CEO Pamela Maynard believes Avanade’s purpose is to make a genuine human impact. She is committed to Avanade’s vision: to be the leading digital innovator, creating great experiences as we realize results for our clients and their customers through the power of people and the Microsoft ecosystem. She says three of the most important things she does are to make sure our clients are successful on their digital journeys, ensure we stay on the pulse of the next wave of technology, and make sure our ...
Jun 18, 2020•36 min
Juanita (Nita) Hendrickson serves as the Vice President, Human Resources for Teradata, where she leads the Organizational Development, Learning and Inclusion & Diversity efforts for the enterprise. Prior to joining Teradata, Nita held both business and Strategic HR Business Partner positions in the life science, telecommunications and environmental health industries. Nita has held HR Leadership roles at both Merck KGaA (Millipore Sigma) and Thermo Fisher Scientific. On a personal note, she’s...
Jun 18, 2020•22 min
Deepa Soni joined The Hartford as Chief Information Officer in 2019. Deepa brings executive leadership experience in partnering with business and technology executives to build strategy and drive execution. She has a solid track record in leading organizations to deliver large-scale, mission critical complex enterprise IT initiatives. Prior to The Hartford, Deepa served as U.S. Chief Information Officer for BMO Financial Group in Chicago. At BMO, she was responsible for the overall leadership, o...
Jun 18, 2020•20 min
Anne Elkin has almost 30 years of Human Resources experience and is currently a Vice President in Human Resources for Qualcomm. In 2018 she created and now leads the Global HR Solutions organization of over 250 worldwide HR professionals who support Qualcomm’s 33,000 employees focusing on delivering HR programs and services. Anne joined Qualcomm in 1995 as a Learning Specialist. Over her tenure she has held roles in Talent Acquisition where she handled recruiting at all levels including executiv...
Jun 17, 2020•35 min
Jill Anderson is senior vice president of Strategic Planning and Power Supply at Southern California Edison (SCE), one of the nation's largest electric utilities. She is responsible for driving business strategy across the company, ensuring that the integrated planning to support California's clean energy transformation is closely aligned with the company's procurement and dispatch of generation resources. She oversees strategy, resource planning, energy procurement and management, and the opera...
Nov 25, 2019•32 min
Neelam joined Honeywell in 2011 working out of the Dubai, UAE offices as a Regional HR Leader before taking on a HR Functional Excellence Director role where she was responsible for program managing HR Functional Transformation initiatives. In 2017, Neelam moved into her current role as the Global Leader of Inclusion & Diversity and is currently living in New York. In her present role, Neelam has built a corporate-wide Inclusion & Diversity (I&D) strategy to help successfully embed I...
Oct 22, 2019•32 min
Michele C. Meyer-Shipp is the Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at KPMG. In this role, Meyer-Shipp leads the firm’s efforts related to diversity and inclusion with a specific focus on the recruitment, retention, and development of a diverse workforce; fostering an inclusive and accessible culture; and inspiring broad perspectives and innovative client solutions. Meyer-Shipp serves as a strategic consultant to firm leaders on all matters related to diversity and inclusion, and is a brand am...
Sep 06, 2019•39 min
An accomplished leader and former business owner, co-founded of EtiennePartners with her husband. Together, they help organizations build more inclusive cultures through training and workshops designed to be practical, apply immediately to real-world situations to maximize participant engagement and long-term retention. Previously, as Director - Diversity & Inclusion for Grant Thornton (GT), she managed the firm's Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Team responsible for developing and implem...
Sep 04, 2019•30 min
As Chief Diversity Officer at Microsoft, Lindsay-Rae McIntyre leads the organization’s diversity and inclusion commitments at the center of the company’s cultural transformation. Her work is critical to Microsoft’s mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. With more than 20 years’ experience as a human resources executive for the technology sector, Lindsay-Rae is passionate about driving business growth through innovative and inclusive people strategie...
