ShortTalks

Amanda Muela is a Senior Product Designer at Cisco, where she is currently supporting a new generation of thinkers and leaders. Before landing at Duo Security, company acquired in 2018 by Cisco, Amanda also had the opportunity to solve problems for social enterprise software, banking, retail and security industries. She takes pride in advocating for people needs, exploring what could be, and delivering outcomes.

Nicki is an experienced Business Intelligence Manager in the UK. She loves helping businesses and organisations thrive and grow by using their data. Nicki also has her own company, Empowered Analysts, to help other analysts reach their fullest potential through coaching, mentorship and technical guidance. Therefore, she is currently on a mission to help analysts learn and develop, from entry level all the way to getting into management.

Nikki North has been working in Intelligent Automation for over 15 years starting out with RPA back in 2006 and specifically working in Financial services. She has delivered value across hundreds of processes using pure RPA and more recently leveraging the eco system of IA technologies to drive business value. Nikki is also a mother who aims to inspire her two daughters to be whatever they want to be in life.

Priyanka has spent more thank 14 years working on product design and development within digital transformation programmes for clients in UK and US. With more than a decade of working within Scrum and SAFe agile methodologies, she has been an integral part of critical transformation programmes unlocking value for the customers. She is an effective communicator and believes in contributing and empowering individuals to reach their potential.

Lindsey Daniels is passionate about applying a people-driven approach to work. She started her career being involved in technology and business improvement projects within a large corporate enterprise, leading teams during a trajectory of growth and digital transformation, transforming the business model from traditional professional services into SaaS. Now, Lindsey is Head of IT Performance & Governance at Places for People. She was shortlisted for Digital Leader of the Year and Outstanding Transformation at the Women in Tech Excellence Awards 2021.

To commemorate International Women's Day, we have some top advice from amazing women who are leaders and professionals in tech, to help inspire other women and girls to get into IT careers.

Samantha Coyle is a Software Engineer from Texas. She is an identical twin who has had a unique experience entering the field with her software engineer siblings. Samantha loves solving challenging problems and her goal is to further develop her skill set and career as an engineer. Also, she believes that we can all flourish in an environment that cultivates diversity, inclusion, and caffeinated curiosity.

When Missy Yarbrough is asked about what is the main challenge she has faced at work, she reflects on her confidence and the imposter syndrome that many Tech professionals face during their career.

Missy is Senior UI/UX Designer at Virtuix, she is also a mentor at Pathrise and she has experience as Product Designer, User Experience Designer and Visual Designer at companies such as RapidDeploy and IBM. Missy is passionate about her job, aiming to understand people's diverse experiences and needs as they relate to the world around them, and translate them into shared actionable design opportunities.

Shilpa Rao is Head of Artificial Intelligence Products and Platform at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). And she is not only a successful woman that loves AI, but also a creative mind that during her childhood was able to overcome the barriers presented by her dyslexia, condition that she only found out about a couple of years ago.