She Talks Tech: from WeAreTechWomen

Today we hear from from Sherry Coutu CBE.   She is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor who serves on the boards of companies, charities and universities. 

Sherry will be discussing why start-ups are less important than scale ups in terms of economic growth and how to turn your start-up into a scale up- gracefully. If you want to find out more about Sherry– you can connect with her on Linked In or on twitter @scoutu Subscribe, rate the podcast and give it a 5-star review – and keep listening every Wednesday morning for a new episode of ‘She Talks Tech'  from...

Today we hear from from Baroness Joanna Shields.  
She is a tech industry veteran with a successful track record building some of the world’s best-known companies. Prior to joining Benevolent AI, Joanna served as the UK’s first Minister for Internet Safety and Security, Under Secretary of State, Special Advisor on the Digital Economy, and Chair & CEO of TechCityUK. She will be discussing how human intelligence partnered with technology promises to accelerate new discoveries, new treatments, and new hope for patients. If you want to find out more about Joanna– you can connect with her on Linked In Subscri...

Today we hear from from Mairi McHaffie, Personal Impact Expert and CEO of Scene Change Creative Consultants Ltd  She will be discussing our need to adapt and change to working from home on a more regular basis and the strategies and working patterns that help us to succeed If you want to find out more about Marie - you can connect with her on Linked In or go to SceneChange.co.uk Subscribe, rate the podcast and give it a 5-star review – and keep listening every Wednesday morning for a new episode of ‘She Talks Tech'  from https://wearetechwomen.com   Produced...

Today we hear from from Esther Stanhope, The ‘Impact Guru’ She is an international speaker, impact guru & former live BBC producer, dedicated to helping you become the confident & charismatic leader you want to be. She will be discussing how to ace your remote meetings, pitch an idea on video and build a quick rapport remotely If you want to find out more about Esther – you can connect with her on Linked In or go to EstherStanHope.com Subscribe, rate the podcast and give it a 5-star review – and keep listening every Wednesday morning for a new episode of ‘She Talks Tech...

Today we hear from from Fortune 500 coach and leadership expert Justine Lutterodt.  She will be discussing how leadership skills have been put to the test during the crisis of the last year – the pressure has been on, emotions have been high and it’s been easy to be overcome by fear. If you want to find out more about Justine – you can connect with her on Linked In.  Subscribe, rate the podcast and give it a 5-star review – and keep listening every Wednesday morning for a new episode of ‘She Talks Tech'  from https://wearetechwomen.com   Produced by Pineapple Audio Production.

Today we hear from from author and trainer Jenny Garrett.  She will be discussing how to handle and manage communication glitches whilst working from home, how to speak so people listen and how to leave a positive and lasting impression.  If you want to find out more about Jenny - you can connect with her on Linked In. Subscribe, rate the podcast and give it a 5-star review – and keep listening every Wednesday morning for a new episode of ‘She Talks Tech'  from https://wearetechwomen.com   Produced by Pineapple Audio Production.

Today we hear from a group of incredible leaders…  Sheree Atchesonm, the Global Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Peakon Seyi Akiwowo, the Founder and Executive Director of Glitch Christina Scott, the Chief Technology Officer at News UK Mark Martin, a Co-leader of UK Black Tech And Shefali Gera, the Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Wellness at Goldman Sachs  The panel will be discussing the best practices lived in organisations to foster greater inclusion. They will focus on examples of how organisations have attracted and nurtured their diverse talent, and also talk about why inclusion and diversity in tech is k...

Today we hear from Andy Gibson - the founder of Mindapples, a social business teaching people how their minds work and encouraging everyone to take care of their minds like we take care of our bodies. Andy will discuss how apps and social tools are helping us to manage our minds more effectively, and the role of technology in a mentally healthy society. If you want to find out more about Andy – you can connect with him on Linked In  Subscribe, rate the podcast and give it a 5-star review – and keep listening every Wednesday morning for a new episode of ‘She...

Today we hear from from India Gary-Martin and Vanessa Vallely OBE.  India is a globally recognized leadership expert and coach with a clientele of Fortune 500 executives from around the world.  They will be discussing what it’s like to be a top woman in tech, India’s career and entrepreneurship more generally.  If you want to find out more about India – you can connect with her on Linked In or go to Leadership For Execs.com Subscribe, rate the podcast and give it a 5-star review – and keep listening every Wednesday morning for a new episode of ‘She Talks Tech'  from https://weare...

Today we hear from Professor Bissan Al-Lazikani - the Head of Data Science at the Institute of Cancer Research.  She will discuss the success, promises and challenges that we face in using data science in the battle against cancer.​ You can find out more about and connect with her  on LinkedIn, or visit www.icr.ac.uk  Subscribe, rate the podcast and give it a 5-star review – and keep listening every Wednesday morning for a new episode of ‘She Talks Tech' from https://wearetechwomen.com   Produced by Pineapple Audio Production.

