Laura is a UX concept designer and is in charge of conducting research and works closely with the development & product teams to bring ideas to life.

​We explore Laura's journey into UX, how she changed her course half-way through University and her job seeking journey. We explore the subject of talking and the power that has when going into an industry where you don't have practical experience.

​Uni students/first time job seekers/for those changing industries - this one is for you!

Connect with Laura: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-fiona-holder/ 

Maggie is a UX/UI designer at Swat.io who's been working within the start-up world when she relocated to Vienna. She has a huge passion for product design and the limitless possibilities you have within tech. She's shares her journey to landing her first tech role, how she got into product design and the perceptions of tech.

We cover such a variety of topics!

Connect with Maggie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maggie-jandova/

Links to the events discussed: https://www.womentech.net/ and another interesting source since we covered the topic of toys as learning sources https://www.robowunderkind.com/

In this weeks episode I’m very excited to be speaking to Andrea Fernandez who’s the co-founder of a German start-up fintech company call Alice.

We uncover her journey into finance, how childhood has an impact on our adulthood, should we start educating kids earlier on about tech & finance, her successful career at Wall-Street to now founding her very own company, where we further discussed raising funds, finding the right co-founder to enable company success and heavily discussing the importance of diversity & inclusion.

If you want to be part of a movement to close the gender diversity gap but don't know where to start - then this episode is for you!

Connect with Andrea: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-fernandez-coto/

Alice: https://www.aliceapp.de

In this weeks episode I’m very excited to be speaking with Liz Lux who is the VP of People at an Austrian start-up company called Bloom Diagnostics. We discussed people culture, the gender & diversity gap and what we as a society need to do, to unable the gender gaps to close.

She also gives us an insight of her journey into tech and how she found the transition going from a learning & development consultant to HR and working with leading tech companies.

Liz came from a strong L&D background and worked within the corporate industry until she moved to Vienna and began her HR journey within a successful start-up. If you want to know how to go from a non-tech background to working with great software/medtech companies then this episode is for you!!! 

Connect with Liz: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liz-lux-5925b540/

Today we are joined by the lovely Edna a Senior Principle Engineer who relocated 4 years ago from Bosnia to Munich to start her developer career in a company called mydays. Today we discuss her relocation journey, how she found the transitions, her journey into technology and what it means being a women in tech!

We discover her education journey, what you need to do to stand out and the importance of believing in yourself.

Menia comes from a mechanical engineering background and was always an admirer for maths and science! She later started her career within the VC industry as an Investment analyst and discovered her passion for product management. Menia shares her journey how she discovered product management - what it means and why more females should join the STEM communities.

To connect with Menia - follow the link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asimenialaina/

Amanda takes us on a journey of transitioning from the corporate finance world to starting her fashion tech business from scratch. We hear about her challenges, successes and her experience on venturing into a new industry! If you've been thinking of starting out in tech or founding your own business and don't know where to start - this episode it for you!

Hey there! Welcome & thanks for joining! I'm Valentina Co-Founder of Micro-Search Solutions - a small niche recruitment company & Founder of Women Tech Talk! I thought I'd give you a brief introduction on myself and WHY I started this initiative! Thanks for listening!