WICxInspire 2022 | Women in Cloud | 13 July 2022 | Online

This event is a multi-day networking experience with thought-leadership power talks, diverse recruiting, and curated business development to connect female tech founders and showcase their technology solutions with enterprise buyers, investors, and influencers.

Why Attend
• Leadership & Professional Development - Inspirational thought leadership talks focused on leadership, cloud innovation and professional development.
• Co-Selling with Microsoft and Their Channel Partners - Learn best practices about the programs, tools, and resources available to help you engage with Microsoft and their channel partners
• Strategic Business Development & Networking - Strategically connecting women tech entrepreneurs and leaders across the global tech market to unlock enterprise cloud opportunities.
• Diversity Hiring and Recruiting - Digital job fair offering a meet and greet experience, where women and collective community can meet with companies actively seeking and recruiting diverse talent.
• #empowHERaccess Awards Ceremony - Global recognition of those working to collectively solve the global crisis facing women entrepreneurs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• #CloudInnovateHER Pitch Competition - Showcasing the next revolutionary innovation in tech-based enterprise solutions. In partnership with TIE Seattle

2021 Past Speakers

Gavriella Schuster
Corporate VP, OCP, Microsoft

Sharan Hildebrand
VP of Strategic Alliances, North America, Hitachi Solutions

Salonee Shah
Senior Portfolio Development Manager, M12 Microsoft’s Venture Fund

Megan Amdahl
Senior Vice President of Partner Alliances and Operations, North America, Insight

Stephanie Ferguson
Corporate Vice President, Microsoft

Patti Dobrowolski
CEO & Creative Activator, Up Your Creative Genius

Amy Protexter
Senior Vice President, North America Marketing, Insight

Shirish Nadkarni
Co-Chair, Z5 Catalyst Funding Initiative, TIE Seattle

Teresa Tung
Cloud First Chief Technologist, Accenture

Christine Puccio
VP, Global Cloud Alliances & GTM Programs, F5

John Jahnke
Tackle.io, CEO

Cheryl Ingram
CEO/Founder, Inclusology

Pradnya Desh
CEO, Advocat AI

Sinmi Adeoye-Esene
President & CEO, Daniola Corporation

Monika Panpaliya
Global Head, Enterprise Technology Services, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Managing Dir.

Sonali Jha
Founder, Director, Cunomial Technologies Private Limited

Priyanka Mitra
Principal, M12 – Microsoft’s Venture Capital Fund

Dina Grimstead
Sr. Manager, AI Programs & Strategic Partnerships, US Chief Digital Office for AI, Microsoft

Brad Anderson
President of Products and Services, Qualtrics

Karen Fassio
WW Partner Marketing, Microsoft

Phil Sorgen
Chief Revenue Officer, RingCentral

Maret Thatcher
CEO, Argyle Inc.

Chaitra Vedullapalli
Co-Founder, Women in Cloud

Gowri Selka
Volantsys Analytics | CEO

Jason Mudd
Executive Director, IBM

Raisa Noelle
Global Events Program Lead, Women in Cloud

Giovanna Mingarelli
CEO and Co-Founder, M&C Consulting

Michelle L Pruitt
Principal Program Manager, Microsoft

Elisa Garcia Anzano
Head of Market Development, M12

Thomas Ajspur
CEO, Enavate

Heidi Watson
Founder & CEO, Canadian Electronic Health Information System Inc

Erin Northern
Partnership Lead, Women in Cloud

Nancy G Watt
President, Nancy Watt Communications

Catherine Mulcahy
Portfolio Development, M12

Nancy Pendleton
VP, BDS Software Engineering Leader, Boeing

Matt Jackson
Vice President of Services, Insight

Jenee Fortier
Director of Grants Administration, Hello Alice

Kelly Hartman
Vice President of Ecosystem and Business Development, Red Hat Marketplace, IBM

Patty Burroughs
Managing Director, Accenture

Gena Goh
Channel Inclusion & Impact Senior Strategy Lead, Microsoft

Deepa Krishnan
Vice President, Hybrid Cloud Digital Platform and Consumption, IBM

Ram Dutt
Co-Founder & CEO, Meylah

Darilyn Smart
Managing Director, Smart Foods Caribbean Limited

Anita Gardyne
President & CEO, Oneva

Daniela Applegate
Co-Founder + VP of Marketing, rThreat

Humaira Ahmed
CEO, Locelle Digital Inc.

Dina Moskowitz
Founder & CEO, SaaSMAX Corp.

Bhavya Aggarwal
Founder, ZipBoard

2022 Sponsors and Partners

• Accenture
• Insight
• Hitachi Solutions
• M12
• Microsoft
• IBM
• Meylah
• Boeing

CORPORATE PASS SPONSORS:
• Nasuni
• Tackle.io
• Open Systems

COMMUNITY PARTNERS:
• Boeing
• TIE Seattle
• Hello Alice
• FLIK
• IAMCP
• Voices for Innovation
• Black Channel Partner Alliance
• Black Women Talk Tech
• Founders Live
• Microsoft Alumni Network
• Ideagen
• Rise