Tech in the Right Direction

How Tech is Creating a Better Future and the Importance of STEM for Young Adults

This week's guest is Donna Loughlin, the Founder of LMGPR - an award-winning public relations agency focused on B2B and consumer technology. LMGPR's proprietary approach called Pulse, a multi-tiered, systematic approach to public relations, is designed to leverage public relations to drive new business opportunities, increase sales and create category leadership. In addition to her business, Donna also hosts Before It Happened, a podcast focused on telling the stories of visionaries, innovators, and futurists and how they have changed the world as we know it.
In today's episode, we talk about Donna's career journey and how her early experiences with STEM pushed her to begin a career in technology. We also discuss how important it is to expose kids, especially young women, to STEM and various technologies to set them up for success in the future. Lastly, we talk about how tech is changing the world and what innovators and futurists are doing to create a better future for all.
You can learn more about LMGPR here: https://www.lmgpr.com/
You can listen to Before It Happened here: https://www.beforeithappened.com/
We hope Donna's story helps inspire others to grow their tech career.

How Women Can Negotiate and Advocate for More Equality

This week's guest is Peggy Martinus, VP of Sales & Marketing at Magenium Solutions - an organization focused on Microsoft-centered services and solutions that allows companies to increase revenue, reduce risk, and decrease costs. Peggy is a tenured leader with over twenty-five years of experience in IT and is an instrumental part of Magenium's partnership with Microsoft. She offers deep insight across all aspects of the business relationship and has helped grow the organization over the past ten years.
In today's episode, we talk about Peggy's career journey and how she found herself at Magenium. With a degree in Computer Science, Peggy found herself in coding right out of college, which eventually led her to the business side of IT. Peggy eventually grew within the business side of IT, which ultimately led her to a leadership position within Magenium. We also discuss how women can better advocate for themselves and negotiate their way into a more equal and deserving world.
You can learn more about Magenium Solutions here:
https://www.magenium.com/
We hope Peggy's story helps inspire others to grow their tech career.

How-to Achieve Work-Life Balance in Today‘s Remote World

This week's guest is Liz Aldridge, the Manager of Client Services at ApostleTech - an organization specializing in implementing, extending, connecting, and supporting Salesforce. Liz is passionate about developing processes and sales operations that provide substantial customer results and drive change. In addition, she has extensive experience in sales and cloud services, which has allowed her to grow within the ApostleTech team.
In today's episode, we talk with Liz about managing a team in a remote world and how-to handle your work-life balance. We also discuss the different ways you can navigate the challenges created in today's modern business world. Finally, we continue the discussion and talk about setting expectations within your work and at home - along with so much more.
You can learn more about ApostleTech here: https://apostletech.com/
We hope Liz's story helps inspire others to grow their tech career.

How Women Can Leverage the Unique Opportunities Created by the Pandemic

This week's guest is Sara Silver, the Founder and President of Silverware, Inc. - a Premier Microsoft Gold Partner focused on providing a library of solutions to help organizations drive efficiency and create growth. Starting in 1988, Sara has grown the company into a world-class organization and is now focused on using this growth to create more opportunities for women in tech.
In today's episode, we talk about Sara's career journey and what led her to become the Founder of Silverware, Inc. We also get into how women have changed the IT landscape and what we can do to expose more women to tech careers. We also get into the unique opportunity created from the pandemic for more women to enter the tech industry.
You can learn more about Silverware, Inc. here: https://www.silverw.com/
We hope Sara's story helps inspire others to grow their tech career.

How-to Realize Your Potential and Reach Your Career Goals

This week's guest is Alaina Percival, the CEO and Board Member of Women Who Code - an international nonprofit focused on creating opportunities for women to excel in tech careers. Alaina sees the lack of women in tech as a global issue and is passionate about finding modern-day solutions to help solve it. She founded Women Who Code with these ideas in mind and has continued to grow the organization's reach by expanding into new communities every day.
In today's episode, we talk about Alaina's career journey and how she took a non-traditional path to tech. Alaina started coding and chose a path that helped her realize her potential and grow in the tech industry. Our discussion evolved into talking about her passion for increasing women's presence in tech and how this eventually led her to found Women Who Code. Listen to today's episode to learn more about Alaina and her incredible story.
You can learn more about Women Who Code here: https://www.womenwhocode.com/
We hope Alaina's story helps inspire others to grow their tech career.

How-to Keep Innovating and Thriving When Facing Modern Day Challenges

This week's guests are Colette Bishamy and Melody Roberts. Colette is the Director of Women's Innovation Learning Labs at the Women's Business Development Center. The organization is focused on supporting and accelerating innovation by and between women business owners, subject matter experts, and corporate partners. Melody is the CEO and Co-Founder of Liv-Labs. They focus on combining self-care tools and easy-access services for convenient health management, starting with pelvic floor fitness.
In today's episode, we talk about how innovation is a crucial aspect of business growth. Unfortunately, the pandemic has made innovation difficult but not impossible. Listen to the episode and learn how to continue innovating and thriving when facing the modern world's challenges.
Thank you for listening; we hope Colette and Melody help inspire others to grow their tech career.

Leadership to Drive Social Change in the Tech Industry

This week's guest is Anne Bathel, CEO, and co-founder of ReDI School of Digital Integration. In 2006 Anne graduated from KaosPilot in Denmark, a hybrid of a business and a design school. From 2006-2009, she worked as a corporate social responsibility consultant. While in this role, Anne developed and implemented Samsung Electronics' award-winning corporate social responsibility strategy for Scandinavia. Anne eventually moved to Japan, researching open social innovation, where she received the prestigious Rotary Peace Fellowship.
Today we talk about Anne's journey into the tech industry and how her experiences helped shape her career. We also cover how in 2012, she moved to Berlin to set up the Berlin Peace Innovation Lab in association with Stanford University. The lab focuses on how technology is facilitating emerging and measurable social change toward global peace. In 2015, in response to the refugee crises, Anne co-founded ReDI School of Digital Integration, a vocational training program teaching programming and tech skills to refugees and marginalized people. ReDI is currently teaching 1500+ adults and kids per year - with 65% of these being women and girls.
Thank you for listening; we hope Anne's story helps inspire others to grow their tech career.

Breaking the Glass Ceilings: Creating Opportunities for Women

This week's guest is Chaitra Vedullapalli, an influential business leader passionate about enabling business equity throughout our communities. Chaitra is the Co-Founder of Women in Cloud and the CMO of Meylah, a cloud solution provider that helps businesses grow their digital presence through a wide range of solutions. She is also a Board Member, Forbes & Your Story Contributor, Entrepreneur, TEDx & Public Speaker, and avTop100 Global Change Leader.
 
Today we talk about Chaitra's career journey and how her early experiences helped form her passion for technology. Chaitra saw the potential technology had to advance people's lives for the better and she wanted to be a part of these advancements. However, she also saw the glass ceilings that women faced in the industry. To break these glass ceilings, Chaitra co-founded Women in Cloud to give women access to opportunities they otherwise wouldn't have. Listen to today's episode and learn more about Chaitra's story and the progress she’s making.
 
Thank you for listening; we hope Chaitra's story helps inspire others to grow their tech career. To learn more about Chaitra and to get in touch with her, visit her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chaitrav/