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Poeti in scatolaCara piazzettaCara piazzetta è una poesia di Cinzia MorinaPoeti in scatola è un podcast realizzato per conto dell'amministrazione comunale di Oyace da Borioula Media Company in collaborazione con l'Associazione Culturale Circolo del Cardo.Coordinamento Editoriale: Franz RossiVoci: Valentina Loi e Riccardo TaolinSound Design: Franz Rossi2025-03-2301 min
Women Tech TalkAnuka Pokharel - Product Manager - Imposter Syndrome and making the leapThis week I am joined by Anuka Pokharel (she/her) - Product Manager at HubSpot and I'm SUPER excited about this conversation!
Anuka started her career in Politics and Economics and quickly realised she isn't creating the impact that she wants to.
After landing her first job in tech within the Talent Acquisition space, she soon knew that TA wasn't going to be her forever career and she found a passion for product.
We deep dive into how you need to take a chance on yourself and make your own luck.
...2024-05-2153 minWomen Tech TalkMark Ivan Serunjogi - Strategy Director - Why inclusive environments will transform your companyThis week I am joined by the amazing Mark Ivan Serunjogi who's the Strategy Director at TheTruthWorks.
In this weeks episode we cover a variety of different topics and Mark Ivan takes us on an interesting journey from his experience relocating from Copenhagen to New York and from New York to Berlin and how each move shaped him in different ways as a person.
Mark Ivan comes from a phenomenal Employer Branding background, so we have a deep dive discussion on DEI, why building an inclusive culture first matters more than focussing...2024-05-0756 minWomen Tech TalkSérgio Laranjeira - CTO - Build teams with trust & transparencyThis week I am joined by Sérgio Laranjeira!
He's recently joined as the CTO at Metacore and we have a great deep-dive conversation.
During our conversation, we deep-dive into the topic of trust and transparency and how they play a vital role in every aspect of life including building successful teams and products.
As someone who's been in a leadership position for over a decade, Sérgio explains what attributes a leader needs to build the best teams.
In this episode, we discuss:
- The meaning of being a...2024-04-161h 04Women Tech TalkOleksii Ishchenko - VP of Engineering - Allyship and the need to adaptThis week I am joined by Oleksii Ishchenko who is the VP of Engineering at elopage.
During this mini-series of Allies in Tech, I've invited some amazing guests to join me and share their views and experiences on what DEI means and why it's so important to have within your culture - especially in the tech world.
Oleksii has a great back story - moving from Ukraine to Germany and working his way up the ladder to the VP/CTO level.
He shares how being in a 50-man team room felt strange and...2024-03-2648 minWomen Tech TalkNataliia Senatorova - Senior Product Manager - Rejection and the unknownThis week I'm joined by Nataliia Senatorova, who's a Senior Product Manager at Cronofy.
In this episode we discuss how she got into tech working for one of Germany's biggest Fintech companies - N26 to her journey at her new role as Senior Product Manager.
We deep-dived into handling rejection, the unknown, bad (and good) leadership and being a job seeker during a very difficult year in tech.
If you're doubting yourself, not sure where to start or you have a fear of the 'unknown' then this episode is definitely for you!
2024-03-121h 18Women Tech TalkVitalija Subota - Talent Acquisition Manager - Assumption & lack of forward-thinkingThis week I'm joined by Vitalja Subota who's the TA Manager at Bettermile.
We uncover a range of topics from going from Web development to marketing to then tech recruitment.
During her journey in tech, we deep-dive into the assumptions that women face in the industry, the lack of forward-thinking from companies and hiring managers in today's market and the impact that can have in attracting new talent (especially women!).
Vitalija breaks it down beautifully during the conversation, that you do NOT need to be a genius to work in tech. That doesn't...2024-03-0544 minWomen Tech TalkOlena Kondratenko - VP of Product - Imposter Syndrome & taking a chanceThis week I was joined by Olena Kondratenko! She's the VP of Product at the female factor in Vienna.We discussed a lot about the imposter syndrome women feel, especially when they decide they want to switch up their careers and all the thoughts and feelings that come along with it.Funnily enough, we're not alone and many women (and men) have felt the same way!Olena very openly shares her journey into tech when she originally came from an economics background and started an internship in a tech company when she relocated to Austria.Wit...2024-02-2753 minWomen Tech TalkDiana Schubert - Chief Experience Officer - Allyship and the importance of failureThis week I am joined by Diana Schubert who's the Chief Experience Officer at Storebox in Europe - Vienna.
Diana comes from a technical background where she studied business informatics. We explore that you need to be bold and believe in yourself and go ask for the promotion and not wait around for it and why that's so important, especially for women.
We deep-dive into the importance of embodying a culture where everyone feels safe, heard and seen and why that will make a difference in how the company grows and to the creativity and...2024-02-2054 minWomen Tech TalkCristina Racu - Product Team Lead - The dangers of overthinkingThis week I was joined by Cristina Racu and very excited for you to listen.
