She Talks Tech: from WeAreTechWomen

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 girls and women to accelerate their growth into tech, digital, engineering and leadership careers. Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE is a British computing, mathematics and language child prodigy – and the founder of ‘Stemettes'. Anna Brailsford is the CEO of Code First and was previously the Commercial Director of Lynda.com. Chelsea Slater is the Co-Founder and Director of Innovate – a company getting girls ready for the tech industry, and the industry ready for girls. Sonya Barlow is the Founder of Like Minded Females, a global community dedicated to reducing inequalities and providing a foundation to succeed to women and underrepresented minorities

You can find out more about and connect with the panel 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 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 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 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 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 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 
You can find out more about and connect with Sharmadean on Twitter at @SharmadeanReid 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 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 with Deborah on Twitter at @DeborahLabsOW 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 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. 

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 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 connect with James 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 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 mentor for Accenture’s FinTech Innovation Lab.

Wendy will share with us what she believes is the greatest tech innovation of all time - the World Wide Web and the Internet. And she’ll discuss why there is a growing need for global governance, standards and control in this area.

If you want to find out more about Julia Streets you can find her on twitter @streets_julia and on LinkedIn. And if you’d like to connect with Dame Wendy Hall you can find her on twitter @DameWendyDBE  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 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 listening every Wednesday morning for a new episode of ‘She Talks Tech' from https://wearetechwomen.com

 Produced by Pineapple Audio Production.