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 107 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, who at the time was 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.”
Here is a list of all the interviews that we have run in this series since the last time we celebrated International Women Day. The job titles and organisations of those featured may no longer be current but were correct at the time of the interview.
Kary Hui, penetration tester at DigitalXRAID
Dia Nag, head of strategy – digital transformation and chair, Cabinet Office Women in Digital network
Christina Kosmowski, CEO at LogicMonitor
Jemma Davis, founder of Culture Gem
Kirsty Perrett, lead cyber engineer at Thales
Paula Sussex CBE, CEO of OneID
Cristina Gonzalez Pitarch, managing director EMEA, Google Cloud Security
Emma Charles, director of public sector practice at Valtech
Chasey Davies-Wrigley, principal data engineer at Made Tech
Erin Nicholson, global head of privacy at Thoughtworks
Catherine Hemingray, co-founder & sales director of SmartCIC Group
Fiona Sweeney, partnerships director for Women in Data
Jessica Figueras, chair of the trustees at the UK Cyber Security Council
Sarah Corbridge, director at Credera
Jane Barrett, founding partner at Cadence Innova
Caroline Carruthers, CEO at Carruthers and Jackson
Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, co-founder of Stemettes
Dena Habashi-Ayub, product manager, HM Revenue & Customs
Karen Wheeler, interim assistant chief executive, Cheshire East Council
Karen Meechan, ceo at ScotlandIS
Mattie Yeta, chief sustainability officer at CGI
Elaine Hunt, client partner at NTT Data
Anna Lewis, data intelligence practice director at AtkinsRéalis
Purnima Sen, chief people and impact officer at Sparta Global
We are always on the look out for more brilliant female leaders to feature so if you want to nominate someone you know or work with please do get in touch.
