1 MBThis week's guest is Lori McColl, the CEO and Founder of Whim-Detroit, a technology startup and digital transformation group that focuses on implementing agile solutions. She is passionate about sharing her experience in the tech industry and growing a new business. Lori has been a guest speaker at several events, including the future of retail and social movements at the Women's Convention, Social Media Week, Planet M IoT Connect, and Detroit Start-up Week. Lori has taken a customer-focuse...
The Strategy: 'Best in Class' Marketing for Tech
December 15, 2020 16:00 - 34 minutes - 15.7 MBThis week's guest is Tina Eskridge, a Senior Director of Marketing at Microsoft. Tina is responsible for digital marketing, strategy and analytics, marketing technology, and inclusion with a focus on the delivery of best-in-class services. Before joining Microsoft in 2012, Tina spent more than 17 years in strategic roles across various industries. Tina started her career in supply-chain and marketing, which allowed her to get a full picture of what it takes to grow a successful business. He...
Change of Perception: Expanding “Who is in Tech”
December 08, 2020 16:00 - 32 minutes - 15 MBThis week's guest is Cathy Moya, a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft. Cathy's primary focus is to bring customers and engineers together to create better technology products. Cathy's ability to bring people together has allowed her to grow her program and become a successful member of the Microsoft team. Cathy saw the disconnect between people who are heavily involved in tech vs. those who work in positions or industries outside of that world. Cathy understands that people who consider th...
Growing Your Career with a Global Perspective
December 01, 2020 16:00 - 29 minutes - 13.7 MBThis week's guest is Lisa Heite, a Partner Development Manager at Microsoft, with a passion for helping others. Lisa's story revolves around living, studying, and working around the world. She gained a wide range of experience throughout her international travel and has used that to bring a unique perspective to the tech industry. Her ideas and approach give her an edge when it comes to solving problems and bringing people together. While volunteering at an NGO, Lisa developed a digital str...
How-to Build, Maintain, and Grow Your Business
November 24, 2020 16:00 - 39 minutes - 18.2 MBThis week's guest is Leah Faul, the Founder and Owner of 15000 Cubits − a digital marketing agency that focuses on SEO, social media, and paid media to support small and mid-sized companies' growth. Leah started the company in 2015 and has grown it into the thriving enterprise it is today. That success hasn't gone unrecognized as Leah was recently named to the Houston Business Journal's 40 Under 40 List. Leah is passionate about her business and has seen success because of her value-focused...
Learning, Evolving, and Adapting to Today's Technological Changes
November 10, 2020 16:00 - 29 minutes - 13.7 MBThis week's guest is Lori McDonald, a former flight controller at NASA and now the President and CEO of Brilliance Business Solutions. Lori is recognized as an industry expert in her field and is a speaker on website creation, eCommerce, and digital strategy at business conferences. Lori has remained on the cutting edge of business solutions by continually learning, evolving, and adapting to changes in technology. From the growth of eCommerce to the evolution of machine learning, Lori has ex...
The Importance of Cybersecurity in the Modern Age
November 03, 2020 16:00 - 36 minutes - 16.9 MBThis week's guest is Heather Stratford, the founder and CEO of Stronger International. As a thought leader in cybersecurity, Heather keynotes at conferences, universities, and large financial institutions on the importance of keeping their data secure. She continually writes on cybersecurity and was a featured guest at the 2018 G-7 Summit in Canada. Heather also regularly speaks on entrepreneurship, failing forward, women in technology, and diversity in cybersecurity. Heather is now gro...
Building and Leveraging Partnerships to Grow Your Career and Business
October 20, 2020 15:00 - 38 minutes - 17.8 MBThis week's guest is Karen Chastain, a proven leader in strategic alliance management among some of the world's largest technology companies and a Senior Director of Global Alliances at Episerver. Karen has over 20 years of experience in partner relationship management, strategic business planning, and marketing. This background has allowed her to consistently deliver results by developing mutually beneficial relationships with her partners. Karen is currently running the technology partner...
