Women Who Change Tech

In this episode, Alison Wade and Jessie Shternshus chat with Davar Ardalan, a Woman Who Vows to Improve Cultural Intelligence. Davar is the Founder and Storyteller in Chief of IVOW, an early-stage startup specializing in AI-driven cultural content, aiming to make navigating the global marketplace easier via cultural analysis. She is also the former Deputy Director of the White House Presidential Innov...

In this episode, Alison Wade and Jessie Shternshus chat with Cindy Peterson, a Woman Who Transforms Organizations. Cindy is a Partner at Peerless Partners, and her passion is helping companies solve complex challenges at the confluence of operational effectiveness, change management, and organizational transformation.

Cindy talks about the Agile fish tank and how ...

In this episode, Alison Wade and Jessie Shternshus chat with Portia Tung, a Woman Who uses the Power of Play. Portia is an Executive and Personal Coach, Enterprise Agile Coach, and Play Researcher. Her research on play has led her to live a more playful life, so much so that she has managed to dream The School of Play into existence. The School of Play inspires and enables adults to make their dreams come true by nurturing their in...

In this episode, Alison Wade and Jessie Shternshus chat with Dorothy Graham, a woman who is an exceptional communicator. "Dot" Graham has been consulting, coaching, teaching, and writing about software testing for some 40 years. Dot has talked and written extensively about test automation and is a co-author of eight books on software testing and automation. She has also been a frequent speaker at Women Who Test on the topic of The ...

In this episode, Alison Wade and Jessie Shternshus chat with Melissa Benua, a Woman Who is a Problem Solver. Melissa is the Senior Engineering Manager at mParticle. Melissa has a B.S. in computer science and a masters in systems engineering, she has worked notable companies such as Boeing, Microsoft, and Playfab. Her work has spanned, at times simultaneously, every aspect of the software development lifecycle and her primary goal i...

In this episode, Alison Wade and Jessie Shternshus chat with Isabel Evans, a Woman Who is a Storyteller. Isabel has more than thirty years of experience in the IT industry, in quality management, and testing. More than that, Isabel brings real creativity and a spark to technical topics. She helps people learn how to effectively tell their story and positively influence their companies and products. As a speaker, she travels the wor...

In this episode, Alison Wade and Jessie Shternshus chat with Marian Phelan, a Woman Who Builds Strong Teams. Marian is the CEO of Hashrocket, a software development company with offices in both Florida and Chicago. She is a big supporter of the tech community and has started several conferences including Ancient City Ruby and Bizconf. Join us to hear what it is like to be a Rocketeer and how Hashrocket builds strong teams. Learn ho...

In this episode, Alison Wade and Jessie Shternshus chat with Ingrid Alongi, a Women Who Leads. Ingrid is the founder of Quick Left, a web engineering company, which was acquired by Cognizant in 2016. Ingrid is now the head of Mentor Network at Cognizant Accelerator in Boulder, Colorado. Her focus is on hiring for the team in North America as well as on people and culture. Ingrid is also an accomplished athlete, particularly in trac...

In this episode, Alison Wade and Jessie Shternshus chat with Lia James, a woman who is a connector. Lia is the co-host of Human Inclusive, a podcast that champions diversity, and amplifies the voices and experiences of diverse communities. Lia has an innate desire to connect people, to help them tell their story, grow their businesses, and get the right people in the right positions for increased productivity. She also works one-on...

In this episode, Alison Wade and Jessie Shternshus chat with Kristen Brillantes, a woman who is a go-getter who inspires other entrepreneurial women. You can find Kristen in front of the room facilitating workshops or behind the scenes coaching and collaborating with executives and teams to evolve the way they work. She understands the intersection of craft, productivity, and relationships and does whatever it takes to empower peop...

In this episode, Alison Wade and Jessie Shternshus chat with Jennifer Bonine, a Woman Who Embraces Change. Jennifer is VP, Global Delivery and Solutions at TapQA, and is a frequent and inspiring speaker at conferences. She has given talks including; Leading and Embracing Change, What’s Your Leadership IQ?, The Lost Art of Live Communication. At the Women Who Test days she talks about one of the most valuable skills to have in today...

On this episode, Alison Wade and Jessie Shternshus chat with Angie Jones, a formidable automation engineer who is literally changing the face of technology. This year she recorded and commercial for John Frieda talking about changing the narrative about women of color in tech. Angie holds some 25 patented inventions and has carved a remarkable path for herself working at IBM, Lexis Nexis, Twitter and most recently as Senior Develop...

On this episode, Alison Wade and Jessie Shternshus chat with Jaimee Newberry.  Jaimee Newberry is the co-founder and CEO of Picture This Clothing. Jaimee's started her career as a metal sculpture and then spent years working in technology helping companies design their products for customer engagement. Picture this clothing was mostly a side project but in August of 2016, it gained viral attention after a write-up in TechCrunch and...

On this episode, Alison Wade and Jessie Shternshus chat with Tania Katan. Tania has been successfully sneaking creativity into Fortune 500 companies, tech conferences, TED Talks, arts organizations, marketing conventions, and innovation summits to spark small to gigantic cultural revolutions. She created the internationally viral empowerment campaign #ItWasNeverADress for software company Axosoft. She teaches leaders creative princ...

Women Who Change Tech is a podcast that gives you access to women who are contributing, inspiring, trailblazing, and disrupting the business of technology. We believe that when women inspire other women, amazing things happen. During this podcast, we will be having conversations with incredible women who are changing the face of technology. These women are software testers, software developers, design thinkers, agilists, creatives,...