Tech. Strong. Woman.

Tech. Strong. Woman.

47 Episodes

Learn from the technologists who have impacted and disrupted critical aspects of technology across all industries. Learn about what’s new, what’s now, and what’s next, and meet the visionaries who are making it happen. Hosted by Jodi Ashley, Executive Producer, Techstrong Group and Tracy Ragan, Creator and CEO of DeployHub. Tech.Strong.Women. addresses critical IT issues and thought leadership from today’s top technologists with a focus on women.

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Tech. Strong. Woman.
  • Breaking Barriers: Pioneering Gender Equity in AI - Tech.Strong.Women. EP 24

    Episode 1

    In this episode, join us as we delve into an important discussion on gender, equity and diversity in the AI industry with Paula R. Bratcher Ratliff. Paula emphasizes the imperative of incorporating diverse thought leadership, particularly from women, to combat gender bias in AI. Highlighting the ...

  • Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Cybersecurity: A Holistic Approach to Risk - Tech.Strong.Women. EP 23

    Episode 2

    The cybersecurity conversation has recently shifted from reactive to proactive, focusing on software supply chains and risk management rather than playing whack-a-mole with ever-evolving threats. Today, it's important to take a holistic and proactive approach to cybersecurity, emphasizing open co...

  • A Journey to Tech Success - Tech.Strong.Women. EP 22

    Episode 3

    Born and raised in Kenya, Christine Abernathy's journey to the U.S. tech industry underscores the dynamic nature of the field and the importance of collaboration, innovation and adaptability in the rapidly changing tech landscape. Now a senior director for open source evangelism at F5, Abernathy ...

  • Achieving Success With Help From the Front Row - Tech.Strong.Women. EP 21

    Episode 4

    In the tech industry, despite the propaganda to the contrary, no one achieves success on their own. For Lynne Doherty, she was cheered on every step of the way by friends, colleagues, mentors and supporters in her "Front Row." In this episode of Tech.Strong.Women., Lynne Doherty, president of go-...

  • Embracing Your Superpower - Tricia Montalvo Timm - Tech.Strong.Women. EP 20

    Episode 5

    As a corporate lawyer with 25 years of experience in Silicon Valley, Tricia Montalvo Timm has been part of small startups, large public companies and everything in between.Tricia is a leader, speaker and author of “Embrace the Power of You, Owning Your Identity at Work.” As a first-generation Lat...

  • Making an Impact in the VC Space - Tech.Strong.Women. EP 19

    Episode 6

    Kathy Park's interest in tech began in a computer science class while she was studying business and finance. That initial interest never waned, and has continued through Park's career to becoming an advisor and partner at Silicon Valley VC firm Andra Capital, where she oversees investments in lat...

  • A Journey Through DevOps with Tara Hernandez

    Episode 7

  • A Conversation with Jamie Thomas from IBM - Tech.Strong.Women. EP 17

    Episode 8

    Technology isn't immune to external geopolitical factors--from investments in AI to the dependency on Asian chip manufacturing, IT is front and center on the global political stage. Even seemingly unrelated events can have a direct impact on the software and hardware products we develop and consu...

  • The Human Side of Digital Transformation with Kamales Lardi - Tech.Strong.Women. EP 16

    Episode 9

    Business leaders tend to underestimate the one factor that could make or break digital transformation: the human factor. But underneath all the talk about new and emerging technologies like blockchain, ChatGPT, the metaverse and other, is people. In this episode of Tech.Strong.Women., Kamales Lar...

  • A Conversation with Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer at Isovalent - Tech.Strong.Women EP 15

    Episode 10

    In this episode of Tech. Strong. Women., hosts Jodi Ashley and Tracy Ragan talk with Liz Rice, chief open source officer at Isovalent, about extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) and its impact on the open source ecosystem and observability, the challenges open source developers face with the up...

  • “You Can Build a Business - How I Did It” - Tech.Strong.Women. EP 14

    Episode 11

    In this episode of Tech.Strong.Women, hosts Jodi Ashley and Tracy Ragan are joined by Sofia Palamarchuk, co-founder & CEO at Apptim, to talk about her own journey in the tech industry, how she grew her company despite the COVID-19 pandemic, and how important it is to stay lean and sustainable as ...

