What are the motivations and experiences of women working in technical fields? In addition, what are the cultural challenges women technical experts are facing in an industry that continues to be male-dominated?
Join AJ Kincaid, Jenny Quach, Sydney Beckett, Alison Cossette, Emily Raun-Petersen and Yolande Poirier as they discuss the day-to-day reality of working in tech today. You will learn tips about how you too can thrive in tech and what drives them to stay in their chosen field.
Host:
Yolande Poirier, Senior Manager, Developer Community
Empowering IT professionals to navigate and adopt complex solutions – especially for application development, the Java platform and cloud solutions. Yolande has been very successful creating user-centric content and programs resulting in an explosion of engagement across channels.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yolandepoirier/
Panel:
AJ Kincaid, Technical Support Engineer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrienne-aj-%E2%80%8B-kincaid-793b223/
Alison Cossette, Data Science Advocate
Proven Enterprise AI leader with a track record of navigating value vs. complexity in project prioritization. History of data product development in varied verticals.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alison-cossette-7115857/
Emily Raun-Petersen, Technical Recruiter
https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-raun-petersen-a7271b24a/
Jenny Quach, Software Engineer
A highly motivated and multilingual frontend developer with a background in accounting and management in the Software industry. Am a team player and constant learner with great analytical and problem solving skills.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenquach/
Sydney „Syd“ Beckett, Pre-Sales Engineer
Experienced graph enthusiast with a demonstrated history of working with clients/customers to build graph-based solutions.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sydney-beckett-15176968/ 
