2020 has been a tough year for many people, leading to increased “hope” for the new year. The reality is COVID-19 will be with us for some time, so I wanted to share 3 lessons from 2020 to help you have greater success in 2021. Subscribe Subscribe to The Females In Tech Show on Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Spotify , Stitcher or TuneIn Thank you for listening I am grateful for the opportunity to serve you. Thank you for taking the time to listen to the Females in Tech Show. My aim is to ins...
Dec 29, 2020•14 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Helen Lea knows what it takes to create an integrated employee experience. A veteran of managing people, she now works to bring diverse teams together in the name of employee experience. It was such a wonderful experience chatting with Helen. I was absolutely floored by not only her incredible depth of knowledge, but her willingness to share it. I have no doubt you will get a lot out of our chat. I know I did! In this episode we cover: Helen’s career path from HR Development Manager in South Afr...
Dec 14, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 37
So, how do you introduce yourself? Joanna Bloor has spent the last 5 years helping people answer this question for themselves. A self-styled ‘Fairy Godmother’, Joanna instills others with the confidence to get where they want to go. After chatting with Joanna for over an hour, I really didn't have anything to say but, WOW! She’s a human dynamo, bursting with energy and inspiration. I absolutely loved having her on the podcast. There’s so much to take in here so I can’t wait for you to listen. Br...
Nov 30, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Robyn Foyster embodies what being an entrepreneur is all about. After starting out in journalism, she went on to found and run her own successful media company, Foyster Media. Robyn kicked off her career as a journalist in print media working abroad in countries like the UK and US. Later, she returned to Australia where she ran some of the country’s most successful magazines. Think the Australian’s Women’s Weekly , Cosmopolitan and Harper’s BAZAAR . However, her journey as an entrepreneur could ...
Nov 15, 2020•56 min
No one understands the impact of technology on law quite like Justine Rowe. As an executive at Telstra she’s on the forefront of how law is reacting to rapidly evolving technologies. I didn’t know a whole lot about the intersection of law and technology going into this interview. So, I really appreciated the clarity and accessibility Justine brought to this topic. I have no doubts you’ll learn as much as I did! In this episode we cover: Justine’s career journey from legal counsel, to Chief of St...
Nov 02, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Diana Tucker is the pinnacle of what working mothers can achieve. She’s the MuleSoft Channels and Alliances Director for ANZ and JPAC. This would be a highly challenging role on its own, yet, somehow, she manages to do it while raising 4 children. In this episode we cover: Diana’s career journey from Project Manager, to Director of Channels and Alliances, Australia and New Zealand at Mulesoft – including how she accelerated her career after having kids How saying yes to opportunities that scared...
Oct 18, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 33
As the Head of Marketing, Communications and Digital for Asia Pacific at Knight Frank, Wendy McEwan is a highly accomplished woman in the Tech industry. As a public speaker she never stops learning through industry and peer engagement. And, as an advocate for women in tech, she’s always excited and supportive of other women's achievements. Wendy specialises in leading and advising businesses on delivering growth. She does this through digital and business transformation, fostering talent and cha...
Oct 05, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 32
I had such a wonderful time chatting to Caitlin. We talked for over an hour but I feel like I only skimmed the surface of her incredible pool of knowledge in Marketing Technology. So, trust me when I say you’re going to need a notebook for this one! In this episode we cover: Caitlin Riordan’s career journey from different sales roles, to General Manager, Data Quality and Targeting at Experian, to Vice President, Client Success and Services APAC at Cheetah Digital Caitlin explains marketing techn...
Sep 21, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Katherine Boiciuc’s career path to executive leadership was long and hard earned. She’s a living, breathing, example of an executive disrupting the tech industry, working hard to ensure more women make it to the C-Suite. As far as I’m concerned Katherine Boiciuc is a super woman. She’s a huge role model of mine so talking with her was such a wonderful, and even emotional, experience. I feel so blessed to be able to share our conversation with you all. In this episode we cover: Katherine Boiciuc’...
Sep 07, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Debbie Taylor has spent her career championing diversity and inclusion in the workplace. She believes that promoting these values leads to happier employees, high performing teams and the best business outcomes. It was such a delight to chat with Debbie and hear about her practical approach to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. I have no doubt you will get a lot out of this chat, just like I did. In this episode we cover: Debbie Taylor’s career journey from management consultant, to vario...
