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getWITit | Women in Technology
by Elizabeth Tolia
getWITit is a podcast exploring through interviewing community leaders, community members and influential individuals that looks into the decline of women in the technology industry and informing the community by promoting awareness, address attrition, create opportunities for transition into tech and preparation of leadership. New episodes will be released on Mondays.
Episodes
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Using Technology to Revamp Rehab
On this episode we chat with Patricia Bradley, Global Chief Commercial Officer of MindMaze. The company is using neuroscience and engineering to help accelerate humans' ability to recover, learn, and adapt. Learn how Patricia's start as a UPS delivery driver helped propel her to her current role....
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Making the Move From Fashion to Blockchain
We chat with Kelsey McGuire, Portfolio Company Advisor at Coinfund. Kelsey first got her start in the fashion and beauty industry then made the transition to blockchain and tech. She explains how she got to her dream role and why she's passionate about blockchain technology. coinfund.io getwitit.org
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Content Creation with a Remote Team
On this episode we chat with Yulia Mamonova, Head of Content at Lemon.io. From Ukraine and now residing in Israel, Yulia got her start in writing in her younger years. Now at Lemon.io which is a Ukrainian company, she manages a remote team creating all of the content to help connect Eastern...
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Success in Educating and Promoting Female Talent
On this episode we are joined by Elizabeth Batalla, Executive Director of The Institute for Achievement and Excellence. Throughout her career, Elizabeth found herself in fields dominated by men. Through her experience, she learned how to not only be successful herself, but also help other women...
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Turning Teams Into Brand Rockstars
On this episode we chat with Lisa Shorr. After literally marrying into a career as a Managed Services Provider, she leveraged her experience and skills into Shorr Success where she helps teams become brand rockstars. Learn about the evolution of her journey and take inspiration to do the same....
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Coaching Women and Making the Transition Into Tech
On this episode we chat with Sarah Moody. Sarah is many things but first and foremost, an entrepreneur. She is also a coach, mentor, founder, podcaster, and more! Sarah's main passion is helping other women get their start in the tech field. Learn about Sarah's journey and how you too can start...
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Pushing Boundaries | From a Refugee to Tech Executive
On this episode we chat with Denise Vu Broady, Chief Marketing Officer at Appian. Immigrating to the U.S. from Vietnam when she was very young, Denise navigated her way through American culture. Not even knowing one word of English at the time, she worked hard and grew her wings during college at...
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Supercharging Your Business with Working Capital
After a long hiatus we are back! On this episode we chat with Assel Beglinova, Co-Founder and CEO of Paperstack. Launching Paperstack in March 2021, her initial idea of supporting solopreneurs and freelancers evolved into helping online merchants get access to working capital so that they can...
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Compassion in Leadership
Today we are joined by Laura Berland, Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Compassionate Leadership. Laura started her career in startups and digital media. But after getting burnt out and hitting a wall, she was fortunate to have a friend who introduced her to a retreat where she...
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Success with Inclusion
Today we chat with Cynthia Orduna, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultant at Peoplism. During her time in HR and recruiting, Cynthia witnessed the similarities of the workforce in the tech industry. She wanted to change that and help create a more diverse culture at these companies. Now at...
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Fashion in 3D
Today we chat with Whitney Cathcart, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of 3DLOOK. With an extensive background in the retail industry, Whitney became intrigued by the advances in 3D technology and quit a great job in retail to pursue 3D tech. With 3DLOOK she has been able to combine these...
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Easing Cash Flow for eCommerce Sellers
Today we are joined by Maya Pochiraju, VP of Product at Payability. Payability provides accelerated daily payouts and capital advances for inventory and marketing for eCommerce sellers. Maya had an international childhood. She was born in New York but spent most of her youth in Singapore and…
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Conversing with AI
Today we are joined by Jennifer Etchegary, Founder of The ChatC Group with the mission of finding and vetting the best Emerging Technology vendors around the world and helping businesses procure and implement this rapidly evolving technology with confidence. Having started her career in finance…
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Data Simplified
On this episode we are joined by Lauren Glass, Senior Data Engineer at Instagram. While teaching at boot camps, she realized she had a knack for simplifying complicated topics. This led her to pursuing a passion project of publishing her Data Mastery series of prep books covering SQL, Python, and...
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Writing in Tech - Literary, Not Code
Today we are taking on a different aspect of tech. We are joined by Joan Gelfand who is a Writer and Writing Coach. She lives in the capital of tech, San Francisco, and is also an award-winning poet. Her latest work and also her first novel is titled "Extreme" and is about a Silicon Valley…
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A New Way to Connect
On this episode we have a tag team of guests! We are joined by Kevin Calloway, CTO at Muzik, and Sarah Heering, COO at Muzik. Muzik specializes in wearable devices built for culture by culture. Its products empower you to create, share, and inspire. Their initial product is VISION which is the...
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Real Estate Listings for Blogs
On this episode we have Chelsea Clarke of BlogsForSale.co. Chelsea has extensive experience in Content Marketing and used her expertise to create a real estate marketplace for blogs and websites. BlogsForSale.co is a boutique brokerage and marketplace of quality established blogs and online...
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Live Video Made Easy
Today we have Ashley Wali, VP of Product at Discuss.io. Over the past year we have all learned how critical video has become to our work. Face to face has transitioned to online video-based discussions. And Discuss.io is positioned to fulfill that need. It is an all-in-one qualitative consumer...
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Women in Cyber Security and Infrastructure
On this episode we have a special panel of women who all work in cyber security and online infrastructure. They all are involved with OSHEAN which stands for Ocean State Higher Education Economic Development and Administrative Network. OSHEAN delivers carrier class optical transport, advanced...
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Apprenticeships in Tech
Today we are joined by Evelyn Van Til, Apprentice Experience Program Manager at Apprenti. Apprenti empowers people to pivot into tech careers via apprenticeship. Evelyn's background includes working in higher education at The Ohio State University in program management for over a decade focused…
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A Musician in IT
Today we chat with Elisabeth Bohlmann, VP of Client Strategy at December Labs. Originally from Germany, Elisabeth is currently based in Uruguay and helps startups and enterprise companies refine their strategy for scale and continuous growth. A music lover at heart, she decided early on to not…
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Seeing the Light in Business
For our last episode of the year we have an extra special episode! We have a full house and are joined by Amber Rush, Recruiting Manager at HMB and Teran Shaffer, Sr. IT Account Executive at HMB. HMB is a technology consulting firm and helps companies solve tough technology challenges so they can...
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A Spark in Chemical Engineering Leads to a Startup
On our 50th episodes of getWITit we are joined by Vicki Knott, CEO & Co-Founder of Crux OCM. Crux OCM is a solution for the oil and gas industry and works within industry regulations to create a remote working environment, helping operators stay safe and ensuring operations continue even as the...
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Streamlining HR Reporting
On this episode we are joined by Tori Reichman, VP Commercial at Vault Platform. Tori has always enjoyed working with people and decided what better way to utilize her passion than by working in HR. Her career in HR had her jumping to different cities and eventually landing in the UK. As luck…
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Hairdresser to Co-founder | Tech Inspiration Can Be Found Anywhere
Emma Rees is an Australian residing in London. She initially started her career as a hairdresser. Before there were smartphones she had an idea, which is commonplace now, for on-demand services. Together with her husband they started Deployed which turns Statements of Work into a delightful…
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Augmented Reality in a New Remote World
On this episode we connect with Jackie Morehouse, Director of Operations at Kognitiv Spark. Kognitiv Spark's main product is RemoteSpark which is an industrial augmented reality tool for remote support. Jackie explains how RemoteSpark is helping workers be more productive and save companies time...
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Driving Business during a Pandemic
Today we chat with Monica Dominic, Executive Director Sales & Account Management at PSI. The majority of her experience was in sales and marketing and before transitioning into IT, all Monica knew about IT was how to spell it. But she didn't let that stop her and immersed herself in her role. Now...
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IoT in 3D
On this episode we chat with Angie Sticher. Angie is the CPO/COO of UrsaLeo, which provides 3D models of facilities that can display data from multiple sources. What does that mean? It allows industrial companies to see a 3D model of what is going on in their facility in real time. UrsaLeo was...
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AI is Coming | Getting More Women Into Artificial Intelligence
Today we chat with Jennifer Bonine, CEO of AI Appstore which specializes in custom subscription technology bundles, leveraging an intelligent platform using a personalized ‘virtual research assistant’ to enhance corporate growth. Jennifer was the first female CEO of an Artificial Intelligence...
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Creating a Digital Identification for the Music Industry
On this episode of the podcast we are joined by Carlotta De Ninni, CEO of Creative Passport. Carlotta has an audio engineering background and found her way to the UK to continue her studies. While studying for her master's degree she was introduced to a research group where they were working on...
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Fusing Technology with Tattoos
We have a very fascinating episode for you! Today we have Laura Schaack, Founder & CEO of Tattd. Tattd is a platform connecting tattoo artists and clients. In their words, "Tattd connects people to local tattoo artists perfectly tailored to their needs, while providing a platform for artists to...
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Making a Career Change to Launch an All-Women Coding School
Today we have Katrina Walker, Founder & CEO of CodeOp. Originally from San Francisco, she now resides in Barcelona. She initially started her career as a social worker and later obtained a Master's in Cultural Anthropology. Then at age 30, while she had a great job she still had a desire to do...
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From Singer to Founder: How Recording an Album Led to a Startup
We sit down with Juliana Meyer, Founder & CEO of Supapass. What is Supapass? As Juliana puts it, Supapass can "give a business their own Netflix in about 5 minutes." Supapass is focused on content-related businesses and can create a website and app very quickly. As a teenager Juliana was in a…
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Mychelle Mollot | Chief Marketing Officer at Solace
On this episode we are joined by Mychelle Mollot, Chief Marketing Officer at Solace. Mychelle is originally from Canada and currently residing there after having lived in numerous different places. She started her career in geophysics and made her way into the tech industry. She discusses her…
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Kristina Robinson | VP of IT Client Services and Engineering at Cardinal Health
On this episode we welcome back Kristina Robinson, VP of IT Client Services and Engineering at Cardinal Health. Kristina was a guest on Episode 8 where she discussed the journey to success for women in leadership includes the proper connection with others. Returning to the show in the midst of…
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Mindset Shifts to Release Tension and Come Back to Center Workshop with Sarah Brody
Life Coach, Sarah Brody, led an interactive journaling workshop for Cleveland getWITit where she talked with attendees about focusing more on things that are within your control, and how to 're-shift' your mindset to think about what 'things' are within your control differently....
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Path to Tech: A Lunch and Learn Panel Discussion with Women in Tech
Cleveland's getWITit (Women in Technology) Chapter is excited to continue our virtual event series with a panel filled with some incredible women in tech. These women prove that you don't have to be able to code to be a woman in tech. Join us as we chat with these inspiring ladies about the...
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Agile in a Tech World and How It Can Be Used to Improve your Day to Day with Jaime Valore
We have a different format for this episode. Instead of the usual interview, today we have a Zoom presentation by Jaime Valore. This episode contains the audio portion of the presentation. If you would like to view the full presentation along with Jaime's slides, click here or on the Youtube link...
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The Accidental Path to Tech
Today we chat with Carlee Niec, VP of Customer Experience at Pattern89. If you were to ask someone to name the top 5 tech companies today, three of those will likely be companies Carlee has worked at. Carlee began her career in marketing and accidentally fell into one of the biggest tech…
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The Technological Seasons of Retail
To the average consumer, it is simple enough to click on an item, add to cart, and wait for it to arrive at your doorstep. But there is a lot more going on behind the scenes than you realize. Today we chat with Jennifer Drake-Finegold, Sr. Scrum Master at The Gap. Jennifer explains what goes on...
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The Extraordinary Path from Opera Singer to Technical Recruiter
Today we chat with Elizabeth McConnaughey, Technical Recruiter at Beam Dental, where she handles all sourcing, recruiting, and placement of technical professionals on their product and engineering teams. Liz is a trained opera singer and eventually found her way to the complete opposite spectrum…
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Learning to Be Agile
On this episode we are joined by Carina Silfverduk, Agility Practice Lead at CAS (a division of the American Chemical Society). Carina runs the local Columbus, Ohio chapter of Women in Agile as well as organizing the monthly Meetup group, and also helps organize the Business Agility Midwest...
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The Trials and Tribulations of Launching a Conference
We are joined by Brian Link, Agile Transformation Coach at LeanDog, Charles Kennedy, VP/Sr. IT Service Delivery Manager at Huntington National Bank, and Bart Weaver, Enterprise Agility Coach at Nationwide. This trio are passionate about business agility and decided it would be a brilliant idea to...
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Car Dealerships to Coding | The Risks and Rewards of Career Transitions
After working in the auto industry for over a decade, Alison and Jordan Fisher decided it was time to leave the “no holidays” schedule of car dealerships and pursue a rewarding and Monday to Friday work week in the IT world. They describe their experiences in coding bootcamps and getting their...
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Emotional Intelligence in Tech | Understanding the Human Side of Technology
We are back after taking a week off for Labor Day! We are joined by Izzy Elwyn, Software Developer and Team Lead at ScriptDrop, who founded the Columbus Tech EI Meetup. She initially planned on becoming a librarian but stumbled into tech by way of a warehouse distribution company and learned why…
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Engaging in Your Local Tech Community with Warner Moore
Warner Moore is a strategic technology leader and manager with a background in web operations and information security. He got his start in technology back in the ‘90s with BBS and UNIX systems. Then as the World Wide Web started developing and websites became cool, he got his first taste of…
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Getting Your Start on the Speaking Circuit with Cassandra Faris
In this episode we sit down with Cassandra Faris, Innovation & Product Evangelist at AWH. Cassandra is a veteran speaker, getting her start speaking at a cloud computing conference called Cloud Develop and then getting her big break in front of 2,500 people at CodeMash. She provides tips and…
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IT Experience Fuels Career Matchmaker
Recently, I interviewed Angie Buccilli, a remarkable woman in tech, an experienced Talent Specialist, and an amazing Career Matchmaker. Angie and I have a common thread: we have each recently started a new business. Yes! Listen right here for details about the launch of my new business!…
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Recruiting Women in Tech
As we approach the exciting WITcon2019 Conference in September, we want to explore and share some of the top tips from the getWITit 2018 Conference for recruiting women to technology careers. Join Angela Lopez as she interviews Tracy Hedderly and Chuck Xenakis from JPMorgan Chase. References:...
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Slalom: New Strategies to Move the Needle for Women In IT
Slalom and Slalom Build give women in IT confidence that what Slalom does for them will bring their success. At Slalom, women employees feel a sense of importance, belonging, growth, connection, and cooperation. Hear firsthand from Sharon Lynch, Managing Director of Slalom Build. References…
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getWITit is a podcast exploring through interviewing community leaders, community members and influential individuals that looks into the decline of women in the technology industry and informing the community by promoting awareness, address attrition, create opportunities for transition into tech and preparation of leadership. New episodes will be released on Mondays.
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Elizabeth Tolia
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