Jul 25, 2019•32 min
Hannah Yang is senior vice president, head of Subscription Growth at The New York Times, leading its global subscription growth strategy and execution. Ms. Yang has held a variety of positions at The Times, including in business development, advertising sales development, and strategic planning, since joining the Company in 2010. Prior to joining The Times, she was a corporate attorney at the law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and a management consultant at Katzenbach Partners LLC (now a pa...
Jul 22, 2019•40 min
Shuchi Sharma is the Global Vice President and Lead of Gender Intelligence at SAP, responsible for the strategy that supports SAP’s goal to obtain 28 percent women in leadership positions in 2020 and 30 percent in 2022. In this role, Shuchi leads, designs and implements the gender intelligence strategy to ensure it is integrated into the fabric of SAP’s culture, values and business model. She works with global stakeholders throughout the organization to create and deliver initiatives designed to...
May 01, 2019•22 min
As the Senior Vice President of Talent and Rewards, Laura oversees the entire Team Member life cycle: recruiting, learning & development, compensation, benefits, recognition, and diversity & inclusion programs, as well as all people analytics and strategy for Hilton Team Members around the globe. She’s been featured in the Huffington Post and Hispanic Executive for her role in creating an inclusive environment where all Team Members can Thrive@Hilton. Under Laura’s leadership, Hilton has...
Apr 23, 2019•33 min
Whether moving through the executive suites of Corporate America, working the corridors of power in Washington or Brussels, or leading a humanitarian relief mission in Africa, Sally Susman is equally at home. The New Yorker is known for influencing change and shaping public opinion in whatever arena she enters. As Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Pfizer, Susman leads reputation management and directs the company’s communications, public affairs and philanthropic ac...
Apr 10, 2019•13 min
Beth Webster's background includes more than 30 years of experience leading organizational development, employee relations, culture, and reorganization within financial institutions. Most recently, Beth served as the Head of Human Resources for TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®. Prior to TD Bank, Beth was the Managing Director, HR Global Consumer Bank for Citi and the Head of Human Resources for the Institutional Services Company for Fidelity Systems Company and Fidelity Brokerage Company...
Apr 10, 2019•26 min
Global Technology Executive, People Developer, Transformational Leader, Storyteller, Engineer and self-proclaimed Global Citizen, Janeen Uzzell is on a mission to use her strengths, influence and voice to lead causal work that changes lives, communities and the world. A seasoned leader, Janeen has more than 20 years of Corporate, strategy, business development and start-up experience. She is currently the Chief Operating Officer of The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that suppo...
Mar 14, 2019•31 min
Celeste Warren is Vice President, Human Resources & Global Diversity and Inclusion Center of Excellence at Merck. In this dual role, she has responsibility for the strategic and operational Human Resources support of Merck's Global Legal, Compliance, Communications, Population Health, Patient Health and Global Public Policy Organizations. As the leader for Merck’s Global Diversity and Inclusion Center of Excellence, she is responsible for working with Merck’s global leaders to advance and em...
Mar 11, 2019•29 min
Jacqui is Executive Vice President of the Global People Division for Walmart Inc. She is responsible for attracting, retaining, and developing talent within the nation's largest private workforce. In her role, she is focused on making Walmart the best place to work and shop through delivering an experience that gives associates access to the best technology, training, and education opportunities. She is also driving Walmart’s inclusive culture through the work done by Walmart’s Global Culture, D...
Dec 05, 2018•21 min
Jill Sweeney leads technical Knowledge Management for volume servers, high performance computing and Artificial Intelligence (AI), and composable systems at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE). She and her team are transforming the technical experiences customers and partners have with HPE's products, solutions, and support information to foster positive customer business outcomes. In this episode of Fairygodboss Radio, Romy sits down with Jill to talk about career growth and the importance of gett...
Nov 21, 2018•32 min
Samantha leads the firmwide Women on the Move initiative at JPMorgan Chase. In her role, she works on programs that are designed to make JPMorgan Chase the best bank for women-run businesses and women consumers, the best company for women to work at, and a strong partner for women in communities around the world. Sam collaborates with teams across the firm on planning and executing women’s programs, and messaging our efforts inside and outside the firm. In this episode of Fairygodboss Radio, Rom...