Aug 24, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Madeleine Grummet is living, breathing proof that women can have it all. She’s the founder of two start-ups, a sought after mentor, and manages to do it all while being the mother to 4 girls. ‘So, how do you have it all?’. It’s a question Madeleine Grummet gets asked a lot. In this episode we cover: Madeleine’s businesses Girledworld, and FutureAmp What “having it all” means to Mads How she manages two businesses, 4 beautiful girls under the age of 18, and still have a life Mads shares the pract...
Aug 10, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Lisa Teh provides a compelling argument for why you need a mentor. In simple terms, a mentor will help you avoid wasting your time, and energy, and money, and ultimately get you the result you want, faster. Who doesn’t want that. I could have talked for hours with Lisa, she was so generous with her time. Here’s an overview of what we cover in the full episode: Lisa’s entrepreneurial journey, transitioning from a corporate job to start three digital businesses, plus create a beauty brand that is ...
Jul 27, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 27
After finishing high school Ally started an arts degree. She majored in politics and philosophy but wasn’t really passionate about either. As a result, she never finished her degree. Instead, she found herself running a cafe, her days filled with lattes and long Blacks. She continued in the cafe world for 8 years but after eventually selling her business she realised it was time to think about studying again. So, at the age of 30, Ally returned to university. This time around she took a very dif...
Jul 13, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Meggie Palmer and her company PepTalkHer are closing the gender pay gap. Their incredible app leverages the power of AI to fight gender based discrepancies in pay. I first encountered Meggie at the Vogue Codes event in 2019. The minute I saw her on stage delivering the keynote address I knew I wanted to have her on the Females in Tech Show. It was such a thrill to finally turn that dream into a reality! In this episode we cover: Meggie Palmer’s career journey from journalist, to executive media ...
Jun 29, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Dr Adam Fraser is a human performance researcher and consultant. He specialises in how organisations can adopt a culture of high performance. As a result, he’s worked with elite level athletes, the armed forces and business professionals of all levels. In this episode we cover: Dr Adam Fraser’s career journey to human performance researcher, author and consultant (5:42) Adam shares his definition of a high performer, and the characteristics that separate high performers from everyone else (6:56)...
Jun 15, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Jo Gaines has been a huge personal inspiration to me. Her energy, personality and approach to leadership creates an environment where everyone feels empowered to pursue their wildest dreams. So, I was beyond excited to have her on The Females in Tech Show. In this episode we cover: Jo Gaines career journey to Salesforce Cloud Sales AVP (7:36) Sexism that still happens today, the reasons behind it, and her advice to women who experience it (14:44) Values based decisions What is it? (19:09) How to...
Jun 01, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Working from home with your partner can be both rewarding and challenging. Here are our suggestions for optimising the experience, particularly during COVID-19. In this episode we cover: Our current circumstances, living and working in isolation (13:01) Creating a workable home office environment, and aligning schedules with your partner (16:05) Challenges balancing kids and homeschooling (20:46) Not sharing domestic chores equally (32:34) Losing the spark in your relationship, and keeping the r...
May 18, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 22
The universe is always guiding you. This week it taught me a valuable lesson about slowing down in quarantine. Ironically my meditation coach Tom Cronin told me a few weeks ago that COVID-19 was the universe telling us to slow down and focus on the important things in life. I thought that I was but turns out that I wasn’t. I thought I was being smart, and getting ahead of the curve during isolation whilst most people were kicking back and watching Netflix. What I completely disregarded was the e...
May 04, 2020•10 min•Season 1Ep. 21
In this episode I interview Pip Marlow. Here is a quick summary of what we cover: What Pip was like as a little girl growing up, and her dream to become a doctor (06:38) Her career path to CEO of Salesforce, ANZ, including working for Microsoft for 21 years in Australia and their global head office in Seattle (9:27) Pip shares what she thought was the worst day of her career, missing out on the Chief Operating Officer role at Microsoft, and how it ultimately led her to becoming Managing Director...
Apr 20, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Here’s what we cover in this episode of The Females in Tech Show: Tom’s journey from stock broker to meditation coach, including how meditation helped him overcome anxiety, agoraphobia and depression (4:47) Why business executives are introducing meditation into their daily lives (14:39) We talk about an awakened leader and what it means to become one (17:00) Tom explains vedic meditation, and how it differs from other meditation practices (26:22) The best way to start practicing meditation (27:...
