Career Growth Summit 2024 | WomenTech Network | 24 April 2024 | Virtual

This summit is all about professional development and advancement. Come to this summit to learn more about finding a mentor, cultivating a sponsor relationship, and navigating your way to your dream career.
The summit invites women, minorities and allies working in tech or considering a career in tech. Discussions will feature topics like work-life integration, family-work balance, mentorship, and sponsorship, "side hustle", burnout, career break & return to work, salary negotiation, leadership, relocation, transitioning back to the office, and more.
Summit Tracks & Summit
• Career Paths, Pivots & Reentry
• Skill Development & Lifelong Learning
• Leadership, Mentorship & Sponsorship
• Job Search, Resume & Interview Prep
• Career Advancement Strategies
• Personal Branding & Professional Networking
• Remote, Hybrid & Future of Work
• Inspirational Career Stories

2024 Speakers

Christy Schumann
Chief Customer Officer, Toptal

Olha Boiko
VP Brand & Communications, Innovecs

Joanne Thurlow
Executive Director & Cofounder, The ESG Institute (.org)

Brenda Darden Wilkerson
President & CEO, AnitaB.org

Deirdre Toner
Managing Director AWS Worldwide Data Specialists, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Mary Elizabeth Wagner
Research Scientist, National Reconnaissance Office

Michelle Coombs
Director, The Tech Leader Network

Jossie Haines
Executive Coach, Jossie Haines Consulting

Alifia Miller
Supervisory Special Agent and Operation and Development Program Manager

Suzanne McKenna
Global Vice President, People & Culture, Encora

Gloria Lau
Senior Vice President of Engineering, Owl Labs

Sumandeep Singh
Global Head of Data Engineering, Ford Motor Company

Lauren Goodwin
Chief Executive Officer

Olena Deering
Senior Software Engineer, Celonis

Aruna Narayanan
Principal Software Architect, GE HealthCare

Anita Taleski
Senior Manager, Strategy & Digital

Patricia Gimenez
Manager, Software Engineering, NewRelic

Claire Zacher
Talent and Outreach, IAEA

Sue Lynn Withrow
Scrum Master and Holistic Productivity Coach, Withrow Consulting

Vakassia Niles
Career Strategist & Coach, The Niles Group

Namrta Sharma
Sr. Principal Solutions Engineer, Cadence Design Systems

Priyanka Shinde
Founder CEO, Priyanka Shinde Coaching & Consulting

Hauwa Yakubu
Product Mentor, Digital Media Leader and Head PR, Kugali Limited

Andrea Hofmann
Head of Data Innovation, DHL

Woodrie Burich
Founder/CEO, The Integration Group

Anuradha Dodda
Head of Engineering, Thomson Reuters

Laura Fravel
Executive Communications and Leadership Coach | Keynote Speaker, Vision and Wit

Dr. Diana Allen
Senior Technology Program Manager, Google

Alie Coolidge
PR & Communications Director, Deeplocal

Hasmik Osipyan
Software Development Manager, Synopsys

Darya Yegorina
CEO, CleverBooks

Grace Cupat
Engineering Manager - Web, ViewSonic

Jocelyne Morin-Nurse
CEO, Loxentus Inc.

Evelyn Chou
Product, Coursera

Hana Harencarova
Software Engineer, GitHub

Klarissa Schutz
Team Lead Navigation Projects & Map Features

Stephanie Tang
Founder, CEO, The Percentage Project

Melania Chanhih
Agile Coach, Allianz Services

Madhuparna Datta
Application Engineer Architect, Cadence Design Systems

Satenik Barseghyan
Senior Learning & Development Specialist for EMEA, Synopsys Inc.

Sabah Qazi
Senior Product Manager, Yelp

Bronwen Hudson
Social Media Manager, Uptycs

Jennifer Cox
Head of Communications Cyber Women Ireland & Security Engineering Manager & Tenable, CWI & Tenable

Rux Dariescu
Sustainable Business Performance Coach, Rux Dariescu Coaching

Jessica Kinman
Director, Industry Solutions

Anemari Fiser
Career Coach in tech | Tech Lead trainer

Richa Tamhane
Data Engineer, Accenture

Vanessa Araújo
Lead Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect for Energy at Microsoft

Krithika Manikavasagam
Sr.Manager II Product Management (MFC Product Leader), Walmart Labs

