Tech in the Right Direction

Mentors That Make A Difference - Josh DeTillio

Listen in as Jennifer Didier and Josh DeTillio talk about the opportunities in the medical industry for Women. 
More About Josh DeTillio:
DeTillio has more than sixteen years of experience in health care and hospital administration, including creating a popular hospital-wide wellness program. In Healthy You, Healthy Team, Healthy Company, he presents an essential how-to guide on building and maintaining your own wellness plan. In eight stages, ranging from learning how to be an inspiration to incentivizing participation to using data to refine practices, DeTillio will show you how to increase loyalty and morale while decreasing healthcare costs.

Meet Danica Bunnett COO of Bluon

Join Jennifer Didier and Danica Bunnett as they discuss the operations of Bluon.  Danica will share how her childhood experiences have helped to find her passion and use it to build Bluon to it's current status in the marketplace. 
Danica Bunnett Bio:
As Bluon’s Chief Operating Officer, Danica manages the day-to-day operations of Bluon, a rapidly growing technology company in the HVAC space that has grown from 30 people to 130 in just over a year. As is typical in a company of Bluon’s size, Danica directly oversees several critical teams while working hand in glove with managers on several others.  Danica is a true hands-on manager and player coach, who utilizes her unique skill set to manage a diverse group of technicians, professionals and software engineers with equal skill, grace and authority. Danica has been with Bluon from the virtual beginning and has been instrumental in its growth as well as its one-of-a-kind culture. In many ways, Bluon is a direct reflection of Danica and her unworldly work ethic, unmatched enthusiasm, seemingly always positive attitude and direct style of communication. She is a graduate of Stanford University with a Bachelors in Product Design Mechanical Engineering. She was also the co-president of Stanford Women in Design (SWID) and believes in bridging Silicon Valley's high-tech innovation with the HVAC world.

MENtors that make a difference Featuring Breno Araujo

Meet Breno Araujo from BOTO as he discusses with Jennifer Didier how the hiring practices of BOTO pursues qualified women for Technology jobs. Breno shares his unique ideas on how to maintain the candidates they hire.
A little more about Breno Araujo:
Breno Araujo is the Founder and CEO of BOTO, a no-code platform that allows anyone to build and share automation. Before BOTO, Breno was head of Revenue Intelligence for Ripple and has been in the blockchain space since 2016.
Breno has been coding since he was 12 years old, and has an MBA from INSEAD and a BSC in Mechatronics Engineering from PUC-Rio (Brazil).

Tips on how to be seen by Technology Staff recruiters.

Tech in the Right Direction host, Jennifer Didier and Manager of People and Culture at Curate Partners,  Natasha Thomas talk about how she got involved in the Technology industry.  Natasha also shares some great insight on how to represent yourself to be considered for technology opportunities.
Natasha's Bio:
Natasha Thomas is the Manager of People and Culture at Curate Partners. She studied at SUNY Fredonia, majoring in Psychology and minoring in Sociology and currently resides in the North end of Boston, MA. With over a decade of IT industry experience, Natasha is passionate about building programs and opportunities to support people of all backgrounds in achieving their career ambitions. A major focus in her current role is expanding DEI&B initiatives for internal/external employees and clients.

Understanding Software Security

Join Jennifer and Laura Bell Main as they talk about the importance of Software security.  Software security is not just a business challenge, but a challenge for home computer users as well.  Laura Bell Main shares some great insights and tips that everyone can use to have a safer online experience.
A little more about Laura Bell Main:
Laura Bell Main specializes in securing some of Australia andNew Zealand’s fastest-growing organizations. She has overtwenty years of experience in software development andinformation security. It's her mission and passion to bringsecurity into organizations of every shape and size.Laura is the founder and CEO of SafeStack Academy, anonline education platform offering flexible, high-quality, andpeople-focused, secure development training for fastmoving companies, with a focus on building security skills,practices, and culture across the entire engineering team.SafeStack is a value’s driven company on a mission to makecybersecurity accessible for everyone and any organization.“To protect each one of us, we must protect all of us”This is the underpinning belief that drives Laura. Hercompany pushing hard into this issue by attempting to trainall of our organisations, big and small. Through free plans,student sponsorships and sponsored communities, she isworking towards a future where we no longer spend 99% ofour security resources on 1% of our organizations.She is an experienced conference speaker, trainer, andregular panel member, and has spoken at a range of eventssuch as BlackHat USA, Velocity, and OSCON on the subjectsof privacy, covert communications, agile security, and securitymindset. She is also the co-author of Agile ApplicationSecurity and Security for Everyone.

