Amy Au

Executive Coach at Innovate You

Amy Au is an ICF certified (ACC) Coach and Fascinate® Certified Advisor who radiates inspiring transformation. She founded her coaching business, Innovate You, in 2023 with the mission to drive more positive impact and create a brighter future, one leader at a time. Amy is based in Canada and partner with clients globally. Emphasizing on empowering Women in STEM leaders and teams to reach beyond their perceived limits, discover their innate creativity, gain clarity & focus to propel forward with confident actions, and turn their aspirations to accomplishments faster. Before expanding her career as an Executive Leadership Coach, Amy spent over 25 years in the technology sector, including 23 years at a Global Fortune 500 company. She held people management & leadership roles in business analytics, technology-driven innovation, and organizational change. As a Fascinate® Certified Advisor, Amy uses the Fascinate® System to help her clients recognize their uniqueness and focus on what makes them most valuable. Enabling them to present and communicate in ways that capture attention, build better relationships, stand-out in the crowd, and build engaging & high-performing teams. Amy became an international best-selling author with her first collaboration book, "Evolution of Leadership in STEM - women catalyzing change" in December 2024. Amy is also an active certified, Gold Tier, #IAmRemarkable facilitator, volunteering to support women and underrepresented groups learning the importance and practice self-promotion. It helps build confidence, personal growth, and professional advancement.

Michelle Frechette

Executive Director of Post Status

Michelle Frechette is the Executive Director of Post Status. Michelle was called "The busiest woman in WordPress," by WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg in 2022. In addition to her work at Post Status, Michelle is the Podcast Barista at WPCoffeeTalk, cofounder of Underrepresented in Tech, creator of WPSpeakers, creator of WPCareerPages, co-founder of SponsorMeWP, co-founder of SpeedNetworkOnline, co-founder of WPWiki, creator of WP Trail Buddies, author, influencer, and a frequent organizer and speaker at WordPress and tech events. Michelle lives outside of Rochester, NY where she’s an avid nature photographer. You can learn more about Michelle at meetmichelle.online.

Jenny Cones

Director, Global Talent Aquisition at Vitech

Jenny Cones is the Director of Global Talent Acquisition at Vitech and has spent more than 20 years at the forefront of recruiting and talent strategy. Over the course of her career, she has negotiated hundreds of millions of dollars in salaries and guided thousands of professionals through the hiring process across industries including software, consulting, and financial services. Her experience spans recruiting for roles as diverse as software engineers, sales leaders, IT architects, project managers, and even an actuary or two—giving her rare insight into both the tech talent market and the dynamics of compensation negotiations at every level. Jenny is passionate about helping women close the pay gap. She equips them with practical strategies to ask for what they deserve—whether that’s through stronger resumes, sharper interview skills, personal branding, or most importantly, confident compensation negotiations. Her mission is simple: to help women move beyond hesitation and into the salaries, roles, and recognition they have earned.

Nitya Shekar

Executive Coach at Second Wind Group

Nitya is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach with expertise in adult learning, organizational development, and HR initiatives. For 15 years, she served in leadership roles across high-growth tech startups (AppNexus, Better, Collibra), big tech (Meta), and quantitive trading (Jane Street), blending her knowledge of people dynamics and complex project management with her strong commitment to business results. As an advisor, Nitya is passionate about fostering agile, values-driven, people-first cultures that scale. As a coach and facilitator, her style balances challenge with psychological safety, collaboration with reflection, objectivity with empathy, and expansion with actionability — plus, the transformative power of play! Nitya has been a host of the Leadership Arts Review podcast and an Advisory Board Member at BossmakeHer. Her insights have been featured on the BlissFULL Life, Performance Shift, Empjoyment, and Actuarial Journey podcasts. She holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, a B.A. in Psychology and Spanish from Rice University, and accreditations in a variety of assessment tools including Leadership Circle Profile, Hogan, Insights, DiSC, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and Situational Leadership II. Outside of work, Nitya has performed improv with Magnet Theater and concerts with Berkshire Choral International. She enjoys travel, good food, and great TV. Ask her anything!

Maura Charles

CEO at Keep it Human, Inc.

Maura Charles is a consultant, keynote speaker, and founder of Keep It Human, where she helps bring business and technology teams together to stay human-centered in the age of AI and digital transformation. With a background spanning product innovation, technology strategy, and leadership development, she specializes in bridging the gap between technical expertise and human skills. Maura is also an essayist, educator, and proud mom of a 10-year-old daughter, passionate about empowering women to stand out, lead with confidence, and thrive in their careers.

Julia Kraft

Founder at Speak To Inspire

Julia Kraft is the founder of Speak To Inspire, a public speaking training company established in 2014. Speak To Inspire has successfully trained thousands of entrepreneurs and professionals, as well as hundreds of companies, including LinkedIn, Salesforce, ZScaler, and Twitter. Julia is particularly passionate about empowering professional women who, despite their expertise, experience anxiety and self-consciousness when presenting. She helps them develop confidence, project authority, and transform their knowledge into compelling presentations.

Bo English-Wiczling

Senior Director, Database Product Management at Oracle

Bo English-Wiczling is a Senior Director in the Oracle Database Product Management team leading Database Developer Relations and is transforming the way developers use Oracle Database products and services. She joined Oracle 8 years ago from Amazon and has more than 29 years of experience in Tech, led large-scale product development teams, created enterprise departments, programs and startups from scratch, and founded several employee advocacy groups. Bo enjoys solving impossible challenges, including the first mobile phone activation platform at Best Buy used by 29 different Telcos across NA and Europe; the first Anti-Money Laundering platform at Amazon for millions of 3rd party marketplace sellers; and the first Developer Relations org in Oracle that transformed the culture at Oracle for interacting with millions of developers worldwide. She has a double major in Computer Science and Philosophy from the University of Minnesota. Bo is a passionate advocate for ethical AI advancement, open source communities, under-represented affiliations, and serves as the Board Advisor for Oracle’s Asian Professional Leadership (OPAL) employee resource group. Bo currently lives in Seattle, WA with her husband and 2 Chihuahuas. In her spare time, she likes to collect hobbies and make things, wander the earth, race sports cars, and she is an enthusiastic foodie. She is also especially fond of peaty Scotches.