Morgan Bell
Product Manager, Google

Jennifer Bryan
Managing Director of Leadership and Change, ABChange Consultancy

Pricilla Bilavendran
Team Leader, Billennium

Kiruthika Ganesan
Head of Quality Assurance, Deko

Neta Gotlieb
Lead Clinical Research Scientist, ŌURA

Jim St.Pierre
Deputy Director, Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Robyn Fuentes
VP of Consulting, Improving

Krithika Chandramouli
Software Engineer, Meta

Ellen Di Resta
Managing Director, Pearl Partners, LLC

Oscar Santolalla
Senior Sales Engineer, Ubisecure

Sonia Hunt
Health & Wellness Futurist, Chief Marketing Officer, #1 Best-Selling Author, TEDx

Manisha Dhawan
Founder & CEO, MPath Coaching

Paige Costello
Product Leader for Core Product, Asana

Olena Deering
Senior Software Engineer, Celonis

Pranjali Kokare
Software Engineer, Meta

Oleksandra Aleksandrova
Senior Product Manager

Jessica Wicks
Director of Marketing, Proprio

Ramya Prabhakar
Principal Product Manager

Manisha Dhawan
Founder & CEO, MPath Coaching

Lani Dickinson
Founder, Thrive.OnPurpose.

Saskia Cebrian
Project Manager, Adobe

Ivna Curi
CEO and founder of Assertive Way, MBA, Electrical Engineer

Sarah Wall
Project Director | Product Lead, Freelance

Aneta Angova
Engineering Manager, Ocado Technology

Y'vonne Ormond
CEO, 5P Consulting

Nomi Bachar
Founder & Director, White Cedar Institute LLC

Shruti Sharma
BXD/Manager, Consulting Services Firm (digital)

RaChelle Streetman
Global Talent Development Executive / Head of Rackspace University, Rackspace

Onyinye Madubuko
Modern Workplace Consultant, Avanade

Preeti Gupta
Vice President, Brown Brothers Harriman

Neethu Elizabeth Simon
Senior Software Engineer, Intel Corporation

Anna Maria Kochanska
Future of Work Consultant/ Digital Nomad Ambassador, The Remote Impact

Cassaundra McKown
Assistant Vice President, FRB KC

Tara Myshrall
Regional Vice President Talend Canada and North US, Talend Inc.

Helen Stewart
HR Director, Western & Southern Europe, Luxoft

Jill O'Boyle
Founder / CEO, Jill O'Boyle Communications

Patricia Gestoso
Inclusion Strategist | Coach | Director of Scientific Support, Gestoso Consulting

Jamie Martin
Life and Leadership Coach, Jamie Martin Coaching

Birge Kahraman
Agile Coach, agile42 Consulting GmbH

Nesha Frazier
Founder, Courage Hackers Creative

Zaharenia Atzitzikaki
Founder, The 10x Manager Academy

Holly Duckworth
CEO, American Mindfulness Association

Dr. Cheryl Cooper
Business Information Security Officer, T-Mobile

Ananya Lahiri
Applied Scientist, Onfido

Gill Bennet
Delivery and Leadership Consultant

Puja Sharma
Senior Technical Program Manager

Katherine Castro
DEIB Practitioner, Founder of Diversity Community Group, Founder of Castro Career Consulting

Magda Kufrej
Founder, Work Ally

Shibani Joshi
National Business & Tech Journalist, Professional Speaker, Lecturer and Event Host

Krithika Balasubramanian
Senior Software Engineering Manager, The Home Depot

Robyn Fuentes
VP of Consulting, Improving

Seemin Suleri
VP Engineering, Prima

Sarah Kloepfer
Executive Creative Director, Deeplocal

Petra Grundler
Talent Coach, Toptal

Laura Heidrich
FSR Digital Natives

Ilknur Eren
Software Engineer

Jo Riches
IT Consultant | Luminary Coach for Leaders | Founder, Ayres Consulting Ltd

Dr. Karen Ivy
Department Chair - Technology Studies, University of Arizona Global Campus

Elise Pi
Group Product Manager, Ads

Lisa Smith
Vice President, Account Management, EPAM

Suzette Johnson
NG Fellow, Lean-Agile, Northrop Grumman

Rehmat Kharal
Vice President GTM Enablement & Sales Development, Harness.io

Neha Modi
Engineering Teams

Elena Vartas
Head of Learning and Development, Americas, EPAM Systems

Navneetha Lokanathan
Leadership & Communciation Trainer & Assertiveness Coach

Ariel Naftali
CEO & Founder, Executive Coach, Perform With Purpose

Daniela Mainieri
Security and Resiliency Architect, Kyndryl

Divya Anand
Associate Vice President of Marketing, Tata Communications

Martyna Shallenberg
Director, Software Engineering, Myriad Genetics

Trista Pan
Co-Founder & CTO, SphereEx

Marti Grimminck
Founder & CEO, International Connector

Tiffany Guarnaccia
CEO & Founder, Kite Hill PR

Kaitki Agarwal
Founder, President and CTO, A5G Networks, Inc.