Apr 06, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Ally Watson is the Founder and CEO of Code Like a Girl, a social enterprise dedicated to providing girls with the tools, knowledge and support to enter and flourish in the world of coding. A backend .NET developer by trade, Ally has always loved working in technology. Despite her love for the tech, she experienced isolation and barriers associated with being a woman in a male-dominated industry. None more so than when she moved from Scotland to Australia in 2014, and struggled to meet like-minde...
Mar 23, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 18
On Sunday 8th March 2020 we celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD). On this day we recognise the progress we have made towards gender equality, as well as being a call to action to accelerate full equality. I also take the opportunity to reflect on the women in leadership who have inspired me over the previous year. IWD started in 1908 when 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter hours, better pay & voting rights. At that time there were only 8 countries in the world...
Mar 09, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Do you suffer from imposter syndrome? That negative self-talk saying things like “ I’m not good enough”, “I’m not smart enough”, “I’m not skinny enough”, “I will never meet the one”, “I will never get out of debt”? Is it preventing you from levelling up at work? Or asking your manager for a salary increase, or promotion? Or maybe it’s keeping you from pursuing your dream job, or changing careers? Perhaps you want to write a book, or start your own business? Do any of those sound familiar? That v...
Feb 23, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Diversity in the workplace is a hot topic at the moment, and something many organisations are putting greater focus on. Both locally within Australia, and globally. While the benefits are obvious, there are some challenges with implementing diversity in the workplace. Updating and maintaining company and HR policies, and operating systems and procedures is today’s constantly evolving world make it difficult Keeping up with diversity can be challenging. Fortunately today’s guest on The Females in...
Feb 09, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Having a great product or service in and of itself is not enough to succeed. The reality is you need to have both a great product, and also great marketing. Unfortunately many startup businesses focus solely on the product, and don’t think about marketing early enough. The fact is marketing for startups is critical to success. Conversely, no amount of marketing can make up for a bad product or service. Although, when done correctly, you can leverage marketing for both customer acquisition, as we...
Jan 27, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 14
In the latest episode of The Females in Tech Show I interview Richelle Nicols, the Founder & CEO of tech start-up, Nicco. Like many women in tech, Richelle didn’t start there. She started her career as a lawyer, going from family law to consulting firm KPMG, and then Legal Counsel and Governance Executive for the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Richelle then moved to becoming Managing Director of two different tech start-ups, before starting her own. Richelle now runs Nicco, a nex...
Jan 12, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Effective goal setting, as part of my annual and quarterly planning process has been the biggest contributor to my success over the last two years. It has resulted in me having significant growth and progress in all areas of life - my career, finances, family and social relationships, personal development and my life purpose. If you want to live the life of your dreams, then you need to be intentional. Anyone who has achieved anything worthwhile in life has been focused on what they want, and ac...
Dec 29, 2019•46 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Sometimes life throws you unexpected curveballs that knock you straight down. Challenges that completely turn your life upside down, and you feel completely out of control. This happened to Heather Opdam early in life, and has given her an interest in improving mental health. Heather’s father took his life during her early childhood years, leaving a wife and three beautiful girls behind. There was a stigma about suicide in the 70’s, particularly with catholic families where it was considered a s...
Dec 15, 2019•45 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Elaiza Benitez is a Senior Consultant at an IT consultancy firm where she specializes in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform. In 2018 she was awarded Microsoft MVP in Business Applications, being one of 20 in Australia and New Zealand, and the only female in Australasia. She also won the Technical award at the ARN Women in ICT Awards 2018. Elaiza is extremely active in supporting the Microsoft Community, and has her own YouTube channel sharing her knowledge on the Microsoft Dynamics an...
Dec 02, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 10
For years I thought self care was selfish. I would literally cringe when I heard the mention of self care, and believed it was just an excuse for women to pamper themselves. Today I have experienced the benefits of self care first hand, and have seen how it has helped accelerate my career in tech. Prior to that I was putting my body (and soul) under immense stress, which resulted in a plethora of physical symptoms such as shingles, glandular fever (twice), autoimmune disease and a face and chest...
Nov 18, 2019•39 min•Season 1Ep. 9
