Chatting with Christine: Tech Careers & Badass Women

Monica is a tech executive with a strong background in healthcare, public health, and growth strategy. She started her career on the provider side of healthcare, working on growth initiatives for one of the nation’s largest integrated delivery networks at Highmark Health. Shortly after, she entered the tech space through a lead go-to-market role for a fast growing healthtech startup, launching her career in scaling high growth B2B tech SaaS companies. I wanted to chat with Monica because it's not common to find a woman of leadership in both tech and public health, especially one that embraces femininity in her leadership at HiLabs! A driving force behind her career progression and success is her desire to empower women in public health, leadership, and technology. She is a trailblazer in these fields and cares deeply about sharing her story so that other women can succeed.

Connect with Monica:https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicakohli/

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As someone who strives to be a social entrepreneur or someone who just wants to help the world and give back, I've always been very interested in the world of nonprofits. I never had such a good and deep conversation about nonprofits until today! Welcome Breanna Lashell, a nonprofit coach! She founded and ran a nonprofit at the age of 16 called Speak Love and has been on many nonprofits since then! We dive deep into starting and running a nonprofit, the misconceptions, how funding works, the difference between a nonprofit and b-corp, and the constant struggle of serving the business vs. serving the mission! Connect with Breanna: www.instagram.com/@coach_breannalashell www.breannalashell.com FOLLOW ME: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ChristineWong Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christine.innovates Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineywong Facebook: https://www.fb.me/ChristineWongFB Website: https://christineywong.me/

I've never interviewed a woman in the security domain, so when I heard about Nadine, I had to interview her! Security is something we all know we should care about and do, so today we peel back the layers with her experience as an ex-security consultant at Capgemini, navigating the security world, and being a CISO at Zivver, a secure email platform! Zivver sells a secure email solution that helps to better protect sensitive data and to prevent human mistakes like sending an email to the wrong person. We are a Dutch company with over 8000 customers within and outside the Netherlands. Connect with Nadine: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadine-hoogerwerf-673a8454/ https://www.zivver.com/hubfs/Reports/Security%20Fatigue%20Report%20-%20Web.pdf ) FOLLOW ME: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ChristineWong Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christine.innovates Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineywong Facebook: https://www.fb.me/ChristineWongFB Website: https://christineywong.me/

We've never had a pharma guest before, but Randi Roberts is an ex-pharma executive, and it's pretty hard to find a female pharma executive! We had a lot to learn from her, and from her own journey, she tells us how to find satisfaction within your job (or outside) but also her biggest tips on advocating yourself to advance in your career.

Before becoming a certified coach, Randi had a very successful 30+ year career as a Pharmaceutical Executive, working for both large companies and a small start-up. She has also founded two of her own businesses. She skillfully combines significant business leadership experience with exceptional coaching skills to help her clients love their work as they achieve their goals.

Connect with Randi:

https://www.corlinroberts.net/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/randi-roberts-28a8768/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzYl_3LID6SbI_TDlf665jA

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We're nearing the end of the year, so naturally, people are thinking about what they want to do and evaluate for the new year! This is also when college students are interviewing for full time jobs, so definitely give this a listen on what you can do to ensure your next (or current) job makes you as happy as you can or if it's time to jump ship!

Jessica Weiss is an organizational leadership expert and consultant, so she spills all of her advice and findings when it comes to helping people find happiness in their jobs and careers!

Connect with Jessica:

https://www.jessicaweiss.com/
https://www.instagram.com/thejessicaweiss/
https://www.tiktok.com/@thejessicaweiss
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicaweiss7/

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Jen Dary is a highly sought-after leadership coach, entrepreneur, brain tumor survivor, mom, podcast host, and founder of Plucky where she coaches CEOs, entrepreneurs, and leaders at every level to create healthy work dynamics and a better work life for all humans. Jen had a lot of golden advice on the types of questions we should ask in informational interviews and in mentorships! She even has products that can help you with that! In the midst of all the layoffs, Jen also had pointers and tips for mid-level managers that have to deal with the layoffs and communicate them, and on the flip side, the decisions you have to make and questions you have to ask yourself on if it's finally time for you to leave your job. Definitely an episode you don't want to miss in this climate! Connect with Jen Dary: Website: www.beplucky.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/beplucky/https://www.linkedin.com/in/jen-dary-46b0367/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bepluckster/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/beplucky

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Ramona Shaw is a certified professional leadership coach, podcast host and an author! I dove in deep with her to learn about her perspective on leadership and very interesting situations mid-level managers can find themselves in and her advice on how to approach them such as if an individual contributor made a racist or sexist comment, what should you do? She is passionate about helping new and mid-level managers become leaders people love to work for by strengthening their leadership and communication skills, raising their confidence and resilience, and increasing their focus and emotional intelligence. She now specializes in delivering coaching and training programs for leaders at fast-growing startups and companies such as Twitch, UBS, Google, Dropbox, Lionsgate, Asana, Stitch Fix, Sequoia Capital, and dozens of others.

