Wanted: Women in Science, Technology, Engineering & Math

Join us at our next Career Conversations session. We'll discuss topics such as: what made them decide on IT or Cyber Security, what were some of their work/life challenges, and what skills and education do they see as essential to success?

Whether you are an experienced professional or just contemplating a future in Cyber Security, WSC's Career Conversations allows you to have a conversation with women making a difference. Join us and share in Career Conversations with successful women in cyber security!

Guests: Julia Hermann, Information Security Analyst at Giesecke & Devrient GmbH

Hosted by Elena Steinke, Board Member of the Women's Society of Cyberjutsu

About the Speaker:
Julia Hermann brings more than 15 years of experience in systems engineering, IT security and information security management. She started off her career at a large German Telco provider in the field of IT security consulting, developing and implementing security solutions for large international customers. Afterwards, she spent the longest time of her career at an agency of the European Union as Information Security and Risk Officer, establishing IT security from the moment of its foundation.

Currently, as Information Security Analyst within the corporate security department of an international company in Munich, her main tasks involve assessment of requirements and technical conception of security solutions as well as threat intelligence, security incident management and audits.

Being a certified CISSP and CISM, she contributed to the foundation of the (ISC)2 Chapter Germany. Previously as a member and since May 2017 as lead of the ISACA Germany Chapter working group on information security, she co-authored the Implementation Guideline ISO/IEC 27001:2013 and participated to the development of the 2-day certification course “Information Security Practitioner.”

Leadership is not about how many people report to us, but what kind of influence we have in the teams and communities we operate in.

Join Caitlin for a few career stories illustrating how we can step into leadership with confidence and clarity in a constantly shifting career landscape.

This webinar is part of BrightTALK's Founders Spotlight series. For episode 10 of this series, Ina Yulo interviews Felicia Meyerowitz Singh, Founder of Akoni Hub.

Felicia will discuss some of the key challenges she faced as an entrepreneur such as recruitment and getting new staff up to speed, fundraising, working with banks, and staying agile.

As a mother to a soon-to-be 5-year-old, Felicia will also talk about how she's managing childcare and work commitments and being a role model.

Ever since she was a kid, Ina Yulo's grandmother told her that she wasted the skills she had in math and science by going into the marketing and communication field. "You should've been a doctor," said her grandmother. To which she responded, "But I don't WANT to be one."

Despite taking a while for her to really feel comfortable and proud about her chosen path, she now has a thriving career running content strategy and communities for the FinTech industry, where she has grown a community of over 300,000 global members.

Join this session where you will learn:

-How to intelligently turn your interests into an income-earning profession
-The importance of putting time aside for learning
-Finding your niche, your tribe, and yourself
-The importance of speaking opportunities and throwing yourself out there
-Branching out -- How not to be a one-trick pony

Join us at our next Career Conversations session. We'll discuss topics such as: what made them decide on IT or Cyber Security, what were some of their work/life challenges, and what skills and education do they see as essential to success?

Whether you are an experienced professional or just contemplating a future in Cyber Security, WSC's Career Conversations allows you to have a conversation with women making a difference. Join us and share in Career Conversations with successful women in cyber security!

Guest: Debra J Farber, CISSP-ISSMP, CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPT, CIPM, FIP | Executive Consultant & U.S. Chief Privacy Office, CRANIUM

Hosted by: Jessica Gulick, WSC Vice President, CEO of Katzcy Consulting

About the Speaker:
Debra J. Farber (@privacyguru) is a data privacy and information security executive and entrepreneur with 13+ years of data strategy, operations, public policy, training, product, and compliance experience across industries and frameworks. She's Executive Consultant & U.S. Chief Privacy Officer, at CRANIUM, an EU-based privacy and security consulting firm with offices in Brussels, Utrecht, Budapest, NYC, & San Francisco. She also serves as an Executive Consultant and External DPO for CRANIUM's many clients.

Based in San Francisco, Debra serves on several industry working groups and startup advisory boards. She is a member of the IEEE Data Privacy Process Standards Working Group, IAPP CIPT Exam Development Advisory Board, and privacy tech vendor BigID's Advisory Board. In addition, Debra serves as Editorial Board Member for Cyber Security: A Peer-Reviewed Journal. She also co-founded the SF-based non-profit project, Women in Security and Privacy (WISP).

Transparency, trust, and two-way communication. We are no longer in the age of top-down management and we would rather pull than push. The world of work is changing all around us, how can we keep up?

Authenticity and core purpose are the cornerstones of customer and employee engagement. How close are you and your leadership team to your frontline employees and the customers you are all here to serve?

You too can you kickstart a leadership revolution - empowering your people to be more open, helping everyone to take on more responsibility, and working together to make your company grow.

Sharing stories of success and practical tips to overcome internal challenge, Samantha will lead you through why, how, and the enormous potential of getting everyone to lead your business better.

An organization's vision and purpose is communicated from the top down. CEOs, Executive Directors and Leadership Teams are charged with motivating varying audiences to their goal or cause, e.g. invest, volunteer, give, attend, work with us. What's essential in effectively communicating a vision and purpose that includes both the logical--the head, and the emotional--the heart?

Bio:
Olivia Christian’s early professional career was dedicated to working with and on behalf of elected representatives that were committed to improving the lives of individuals and families living in the San Francisco Bay Area’s most vulnerable communities.

In 2005 Olivia left city hall and began working as a brand development consultant. Her clients have included organizations providing access to life advancing services to the underserved and female entrepreneurs developing resources and opportunities that support the professional and personal growth of other women. Through her workshop, OWN YOUR Story, Olivia coaches individuals and teams who want to effectively convey the why, how and what of their personal brand story for any given audience.

