Tech Inclusion

Tech Inclusion episodes:

• 04.28.2018

  Shruti Shah, Entrepreneur In Residence At SVBank On Her Work To Change The Tech Industry

  Shruti Shah, Entrepreneur In Residence At Silicon Valley talks to us about her work at Silicon Valley Bank and her experience as a women of color entrepreneur.

  
• 04.14.2018

  Jessica Loché- Eggert on Why Tech Companies Need More Than A Ping Pong Table

  This week, it is my pleasure to welcome Jessica Loché to the show. Since I recorded this episode with Jessica, she started a new position as the Head of Culture & Innovation at The Riveter. In this interview, she talks...

  
• 04.06.2018

  Steve Huffman, Reddit CEO On What It Takes To Build An Inclusive Company.

  Steve Huffman, Co-Founder and CEO of Reddit shares with us why he thinks diversity and inclusion is core to Reddit’s success.

  
• 03.23.2018

  Meghan Nesbit On How Companies Can Make Their Technology More Accessible To Nonprofits.

  Meghan Nesbit is the Director of Nonprofit Market Development at Twilio. She talks to us about how companies can make their technology more accessible to nonprofit and the importance of having diversity and inclusion strategies in the nonprofit sector.

  
• 03.16.2018

  Emilie Hsieh On Her Mission To Give A Voice To Employees

  Emilie Hsieh is the co-founder and Ceo of Allie, an engagement platform that allows employees to give feedback and get personalized coaching on issues like inclusion.

  
• 03.09.2018

  Benjamin Evans On His Work at Airbnb Anti-Discrimination Team and more!

  Benjamin Evans is the Airbnb design lead to the anti-discrimination team. You’ll learn how Benjamin landed his job at Airbnb and how his work supports his desire to create more inclusive tech platforms.

  
• 03.02.2018

  Carolina Mendoza on Her Work With Kapor Capital and Latinx Startup Weekend

  Carolina Huaranca Mendoza is a principal at Kapor Capital, a social impact venture fund based in Oakland. Carolina shares with us what she likes the most working for a VC company and her own experience as an entrepreneur. She also...

  
• 02.23.2018

  Nicole Lavarro On Building a VR Impact Game Company

  Nicole Lazzaro, the CEO of XEODesign talks about her journey to build a VR impact game company and her takeaway from being a female game developer and entrepreneur in the Tech industry.

  
• 02.15.2018

  Monique Woodward On Why Raising Money Is Not About Being Comfortable

  Monique used to be a venture partner at 500 Startups. She talks about the positive changes she has noticed in the VC world and all the different initiatives she is working on to support under-represented founders and companies with a...

  
• 02.08.2018

  How Victor Pineda Amplifies Disabled Voices in Tech

  One in seven people might live with a disability. Victor talks to us about why we most certainly will experience disability at some point in our lives. He shares his work of bringing awareness to include the disabled community in...

  
• 02.01.2018

  How Arlan Hamilton Started Backstage Capital With No Background in Finance

  Arlan is the managing director of Backstage Capital, a seed investment firm with a focus on underserved founders.

  
• 06.23.2017

  Lexi Curtice, Development Team Girls Who Code on how scholarships are crucial to girls success

  Lexi Curtice, Development Team Girls Who Code on how scholarships are crucial to girls success by Change Catalyst

  
• 06.10.2017

  Christina Ulerio, program manager Tech Kids on why it is important to change hiring practices

  Christina Ulerio, program manager Tech Kids on why it is important to change hiring practices by Change Catalyst

  
• 06.02.2017

  Sabeen Ali, CEO & Founder of Angelhack on building the largest diverse community of developers

  Sabeen Ali, CEO & Founder of Angelhack on building the largest diverse community of developers by Change Catalyst

  
• 05.25.2017

  Julie Trell, SheEO on the ambitious venture of funding 10 000 women-led companies by 2020

  Julie talks about SheEO, the radical generosity approach, and alternative fund. She shares the experience of the ambitious venture SheEO has undertaken with the goal of funding 10,000 female-led ventures by 1 million women with 1 billion in funding by...

  
• 05.19.2017

  Kathryn Brown, CEO & Founder of Scout Savvy on being a female tech leader building a recruiting app

  Kathryn Brown is the founder of Scout Savvy, a diverse and inclusive recruiting app. Based in Portland, she talks about her journey as a female tech leader. https://www.scoutsavvy.co EP & Host: Juliette Bouquerel Roy Audio Engineer : Peju Makun

  
• 05.12.2017

  Zeeshan Khan, Enabled Tech founder: voices of the disability community in product design

  Zeeshan Khan is the founder of Enabled Tech, a company dedicated to helping tech companies to build a product with users with disabilities in mind. http://enabledtech.co Audio engineer Peju Makun

  
• 05.05.2017

  Kamilah Taylor, senior software engineer at Linkedin on why women in tech should speak up

  Kamilah Taylor, senior software engineer at Linkedin on why women in tech should speak up by Change Catalyst

  
• 04.27.2017

  Karen Fleshman, Founder, Racy Conversation on the importance of having difficult conversations

  Karen Fleshman, Founder, Racy Conversation on the importance of having difficult conversations by Change Catalyst

  
• 04.20.2017

  Eileen Brewer, Director at Symantec on working with the U.S Department's TechWomen initiative

  Eileen Brewer, Director of Enterprise Security Strategic Projects at Symantec talks about working with the U.S Department's TechWomen initiative mentoring girls and women from 20 different countries and what it taught her about changing one's mindset. She also speaks about...

