Sistership-Role Models in Tech & Entrepreneurship

Liz Clinkenbeard has the most amazing drive. She is kind and warm-hearted but at the same time incredibly fierce. She is the co-founder and CCO of Chatterbug, a modern online language learning school. 🤓 Liz joined Chatterbug after spending time at GitHub. She not only was one of the only women there, but she was also the company’s first ever PR person. She built out the company’s communications team and strategy from scratch, and eventually served as VP of Communications. 💪 Prior to GitHub, Liz spent more than a decade as a PR consultant in the Bay Area, launching dozens of technology companies and helping them shape and tell their stories.

Agnes was the Managing Director at Aufeminin Group where she learned how to lead teams authentically, how to deal with new environments though giving others trust and how to enjoy a big family whilst managing an awesome career. For Agnes constant learning is an essential factor to success, so let’s kick off this interview and learn from her experience.

Working in investment banking, Sarah was no stranger to working in a male dominated environment. But it was a stable job supported and understood by her friends and family. The toughest decision she ever had to make was deciding to leave investment banking and join the tech industry - a step that wasn’t encouraged by anyone from her closed circle. But it turned out to be the right decision. Sarah joined seven developers and became one of the founding members of ultimate.ai, a company that helps businesses like Zalando, Telia and Finnair scale their customer service with artificial intelligence. She is the COO of the company and is pushing full steam ahead to scale up the business.

Have you ever met a person that even if you don’t know them you just want to spend the whole day with them listening to their story?  That is precisely Delphine Mousseau. Her experience as the vice president of markets at Zalando has done nothing to her humbleness. She is incredibly honest about her journey managing a fast-paced team whilst successfully balancing a family life. Amongst others, she also held the position of Director of E-Commerce for Europe at Tommy Hilfiger.  In this episode we discuss Delphine's approach to boosting confidence and her stance on balancing work and life. Amongst others she also shares the story of how she build her incredible career.