Nov 15, 2018•25 min
Francine Katsoudas is Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer of Cisco. She plays a major role in the company's overall performance, leading organizational strategy, promoting operational effectiveness, and elevating team performance through innovative leadership. In this episode of Fairygodboss Radio, Romy sits down with Fran to talk about the importance of paving your own path and how and why we all need to be kinder to ourselves.
Nov 07, 2018•25 min
Amber Grewal is Vice President of Global Talent Acquisition at IBM, with 20 years of experience in the art and science of talent attraction and management. In her role, she oversees the strategic vision for talent acquisition and is responsible for building strong, consultative departmental functions, talent technology, sourcing and onboarding strategies, workforce demand, and employer branding in competitive and emerging markets globally. In this episode of Fairygodboss Radio, Romy sits down wi...
Nov 01, 2018•22 min
Beth Comstock is a change maker whose mission is to understand what’s next, navigate change, and help people and organizations do the same. In nearly three decades at GE, she led efforts to accelerate new growth and innovation, initiated GE's digital and clean-energy transformation, seeded new businesses, and enhanced GE’s brand value and inventive culture. Beth is a director at Nike, trustee of The National Geographic Society, and former board president of the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian National...
Oct 29, 2018•31 min
Petra Schmidt is Partner with Aon’s Enterprise Client Group. In her role, she partners with executive leadership at a select group of clients to explore mission-critical business issues and define methods to enable their clients’ business strategies and deliver more value to stakeholders.Petra has advanced her career with raw courage and determination and has held leadership roles spanning different cities and countries. In this episode of Fairygodboss Radio, Romy sits down with Petra to talk ab...
Sep 27, 2018•34 min
Melody Lee launched the automotive industry's most innovative business model — BOOK by Cadillac. As Global Director of BOOK by Cadillac, Melody oversees operations and logistics, financial management, product and technology development, branding and marketing, PR, business development, and corporate sales. In this episode of Fairygodboss Radio, Romy sits down with Melody to talk about how women can position themselves in a way to advance their careers and drive innovation.
Sep 27, 2018•21 min
Marcie White is AMS Relationship Director at HPE Financial Services. In her role, Marcie is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining programs and offerings for the business. As an executive, mentor, and mother of two, Marcie credits the great culture and leadership team at her company for making her the happiest she has been in her career. In this episode of Fairygodboss Radio, Romy sits down with Marcie to talk about problem solving and the importance of mentorship.
Sep 27, 2018•43 min
Laura Peterson, a Senior Client Account Leader at Accenture, is a model of perseverance, courage, and leadership. Throughout her career, Laura has risen to the highest ranks of Accenture, and along the way, she’s made a point to support other women at the company and to help them advance their careers, too. In this episode of Fairygodboss Radio, Romy sits down with Laura to talk about running a client service-driven business and about the role that gender can play in that process.
Sep 27, 2018•18 min
Andrea Gallego, Global GAMMA CTO and Principal of Boston Consulting Group (BCG), manages the innovation and data science product team and helps drive the vision and future of GAMMA's digital capabilities. Andrea is a powerhouse who has pivoted from finance to not-for-profit to Technical lead in consulting — advocating for women every day along the way. In this episode of Fairygodboss Radio, Romy sits down with Andrea to talk about navigating career changes and moving up the corporate ladder.
Sep 27, 2018•37 min
Cindy Robbins is President and Chief People Officer at Salesforce. In her role, she leads the company’s efforts to attract, develop, and retain the best talent. During her tenure, Cindy became the driver of Salesforce’s equal pay efforts, which has resulted in the company spending $8.7 million to date to address any unexplained gender gaps in pay. In this episode of Fairygodboss Radio, Romy sits down with Cindy to talk about how to make real change and champion equality as a woman in the workpla...
Sep 21, 2018•25 min
