Women Talk Tech

On this week's episode of Women Talk Tech, we are joined by Tanya Tygesen. Tanya is the Director of Client Service and Relationship Management at SS&C Salentica, a division of SS&C Technologies. Tune in to hear Tanya share her insights on the power of determination in breaking into traditionally male-dominated spaces, as she shares her experiences both as a professional athlete, as well as a leader in the tech sector.

On this week’s episode of Women Talk Tech, we are joined by Joanna Taccone. Joanna is currently the Director of Marketing at AcuityAds, a leading journey automation platform for omnichannel digital advertising. Joanna shares her insights on what it takes to have a career in start-ups, and how young women can best position themselves for a successful career in the tech sector.

On this week's episode of Women Talk Tech we are joined by Jen Capstraw. Jen is a speaker, consultant and self-proclaimed #emailgeek who helps cool, under-the-radar companies build visibility and credibility in the email marketing space. She’s best-known as President and Co-Founder of Women of Email, an association of 5,000+ aimed at promoting leadership and cultivating professional growth. Jen shares her insights on the power of finding a community within the tech sector.

On this week’s episode of Women Talk Tech we are joined by Aparna Natarajan. Aparna is an accomplished strategy and sales leader with over 10 years of experience across enterprise sales, partner development, and operations. Aparna shares her insight on finding your path, and owning your narrative as a woman in the tech sector.

On this week’s episode of Women Talk Tech, we are joined by Julia Satov. Julia is an internationally published author in the International Journal of Diversity in Education, and has publications in the Huffington Post and Chief Learning Officer. Julia shares her insight on fostering an environment of diversity in the tech sector, as well as creating permanent seats for diversity and inclusion workers at the business decision table.

This week’s guest is Riya Karumanchi, a 17-year-old high school student from Burlington, Ontario. Riya is an entrepreneur and CEO of SmartCane and is extremely passionate about harnessing technology to better people’s lives.

Riya shares her insight into overcoming the obstacles of being a young woman in tech, how women and girls can become engaged in technology at a younger age, and what direction tech companies should go, in order to become more welcoming to women in the industry.

This week’s guest is Nicole Ooi, a fourth-year computer engineering student at Queen’s University, and the Internal Vice-President of Queen’s WiSE (Women in Science and Engineering).

Nicole shares how she came down with a case of what she calls, the “tech scaries” and addresses the disconnect happening in high school between young girls and the possibility of a career in tech.

To kick off the Women Talk Tech mini-series, "A Salute to Young Women in Tech", Marie sits down with Marley Melbourne, a high school student and founder of "Casual", an online art collective and culture zine.

Tune in to hear Marley talk about teenagers and social media use, as well as how the marketing sector can do more to engage with young women.

In this episode of Women Talk Tech, we are joined by Jaime Chambron, CEO and Founder of Impact Oceans and the Career Agility System. She shares her journey with us of how she entered the tech sector and pivoted her career to focus on helping both men and women be resilient and gain agility in their unique career paths, and how companies can create an environment to encourage and nurture growth.

In this episode of Women Talk Tech, our guest is Janet Lin, Senior Director of Customer Engagement Technology at Loblaw Companies Limited. She talks about her journey coming to Canada to pursue a career in tech and the challenges she faced, along with the importance of diversity - in all aspects - as we embark on the new age of technology.