Charmaine Hammond

Founder and CEO of Hammond International Inc.

Charmaine Hammond believes in the power of working better together- when people connect, collaborate and learn together, and have the proper skills training, teams have the capacity to create stronger, psychologically safe and healthy workplaces. Hammond International Inc. opened February 1997. Charmaine is the founder and president of Hammond International Inc. Her passion for this work came from starting her career in the Correctional Services (as a Correctional Officer). Returning back to school she got a Masters Degree in Conflict Analysis & Management and opened a business providing dispute resolution, training and consulting services. Hammond International Inc.’s training, consulting, facilitation services help teams work better together. Charmaine and her expanded team of experts have more than 150 years of combined experience. Our proven conflict resolution, difficult conversations and negotiation model used for the past 27 years has helped companies save millions of dollars in employee turnover, formal complaints, investigations, mediation, and litigation. Their model and training has been utilized by corporations of all types and sizes across numerous industries. Charmaine's business Hammond International Inc. is certified by the Women Business Enterprises Canada Council (WBE Canada): certifier of the businesses owned and operated by women.

Tara Rezvani Flowers

Head of Software Engineering, Uncrewed Air Traffic Management at Wing (Alphabet)

Tara Rezvani Flowers is a tech leader, speaker, and advocate for sustainable career success. As a Software Engineering Manager at Wing, Alphabet's drone delivery company, she leads teams developing technology to safely access the skies at scale. Prior to Wing, Tara was a technical lead engineer at Google Photos. Tara's unique perspective stems from her MBA and degrees in Computer Science and Cognitive Science from UC Berkeley. This unique blend of engineering rigor and human-centered thinking forms the core of her approach to leadership and problem solving. Beyond her role at Wing, Tara is a certified yoga teacher and co-founder of EmpowerFlow, a platform dedicated to empowering people with career and wellbeing strategies.

Nathan Plaksin

Sr. Recruiter & People Operations Partner

Experienced talent acquisition professional with extensive experience managing full-cycle recruitment across diverse industries. Known for developing strategic hiring initiatives, cultivating strong talent pipelines, and consistently exceeds hiring goals. Passionate about building impactful hiring processes that align with business objectives and elevating candidate experience.

Nisha Acharya

Assistant Director - EY US Talent Acquisition

Lead Technology Recruiter with EY's Tech Consulting practice. Hiring for AI/ML Engineers, Blockchain enthusiasts, Data scientists, Data engineers, Data analysts, UX/UI Designers, UX Researchers, Full Stack Developers, Mobile Developers, Front-end Developers for EY's Design Studio's and Digital & Emerging Tech teams. Please reach out to me at [email protected].

Terry Beasley

Assistant Director Talent Acquisition - EY

Talent Acquisition Recruiter at EY focused on Fintech and Emerging Technologies to include AI, Cloud and Data Analytics

Sekeyna Abidi

Graduate Product Manager at Sage

Sekeyna Abidi is a Graduate Product Manager at Sage, working in the banking service. Sekeyna is excited to share how Sage creates space for women to thrive and grow in the industry.

Mania Kondyli

HR Talent & Strategy Leader - International Region at GE HealthCare

Mania Kondyli is an Executive HR Leader leading the Talent Management agenda for the GE HealthCare International region. With over 20 years of experience in multinational organizations, Mania brings a strong focus on strategic leadership and people-centric transformation. In her current role Mania drives initiatives that foster growth across global teams and empower employees to take control of their careers and development.

Faye Barker

Manager, Talent Acquisition at New Relic

I'm Faye, I lead our Talent Acquisition team in the EMEA region at New Relic. My job is all about finding and empowering diverse, top-tier talent across technical and GTM roles as we expand globally. I'm passionate about helping women in tech secure positions where they can truly drive Technical Excellence and build amazing careers in our key growth markets. I'm going to give you an inside look at The Relic Way, our core values at New Relic. I'll share how the value of One Team—which is all about "Diverse voices, stronger results"—shapes how we hire and support career growth. I'll also walk you through the exciting career opportunities currently available across the company and give you practical, candid advice on how you can stand out and successfully navigate the application process at a high-growth tech company.

Tierra Gibson

Senior DEB and Talent Programs Specialist at N-able

Tierra Gibson is a Senior Global Belonging and Talent Programs Partner with N-able, offering a wealth of employee experience in the technology industry. She thrives most when leveraging her background in Talent Acquisition, Talent Management and Facilitation to help shape organizational culture, collaboration, and innovation. Tierra is a bold advocate who is passionate about building a culture of belonging while driving change and unlocking organizational success. Stephen Walker is a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at N-able. With more than five years of experience in the IT industry, Stephen specializes in hiring top talent for sales, marketing, and customer success roles across multiple sites in Europe. He holds a Black Belt Certificate from Social Talent, which demonstrates his advanced skills in sourcing, recruitment advertising, and technical IT recruitment. I am passionate about finding and attracting the best and brightest people for N-able and creating a culture that fosters growth, innovation, and collaboration.

Agnieszka Rak

EY Global Women in Tech Program

EY Global Women in Tech Program