Cristina leads a Product team in a FinTech company called Paysafe in Vienna. However, her tech journey started in the games industry as within design!
She deep dives into how she had a young curious mind and just gave everything a go and kept applying for jobs until she landed her first role in Vienna.
In a male-dominated world, she explains how she never saw gender and how a supportive team can have a massive impact on how...2024-02-1353 minWomen Tech TalkEva Lettner - Engineering Manager - Empathy & setting boundariesEva shares her interesting journey into tech. Starting from her early years in school when she knew she had an interest in technology but didn't know which route to take. After dropping out of university she later on was drawn back to tech and realised you didn't need a computer science degree to kick-start a career in tech.
Through networking, she landed her first job and explained the importance of transparency.
She worked her way to leadership, founded her training academy course teaching over 1000 women how to code, and now manages a team fully remote...2024-02-0651 minWomen Tech TalkLesley Galgay - DEI & empowerment of being YOULesley has a very interesting career path that has led her to where she is today. She went from accounting, to oil & gas to tech! We discover her journey into tech, why DEI is so important, why we need to be our true selves and the power of standing up for yourself. She's currently working within a technology incubator and helps founders create effective DEI strategies that will make them and their companies thrive.
We had a very raw and honest talk about past experiences and the importance of sharing these stories with others. If you are l...2021-07-2853 minWomen Tech TalkAmanda Carboni - Head of HR - Silicon Valley & the perception of women in techAmanda has been in the tech scene for the last 6 years, working in Silicon Valley! We discuss how she joined the tech world, the challenges she's faced and the perception of being a women in tech (especially in the Silicon Valley world).
It's a conversation that dives deeply into gender norms and how society looks at certain aspects and that affect that this can have in our day to day lives.
If you want to know what the silicon world is like, how to get into tech and enjoy talking about all things women in tech...2021-07-2154 minWomen Tech TalkValentina Morina - Co-Founder of Micro-Search Solutions - The impact & power of research for your futureValentina's journey into tech is an interesting one. She originally comes from an arts & theatre background and being creative is a big passion of hers. After graduating and sending over 80+ applications and having around 30 interviews - she finally landed her first job in tech.
As her career went on and after she'd picked up technical skills, she was advised to look into tech recruitment, which she did and the rest is history. She loves helping people find their dream jobs and really enjoys digging deeply into people's motivations, to ensure she's finding them the right opportunity.
2021-07-1431 minWomen Tech TalkSophie Nicolas - Facing impostor syndrome and understanding the importance of learningSophie's journey into tech is a very interesting one. She's originally from Australia and moved to Austria while she was traveling.
She comes from a content writing background and found her way into tech by landing a job in one of Austria's leading FinTech companies. How? She hit apply, with our meeting all of the requirements!
Sophie explained what her experience was like when she started and how impostor syndrome played a massive part at the beginning.
So if you are on a similar journey and want to learn how she overcame all her fea...2021-07-0746 minWomen Tech TalkDaniela Strazza - Head of Talent Acquisition - Being vulnerable as a leaderDaniela started her career within a traditional executive search firm when she was only 17! She really takes us through an incredible journey of how she got into tech and the importance of being able to make an impact.
Transparency & integrity play a vital part in her day-to-day life and she describes to us why being vulnerable as a leader is the best thing you can do and how can that transform an entire teams ethos.
Wants to know how not to be an order taker & be a good leader? Then this episode is for you!
C...2021-06-3047 minWomen Tech TalkJamie Lewis - Growth Manager - Being underestimatedJamie has a very interesting journey into tech and her career path is definitely far from linear. We explore her English degree, why tech was an interesting industry for her and how she landed her first job in tech.
She attended coding camps and now works as a growth manager at Oliver POS. We uncover everything from being the only woman in the coding class to facing age discrimination when she was working as a freelancer.
Jamie is extremely passionate about diversity within the technology space - so if you're interested about how to transition, this...2021-06-2352 minWomen Tech TalkMaxime de Groot - Head of Finance & Ops - How collaboration in Tech has an impact on everyday lifeMaxime found her way into Tech when she joined an Austrian Start-up - TourRadar where she started of as the Assistant to the CEO and worked very closely with the board & management teams.
She then started to work within the Ops teams where she gained knowledge and later started her career at the current start-up where she heads up the Finance & Operations department.
We explore what her transition from corporate to tech was like, her application & interview journey, her thoughts on current STEM communities and why we need to keep on talking & encouraging more females to...2021-06-1647 minWomen Tech TalkDorontina Demaku - Founder of Micro-Search Solutions - Tech, Parenthood & CompassionWe explore tech, recruitment, motherhood & careers and how recruitment can help accelerate your career into technology. Why it's so important to be compassionate and building meaningful & long lasting relationships.
From an early age Dorontina always loved interacting with people and helping them out. She always contemplated a career either as a doctor or psychology and psychology won her over - she was always fascinated by human behaviour.