A successful and effective leader is like an athlete- they must continuously train to stay ahead in an ever-changing business climate. Many leaders come with “built-in” skills and behaviors that give them an advantage, while others may need to learn new behaviors just to stay in the race.

In this session, we’ll discuss what it takes to be a great leader – from a high degree of self-awareness to a stomach for ambiguity, to be an effective communicator, and of course, maintain a positive attitude. These are just a few of the behaviors we’ll uncover that are needed for both the aspiring and current leader to catch and maintain a leadership stride. We’ll also highlight real-life examples of current executives and leaders, and share some key tips to evaluate what’s working and what’s not.

In this interactive session, you will learn:
•What it takes to have a leadership mindset.
•Identifying behaviors that we need to "unpack" or need to evolve.
•Understand core attributes great leaders must have when they are leading a team, running a company or communicating.

Presenters:
Leslie A. Rubin, CEO, Image Matterz Consulting, Author, and Co-Founder of Executive Greatness Institute
Kendra Dahlstrom, CEO, Aspire to Be International, Author & Coach

2017 was a historic year for women and feminists around the world. With the #metoo and #knowno campaigns, gender gaps and disparities were brought to light in ways they hadn't been before.

Now it's a new year and with it comes new challenges for women in hi-tech careers: whether it be navigating your career through these times, finding or becoming a mentor, building your personal and professional brand as a leader, dealing with office politics or maintaining work-life balance, the challenges and opportunities for women in the workplace are endless.

Join this expert panel with moderator Jeanne Morain and panelists Emerald de Leeuw, Executive Director, EuroComply Data Protection Technology, Jill Donahue, Sr. Director of Marketing, PC Connection, and Andrea Short, Director, Supplier Marketing at Tech Data.

They will share personal stories and experiences, tips and best practices, problems and solutions around these and other topics for women in tech leadership.

Closing the FinTech gender gap remains a priority for Innovate Finance. We want to ensure female leaders play a vital role in creating better financial services for our communities. Although we have a lot of work to do to support more female FinTech founders and CEOs we should not overlook the contributions that women already play in our ecosystem. Many institutions that support FinTech companies – including regulators, professional services groups, government organisations and marketing specialists– are headed up by women. Together they are driving FinTech forward and helping to create one of world’s most successful business sectors.

Join us as we speak to some of these women on International Women's Day 2018.

From every day interactions to support when you need it, our lives are built around communities. GirlCrew is an online social network for women that started as a Tinder hack but turned into a global phenomenon.

The network is about women coming together to share advice and have fun. In this webinar, the founders discuss the highs and lows of building a community, and how creating a positive space online can have a huge impact.

How much are generational conflicts costing you? Maybe it’s a troubled relationship with a boss, or a business relationship with a client or someone on your team that’s impeding your success. You’ve probably had the opposite experience, too—when you have made a solid connection with someone of a different generation, like a great mentoring relationship, where you both learned from each other and benefited from each other’s different perspectives.

This webinar is about bridging generational differences to leverage generational diversity in your work teams. You will learn a quick way to increase understanding and empathy to connect with people from different generations in a non-judgmental, productive way. You can use this method to increase the cohesiveness of your teams and increase collaboration and performance.

Follow Gail Carmichael, Computing Education Program Manager at Shopify, as she takes us on the journey of her career so far. It's a windy path, but one that features computer science at every step of the way. Find out how computing might help you on whatever path you take, and learn how you can get started learning today.

Gail is a computer scientist, educator, and change-maker. She has a Masters in Computer Science from Carleton University and previously worked as a Software Developer for Shopify before spearheading their Computer Education Programs initiatives. She was recently named as one of the top influencers of women in tech by E27.

The way in which we sell is changing, especially for women in hi-tech careers. Today’s sales environment is culture-driven, and the culture in the hi-tech industry can be a challenging place for women in leadership positions.

The biggest change has been in collaborative conversation. There is no product discussion, we don’t talk about hardware, software or service. We discuss the problem or need in depth and work toward a proof of concept. Instead of selling big deals, the market has shifted towards proof of concept, subscription-based and selling to inform. It’s not just about sales anymore; it’s about sales and marketing alignment and how to bridge the gaps.

Talking points will include:
- How the market has shifted
- How women can help and enable other women
- Tips and tricks for selling in the world of digital transformation

Join this expert panel with Diane Updyke, VP Sales & Advisor, Startups, Carrie Francey, VP Strategic Alliances, HPE and Kelly Ireland, CEO, CB Technologies, as they discuss these and other trends in the tech, startup and SaaS sales environment.

This panel brings together four leading women to talk about the challenges of big data and identity in the brave new world of banking. Megan Caywood (Starling Bank), Bianca Lopes (Bioconnect) and Rebecca Harding (Coriolis Technologies) will discuss how big data is defining the way in which individuals and businesses are beginning to interact with their banks.

It will look at the challenges faced by “traditional” banks and the opportunities that big data offers for making banking more transparent and inclusive.

The panelists will also debate the ethical issues around personal data ownership in the context of GDPR and highlight the opportunities and challenges for the sector.

Some of the most brilliant people working across the industry are behind the scenes – you may know some of the names, but not realise the scope and scale of what they do. They are imagining, shaping, investing in, building and delivering the future. They also happen to be women.

Join this panel where we'll bring together women from different industries who are enabling companies and technologies that power our world (from funding them, to coaching them, to running them, to creating the policies that enable innovation, to bringing innovation to fruition in large banks).

They would all be able to talk about what they do, how they do it, why they do it, with the ‘being female’ thing being secondary

Moderator: Louise Beaumont (techUK & Publicis.Sapient)
Panelists: Claire Pettitt (Bumble), Wincie Wong (RBS), Gen Ashley (Women Who Code), Nour Asaad (SheWorx), Fura Johannesdottir (Sapient)