WITS & Wisdom The Women in Tech Summit
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A podcast sharing insights, innovations & inspiration from the award-winning Women in Tech Summit.
Join host Gloria Bell, founder of the Women in Tech Summit and the Inspiring Tech Foundation, as she sits down with the sponsors, speakers and knowledge-seekers of the WITS community to inspire, connect and inform anyone who wants to get to grips with the tech industry.
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Engaged, Excited & Growing: Grace Francisco
In this episode, recorded live at WITS northeast in 2023, Gloria re-connects with Grace Francisco, WITS Speaker and Chief Technical Marketing officer of Pangea. The two chat about Grace's wealth of experience both behind keyboards and in front of audiences, and how she got her start both as a technologist and as an advocate for women in tech.
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Led By Curiosity: Swathi Young
In this episode, recorded live at WITS Midatlantic 2023, Gloria catches up with AI expert, WITS Speaker and corporate leader Swathi Young about her day-to-day work as a CTO, the soft skills that have brought her there, and the passion for tackling tough problems that guided her along the way.
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Architecture & Stewardship: Data Governance with Lauren Maffeo
In this episode, Gloria gets technical with Lauren Maffeo, author of Designing Data Governance from the Ground Up and a speaker at WITS Mid-Atlantic, 2023. They break down the job of a service designer, elaborate on what data architecture actually means, and explain why even non-tech professionals should care.
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A Builder at Heart: Denise Wong
In this episode, Gloria connects with WITS speaker and robotics engineer Denise Wong to discuss the early roots of her love for electronics, trace the path she’s followed as a woman in STEM, and celebrate the communities she’s found along the way.
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Some Good PR for Humanity: Cyberpsychology with Mayra Ruiz-McPherson
In this episode WITS speaker & cyberpsychologist Mayra Ruiz-McPherson sits down with Gloria to discuss what this emerging discipline entails in both theory and in practice. They dig into the clues, context and corrections that cyberpsychologists can offer in our increasingly AI-enabled world, and the unexpected reasons humanity, as a concept, needs advocates.
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Be You Bring You: The Grace Hopper Celebration with Brenda Darden Wilkerson
In this episode, Brenda Darden Wilkerson, President and CEO of AnitaB.org, comes to WITS Midwest to share with Gloria how she discovered her passion for technology, and the tangible and intangible impacts of AnitaB.org’s flagship event, the Grace Hopper Celebration.