Connect with Ramona Shaw: Website: https://www.ramonashaw.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramona-shaw/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ramona.shaw.leadership
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shaw_lead
Ramona’s Book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Confident-Competent-New-Manager-Leadership/dp/B09ZSZV2XC
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKCQKvrIjwpyHVn-Y4fCPqw/videos
Podcast: https://www.ramonashaw.com/podcast/

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I love chatting with founders of social enterprises, and in this case, it is Brooke McKean, the cofounder and co-CEO of Reach Pathways and President of Chicago Scholars! Reach Pathways is a virtual world for students to build skills while showing off their marketable skills to employers and universities which serves as a great double sided market! I chat through Brooke's experience as a female cofounder as well as her journey with both Reach Pathways and Chicago Scholars.

Connect with Brooke McKean:

Website: https://www.reachpathways.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reachpathways/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reach3044/videos

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My two loves in this episode with fintech and boss women! In this episode, Tilly Tanga, co-founder and director of operations of fintech startup in the P2P personal loan space, talks about her experience being at the forefront of fintech, being a co-founder and director of operations, and advice she has for budding entrepreneurs! 

Connect with Tilly Tanga:
https://www.facebook.com/usepigeon/
https://twitter.com/use_pigeon
https://www.linkedin.com/company/usepigeon/
https://www.instagram.com/usepigeon/
https://www.tiktok.com/@usepigeon
https://www.youtube.com/@usepigeon
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-matilde-tanga/

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Emily Glass is currently President & CEO at Syncro, a combined RMM and PSA platform, that helps Managed Service Providers start, run and grow their business. Being in the MSP space, she is in tech and the service industry! She shares a lot of her experience getting up to this point and also being a president and CEO at Syncro! This is the first podcast episode of 2023! 

Connect with Emily:
https://syncromsp.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyglass/

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Alicia is an executive leadership coach and creator of women's leadership programming. She has been doing this work for 7 years and has had a long winding career rooted in followed her curiosity. That path included things as wide as running strategic partnership and product teams for a data technology company to running a wedding planning business to spending time as a farmer. Beyond work, she loves to cuddle up with a book and cup of coffee, do almost anything outside in nature, get into her body or spend time with the people she loves including her son.

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https://www.aliciajabbar.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajabbar/

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Kalpa is the Founder and CEO of Knekxt Group, LLC a consulting firm with a mission to create an equitable world. Today she speaks about being a sexual abuse survivor and how that led to her mission and activism in bringing others like her together. She is a product management leader with a track record of building trust and consistently delivering innovative experiences while leading diverse and inclusive teams. She has 15 years of experience in diverse domains of product, marketing, analytics and fraud risk management for new customer acquisition and deepening existing customer relationships for B2C and B2B businesses. She currently serves as Principal Advisor to Liminal, a boutique strategy advisory firm serving digital identity, fintech, and cybersecurity clients, and the private equity and venture capital community.  Prior to her entrepreneurial pursuits, she worked at companies such as Early Warning Services/Zelle, American Express, General Electric and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalpashreegupta/
https://www.tiktok.com/@knkext.com
https:/knekxt.com

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As a cat owner, cat sitter, woman in tech, and entrepreneur, I have a deep appreciation for Aparna and SpotOn.Pet for the value and solution it provides for me as someone who always has a need to transport cats! I sit down with Aparna (and her pet pig!) for this episode. SpotOn.Pet is a ride-hailing transportation app for pets and pet-parents. The app connects you with trusted drivers that will take your pet anywhere, with or without you being present. From airports, to parks, & even vet visits, you can only phone a friend so many times or pay hundreds for a car service, to carry your pet safely to where they need to go. I go through Aparna's experience as CEO and founder of SpotOn.Pet as well as the future of SpotOn.Pet!

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Connect with Aparna:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/asrinivasan90/
https://www.spoton.pet/
https://www.instagram.com/spotonpet/
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spoton-pet/id1438353721
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dashride.clients.spotonpet&hl=en_IE&gl=US

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Amy Edelstein is a nonprofit leader, author, and educator. Her mission is to hare powerful ideas that can help us transform ourselves and the culture we live in. The focus of my work illustrates the insight that comes from viewing all our experience in a vast context, as we learn to weave together the evolutionary history of the cosmos, the developmental shifts in global culture, and the subtleties of contemplative insight. Her programs support individuals and groups to discover deeper fulfillment, joy, and purposefulness in life. She comes to us after writing six books including the IPPY award-winning, educational bestseller The Conscious Classroom and Ben Franklin Award winner, bestselling memoir Adventure in Zanskar, and we discuss about her journey within and writing Adventure in Zanskar in this podcast episode!

Connect with Amy:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyedelstein/
https://www.youtube.com/c/AmyEdelstein
https://www.instagram.com/innerstrengtheducation/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOO50muaMiuKSjkwJ14D61A
https://www.facebook.com/AmyEdelstein.Educator

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This is admittedly an area I know nothing of (truly), yet I'm so curious about it, so I was excited to interview Becky Postar! Becky is a veteran banking officer of 20 years who has extensive experience in business development, lending, and compliance training for multiple banks. She has deep domain expertise in BSA, AML, KYC and the evolving cannabis regulations. She is now the COO of HDCS. HDCS, Inc. provides a comprehensive solution for safely banking higher-risk industries such as the cannabis industry.

Watch Video Interview Here: https://youtu.be/jJfHVKHt6fM

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/becky-burrell-postar-8a67767/
https://hdcompliance.com/

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