After graduating she fell into tech recruitment while she was on a job search for psychology roles and she loved the opportunities recruitment gave as she got to...2021-06-0943 minWomen Tech TalkLisa Stähli - Software Engineer - Career, motherhood & open talkLisa finished her degree in Geomatics and later on found her way into software development. We explore her journey how she applied to her first internship without hitting any of the requirements on the job ad and why women need to apply without needing to hit 100% of the requirements.
She also co-manages an amazing initiative called Girls in Tech Switzerland - which raises awareness of the tech industry to more females and work towards closing the gender gap!
We explore motherhood, careers, how to retain current staff & why we need to have a more open talk...2021-06-0251 minWomen Tech TalkMia Wähälä - Head of HR - Understanding different traitsMia has a degree in Law and after university went into the art field and later on found her way into tech when she moved to Berlin and started her journey when she joined a start-up.
Since then she's been heading up HR departments and has helped her companies hire for technical/non technical teams.
We explore how she transitioned, what the experience was like, the difference between 'culture add' & 'culture fit', understanding different traits and the journey of scaling up a start-up.
Connect with Mia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miawahala/2021-05-2641 minWomen Tech TalkLaura Holder - UX Concept Designer - The Power of TalkingLaura is a UX concept designer and is in charge of conducting research and works closely with the development & product teams to bring ideas to life.
We explore Laura's journey into UX, how she changed her course half-way through University and her job seeking journey. We explore the subject of talking and the power that has when going into an industry where you don't have practical experience.
Uni students/first time job seekers/for those changing industries - this one is for you!
Connect with Laura: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-fiona-holder/ 2021-05-1945 minWomen Tech TalkMaggie Jandova - UX/UI Designer - The perception of TechMaggie is a UX/UI designer at Swat.io who's been working within the start-up world when she relocated to Vienna. She has a huge passion for product design and the limitless possibilities you have within tech. She's shares her journey to landing her first tech role, how she got into product design and the perceptions of tech.
We cover such a variety of topics!
Connect with Maggie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maggie-jandova/
Links to the events discussed: https://www.womentech.net/ and another interesting source since we covered the topic of...2021-05-1241 minWomen Tech TalkAndrea Fernandez - Co-founder of Alice - The importance of finding the right Co-FounderIn this weeks episode I’m very excited to be speaking to Andrea Fernandez who’s the co-founder of a German start-up fintech company call Alice.
We uncover her journey into finance, how childhood has an impact on our adulthood, should we start educating kids earlier on about tech & finance, her successful career at Wall-Street to now founding her very own company, where we further discussed raising funds, finding the right co-founder to enable company success and heavily discussing the importance of diversity & inclusion.
If you want to be part of a movement to close the...2021-04-2841 minWomen Tech TalkLiz Lux - VP of People - Why culture & learning and development play an important role in gender & diversityIn this weeks episode I’m very excited to be speaking with Liz Lux who is the VP of People at an Austrian start-up company called Bloom Diagnostics. We discussed people culture, the gender & diversity gap and what we as a society need to do, to unable the gender gaps to close.
She also gives us an insight of her journey into tech and how she found the transition going from a learning & development consultant to HR and working with leading tech companies.
Liz came from a strong L&D background and worked within the co...2021-04-2127 minWomen Tech TalkEdna Karajbic - Senior Principle Developer - the importance of believing in yourselfToday we are joined by the lovely Edna a Senior Principle Engineer who relocated 4 years ago from Bosnia to Munich to start her developer career in a company called mydays. Today we discuss her relocation journey, how she found the transitions, her journey into technology and what it means being a women in tech!
We discover her education journey, what you need to do to stand out and the importance of believing in yourself.2021-04-1428 minWomen Tech TalkMenia (Asimenia) Laina - Product Manager - The importance of educating future generationsMenia comes from a mechanical engineering background and was always an admirer for maths and science! She later started her career within the VC industry as an Investment analyst and discovered her passion for product management. Menia shares her journey how she discovered product management - what it means and why more females should join the STEM communities.
To connect with Menia - follow the link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asimenialaina/2021-04-0724 min
Women Tech TalkAmanda Ip - Founder of Pendulum AtelierAmanda takes us on a journey of transitioning from the corporate finance world to starting her fashion tech business from scratch. We hear about her challenges, successes and her experience on venturing into a new industry! If you've been thinking of starting out in tech or founding your own business and don't know where to start - this episode it for you!2021-03-3038 min
Women Tech TalkWomen Tech Talk - Introduction to the host!Hey there! Welcome & thanks for joining! I'm Valentina Co-Founder of Micro-Search Solutions - a small niche recruitment company & Founder of Women Tech Talk! I thought I'd give you a brief introduction on myself and WHY I started this initiative! Thanks for listening! 2021-03-2603 min
Italia sotto inchiestaITALIA SOTTO INCHIESTA del 31/05/2016 - Seconda ParteCANDIDATI IMPRESENTABILI : Valentina Santarpia (Il Corriere della Sera) - IMU/TASI: QUANDO E CHI DEVE PAGARE? Tonino Morina (Sole24Ore)2016-05-3122 min