Finding Answers Through the Power of Data Analytics
October 13, 2020 15:00 - 27 minutes - 12.6 MBThis week's guest is Mariyah Saifuddin, the Founder of Innovative Solution Partners, a Michigan-based IT consulting firm specializing in helping businesses utilize data analytics to make effective decisions. Mariyah has 20+ years of IT and entrepreneurial experience, including work for Ernst & Young, Levy Home Entertainment, and Electronic Data Systems. She is a board member of the NAWBO Greater Detroit Chapter. She is also an alumnus of Emerging Leaders, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business ...
Building a Business from the Ground-Up
September 29, 2020 15:00 - 26 minutes - 12.3 MBThis week's guest is Denise Cagan, a graduate of James Madison University, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Quality Systems Development. Denise never thought she would be a business owner, but as time went on, she found that her skillset coincided with her ideas and so she started her first business in 2001, followed with another in 2011. Her newest business is DCA Virtual Business Support, a company that supports small businesses with marketing and administrative tasks. D...
Going Remote: How it Can Benefit You and Your Company
September 22, 2020 15:00 - 29 minutes - 13.7 MBThis week's guest is Alicia Baldino, the founder and owner of Brandmetix. Alicia's career started in freelance and virtual marketing, but she quickly felt a drive to create something of her own. Her passion for remote work led her to create Brandmetix, a marketing strategy company that focuses on creating custom solutions for brands. Alicia created Brandmetix on the idea that working from home can help you and your company succeed. She considers building a stable work-life balance for he...
How-to Develop Women into Successful Leaders
September 15, 2020 15:00 - 25 minutes - 11.8 MBThis week's guest is Angela Spang, the winner of First Women's Entrepreneur of The Year 2017, business owner, and chairman on the board for the World Academy of Medical Science Training and Education. Angela founded June Medical, a company that focuses on developing surgical medical devices, and has made it a priority to have more women included in developing new products and solutions within June Medical. Angela is passionate about developing talent, innovation, and fostering the career suc...
How-to Make Real Change Through Company Culture
September 08, 2020 15:00 - 33 minutes - 15.4 MBThis week's guest is Kati Quigley, the Senior Director of Global Industry Marketing at Microsoft. Kati is responsible for the buyer journey across seven different industries and has helped grow Microsoft's presence throughout those verticals. Kati grew her career within Microsoft and used that growth to further women's involvement in tech leadership. Kati found her career path by working in various departments and projects for Microsoft. This exposure to different sides of the business help...
How Women are Shaping the Future of AI
September 01, 2020 15:00 - 23 minutes - 10.5 MBThis week's guest is Asra Nadeem, the first female Pakistani venture capitalist, and global speaker. She began her entrepreneurial career working on product and market development for startups in the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia. Today she is the co-founder of Opus AI, which is a streaming platform that turns plain text into movies and playable 3D worlds in real-time. Asra is also the president of Draper University, which helps budding entrepreneurs grow their startups. Asr...
How-to Make a Career Pivot into Tech
August 25, 2020 15:00 - 20 minutes - 9.55 MBThis week we’re joined by Jenna Beckett, web developer, technical trainer, and an active leader in tech who is passionate about promoting the female voice. Jenna joins the show to talk about how she made a career pivot into tech and how she grew into a Full-stack Web Developer and Technical Trainer specializing in the .Net stack. Jenna is an active WIT community leader who is passionate about promoting the female voice in tech. As a woman who has faced the challenge of shifting careers and ...
How-To Overcome Obstacles and Find Your Purpose
August 18, 2020 15:00 - 45 minutes - 20.7 MBThis week's guest is Kate Roberts, the founder of Maverick Collective, The Ikigai Company, and Katmondo Lifestyle. Kate is a global social entrepreneur, philanthropist, investor, artist, women's advocate, and public speaker. As a serial entrepreneur, Kate has used her influence and platform to find opportunities and gaps in world health, specifically women's health, to put together teams and address these issues. Kate has most recently worked with PSI, Melinda Gates, and HRH (The Crown princ...