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Interview with Elaine Montilla, Assistant Vice President and CIO for Information Technology at The Graduate Center, CUNY

February 8, 2021 Leave a Comment

Elaine Montilla is the Assistant Vice President and CIO for Information Technology at The Graduate Center, CUNY, a Forbes Technology Council member and contributor, an AMA Women’s Leadership Center presenter, and a TEDx speaker.

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: Assistant VP, CIO, New York City, WomenInTech

Interview with Mallika Rao, Software Engineering Manager at Twitter

January 25, 2021 Leave a Comment

In this interview with Mallika Rao, Software Engineering Manager at Twitter, we discuss challenges, the basics of managing well, hiring, coaching & mentoring new hires, and mountain climbing!

Filed Under: Interviews, Podcast Episode Tagged With: engineering manager, WomenInTech

Interview with Jossie Haines, Senior Director, Platform Engineering at Tile

June 1, 2020 Leave a Comment

In this interview & podcast, with Jossie Haines, Senior Director, Platform Engineering at Tile, we discuss diversity and inclusion, women in tech, going from IC to engineering manager, and time management.

Filed Under: Interviews, Podcast Episode Tagged With: San Francisco, WomenInTech

Interview with Trish Gray, Head of Business Growth at Pinterest

April 6, 2020 Leave a Comment

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In this interview (and podcast), with Trish Gray, Head of Business Growth at Pinterest, we discuss the 4D puzzle of management, Trish’s leadership goals, including a download to her leadership goals one-pager, plus techniques for coaching and mentoring your team. Trish has a huge passion for manager effectiveness, and we can all learn a lot from her.

Filed Under: Interviews, Podcast Episode Tagged With: San Francisco, WomenInTech

Interview with Lavanya Ramani, Software Development Manager at Amazon

February 10, 2020 2 Comments

In this interview (and podcast), with Lavanya Ramani, Software Development Manager at Amazon, we discuss “detached attachment,” careers (it’s not a race), hiring with LinkedIn Recruiter, how to avoid being distracted by your phone, and more.

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: engineering manager, San Francisco, WomenInTech

Interview with Rukmini Reddy, VP of Engineering at Abstract

January 20, 2020 Leave a Comment

In this interview (and podcast), with Rukmini Reddy, VP of Engineering at Abstract, we discuss motiving and aligning your team, working in a remote company, hiring, and tips for being organized.

Filed Under: Interviews, Podcast Episode Tagged With: San Francisco, VP, WomenInTech

Interview with Pei-Chin Wang, Senior Director of Product at Redfin

December 26, 2019 Leave a Comment

In this interview (and podcast), with Pei-Chin Wang, Senior Director of Product at Redfin, we discuss the relationship between engineering and product management, challenges in creating process as your company scales, some excellent interview questions, and a fun tip to disconnect over the weekend.

Filed Under: Interviews, Podcast Episode Tagged With: Product Management, Seattle, Senior Director, WomenInTech

Interview with Shilpi Sanchetee, Engineering Manager at Slack

October 30, 2019 Leave a Comment

Location: San Francisco 
Current Role: Senior Engineering Manager @ Slack 

What’s your background and how did you get into management?

I was a software engineer for most of my career. At my first job in a small startup, I grew my team from 1 to 20 in 1.5 years in India and San Francisco. My manager at the time strongly believed in my leadership and put me in front of our main customers,

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: engineering manager, San Francisco, WomenInTech

Interview with Alexandra Paredes, Head of Engineering at Code Climate

October 21, 2019 Leave a Comment

What’s your background and how did you get into management?

I studied Computer Science in Caracas, Venezuela. Before finishing college, around 2009, I was working part-time building mobile applications for BlackBerry and Android using Java and PhoneGap (currently known as Apache Cordova). Building things that others found useful was thrilling. I treasured this experience because it served as a good introduction to understanding that “shipping” a product is more than coding. 

In the following years,

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: head of engineering, Latinx, New York City, WomenInTech

Interview with Lena Reinhard, Director of Engineering CircleCI

September 23, 2019 Leave a Comment

Lean Reinhard

Location: Berlin
Current Role: Director of Engineering

What’s your background and how did you get into management?

After a career in finance, arts, and media, I got into tech. I started out in marketing and key account management in a small SaaS company, and at age 26 co-founded my first software company and became a CEO. As part of a longer-term consulting project with our company, I started managing distributed, fast-scaling engineering teams,

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: Director, Germany, WomenInTech

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