Today we hear from Seyi Akiwowo and Sam Smethers Seyi is the Founder and Executive Director of Glitch, a growing UK charity championing digital citizenship and ending online abuse. And Sam is the Chief Executive of The Fawcett Society, the UK’s leading membership charity campaigning for gender equality and women’s rights They’ll be discussing the deficit in digital citizenship education and its impact on women in the workplace. Plus, their key recommendations for a more equal and positive online world. You can find out more about and connect with them on LinkedIn.   Subscribe, rate the podcast and give it a 5...

Today we hear from Marieke Flament - CEO of Mettle, a unique FinTech proposition as the app-based business account for small businesses, backed by NatWest. She will be discussing her experience on building Mettle, the technology choices and ways of working to ensure focus is always on delivering features customers need and love. You can find out more about and connect with Marieke on LinkedIn.   Subscribe, rate the podcast and give it a 5-star review – and keep listening every Wednesday morning for a new episode of ‘She Talks Tech' from https://wearetechwomen.com   Produced by Pineapple Audio Production.

Today we hear from Dr Anand Narasimhan - General Manager for Cloud Supply Chain Sustainability, at Microsoft.  Anand will focus on the urgency of businesses becoming sustainable and the leading steps that Microsoft is taking to become carbon negative by 2030. Anand will discuss the importance of how diverse talent is essential for enabling the creation of strong foundations to ensure that we can and embed sustainability into everything we do. You can find out more about and connect with Anand on LinkedIn.   Subscribe, rate the podcast and give it a 5-star review – and keep listening every Wednesday morning for a new epi...

Today we hear from Inma Martinez - a digital pioneer and AI scientist. 

She will be discussing why we started teaching machines how to think and how advances in computation is not the end of humanity, but the start of our true nature and cognition purposes. You can find out more about and connect with Inma on LinkedIn.   Subscribe, rate the podcast and give it a 5-star review – and keep listening every Wednesday morning for a new episode of ‘She Talks Tech' from https://wearetechwomen.com   Produced by Pineapple Audio Production.

Today we hear from Emma Kendrew (The Intelligent Engineering Services lead in Accenture Technology UKI), Deborah O’Neill (Head of UK Digital and Partner at Oliver Wyman), Tracey Groves (CEO at Intelligent ethics) and Jim Shook (The Director, Cybersecurity and Compliance Practice at Dell Technologies)

The panel will be discussing the results of Accenture’s 2020 report on tech trends, and the fact that people don’t just want more technology in our products and services; we want technology that is more human. They will focus on re-thinking core assumptions about how an enterprise works and redefining the inters...

Welcome to series two of ‘She Talks Tech’ - the podcast from We Are Tech Women!

Today we hear from Mariquit Corcoran. Mariquit is the head of Barclays Ventures US and The Global Rise FinTech Platform.

Since joining Barclays Mariquit has been involved in supporting start-ups from around the world and running world-class programs targeting technological sectors. Mariquit will discuss the latest industry trends alongside investor and market insights and share’s the work that Barclays Ventures is doing to drive innovation growth from health tech, to female founders and so much more. 
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Welcome to series two of ‘She Talks Tech’ - the podcast from We Are Tech Women!

Today we hear from Britney Bobberwick. Britney leads the corporate social responsibility agenda at Dell Technologies.  Britney will discuss how digital solutions relate to sustainable IT and how you can make more sustainable procurement decisions for your company. Plus, she shares how Dell Technologies are approaching their own sustainability goals.  You can find out more about and connect with Britney on LinkedIn.   Subscribe, rate the podcast and give it a 5-star review – and keep listening every Wednesday morning for a new episode of ‘She Talk...

Today we hear from Jim Shook and Elizabeth Green – both cybersecurity experts at Dell Technologies. 

They’ll be discussing how to build cyber resilience to help protect you and your business and be sharing real-world examples of how businesses have developed their cyber resilience skills.   You can find out more about and connect with Liz and Jim on LinkedIn.   Subscribe, rate the podcast and give it a 5-star review – and keep listening every Wednesday morning for a new episode of ‘She Talks Tech' from https://wearetechwomen.com   Produced by Pineapple Audio Production.

Today we hear from we hear from Mark Martin. Mark is a computer science teacher and co-leader of ‘UK Black Tech’ – an innovation group trying to solve the biggest problems of today through representation and innovation He’ll be discussing how young people can get access to opportunities in tech, how we can support and equip them in that and open career pathways for them.  You can find out more about and connect with Mark on Linked In or on twitter @Urban_Teacher  Subscribe, rate the podcast and give it a 5-star review – and keep listening every Wednesday morning for a new episode...