  
• 04.13.2017

  Andrea Guendelman, Be Visible CEO on what needs to happen for CEOs to solve the diversity problem

  BeVisible is a career focused social media platform for US Latinxs. BeVisible is about connecting Latinas with each other and to educational, career, entrepreneurial, and mentoring opportunities to give them the tools they need to succeed in education, at work,...

  
• 04.06.2017

  Sonja Gittens Head of Diversity@Asana talks about diversity being part of the company's strategy

  Host: Juliette Roy Producer: Juliette Roy

  
• 03.30.2017

  Christine Tabony, Computer Technologies Program on training people with disability

  Christine Tabony, Computer Technologies Program on training people with disability by Change Catalyst

  
• 03.23.2017

  Ellen Petry Leanse on catalyzing the change that leads people to doing better

  Ellen Petry Leanse on catalyzing the change that leads people to doing better by Change Catalyst

  
• 03.16.2017

  Lucienne Gigante, founder of Access Latina talks about the need for early coding education

  Lucienne Gigante, founder of Animus & Access Latina, talks about the need for an educational revolution to close the technology gender gap

  
• 03.09.2017

  Deldelp Medina, director of residency at Code2040 on what it means to be an entrepreneur

  Deldelp Medina, director of residency at Code2040 on what it means to be an entrepreneur by Change Catalyst

  
• 03.02.2017

  Abby Maldonado, D&I Specialist at Pinterest is a catalyst for change in diversity & inclusion

  Abby Maldonado, the diversity and inclusion specialist at Pinterest shares best practices for creating change in the workplace. She reminds us there will always be a little hesitation, and that most people are uncomfortable with change. The trick, she tells...

  
• 02.23.2017

  Antonio Williams of Comcast NBCUniversal on the need for your workforce to reflect its customers

  Antonio Williams, Sr. Director of Government and External Affairs at Comcast NBCUniversal, joins us to discuss the importance of outreach and engagement with the different communities and cultures that make up their customer base. He points to how your workforce...

  
• 02.16.2017

  Sarah Clatterbuck, Dir. of Engineering at LinkedIn is building inclusive products

  Sarah Clatterbuck, Director of Engineering at LinkedIn, oversees client facing technology and the product accessibility team. Listen in as she talks about the value and expediency of building product with a diverse team, and that newer talent joining tech companies...

  
• 02.09.2017

  Maica Gil of SF Intl Women Entrepreneurs: Voice For Empowering Women Entrepreneurs

  Maica Gil, co-founder at San Francisco International Women Entrepreneurs Forum, an international voice for empowering and educating women entrepreneurs. She is also the co-founder of Heroikka.com, a platform to connect women to empower the world. She shares her perspective on...

  
• 02.02.2017

  Melinda Epler and Wayne Sutton On How To Build Inclusive Technology Hubs.

  Melinda Briana Epler and Wayne Sutton Introduce An In-Depth Video Series And Set Of Guides On How To Build Inclusive Technology Hubs." Host & Producer: Juliette Roy Audio Producer: Peju Makun

  
• 01.26.2017

  Son Kim of Lions Center for the Blind Prepares You For Success In Tech

  Son Kim, an expert in assistive technology, touches on the nuances around accessibility in tech. He explains how visually imparied engineers or designers are able to create solutions that serve a wider audience as a result of their direct experience...

  
• 01.18.2017

  Marco Rogers, Engineering Manager at Clover Health On Building Diverse Teams

  Juliette and Marco discuss how to build a diverse engineering team, creating opportunity and why the investment pays off. They touch on best practices, the role of culture, and why the right resources help everyone win. Includes advice on pathways...

  
• 01.06.2017

  Thibault Duchemin, CEO at AVA.me explores total accessibility

  Executive Producer & Host: Juliette Bouquerel Roy Producer: Jasmín Mara López

  
• 01.06.2017

  Melinda Briana Epler, CEO at Change Catalyst On The State Of The Industry

  Interview with Melinda Briana Epler at the Ability and Tech Conference in Berkeley - May 2016 Executive Producer & Host: Juliette Bouquerel Roy Producer: Jasmín Mara López

  
• 01.06.2017

  Rachel Williams, Head of D&I at Yelp On Creating An Inclusive Environment

  Interview with Rachel Williams at the Ability and Tech Conference in Berkeley - May 2016 Executive Producer & Host: Juliette Bouquerel Roy Producer: Jasmín Mara López

  
• 01.03.2017

  Hadiyah Mujhid, Founder at HBCU to Startup on creating pathways into tech

  Hadiyah Mujhid, an engineer and entrepreneur talks about her latest project HBCU to start up and how she is building a platform to connect students from historically black colleges to HPC us to tech opportunities. Executive Producer & Host: Juliette Bouquerel-...