On The Mic...WIT Shaz - Women in Tech Leadership: The Upsides

Episode 04: Rewriting Your Career Mid-Flight – Dominique Barker on the Joyful Upsides of Tech Leadership


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Dominique Barker is an energetic Information Technology Executive with extensive experience in IT strategy, leadership, and transformation. With a background in Journalism and honed skills in a digital agency, Dominique possesses the tenacity, drive, and influence to empower technology transformations to come to life. Her ability to "bring people along on the journey" has led to significant successes in her current CIO role, including organisation-wide adoption of new ways of working through technology roll-outs, opportunistic deployment of AI, and low-code CRM solutions.


Dominique’s ability to work with the business to achieve strategic success through alignment of key IT initiatives has been instrumental in ensuring that expected outcomes are met, targets are hit, and that the organisation is on-board with the changes. By fostering a culture of continuous learning and iterative improvements, Dominique has ensured that technology is seamlessly integrated into daily operations, enabling staff to leverage available tools and processes to their fullest potential.


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What if leadership didn’t feel like pressure… but like privilege?


In this episode of On the Mic WIT Shaz, I sit down with Dominique Barker, CIO and trailblazer, who made a bold mid-career transition into tech leadership—and never looked back.


Dominique opens up about her journey, showing us how courage, self-reflection, and transferable skills can completely reshape a career path. Her story is proof that you don’t have to “have it all figured out” from the start to land in a leadership role that lights you up.


Here’s what you’ll take away:

💎 How to pivot mid-career and thrive in leadership

💎 Why courage + backing yourself = Mondays that feel magical

💎 The secret to building high-performing teams without burning out

💎 How women bring game-changing perspectives into tech leadership

💎 Why “not sweating the small stuff” might just be your biggest leadership power move


If you’ve been doubting whether it’s too late, too hard, or too risky to aim for leadership—this conversation will flip that on its head.



Get in touch with Dominique:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominique-b-4175b33a/



Where to find me: 

Website: Sharon (Shaz) Daly   www.techtoexec.com.au

LinkedIn: Sharon (Shaz) Daly https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-daly/

Instagram: @techtoexec  https://www.instagram.com/techtoexec/

Facebook: TechtoExec  https://www.facebook.com/techtoexec/



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On The Mic...WIT Shaz - Women in Tech Leadership: The UpsidesBy TechtoExec by Sharon (Shaz) Daly