HerSuccess

HerSuccess

Join Chris Atiyah, the host of HerSuccess, as he interviews successful, high-flying women working in Engineering & Technology, with the aim of inspiring the next generation of diverse leaders in these industries. From shattering glass ceilings to amplifying female voices - these interviews celebrate the remarkable journeys of inspirational women in this space. Every episode is packed with honest reflections, advice, and practical tools you can apply professionally - uncover new strategies to cultivate your own leadership style, overcome obstacles, and confidently seize new opportunities.

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Heidi Wyle - Petri Dish Discoveries to Autonomous Tech
May 01, 2024x
6
00:31:4229.03 MB

Heidi Wyle - Petri Dish Discoveries to Autonomous Tech

Heidi Wyle is the CEO and Founder of Venti Technologies; from a lower socio-economic background, she excelled through her love of learning, achieving a bachelor's from Brown, an MBA from Harvard, and a Ph.D. from MIT. She started in biotech when the industry was in its infancy, and following ...

Jamila Parham: Innovation and Inclusion with the Tech Unicorn
April 17, 2024x
5
00:27:5525.56 MB

Jamila Parham: Innovation and Inclusion with the Tech Unicorn

Jamila Parham's fascination with technology ignited in childhood when she played video games with her brother. Raised on the south side of Chicago, Jamila attended DePaul University School of Computing. However, she soon realized that STEM lacked diversity and inclusion, reflecting a disparity ...

Lisa Ventura MBE - Championing Neurodiversity
April 03, 2024x
4
00:34:5331.94 MB

Lisa Ventura MBE - Championing Neurodiversity

Lisa Ventura was recently awarded an MBE for her services in Cyber Security, spearheading diversity and inclusion. It's undoubtedly one of the most exciting career journeys we've heard of in the tech space, following an incredibly successful career in the entertainment industry. Lisa work...

Katelyn Arnold - Age of Ambition
March 20, 2024x
3
00:31:3728.95 MB

Katelyn Arnold - Age of Ambition

In this episode Chris Atiyah interviews Katelyn Arnold, Principal Scientist and Research Assistant Professor recently named a Forbes 30 under 30 scientist. Katelyn's journey to success is an inspiring one. As a young woman, she had dreams of becoming a ballerina, but a career-ending injury forc...

Leslie Vickrey - If you can see it, you can be it
March 06, 2024x
2
00:35:4832.78 MB

Leslie Vickrey - If you can see it, you can be it

Leslie Vickrey is a woman on a mission - she wants to empower other women to thrive by achieving their dreams in the world of work; following a successful career in recruitment, she's the Founder and CEO of ClearEdge, a specialist boutique agency that supports staffing firms with their marketin...

Jennifer Lee - a Resilient Mindset plus a Book Deal with Chris Voss
February 20, 2024x
1
00:33:1530.45 MB

Jennifer Lee - a Resilient Mindset plus a Book Deal with Chris Voss

Jennifer Lee immigrated to the US from South Korea in the late 1980s. She tragically lost her father when she was five years old and then her grandfather to cancer two years later. Financial hardship followed, and Jennifer's mum worked seven days a week for up to 16 hours a day to support the f...

Imagination and Engineering Innovation: The philosophy of possibility - turning ideas into practical solutions
November 15, 2023x
10
00:40:3037.09 MB

Imagination and Engineering Innovation: The philosophy of possibility - turning ideas into practical solutions

'Difficult doesn't mean impossible' is Yewande Akinola's mantra. Yewande Akinola MBE is an award-winning Chartered Engineer and Innovator; her story is a remarkable one; growing up in Nigeria shaped Yewande's perspective of the world; she witnessed the infrastructure challen...

Igniting Curiosity: The Power of Passion and Storytelling in STEM
November 01, 2023x
9
00:29:0026.56 MB

Igniting Curiosity: The Power of Passion and Storytelling in STEM

Leslie Bondaryk is a visionary who, through her role as CTO at The Concord Consortium, is driving large-scale improvements in teaching and learning through groundbreaking technology. Discover how Leslie's passion for STEM has ignited a fire in the next generation's hearts and minds - thro...

Scaling sustainably: Achieving growth and equitable compensation
October 18, 2023x
8
00:35:4132.68 MB

Scaling sustainably: Achieving growth and equitable compensation

Anuja Gokhale, VP of Engineering at Payscale speaks to host Chris Atiyah about her career journey, the intersection of business and engineering, and how to achieve sustainable growth and equitable compensation in the tech industry. Anuja shares her insights on over-hiring in tech and how companie...

Connecting people on a global scale: engaging a remote team, understanding cultural dynamics, & the power of empathetic leadership
October 04, 2023x
7
00:33:5331.03 MB

Connecting people on a global scale: engaging a remote team, understanding cultural dynamics, & the power of empathetic leadership

Jenn talks about her role as Global Head of People and Culture - and how she's created a global team culture of collaboration at Bigtincan, Jenn delves into the different career pathways that have led her to where she is today. Renowned for her outstanding contributions to transforming organi...