Lisa Sims
Lead Faculty, University of Arizona Global Campus

Marina Velikova
Founder & CEO of Creazzia | AI expert | Educator, Creazzia

Tanny Ng
Senior Product Manager, WP Engine

Fatima Taj
Software Engineer, Yelp

Raji Rajagopalan
Partner Director of Engineering

Karlyn Fischer
Neural-optimization coach, Animology

Jyotsna Manikantan
Director of Product Management, ADP

Nancy Maher
Founder - Consultant - Coach, Kinkajou Limited

Luiza Pena
Lead Application Engineer, Cadence

Yota Trom
Leadership Coach, Founder of Together in Tech

Teresa Wu
VP of Software Engineer

Kiruthika Ganesan
Head of Quality Assurance, Deko

Hope Timberlake
Communication Speaker, Trainer and Coach

Elinor Honigstein
Business Development

Nadia De Ala
Founder, Leadership Coach, Real You Leadership

Joy Emedom
Security Consultant, Avanade Ireland

Adela Mehic-Dzanic
Business Developer, MAVOCO AG

Camille McKinney
Leadership Coach, Camille McKinney - Leadership Coach

Kristen Shannon
CEO/Founder, Highliner Technology

Taraka Satti
Engineering Director, Meta

Lisa Kostova
CEO and Founder, CareerClimb® Co

Swapna Malekar
Principal Product Lead, Microsoft

Dafna Blaschkauer
Global Executive (NIKE, APPLE, MICROSOFT), Best Seller Author, Speaker, Board Member, Mentor, L3 Lifelong Learners

Robin Sutara
Field Chief Technology Officer, Databricks

Josephine Kim
Business Manager, True North Advisory

Irina Soriano
Vice President of Enablement & Process Excellence, Seismic

Christina Singh
VP of Customer Success, Split.io

Robyn Cam
Executive Coach, Intellect

Trishala Pavagada
VP of Engineering, Five9 Inc

Gosia Zalewska
Talent Acquisition Lead, Zurich Technology Delivery Center

Naomi Glover
Founder/Director, Neuro-Informed Ltd and Applied Neuroscience Association

Sümeyye Bitomsky
Team Lead Engineering, Hygraph

Delly Sherwood
Senior Manager, Service Delivery, Public Storage

Archana Maliyackal
Product Manager, Home Shopping Europe

Angela Huser
Change Partner - Badass - Coach, Angela Huser

Malia Lym
Savvy LeadHER CEO, Retired Oil & Gas Engineering SME

Shweta Sharma
Senior Software Engineer, Intuit

Alexa Robinson
Scrum Master II, EPAM

Jeff Ludwig
Managing Vice President, Risk Tech, Capital One

Shubhansha Agrawal
Head of Product, Contributions

Deirdre Sommerkamp
VP, Solutions Consulting, Operations & Enablement, Upland Software

Asma Zeeshan
Head of B2B Sales South, Telenor Pakistan Ltd

Pragati Solanki
Technical Recruiter, Fullscript

Sabine Gedeon
Founder, She Leads Network

Mirza Rayana Sanzana
Researcher, University of Nottingham Malaysia

Jessica McAulay
Consultant, Revenue Operations & Business Intelligence, Inflectiv

Zoe Roth
Internet of Things Research Associate, S&P Global Market Intelligence

Sabrina Ratheekan
Director, Product Management, Walmart Canada

2024 Sponsors

2024 Sponsors

• Twitter
• Airbnb
• Apple
• Miro.com
• DHL Freight Enterprise Software Solutions
• GE Healthcare
• Qualtrics
• Tata Communications
• Rakuten Kobo
• Celonis
• EPAM Systems
• Enbridge Inc.
• Toptal
• Carnegie Mellon Master of Science in Product Management
• Procter and Gamble
• Encora
• New Relic
• BlackLine
• Pepsico
• Taxfix