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WOMEN IN IT – SOPHIE BROWN, FLOWLIO

Sophie Brown, Commercial Director, Flowlio Ltd, talks through her career to date, from dropping out of university to her role today on the board of a software-as-a-service start-up. As a dedicated advocate for women in tech, and deeply committed to fostering inclusivity and diversity within the industry, Sophie shares her thoughts on the changes she has seen when it comes to DEI and, importantly, what still needs to be addressed to ensure that the IT industry provides the right opportunities for all.

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Tech Channel Ambassadors set to tackle IT skills gap

Ian Kilpatrick, former EVP of Nuvias and the driving force behind the newly established Tech Channel Ambassadors, explains the thinking behind the organisation – a new Community Interest Company (CIC) created to promote the channel IT industry, and to bolster inclusivity in the sector. Tech Channel Ambassadors aims to raise awareness of career opportunities across the IT channel to those in education, those returning to employment, and those looking to change career, including, but not limited to, career opportunities for girls, BAME, disabled, neurodiverse and disadvantaged groups.

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Women in IT – Tamsin Ashmore, CFO at Ultima

Tamsin Ashmore, CFO at Ultima, discusses her career to date - the challenges she has met along the way and how she has achieved success; and shares some brilliant insights as to women working in the tech space – how companies can support and progress their careers and, importantly, how to improve gender diversity within the industry.

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Women in IT - Lindsay Micklethwaite, Head of Product with Gladstone

Lindsay Micklethwaite, Head of Product at Gladstone, discusses the challenges facing women in the IT industry, the benefits of workplace equality and diversity and ways in which these can be promoted.

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From the legal profession to open technology

Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK – the not-for-profit organisation representing the UK’s Open Technology sector - started her career in the legal sector and when she did move across to the IT industry discovered a more enlightened approach to diversity, equality and inclusion, but one that still had a way to go! In this interview, she shares some brilliant insights and observations as to the attitudes she has encountered in her career, and how she is optimistic as to the future.

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Women in IT – Ann Schlemer, CEO of Percona

In the latest interview in our Women in IT series, Ann Schlemmer, CEO of Percona, explains how she moved from a career in banking, through some time away from work to concentrate on family life, and then returned to the workplace, joining the IT industry and the open source community. She has a wealth of experience and valuable insights to share when it comes to both equality and diversity.

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Women in the data centre industry – the BCS perspective

Jim Hart, CEO and Fay Visaya, Consultant, both at BCS, discuss the reasons behind the lack of women in the data centre industry at the current time and ways in which this inequality can be addressed - with both optimistic that the younger workforce generation is committed to creating a fully diverse workplace in the near future.

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Spotlight on Women in IT: Bindu Upadhyay, Lead Service Designer at Mendix

Women working in the IT industry share their experiences – covering the opportunities they have had, the challenges they have had to overcome during their careers to date, and offering plenty of constructive thoughts and observations as to what improvements still need to be made when it comes to improving diversity within the workplace. Bindu Upadhyay, Lead Service Designer and founder of Gender Equity at Mendix (GEM)

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Spotlight on Women in IT – Episode 29 - Agilitas

Interview with Bev Markland, Chief People Officer at Agilitas. Women working in the IT industry share their experiences – covering the opportunities they have had, the challenges they have had to overcome during their careers to date, and offering plenty of constructive thoughts and observations as to what improvements still need to be made when it comes to improving diversity within the workplace.

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Spotlight on Women in IT – Episode 28 Marion Stewart, Chief Operating Officer at Red Helix

Women working in the IT industry share their experiences – covering the opportunities they have had, the challenges they have had to overcome during their careers to date, and offering plenty of constructive thoughts and observations as to what improvements still need to be made when it comes to improving diversity within the workplace. Episode 28 Marion Stewart, Chief Operating Officer at Red Helix

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Karina Buschsieweke - Appian's Director of Product Strategy and co-founder/former MD of Lana Labs

Women working in the IT industry share their experiences – covering the opportunities they have had, the challenges they have had to overcome during their careers to date, and offering plenty of constructive thoughts and observations as to what improvements still need to be made when it comes to improving diversity within the workplace.

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Women in IT – Sarah Friswell, CEO of Red Ant

Women working in the IT industry share their experiences – covering the opportunities they have had, the challenges they have had to overcome during their careers to date, and offering plenty of constructive thoughts and observations as to what improvements still need to be made when it comes to improving diversity within the workplace. In this video, we talk to Sarah Friswell, CEO of Red Ant.

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Spotlight on Women in IT – Episode 6 - Dr Anne Blackwood, CEO of Cambridgeshire’s Health Tech Enterprise

Interview with Dr Anne Blackwood, CEO of Cambridgeshire’s Health Tech Enterprise. Women working in the IT industry share their experiences – covering the opportunities they have had, the challenges they have had to overcome during their careers to date, and offering plenty of constructive thoughts and observations as to what improvements still need to be made when it comes to improving diversity within the workplace.

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Women in IT - Kathy Wagner, CFO at Kaseya

Women working in the IT industry share their experiences – covering the opportunities they have had, the challenges they have had to overcome during their careers to date, and offering plenty of constructive thoughts and observations as to what improvements still need to be made when it comes to improving diversity within the workplace.

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Spotlight on Women in IT – Episode 32 • Sysdig

Interview with Asha Ramakrishna, VP of Engineering, Runtime Security at Sysdig. Women working in the IT industry share their experiences – covering the opportunities they have had, the challenges they have had to overcome during their careers to date, and offering plenty of constructive thoughts and observations as to what improvements still need to be made when it comes to improving diversity within the workplace.

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