Today we hear from a group of incredible senior leaders - Margarete McGrath, Chief Digital Officer at Dell Technologies; Joanne Obstoj, a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs; and Steve Allen, who’s Barclays Chief Operation Officer for the Corporate Bank.  The panel will be discussing strategies that can be used to accelerate your career - focussing on the importance of networking and mentoring relationships, sponsorship, self-awareness and playing to your strengths whilst remaining authentic. You can find out more about and connect with our esteemed panellists on Linked In  Subscribe, rate the podcast and give it a 5-star review – and keep lis...

Today we hear from a group of incredible senior leaders - Julian David, Dayne Turbitt, Nadine Thomson, Antoinette O’Neill and Paul O'Sullivan.  Dayne is Senior Vice President and General Manager of Dell Technologies, Nadine is Global Chief Technology Officer for MediaCom, Antoinette is CIO for Risk and Finance for Barclays and Paul is Managing Director of Accenture, looking after innovation in UK technology.  They’ll be discussing how the tech sector navigates through a rapidly changing, and challenging, wider world – and asking, how do we understand the ‘new normal’? You can find out more about and connect with our esteemed panell...

Today we hear from Emma Kendrew - the Intelligent Engineering Services lead in Accenture Technology UKI In 2015 Emma was recognised as one of the UK’s exceptional young businesswomen in Management Today’s 35 Women Under 35. Emma will discuss the clash between advances in technology, and people starting to express concerns about how it is used and what it is used for – and will explore the role of technology over the next 10 years in the wake of Covid. 
You can find out more about and connect with Emma on Linked In  Subscribe, rate the podcast and give it a 5-star review – a...

Today we hear an incredible panel, facilitated by Sonya Barlow, discussing how individuals and companies can encourage more young girls to pursue careers in STEM.

We will hear from a number of leaders who are running campaigns and initiatives to support schools and young adults with the skills and encouragement they need to prepare them for a career in their chosen field of technology, science, engineering or maths.

Sheridan Ash works in tech innovation and women in technology at PWC. Rav Bumbra is the founder of Cajigo, a dual app that provides mentoring and support to...

Today we hear from award-winning Computer Scientist and Digital Skills Expert, Sue Black OBE. 

Sue set up the UK’s first online network for women in tech and led the campaign to save Bletchley Park. She left home at 16, married at 20 and had three children by 23 – becoming a single parent at 25. We hear about Sue’s background and career in tech and her most recent passion ‘TechUPWomen’ – which is all about retraining women from underserved backgrounds into tech careers.
You can find out more about and connect with Sue on LinkedIn Subscribe, rate the podcast and give it a 5-star re...

Today we hear from Wincie Wong, Head of Rose Review Implementation, in her session about the Rose Review and female entrepreneurship.  

The Alison Rose Review for Female Entrepreneurship was commissioned by HM Treasury to look at barriers to female entrepreneurship in the UK. In this session, Wincie will dive into how this review has galvanised the public and private sectors to work together to add another 600,000 female entrepreneurs to the UK by 2030.
You can find out more about and connect with Wincie on Twitter at @WincieWong Subscribe, rate the podcast and give it a 5-star review – and keep...

Today we hear from Sharmadean Reid - the Founder of Beautystack. 

Her mission is to use technology to economically empower women. She started WAH as a hip hop magazine for girls in 2006 while still at university. She then founded WAH Nails as a side project in 2009. She then wrote two books, delivered global pop up nail salons for 100s of brands, created a product line with Walgreen Boots Alliance and was awarded an MBE from HRH Queen in 2015 for services to Beauty. Sharmadean and Vanessa discuss the challenges of entrepreneurship and being female founders 
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Today we hear from Deborah O’Neill – the UK head of Digital and a partner at Oliver Wyman, where she leads complex digital transformations at the world’s largest companies. 

As the UK looks to further contain COVID-19 through app-based contact tracing, we look at the public’s attitudes towards sharing personal data and how it is evolving.

Deborah will dissect what drives trust and explore whether it is possible to increase the degree to which people in the UK will engage with data sharing and contact tracing. 
You can find out more about and connect wi...

Today we hear from Jo Hannaford, in her session about her career in tech. 

Jo Hannaford is the Head of Engineering EMEA & Head of Regulatory and Business Services at Goldman Sachs. She has spent 22 years at Goldman after joining from RBS in 1997. She was promoted to managing director in 2001, partner in 2013, and became head of EMEA technology in February 2017.
If you want to find out more about Jo, you can connect with her on LinkedIn. 

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Today we hear from James Heggs, in his session about agile working and DevOps
James is the CTO and Co Founder of Tech Returners, with over 15 years experience leading tech teams. James is also the creator and lead coach for the successful ‘Your Journey Into Tech’ programme which enables individuals into technology careers through a 15 week programme of technical teaching and career support. 
James will be taking us through a journey of some of the experiences, lessons and adaptations he’s had when taking tech teams through a DevOps evolution. 

