In June 2020, Think Digital Partners launched its interview series focusing on the career journeys of some of the leading women in tech based roles from the public and private sector. Our first ‘Women in Digital’ interview was with Cheryl Stevens, director of shared channel services at DWP Digital, who regularly speaks at our conferences and works with us on digital content.
To date we have published 61 of these interviews and are working on more for the coming months. The interviews provide great insight into part of the career journeys, experiences and challenges faced by some great tech leaders. The levels of engagement for this feature have been huge with most interviews being read at least 3,000 times.
Our most read interview was with Julia Glidden the VP for global public sector at Microsoft with over 30,000 people viewing her interview. We recently asked Julia why she felt it was important for her and leaders like her to share their stories. “Despite all the gains female leaders have made in the workplace, for all too familiar reasons, serious challenges and obstacles remain. ‘Women in Digital’ immediately caught and captured my attention for the simple reason that the chance to hear from colleagues candidly sharing their own stories made me feel less alone and, more importantly, more determined than ever to help create a better workplace for tomorrow’s generation.”
Below is a list of all the interviews that we have run to date in this series. The job titles and organisations of those featured may no longer be current but were correct at the time of the interview.
Irra Ariella Khi, CEO at Zamna
Galina Antova, co-founder at Claroty
Rayissa Armata, head of regulatory affairs at IDnow
Andrea Babbs, head of sales for VIPRE Security
Colette Ballou, founder and chairman of tech agency Ballou
Liron Barak, CEO and co-founder of BitDam
Laura Barrowcliff, head of strategy GBG
Kate Bolseth, CEO at HelpSystems
Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK
Susanne Campbell, client director,central government services at Sopra Steria
Tracy Cunningham, channel manager Scotland at Check Point
Kate Dadlani, head of security advisory services at Logicalis UKI
Julie Dawson, director of policy and regulatory at Yoti
Nicki Farrell, alliances director, culture/CSR lead at Ascent
Louella Fernandes, director of Quocirca
Seshika Fernando, VP and head of BFSI at WSO2
Amanda Finch, CEO of the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec)
Tracey Follows, founder and futurist at Futuremade
Céline Gajnik, global marketing director at ThreatQuotient
Dr Laura Gilbert, chief analyst, director of data science at 10 Downing Street
Julia Glidden, VP worldwide public sector at Microsoft
Alexa Greaves, founder and CEO at AAG IT Services
Jameeka Green Aaron, CISO at Auth0
Franki Hackett, head of audit and ethics at Engine B
Christine Hart, chief delivery officer at Meddbase,
Cindi Howson, chief data strategy officer at ThoughtSpot
Samantha Humphries, senior security strategist at Exabeam
Sarah Hurrell, managing director of Radical Edge
Gillian Jones, senior business development manager at Condatis
Nadia Kadhim, CEO and co-founder at Naq Cyber
Helen Kelisky, UKI MD at Google Cloud
Seema Khinda Johnson, co-founder and COO at Nuggets
Rhiannon Lawson, head of standards at the Centre for Digital Public Services, Wales
Erika Lewis, director, cyber security and digital identity at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Yuelin Li, VP strategy at Onfido
Eve Maler, CTO at ForgeRock
Sharon Mandell, SVP and CIO at Juniper Networks
Rosalie Marshall, Strategy Lead, Home Office Digital Data and Technology (DDAT)
Emma Maslen, VP and general manager for EMEA at Ping Identity
Roisin McCarthy, founder, Women in Data
Cathryn Miller, head of public sector UK at Rubrik
Hayley Mooney, UK MD at Crayon
Gemma Moore, co-founder of Cyberis
Margaret Moore, director citizen & devolved government services, Sopra Steria
Susan Morrow, head of R&D at Avoco Secure
Niamh Muldoon, senior director of trust and security at OneLogin
Olivia Neal, director of Microsoft’s Public Sector Center of Expertise
Amy Newton, co-founder of the Manchester Tech Festival
Julie Pierce, director of openness, data and digital at the Food Standards Agency
Melissa Puls, CMO at Ivanti
Christa Quarles, CEO of Alludo
Hannah Rutter, deputy director for digital identity and secure connected places at DCMS
Cheryl Stevens, MBE, director for shared channels experience at the DWP Digital Group
Mariane ter Veen, director, lead data sharing and public services at Innopay
Sharon Trachtman, chief operations officer at Radware
Lisa Ventura, founder of Cyber Security Unity
Helen Wall, Head of National Transformation, International & Research Group, Government Digital Service
Anna Webb, head of security operations at Kocho
Nicky Whiting, director of consultancy at Defense.com
Pauline Yau, public sector director at HPE
Elisabetta Zaccaria, founder of Secure Chorus
New Women in Digital interviews will be published throughout 2023 and beyond.