Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

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Anita Mahon Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer at EXL	Building the AI-Ready Enterprise: Thrive in the Age of Intelligent Enterprise Transformation AI is transforming our world faster than any prior technology shift. Yet for many organizations, the journey from pilots to wide-scale impact remains stalled. Leaders face a dual challenge: envisioning the business of the future while modernizing today’s operations. In this presentation we will explore what it truly means to become an AI-ready enterprise. Learn ways your organization can integrate AI across strategy, operations, and talent. We’ll share a pragmatic roadmap for scaling AI responsibly and effectively. The discussion will focus on how leaders can design adaptive… read more
Priya Jayakumar Manager, Product and Engineering at T-Mobile	Resilience Matters: Strengthening Leadership and Systems in the Face of AI In a world where digital systems and human teams face constant change with AI in the middle of it all, resilience is no longer optional, it is essential! This talk explores the intersection of leadership resilience and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices, highlighting how both shape sustainable success. Through real-world insights, I’ll examine how resilient leaders inspire adaptive teams, and how resilient systems prevent small incidents from escalating into crises based on my own personal experiences. Attendees will leave with practical strategies for building cultures, processes,… read more
Bree Fouss Experience Transformation Director at Accenture	Built for Brains: How Behavioral Science Makes Tech Better Most tech is built with logic in mind, but most people don’t operate on logic alone. We procrastinate. We skim. We get overwhelmed by too many choices. If we want to design better technology, we need to start by understanding how people actually behave - not how we wish they did. In this engaging and interactive session, Bree Fouss, Experience Transformation Director at Accenture, dives into how behavioral science can help us build more effective, ethical, and inclusive technology. With stories from organizations big and small, Bree unpacks the patterns of human behavior that… read more
Cheryl Tibbs Chief AI Strategist at AI Marvels Inc	Becoming Visible: Reinvention, Identity, and Leadership for Women of Color in Tech This talk explores what it means to navigate identity, belonging, and reinvention as a woman of color in the evolving world of tech. While the industry continues to push forward with innovation, many women still struggle with visibility, confidence, and feeling like they deserve a place in the rooms they’ve worked hard to reach. I share my personal journey of stepping into tech from a non-traditional path, rebuilding my voice, and finding belonging while everything around me—AI, leadership, expectations—was shifting. This session speaks to anyone who has ever questioned if they… read more
Dr. Kimberly Strickland Director, PMO at SAS Institute Inc	The Relationship Advantage: A Keystone Relationship Strategy to Build Trust, Influence, and Impact for Women in Tech Strong technical skills may open the door, but relationships determine what happens next. In today’s fast-moving tech environments, women often navigate complex dynamics—cross-functional teams, high-stakes decisions, difficult stakeholders, and environments where influence matters as much as expertise. In this session, Dr. Kim Strickland introduces the Keystone Relationship Strategy, a practical, people-first framework grounded in real-world project leadership and original doctoral research on stakeholder engagement. Attendees will learn how to build trust intentionally,… read more
Molly Rizkallah CEO at Cincy Carbon	The Next Generation of Climate Innovation: Why Gen Z Is Rewriting the Sustainability Playbook A new wave of climate innovators is emerging, and they’re not waiting for permission to reshape the future. In this fast-paced lightning talk, sustainability researcher and young professional Molly Rizkallah highlights how Gen Z is driving a fundamental shift in environmental technology and climate entrepreneurship. Drawing from real-world insights in sustainability startup research, Molly breaks down the mindsets, tools, and unconventional strategies that distinguish this generation’s approach, from building scrappier, faster climate solutions to challenging outdated industry norms. … read more
Kimberley Parsons CEO at Bamboo Teaming	Great Leaders Don't Automatically Make Great Executive Teams: 6 Teaming Factors for Tech Leaders to Accelerate Execution Research shows 65% of senior executives describe their leadership teams as ineffective—an expensive problem in tech-driven companies where speed, innovation, and cross-functional alignment determine competitive advantage. When your senior team can’t make decisions at the pace technology evolves, you lose ground. For technical organizations especially, how leaders team is just as critical as the products they build. Known by clients as “the one-team expert,” Kimberley Lewis Parsons, CEO of Bamboo Teaming, has seen what drives high performance from both sides—two decades leading… read more
Mary Giardina Operations Director at The Support Source	Leading the Human Firewall: Outsmarting the Biggest Cyber Threats Cybersecurity is not just an IT problem. It is a business risk. For insurers, people are the first and last line of defense. Join this interactive simulation that tests your knowledge on compromised identities, phishing attempts, and ransomware threats. We will discuss real-world attacks and share practical strategies to empower your team, ensuring every employee becomes a cyber champion! Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Aishwarya Shah Manager, Advanced Data and Business Analysis	Leading with Ethical AI: Strategies for Inclusive Innovation and Responsible Tech Leadership In an era where Artificial Intelligence increasingly shapes business strategies, product innovation, and societal expectations, women tech leaders have a unique opportunity to champion ethical AI practices that drive both inclusion and impact. This session will explore how ethical AI frameworks are not only vital to fostering trust and accountability but also essential for advancing equitable outcomes for diverse communities in technology. Attendees will gain actionable insights into building responsible AI governance, embedding fairness and representation into tech workflows, and cultivating… read more
Amanda Mercier Chief Data and Analytics Officer at US Army Special Operations Command	The Courage to Build: How Tiny Moments of Belief Can Transform a Career, a Culture, and a Future We often imagine transformation as a single bold leap — but the truth is that remarkable careers, groundbreaking technologies, and cultural revolutions are built from hundreds of tiny, almost invisible moments of belief. In this talk, Amanda shares her unlikely journey from small beginnings to becoming the Chief Data & Analytics Officer for a 56,000-person special operations organization — and a builder of digital transformation movements that changed how thousands learn, lead, and innovate. But the real story isn’t the title or the technology. It’s the series of small,… read more
