The Tech Industry Forgot That Women Exist | Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon

Women in tech, AI bias, gender inequality, and the future of work Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon pulls no punches. Child prodigy, STEMettes founder, Countdown arithmetician, and government adviser on women in technology. She built STEMettes from £300 to £1.2 million. She watched the internet lose its mind over a Black woman doing maths on daytime TV. And she's spent 13 years trying to fix a tech industry that keeps building products that forget half the world exists. In this episode: why tolerating a brilliant jerk is a leadership failure. What leaders actually mean when they say they "can't find" female talent. Why crash test dummies based on women's bodies only arrived in 2025. And what a portfolio career looks like when you're genuinely living one. We also get into work, life, and legacy as a single equation - and why her definition of success has nothing to do with status. Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon - Head STEMette, DSIT Women in Tech Envoy, Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University, former Countdown arithmetician. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:30 Meet Anne-Marie Imafidon 02:35 Life as a Multi-Hyphenate 05:07 Balancing Time and Legacy 10:48 The Child Prodigy Myth 16:53 Opportunity Not Talent 20:45 Careers Advice and Pivots 24:55 School Trip Dog Drama 28:34 First Lessons in Leadership 32:56 Starting STEMettes Origins 35:46 Launching Stemettes 36:56 From Side Project to Scale 39:15 Tech Power and Bias 43:37 Leaders Fix the System 47:57 Inclusive Rooms That Worked 51:52 Countdown Behind the Scenes 56:44 Representation and Backlash 01:02:22 Future Skills for Work 01:07:27 What Comes Next 01:09:42 Quickfire and Wrap Up 01:13:27 Host Reflections and Farewell Subscribe to not miss an episode! ▶️ ⚡️ Powered by Boxlight.io https://www.boxlight.io/ Credits: Producer: Sunny Winter Producer: Thuy Dong Producer: Jimmy McLoughlin OBE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices