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Tech Inspired
by TechFace - Build your best career in tech
What does it take to start a career in tech? Listen to the TechFace podcast and get to know inspiring women in tech and their careers. Find out what they have experienced, get to know their stories and hear all about their advice to build your best career in tech.This podcast goes to all women in tech and their successful careers!
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Tech Inspired with Emelie Emanuelsson
From Art Class to Engineering: OneWoman's Unconventional Tech Journey Rarely does a tech career story begin witha parent in arts, a social science detour, and Taylor Swift as a role model,but Emelie Emanuelsson's path into engineering is exactly that refreshing. Emelie, a Swedish engineer now…
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Tech Inspired with Carolyn O’Brien
Can you love rockets, dresses, data pipelines and pop concerts, and still become a CTO who shapes meaningful technology? The answer is a clear Yes! In this episode of Tech Inspired, TechFace Managing Director Priska Burkard speaks with CarolynO’Brien, German‑American engineer and CTO of Weytec....
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Tech Inspired with Andie Zhang
Robots aren’t coming “someday", they’re already building the world around you. In this final episode of our Tech Inspired Physical AI & Robotics series, Andie Zhang joins Priska Burkard for a grounded, eye-opening conversation on the real future of robotics - beyond the viral humanoid headlines....
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Tech Inspired with Yulia Sandamirskaya
What if AI didn’t just think, but also moved, learned and worked alongside us? In this episode of Tech Inspired, Yulia Sandamirskaya joins Priska Burkard to unpack the next frontier of innovation: Physical AI and cognitive robotics. Essentially it is about what happens when intelligence leaves…
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Tech Inspired with Nina Habicht
What if AI success isn’t about better tech - but better thinking? In this episode of Tech Inspired, Nina Habicht joins Priska Burkard to challenge the way we approach AI - from the inside out. The idea is that most AI projects don’t fail because of the technology, they fail because people were...
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Tech Inspired with Sonja Angehrn
Everyone’s talking about AI. But how many actually understand what’s behind it? In this episode of Tech Inspired, Priska Burkard sits down with Sonja Angehrn - AI lecturer at OST and former industry leader - to unpack what it really means to become AI-ready in today’s world. Because the truth is...
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Tech Inspired - Episode with Fabienne Lorenz
AI isn’t just for tech teams anymore. So why are so many people still on the sidelines? In this episode of Tech Inspired, Priska Burkard sits down with Fabienne Lorenz, a leadership and learning expert with 15+ years of experience at the intersection of technology, business, and people…
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Tech Inspired with Chantelle Larsen
AI upskilling is broken.Too much tool talk, not enough human design. In this episode of Tech Inspired, Priska Burkard sits down with Chantelle Larsen to unpack one of the most urgent questions in tech right now: how do we upskill for AI in a way that is actually useful, ethical, and built to…
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Tech Inspired with Yeliz Obrist
Sometimes the biggest breakthroughs start with someone simply taking a chance on you. When no one would hire her without experience, Yeliz Obrist didn’t give up - she got creative. Today, she’s leading cloud platform and architecture at NatWest, building systems that power a global private bank....
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Tech Inspired with Intissar Ghozlani
Turning Imposter Syndrome into a Tech Superpower What happens when the path you planned doesn't pan out - yet leads you somewhere better? In this episode of Tech Inspired, we meet Intissar “Inti” Ghozlani, a back-end software engineer at Swiss digital bank Alpian. She’s reshaping how we think…
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Tech Inspired with Afke Schouten
You don’t need to code to lead in AI. You need to translate. And Afke Schouten is building the bridges where others see barriers. In this episode of Tech Inspired, Priska Burkard sits down with Afke - Founder and Managing Partner of AI Bridge - to explore how she turned frustration with...
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Tech Inspired with Catherine Kosten
Tech wasn’t on her radar - until she discovered how it connects with the things she already loved. Catherine Kosten started out painting, drawing and sculpting, not coding algorithms. Now? She’s Head of AI at a Zurich-based law firm, helping legal teams understand and integrate powerful tools…
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Tech Inspired with Alexandra Grozea
Tech Inspired with Alexandra Grozea On this episode of Tech Inspired, the Managing Director of TechFace, Priska, sits down with Alexandra Grozea, Partner Solution Sales Lead for Data & AI at Microsoft, as she shares her unexpected - and empowering - journey into tech. From teaching in a classroom...
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Tech Inspired with Dona Smith
Engineering the Future: Dona’s Journey in Robotics How do you go from dreaming of teleportation as a child to leading a robotics team building the eyes and brains of autonomous machines? In this episode of Tech Inspired, Priska sits down with Dona, the Robotic Systems Team Lead at Sevensense...
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Tech Inspired with Kateryna Portmann
Shaping Robotics, Building Communities, and Thriving in Tech In this Tech Inspired episode, Priska sits down with Kateryna Portmann, Senior Product Manager at ANYbotics and co-lead of Women in Robotics Switzerland to talk through her groundbreaking work in robotics as well as championing...
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Tech Inspired with Ravina Mutha
Bridging Business and Tech: Ravina’s Story In this exciting episode of Tech Inspired, host Priska sits down with Ravina Mutha, co-founder of Enterprise Bot, about her inspiring journey into the tech world. From navigating challenges to scaling a global team, Ravina shares how curiosity,...
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Tech Inspired on Allyship
Let's Talk About Allyship! In this special episode of Tech Inspired, we bring you the thought-provoking closing panel from the #wetechtogether conference 2024, which focused on the powerful theme of allyship. This year’s edition, held on 27 -28 September in Zurich, gathered industry leaders,...
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Tech Inspired with Martina Niggli
Join us on the latest episode of Tech Inspired as Priska sits down with Martina Niggli, a passionate advocate for diversity in tech and builder of an online toolbox for conflict resolution at the workplace. Martina shares her fascinating journey from a curious child eager to learn to navigate the...
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Tech Inspired with Marion Schleifer
On this episode of "Tech Inspired," we sit down with Marion Schleifer, the Head of Developer Education at HASURA and founder of Code Blossom. Marion’s story is one of determination and passion, from her beginnings in multilingual communication to becoming a leading figure in tech education. 🚀…
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Tech Inspired with Sinja Christiani
Ready to get inspired? Join us for an electrifying episode of Tech Inspired where Priska sits down with the familiar to us Sinja Christiani, winner of our Hidden Figures Awards 2022! 🌟 Sinja, now the head of Data Platforms and Products at Zurich Insurance, shares her incredible journey in tech,...
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Tech Inspired with Emmanuelle David
Join us on this episode of the "Tech Inspired" as we catch up with Emmanuelle David, one of the first Hidden Figures Award winners from 2020. Emmanuelle, now the Executive Director at eSpace within EPFL, has had an incredible journey over the past four years, and we're excited to dive into her...
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Tech Inspired with Anais Salson
Join us on a new episode of the Tech Inspired podcast where we catch up with Anais Salson, the vibrant Head of Partnerships at 42 Lausanne and last year’s audience favourite at the Hidden Figures Award. Anais shares her unconventional journey into the tech world, from her studies in political...
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Tech Inspired with Viola Sini
Meet Viola Sini on the latest episode of the Tech Inspired podcast - Information Security Officer at the Swiss Post and a passionate volunteer for ISACA SheLeadsTech. Viola shares her unique journey from a marketing intern at IBM to a leader in cybersecurity. Discover how a background in…
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Tech Inspired Follow up with Akira Brand
Today’s episode of "Tech Inspired," welcomes back Akira Brand for an insightful discussion on her continued evolution in the tech industry since our initial conversation in 2022. Having transitioned from opera singing to the tech space before our first interview, Akira has since made significant...
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Tech Inspired with Solveig Helland
In our latest podcast episode, we had a fascinating conversation with Solveig, a dynamic software engineer and AI enthusiast based in Switzerland. We delved into her unexpected journey into tech, the challenges she faced, and her experiences working in both big corporations and startups. Ever...
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Tech Inspired with Simona Todesco (DE)
Lerne Simona kennen, Chief Operation Officer bei Textshuttle in Zürich, ein schweizerischer Unternehmen für maschinelle Sprachübersetzung. Obwohl Simona bereits in der Schule und zu Hause bei den Eltern die ersten Erfahrungen mit Computern sammeln konnte, fehlte ihr doch der direkte Bezug zur...
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Tech Inspired with Kristin Umbach
Meet Kristin Umbrach, Head of Development at Swiss IC Security Group, a cybersecurity company. Kristin started her career in a very non-technical way. Although she wanted to become a marine biologist, she soon figured out that this is not the place for her. So she started studying Business...
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Tech Inspired with Megha Shrestha
Meet Megha, CEO and co-founder of Metabloqs, as she shares her insights on the transformative power of generative tech, AI, and the web. Discover how anyone, regardless of their industry or role, can thrive in this space with curiosity, passion, and a willingness to learn. Tune in for a...
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Tech Inspired with Susann Pätschke
Meet Susann Pätschke, an aerospace engineer who found her passion for all things space at a young age. As a Ground Station Modem Engineer with CGI for ESA/ESOC, Susann shares her experience working in the technical aspects of the aerospace and satellite market, and the role it plays in our daily...
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Tech Inspired with Sandra Zimmerli
Sandra Zimmerli, Cloud Engineer at novaCapta, shares her inspiring journey into the world of tech. From a young age, Sandra was fascinated by computers and coding quickly became her hobby. Despite not having any role models in the industry, Sandra pursued her passion for IT and is now a…
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Tech Inspired with Stephanie Lambert
Meet Stephanie Lambert, Head of Global Sales Operations at Wingtra. Despite having no background in tech, Stephanie has found her way into the industry through her passion for disaster relief and her willingness to explore the unknown. Stephanie shares her journey from being a typical...
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Tech Inspired with Khanh Au
Meet Khanh, Security Advisor at Splunk. Her interest in numbers led her to study economics and finance. After completing her studies, she landed a job at Microsoft as a business manager, but she soon realized that she wanted more – to explore the sales aspect of the tech industry and talk to...
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Tech Inspired mit Marina Petrovic
Lerne Marina Petrovic, Data Reporting Specialist bei ewz, kennen. Marina lernte früh in ihrem Leben zwei Bereiche kennen, die auch sie später prägten: die Physik und das Banking. Obwohl sie bereits im Gymnasium mit Computern in Kontakt kam und die ersten IT Erfahrungen sammelte, entschied sie…
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Tech Inspired with Cornelia Kawann
Meet Cornelia, an executive at Eidgenössische Elektrizitätskommission ElCom and the founder of energy-on! Her journey into technology began in her early childhood. She was a curious child, so she decided to experiment - to put a nail in the socket and see what happened. It was so interesting to...
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Tech Inspired with Alessia Marra
Meet Alessia, Tech Artist in Meta. She works in a team focused on Mixed Reality, combining the real world with the virtual one. She is very close to the tech team, but at the same time, creativity is a very important part of her work. She was lucky enough to be exposed to computers from a young...
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Tech Inspired with Reshma Ramachandran
Meet Reshma, Group Senior Vice President & Chief Transformation Officer at The Adecco Group. She is originally from India, but has spent 22 years living in 13 countries on 3 different continents. And all these years she has worked in the tech industry. She is a mother who successfully combines…
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Tech Inspired with Elcin Biren
Meet Elcin, the Defense Attack Capability Lead at UBS, Chair for Finance and Banking working group, and lecturer at Swiss Cyber Institute. She is one of the few women working and leading in cyber security. However, it was not always obvious that this would become her passion. After her studies in...
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Tech Inspired with Akira Brand
Meet Akira Brand, Developer Relations Professional in Bright Security. She had several drastic changes in her career path – started as an opera singer, switched to e-commerce, and is now in software engineer. Before tech, she used to work professionally full-time in the classical music scene. It...
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Tech Inspired with Nisha Lehmann
Meet Nisha Lehmann, Senior Customer Success Manager at Merkle. Nisha has been working in Tech for 15 years. Her career choice was an accident because she never had an aspiration for the IT area. She studied journalism and had a dream of becoming a writer. But when she finished her education and...
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Tech Inspired with Rosemary Lockhorst
Meet Rosemary Lockhorst, Founder and CEO of StoryByte Studio, which specialized in digital storytelling, using the latest technologies in gamification and entertainment. Rosemary, or Rosy as she introduces herself, was already interested in tech at a very early age. However, even though she had…
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Tech Inspired with Anna Maria Blengino
Meet Anna Maria, who is a Senior Director in IT Strategy and Innovation at Sunrise. As a child she followed her curiosity to take things apart and put them back together. Inspired by her father and by her mathematics and physics teacher, she fell in love with technology. Consequently, she...
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Tech Inspired with Sibel Atasoy Würsch
Meet Sibel, Head of Data at Frontify and a global citizen. Sibel lived most of her life outside Turkey, where she has been born and raised. Today she is responsible for all the data analytics tasks at Frontify. She joined a small and young team and built up a team of six today including data...
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Tech Inspired with Karina Stump
Meet Karina Stump, who is the Leader Category Management Supermarket at Digitec Galaxus. Previously, she worked for almost a decade in the luxury and fashion industry. There she had various roles from finance to marketing to management. In many of these jobs she had touch points with the tech...
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Tech Inspired with Maryia Kayser
Meet Maryia Kayser, Head of Software Development at Nexxiot, an IoT company. She studied Physics and Mathematics, then Economics and currently she is working in Software Development. Maryia became a Web Developer by fixing one thing on a website and continued coding the whole website. By chance…
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Tech Inspired with Leonie Flueckiger
Meet Leonie Flückiger, co-founder and CTO of Adresta and a former ETH Juniors team member. Leonie grew up in an environment without an immediate connection to the areas of MINT. She never saw herself as very intelligent and was struggling to get into the gymnasium. Soon enough however she...
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Tech Inspired with Stefany Barker
Meet Stefany Barker, Software Engineer Team Lead and co-founder of many interesting initiatives and organizations. Besides being a co-founder with entrepreneurial skills, she has been an inspiring role model herself for me. Stefany and Priska have meet 5 years ago at a Female Founder event in...
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Tech Inspired with Nicole Becker
Meet Nicole Becker, who is responsible for marketing, sales and partner management at BSI and embraces live as a mom and wife. She started her career in tech during the dot-com phase after finishing her studies in international economy. In her first job she realised that tech is her passion....
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Tech Inspired with Roxanne Derhodge on Authentic Leadership
Meet Roxanne Derhodge, a Forbes Executive Council Member and Resiliency Keynote Speaker. We had the pleasure to invite her to our podcast and talk about authentic leadership. Roxanne has experienced authentic leadership when she was just a kid. She was watching her father leading a corporation...
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Tech Inspired with Petra Donka
Meet Petra Donka, a Software Development Team Lead and Software Engineer at Scandit in Zurich. She is going to be a speaker at the #wetechtogether conference 2021 and will talk about augmented reality solutions for modern enterprises. But before that, she shares with us, why she has switched from...
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Tech Inspired with Claudia Bruce-Quartey
Meet Claudia, a Key Account Manager at Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source solutions. She never wanted to work in Tech nor Sales, and this is exactly what she does today! Her dream was to become a doctor, so she absorbed everything that had to do with doctors. However,...
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What does it take to start a career in tech? Listen to the TechFace podcast and get to know inspiring women in tech and their careers. Find out what they have experienced, get to know their stories and hear all about their advice to build your best career in tech.This podcast goes to all women in tech and their successful careers!
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