  • Tech. Strong. Women. EP 13 - Let's Talk Marketing

    Episode 12

    Far from being 'fluff', marketing (and especially technology marketing) is one of the most important functions within a tech company. Marketing professionals are on the front lines of customer and user engagement, taking technical concepts and making them easy to understand. In this episode, our ...

  • Leveraging Incidents to Understand Your Organization - Tech. Strong. Women. EP 12

    Episode 13

    So many stories in tech start the same way: A great idea, a 'killer app', some bootstraps, angel investors, funding rounds and then, with a lot of hard work and a little bit of luck, a unicorn! But it doesn't have to be just a fairy tale or a once-in-a-blue-moon occurrence. You have the skills an...

  • Meet Alaina Percival - Tech.Strong.Women EP 11

    Episode 14

    In this episode, our hosts Jodi Ashley (Techstrong) and Tracy Ragan (DeployHub) are joined by Alaina Percival, a technology powerhouse who pivoted her young career by teaching herself to code shortly after she moved to Silicon Valley. Now, Alaina is the CEO of Women Who Code and is "helping diver...

  • The Art of Communicating Technical Topics - TechStrongWomen EP 10

    Episode 15

    The Art of Communicating Technical TopicsOne of the biggest challenges in the tech industry is taking complex, highly-technical topics and making them more easily accessible and understandable to a wider audience. Technical language is often dry, boring and unnecessarily complicated - but it does...

  • Quantum Leaps for Women in STEM - Tech. Strong. Women. EP 8

    Episode 16

    In this episode, Charlene O'Hanlon welcomes Rebecca Krauthamer, founder and chief product officer at QuSecure, to discuss how organizations can encourage, promote and normalize women and girls in STEM programs and STEM careers, the ethics considerations of quantum computing and the role of ethics...

  • Career in Cybersecurity - Tech. Strong. Women. EP 6

    Episode 17

    In this episode, hosts Charlene O'Hanlon and Tracy Bannon chat with Deb Radcliff, author, analyst, advisor, writer and speaker, about her long and storied career in cybersecurity, from reporter to acclaimed fiction author.

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  • Generational Diversity Part 2 - Tech. Strong. Women. EP 5

    Episode 18

    Generational Diversity Part 2 - Hosts Charlene O'Hanlon and Tracy Bannon discuss the impacts of generational diversity with guests Nashita Henry (Deloitte) Beth-Anne Bygum (Acxiom).

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  • Generational Diversity - Tech. Strong. Women. EP 4

    Episode 19

    Generational Diversity, Pt.1: Hosts Charlene O'Hanlon and Tracy Bannon discuss the impacts of generational diversity with guests Hannah Hunt of Army Software Factory and Kristen Garey of Ignyte Group.

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  • Path Into IT - Tech. Strong. Women. EP 3

    Episode 20

    In this episode of Tech. Strong. Women., guest Nicole Dove, head of security at Riot Games, discusses with hosts Charlene O'Hanlon and Tracy Bannon her non-traditional path into IT and ways in which females can unconsciously sabotage themselves, as well as the impact of a strong mentor, regardles...

  • Communication, Mentoring and More - Tech. Strong. Women. EP 2

    Episode 21

    In this episode, hosts Charlene O'Hanlon and Tracy Bannon welcome Lisa Plaggemier, Executive Director, National Cyber Security Alliance, to discuss communication, imposter syndrome, the importance of mentoring and more.

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  • Beyond Gender Norms - Tech. Strong. Women. EP 1

    Episode 22

    In this inaugural episode of Tech. Strong. Women., hosts Charlene O'Hanlon and Tracy Bannon of MITRE, along with guest Jennifer Leggio, CMO and serial techpreneur, discuss some of the challenges and successes that have helped shaped their journey in IT and ways to elevate conversations around equ...

  • RSAC 2022 Edition - Tech. Strong. Women.

    Episode 23

    Hosts Charlene O'Hanlon and Tracy Bannon are joined by Charity Wright (Recorded Future) and Chris Bondi (Mimoto) for an in-depth discussion on job roles in IT and Cyber, and where equity and diversity is reflected in the workforce vs. the leadership.