Women in Business & Technology

Our hosts are in Orlando, FL at Microsoft Ignite, a conference where IT pros are skilling up. Sonia interviews Microsoft Diversity & Tech Community Lead Shona Chee about the onsite activations promoting inclusion. Colleen interviews Silicon Valley startup Technical Advisor Claudia Galván about her commitment to getting more women into STEM. Please subscribe, rate, and share the episode. Find us at www.wibt.com. Send feedback to [email protected] or tweet @MicrosoftWomen.

Sonia returns from the Forbes Under 30 Summit in Amsterdam. Our hosts chat with Microsoft summer interns before they head back to school. Colleen interviews Tenshey founder and CEO Maggie Chan Jones about advancing gender diversity in the workplace through coaching programs. The show wraps with a conversation about information sharing across cultural boundaries. Please subscribe, rate, and share the episode. Find us at www.wibt.com. Send feedback to [email protected] or tweet @MicrosoftWomen.

Sonia and Colleen chat with SassyBlack, a singer, songwriter, and producer who composed a new set of songs for this show! Our hosts celebrate one year of podcasting with a live interview with the Founder of PandoMedia and Chairman Mom, Sarah Lacy. They wrap the show with recommendations on how to better support friends' careers. Please subscribe, rate, and share the episode. Find us at www.wibt.com. Send feedback to [email protected] or tweet @MicrosoftWomen.

Sonia and Colleen kick off the show at the Microsoft One Week Hackathon, the largest private hackathon on the planet. Colleen interviews teams at Imagine Cup, a global competition that empowers the next generation of computer science students to create new applications. Sonia interviews ShaoLan, the Creator and Founder of Chineasy. Please subscribe, rate, and share the episode. Find us at www.wibt.com. Send feedback to [email protected] or tweet @MicrosoftWomen.

Sonia and Colleen head to Las Vegas for Microsoft Inspire, the company's biggest partner event. Global Chairperson Christine Bongard shares more about the International Association of Microsoft Channel Partners Women in Technology community. Colleen interviews Microsoft's Corporate Vice President of the One Commercial Partner team, Gavriella Schuster. Please subscribe, rate, and share the episode. Find us at www.wibt.com. Send feedback to [email protected] or tweet @MicrosoftWomen.

In episode 25, Sonia celebrates her first half marathon and Colleen learns about Women in Cloud, an organization empowering female tech entrepreneurs. Sonia interviews Piera Gelardi and Finola Austin of Refinery29, the leading global media company focused on young women. To end, both discuss a profile of Lauren Simmons, the only full-time female NYSE stockbroker. Please subscribe, rate, and share the episode. Find us at www.wibt.com. Send feedback to [email protected] or tweet @MicrosoftWomen.

We hear from writer, director, and producer Serena Schuler about her upcoming comedy TV series focused on a female founder, Makeshift Society (www.MakeshiftSociety.com). Our hosts interview Microsoft's Chief People Officer Kathleen Hogan about the company's culture transformation. We wrap with Procter & Gamble's pledge to have women direct 50% of ads by 2023. Please subscribe, rate, and share the episode. Find us at www.wibt.com. Send feedback to [email protected] or tweet @MicrosoftWomen.

Sonia and Colleen play Robot Turtles, a game that teaches kids about programming. We hear from attendees at a STEM Exploration Day coordinated by Young Women Empowered. Colleen interviews Glowforge CEO Dan Shapiro about building inclusive teams and products. Our hosts wrap with coverage of BCG's recent analysis, "Why Women-Owned Startups are a Better Bet." Please subscribe, rate, and share the episode. Find us at www.wibt.com. Send feedback to [email protected] or tweet @MicrosoftWomen.

Colleen and Sonia debrief after Daring Women Seattle, an event hosted by Seattle Business magazine featuring local women leaders. The duo then visits Lights, Camera, IGNITE!, a gala to support programming that introduces girls in grades 6-12 to technology and engineering careers. Sonia interviews Werk Co-founder and Co-CEO Annie Dean about work flexibility. Our hosts then discuss Backstage Capital's recent announcement of a $36M fund to invest in black female founders. Please subscribe, rate, and share the episode. Find us online at www.wibt.com. Send any and all feedback to [email protected] or tweet @MicrosoftWomen.

Recorded at Build, Microsoft's ultimate annual developer event, Colleen and Sonia debrief after Satya Nadella's vision keynote on the Expo floor at the Washington State Convention Center. Then, Sonia heads to The Lounge onsite to speak with a few Cloud Developer Advocates—a community-based team at Microsoft with a goal to empower developers to do more with the cloud. Colleen connects with Nina Baliga, the founder and CEO of ersity, a website that showcases insiders' perspectives on company diversity and inclusion initiatives. Finally, Colleen is joined by Charlotte Yarkoni, the Corporate Vice President of Growth and Ecosystems in the Cloud + AI group, to talk about her team's involvement with the conference and her support of organizations encouraging girls and young women to pursue their interests in STEM. Please subscribe, rate, and share the episode. Find us online at www.wibt.com. Send any and all feedback to [email protected] or tweet @MicrosoftWomen.