You can find out more about and conn...

Today we hear from Julia Streets and Dame Wendy Hall, in their session about the internet. 

Dame Wendy Hall, DBE, is Regius Professor of Computer Science, Associate Vice President (International Engagement), and is an Executive Director of the Web Science Institute at the University of Southampton. Wendy has been a member of the UK Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology, the European Research Council and the Global Commission on Internet Governance.
Julia Steets is a champion of fintech and female entrepreneurship, innovation, equality, diversity and inclusion. She is listed in the 100WFinTech Directory and is a m...

Today we meet PwC Head of VR/AR, Jeremy Dalton in his session about virtual and augmented reality.

Jeremy helps clients understand, quantify, and implement the benefits of virtual reality and augmented reality technology. He  is a regular contributor of thought leadership in the space, giving talks all over the world, from Twitter’s headquarters in London to the SXSW technology festival in Austin, Texas. 
If you want to find out more about Jeremy, you can connect with him on twitter @jeremycdalton or on LinkedIn Subscribe, rate the podcast and give it a 5-star review – and keep listeni...

Today we hear from British businesswoman and co-founder of dotcom boom company ‘Last Minute’, Baroness Martha Lane Fox CBE. She serves on the board of Twitter and Chanel and is Chancellor of the Open University and Chair of WeTransfer.

She’ll be in conversation with Jacqueline de Rojas CBE – the president of TechUK and chair of the board of Digital Leaders.
They will share their experience from the dot com era and discuss their last 25 years in tech – and what we can learn from those years now in light of the problems of 2020.
 If you want to find out...

Today we hear from Professor Luciano Floridi. Luciano is Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information at the University of Oxford.  Luciano is best known for his work on two areas of philosophical research: the philosophy of information and information ethics. From 2008 and 2013, he held positions of Research Chair in philosophy of information and the UNESCO Chair in Information and Computer Ethics.  Luciano’s session talks more about his work and the ethics of coronavirus apps.

Find out more about Luciano at https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/luciano-floridi/  Subscribe, rate the podcast and give it a 5-star r...

Today we hear from Tim Dinsdale. Tim is the European CTO at OpenFin and is responsible for leading the firm’s technology efforts, expanding OpenFin’s London-based development team and driving OpenFin’s desktop services initiatives globally. Tim’s session will provide an overview of innovation in FinTech in 2020 and share his insight into what FinTech is, and what's driving innovation from both a retail and institutional perspective.

Find out more about Tim at https://openfin.co or on his Linkedin: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/tim-dinsdale-b9aa30172  Subscribe, rate the podcast and give it a 5-star review – and keep lis...

'She Talks Tech' podcast brings you stories, lessons and tips from some of the top women (and men!) in tech.

Today we hear from Vice President at JPMorgan Chase, Rebecca Fairlamb, in her session about agile teams. Rebecca is responsible for the delivery of products which serve thousands of the firm’s application developers – and has been leading agile teams for years, with a specific focus on transformation. 

Rebecca talks about the future of agile through the lens of individual experiences, which in turn contribute to the potential of a team.

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'She Talks Tech' podcast brings you stories, lessons and tips from some of the top women (and men!) in tech.

Today we hear from Canadian-Italian author, consultant, public speaker and entrepreneur Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino in her session about the Internet of Things. Alessandro co-founded Tinker London, the first UK distributor of Arduino, the open source electronics education platform. Her products are included in the permanent collection of the London Design Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York as examples of the internet of things. She was named in the Top 100 Influential Tech Women on Twitter in 2014...

'She Talks Tech' podcast brings you stories, lessons and tips from some of the top women (and men!) in tech. 

Today we hear from occupational psychologist, CEO and Founder of Genius Within Dr Nancy Doyle in her session about Neurodiversity in Tech. Nancy has 20 years' experience in neurodiversity and Nancy won Public Policy impact of the year at the BPS division of Occupational Psychology in 2019 for her working lobbying for an evidence based approach to neurodiversity inclusion.

Nancy talks about the benefits of neurodiversity, career progression for neurodiverse people and how to systemically include people to b...

'She Talks Tech' podcast brings you stories, lessons and tips from some of the top women (and men!) in tech. 

From robotics and drones, to fintech, neurodiversity and coronavirus apps; these incredible speakers are opening up to give us the latest information on tech in 2020.  WeAreTechWomen are really excited to bring this very inspiring first series to wherever you normally listen to podcasts.  So subscribe, rate the podcast and give it a 5-star review – and keep listening every Wednesday morning for a new episode of ‘She Talks Tech’.   Produced by Pineapple Audio Production.