Bhumika Shah AI Researcher and Practitioner at University of the Cumberlands	Thriving in AI-Native Data Teams: How the Future of Work Is Being Rewritten Artificial Intelligence is no longer just an add-on for analytics—it is becoming a true teammate inside modern data workflows. From AI-assisted SQL and automated data quality checks to predictive root-cause analysis, data teams are rapidly shifting from manual, pipeline-focused work to AI-embedded, insight-driven operations. This session explores what it really means to become an AI-native data team and how this transformation is reshaping culture, collaboration, and decision-making. Drawing on real-world enterprise experience and research on data team culture, this talk highlights the… read more
Miki Van Cleave Chief Design Officer at JPMorgan Chase	Designing for Everyone: How to Scale Inclusive, Accessible, and Human-Centered Design in an AI World In this session, Miki Van Cleave, Chief Design Officer at JPMorgan Chase, will share how she is transforming digital banking experiences through inclusive design, accessibility innovation, and large-scale cross-functional collaboration. These principles extend into the rapidly evolving world of AI and agentic technologies. Miki will break down how she’s led a major shift in accessibility practices, moving from basic standards like alt text and contrast to ensuring digital experiences are fully keyboard navigable, and championing new partnerships that expand access for blind… read more
Patricia Gestoso Inclusion and AI Strategist \| Coach \|Director of Scientific Support at Gestoso Consulting	The Confidence Paradox: Leadership, Culture, and Career Advancement for Women in Tech Confidence is one of the most overvalued and misunderstood signals of success in the tech industry. Often conflated with competence—our actual ability to perform a task—confidence is a poor predictor of performance. Individuals with low self-confidence may deliver outstanding work, while overconfidence can coexist with poor outcomes. Based on original research for the book How Women in Tech Succeed Worldwide, we surveyed 500 women working in technology across roles, industries, and regions about their job satisfaction and the role confidence played in their careers. … read more
Alyssa Cori Global Data Content Manager at Google	The Secret to Persuading Anyone by Simplifying Everything Many leaders in tech rush into high-stakes communication without first doing the difficult, upfront work of simplifying their message. In an era of AI-driven information overload, the most influential voices are those with the courage to communicate only what matters. This session provides a framework for intentional simplicity - the essential leadership skill for bridging the gap between deep technical expertise and high-level influence. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Jessica Fredican Fractional Chief Product Officer at Digital Citizen	Networking for Introverts We all know that grow your career it’s not what you know, but who you know. But how do you continue to grow your network if the idea of talking to strangers in the crowded feels in surmountable? This talk will give you practical tactics for expanding and deepening your network. We’ll talk about how to leverage some of our chore skills as technologies to grow a supportive network that you can rely on in a way that feels natural to you Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Barbara Negron SVP Managing Director Embedded Finance & Partnerships at Cogent Bank	From FinTech Vision to Bank-Ready Execution: How Women Leaders Scale Innovation in Regulated Tech Innovation in fintech and emerging technology often slows not because the ideas are weak, but because execution becomes difficult once regulation, scale, and organizational complexity enter the picture. In this session, Barbara J. Negron shares real world lessons from building and scaling embedded finance and technology platforms across banks and fintech ecosystems. She discusses how women leaders can connect vision with execution and governance to turn innovative ideas into solutions that are ready to operate at an enterprise level. The conversation focuses on… read more
Niharika P Pujari Lead Software Engineer at McGraw Hill	Scaling Accessibility: Frontend Architecture, Not a Checklist Most teams approach accessibility through training, audits, or late-stage QA. While these efforts are important, they don’t scale - especially as frontend codebases grow more complex and teams rely on shared components and design systems. In this talk, I’ll reframe accessibility as a frontend architecture concern and a leadership responsibility, not just an individual skill or compliance task. We’ll look at how accessibility outcomes are shaped by architectural decisions - component APIs, state and focus management, and system-level defaults and why fixing issues after implementation… read more
Angella Dagenhart Co-Founder at The BLU Arc Collective	Stop Shipping Change Theater: A Pre-Launch Diagnostic for Real Tech Adoption Most tech transformations look solid on paper: executive sponsorship, clear roadmaps, adequate budgets. Then reality hits. Adoption stalls, workarounds multiply, and teams quietly revert to old ways. The issue usually isn’t the technology or the project plan. It’s that organizations manage change (external rollout) while ignoring transition (the internal human shift) and the conditions that make new behavior possible. In this session, I’ll introduce The Five-Lever Framework, a practical diagnostic that helps leaders and change practitioners identify where adoption will break… read more
Priyanka gunakala Lead Analyst at The Vanguard Group	Your No-Code Career Playbook : No Code Careers in Tech Drawing from personal industry experience, this talk demystifies non-technical roles in tech, highlights in-demand skills, tools, and mindsets, and shows how people can build credibility through projects, problem-solving, and strategic networking. Attendees leave with a clear roadmap to launch tech careers faster, without writing a single line of code. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Brittany Wolfrom Customer Solutions Leader at Amazon Web Services	The Introvert's Edge: Leading with Authenticity in an AI-Powered World As an introvert who regularly speaks to audiences of 500+, I've learned that authenticity—not extroversion—is your superpower in leadership. This session reveals how introverts can leverage AI tools to amplify their strengths while preserving energy for high-impact human connections. You'll discover practical frameworks for "playing extroverted" at conferences and networking events without burning out, including the 70-20-10 energy management model and strategic recovery techniques. We'll explore how AI can handle the mechanics (research, follow-ups,… read more