WITS & Wisdom

In this episode, Gloria chats with Denise Wong, a WITS Speaker and Senior Tech Lead for Localization at Boston Dynamics. They dig into a sample of the fascinating projects Denise’ has worked on, from reflecting on her research as a student to envisioning a future for the field.  

In this special miniseries we’re revisiting the first three episodes of WITS & Wisdom, featuring WITS speakers and supporters Isabelle Kent, Bobbie Carlton, and Amy Cliett. In discussions with host and WITS founder Gloria Bell, our guests cover three different ways to participate in the WITS community, and break down the opportunities, insights and connections that keep them each coming back.  

In this episode, recorded live at WITS Northeast in 2023, Gloria checks in with Leslie Chapman, an individual contributor for Comcast, WITS speaker, and winner of not one, but two Emmy awards. They trace how Leslie connected her love of coding with a passion for TV, demystify the day-to-day of being an individual contributor and envision an empowering future for women in tech.  

In this episode, recorded live at WITS northeast in 2023, Gloria re-connects with Grace Francisco, WITS Speaker and Chief Technical Marketing officer of Pangea. The two chat about Grace's wealth of experience both behind keyboards and in front of audiences, and how she got her start both as a technologist and as an advocate for women in tech.  

In this episode, recorded live at WITS Midatlantic 2023, Gloria catches up with AI expert, WITS Speaker and corporate leader Swathi Young about her day-to-day work as a CTO, the soft skills that have brought her there, and the passion for tackling tough problems that guided her along the way.

In this episode, Gloria gets technical with Lauren Maffeo, author of Designing Data Governance from the Ground Up and a speaker at WITS Mid-Atlantic, 2023. They break down the job of a service designer, elaborate on what data architecture actually means, and explain why even non-tech professionals should care.  

 In this episode, Gloria connects with WITS speaker and robotics engineer Denise Wong to discuss the early roots of her love for electronics, trace the path she’s followed as a woman in STEM, and celebrate the communities she’s found along the way.

In this episode WITS speaker & cyberpsychologist Mayra Ruiz-McPherson sits down with Gloria to discuss what this emerging discipline entails in both theory and in practice. They dig into the clues, context and corrections that cyberpsychologists can offer in our increasingly AI-enabled world, and the unexpected reasons humanity, as a concept, needs advocates. 

In this episode, Brenda Darden Wilkerson, President and CEO of AnitaB.org, comes to WITS Midwest to share with Gloria how she discovered her passion for technology, and the tangible and intangible impacts of AnitaB.org’s flagship event, the Grace Hopper Celebration.  

In this special mini episode, we’re premiering the best advice for speakers and presenters from Bobbie Carlton’s interview with Gloria earlier this year. Bobbie is a board member of the Inspiring Tech foundation, and her talk “Make Your Tech Talks Better”, presented at both WITS Midatlantic and WITS Midwest this year, is a perennial favorite. Hear more of Bobbie’s wisdom in episodes 1 and 7!