Livewithirenia Stories

Delighted to be in conversation with Jasmine Mitchell, Chef and Founder of J. Carmels living in Michigan, USA. She is a Pastry Chef whose viral desserts led over 65,000 plus home-based Bakers to make tasty and beautiful treats confidently. She has been featured in a variety of publications including BlackExcellence.com, Parade and the prominent local news TV segment WXYZ.

Delighted to have a great conversation with Ms. Joanna Cooper, General Manager, Daimler Truck North America LLC living in North Carolina, USA. Daimler Truck North America LLC headquartered in Portland, Oregon, is a leading provider of comprehensive products and technologies for the commercial transportation industry. In this episode we explore her career journey in the transportation industry and some of the key factors which brought her rise to becoming a top executive. We explore what it takes to motivate human capital and the recipe for a super team DNA. We get a little personal as well to see what keeps her focused and grounded everyday as well as her favourite music jam. To continue the conversation with Joanna, connect with her here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannaccooper.

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In conversation with Wanda Bowman Financial Director an Author of the book called “Financial Glow Up” living in Michigan, USA.  With 12 years as a Financial Director at a Fortune 29 company, Bowman is leveraging over 20 years of experience to help others make informed decisions about their money. In this episode we had a super conversation about servant leadership; being an active versus participating leader; the boomerang effect of leadership; building executive presence and as a family how to act as a Corporation to multiply your money to gain financial independence. To continue to conversation with Ms. Bowman, head over to her website: WandaBowman.com

Happy to be in conversation with Ruxandra Dariescu a techno-savvy woman beaming in from the United Kingdom. She is a Sustainable Business Performance Coach at Rux Dariescu Coaching.  She is an award-winning, inspirational Business Coach and mentor. A Biochemist Scientist with over 25 years in leading business roles, Rux transformed organisations and designed and managed highly performant teams. Over the years, she created 10 software platforms from ideas on paper, modernised over 200 product portfolios, optimised over 5000 processes, and delivered thousands of coaching hours. In this episode we talk about her invention, Deliverability™, a coaching support tool centred around people and how people interact when working together in teams to drive a common purpose. We also had a candid conversation about how mentors impacted her life as well as how she stays grounded in her life, career, and entrepreneurial journey. To continue to conversation with Ruxandra connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruxd/

Happy to be beaming in a techno-savvy woman all the way in Vienna, Austria, Ms. Astrid Wieland. She wears multiple hats including her corporate job at Microsoft Inc. and Co-Founder of #TheNewITGirls. Astrid accidentally landed the field of Information Technology after studying business at IMC Krems and now successfully developed as #ITgirl and woman in tech in an international organization. Astrid is on a mission to inspire other women to aim for a career in tech. In her free time, she is chairwoman and co-founder #TheNewITGirls, a volunteer lead organization comprising of a team of industry experts who empower and support women in the IT industry across job titles.

Introducing Ketaki Vaidya currently AI Product Manager at Oracle and a fellow Podcaster. She is originally from India and as a career professional giving back to the TECH community is second nature. 

In conversation with Mansi Mittal currently Product Manager at Microsoft Inc. Mansi hails from India and is very passionate about building her community in her neck of the woods.   Mansi and I initially connected through the WomenTech network on LinkedIn.  A quote she lives by: "You did not come this far to only come this far."