"There cannot be equity in society without equity in data collection, curation, and decisions."
Women in Big Data Founders
By Deborah Sgro and Erika Lunceford WiBD Silicon Valley Chapter June is a traditional time to recognize the accomplishments of graduates. With that in mind, we’d like to congratulate the 16 participants who completed their work in Cohort 1 of the Silicon Valley Chapter Peer Mentoring Program. The program kicked off in March and met
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Let’s get to know an ally of Women in Big Data… Neil Metzler, Founder, Lead Consultant at Cloud Champions LLC, a career and startup consulting organization dedicated to advancing gender diversity in tech. Tell us about your career focus/professional aspirations After nine years in big tech, I decided to launch my own consulting business and
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Session 2: The Drama Triangle By Eliana Castillo On June 2, 2021, leadership coach Jeremiah Miller, founder of Forging Leaders, helped us understand the three elements of the Drama Triangle: Victim, Villain and Hero. This session, much like the first session on “Your Personal Power” series, Stupid Clarity, was an invitation to look inward and analyze how our behavior,
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By Eliana Castillo, WiBD Bay Area and Silicon Valley Co-director On May 18, 2021, Juliane Stephan, Associate Partner at Bain, facilitated a panel of Team Leaders and Team Coordinators as they shared their experiences leading the first WiBD data challenge team cohort. The adventure started in December 2020, when various members of our WiBD community
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Session 1: Stupid Clarity By Eliana Castillo On April 15, 2021, leadership coach Jeremiah Miller, founder of Forging Leaders took us on a journey to find ‘stupid clarity’. Drawing from real life examples and inspiring stories, Jeremiah dove into pragmatic concepts and methodologies that, once understood and internalized, can help us create significant change in
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By Liisel Jessop. On March 18, our Women in Big Data (WiBD) Dusseldorf chapter held a virtual event titled “Elevate Your Data Career!”. It was the first chapter event in 2021 and our team was really excited to see the community members and welcome new joiners. During the online event we had a chance to
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By Usha Ramalingam, Chapter Director In honor of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, the St. Louis chapter was happy to host a session on how to develop a Culture of Mindfulness by Rani Jayakumar. Rani Jayakumar is a certified mindfulness instructor from Mindful Schools, a yoga and mindfulness instructor through Little Flower Yoga, and
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Regina Karson, WiBD US Board Member March, 2021 part 2 of 2 of this vibrant series where Marie Smith, CIO of Data 360, and Maureen Dunne, Autism Angels, discussed supporting neurodiversity in schools, the workplace and entrepreneurship. Maureen discussed how terms, wording, skillsets that focus on strengths for autistic populations and how models for success
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By Tina Tang I sat down with Vanessa on a recent afternoon—me in Palo Alto and she in Irvine, California. I first met Vanessa back in 2019 while she interned for SAP’s Business Technology Platform product marketing team. Gratefully, she came to work on Women in Big Data’s non profit launch, assessing our social media
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By Ilyana “Lily” Salem Did you ever feel like Big Bird? Imagine those gangly orange legs and bright yellow feathers walking down a New York City neighborhood. Try that now in a high-tech office in the Silicon Beach, Valley or Forest, in front of a computer, passing through the lounge, or sitting at the head
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