Making AI in the Metaverse a reality

Jennifer Didier gets to know Weili Dai. Hear their conversation about Understanding how to make next-genConversational AI in the metaverse a reality.
Weili Bai Bio:
Weili Dai is one of the most successful women entrepreneurs in the world. Widely considered atechnology visionary, she is the only woman Co-Founder of a global semiconductor company,Marvell Technology Group. For her contributions to technology and society, Newsweek named Ms.Dai one of the “150 Women Who Shake the World” and was profiled by CNN International for theLeading Women Series: Leading the Female Tech Charge, Leading Women Principles Fair and Care,Educating for Future Success, and Leading Women Inspire Others.Forbes Magazine listed Ms. Dai as one of the “World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” and 2021’s“America’s Richest Self-Made Women”. The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) recognized Ms. Daialong with her husband Dr. Sehat Sutardja, Co-Founder and former CEO of Marvell, with theprestigious 2013 Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award, selected due to their exceptionalsuccess in creating Marvell, their individual contributions to today’s modern semiconductor age, aswell as the talents and expertise they’ve continuously leveraged to address and overcome pressingglobal issues like education and smart energy. Ms. Dai was also named to the prestigiousCommittee of 100, an organization representing the most-influential Chinese Americans.Weili Dai holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of California atBerkeley. In recognition of their generosity, her alma mater named Sutardja Dai Hall for Ms. Dai alongwith her husband Sehat Sutardja. Sutardja Dai Hall is home to the Center for Information TechnologyResearch in the Interest of Society (CITRIS). Celebrated as the glue behind her companies, familyand community, Ms. Dai is the proud mother of two sons, Christopher and Nicholas who bothreceived their Ph.D degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley. Ms. Daiwas selected as the first woman commencement speaker for the University of California, Berkeley,College of Engineering graduation ceremony on May 12, 2012.Ms. Dai is the Chairwoman of Lark Health through which she has become a powerful advocate forthe better use of technology to improve the human condition. Ms. Dai continues to have a relentlesspassion to innovate through her various active roles in semiconductor technology and softwarecompanies, including FLC Technology as the Co-Founder and President and Meetkai, as theCo-Founder and Executive Chairwoman where she is leading the charge to make next-genConversational AI in the metaverse a reality.

A Tool That Helps Curate Pre and Postnatal Health

Listen to hear Jennifer Didier converse with Estelle Giraud about Estelle's firsthand experience navigating the maze that is beginning of life medical care. Estelle will share how using her own struggles to inform a solution, She Co-founded Trellis Health . Trellis Health is an all in one platform that takes frustration and anxiety out of coordinating and curating pre and postnatal health. 
Bio:
Estelle Giraud is a PhD scientist (population genetics) turned commercial operator and leader in biotech and frontier medicine @Illumina, and now turned founder. Estelle believes people don’t neatly fit in single boxes, and some of the most interesting insights about people and the world come from the unplanned intersections. She brings authenticity and openness to tough conversations about the hard problems we face, and thrives in finding new understanding through conversation.

Understanding Education Technology

Jennifer Didier and Shannon Meadows talk details on education technology.  How it came to be a necessary service for our daily lives. 
Some additional information about Shannon:
Shannon was previously VP of Sales & Operations for Blackboard Inc. where she worked on $182M in Acquisition between NTI Group & Blackboard Connect. As Chief Revenue Officer, Shannon leads the Sales and Customer Success organizations at BibliU. She is an industry expert in Ed Tech and Digital Publishing sales and go-to-market strategies. She has led companies in C-level roles in Sales, Marketing and Business Development, building several start-up businesses resulting in successful company equity events.
About BibliU
BibliU is a learning enablement platform that empowers higher education institutions to streamline their textbook and courseware workflows to achieve greater student outcomes, affordability and social mobility. With BibliU, colleges and universities can finally deliver on the promise of digitalization, guaranteeing all students have first-day access to the learning content they need.