#WICxAnnualSummit 2022: Collective Influence
The premier event for purpose-driven entrepreneurs and leaders building gender equity in the tech industry while celebrating the tremendous impact of their “collective influence”
About the Summit
Now, more than ever, the powerful voices of our community are blazing the path for innovative solutions in AI, gender inclusivity, job creation, economic access, workforce transformation, sustainability and entrepreneurial excellence. Like constellations that act as eternal beacons in the night sky, we are lighting up the world with leaders who continue to inspire, empower and transform change-makers that are igniting a billion-dollar economic opportunity for women.
In just three days, you will experience the power of “Collective Influence.” Welcome to the WIC Annual Summit 2022.
Session Tracks at #WICxAnnualSummit 2022
Here’s What You Can Expect at #WICxAnnualSummit 2022
Thought-Leadership Power Panels & Keynotes
Hear from industry leaders turning the magic quadrant on its head and changing the landscape by addressing economic access and gender parity experience. Joining us will be change-makers who will shed light on topics impacting the leadership and advancements in cloud technology, AI, entrepreneurship and more.
WIC Power Talks
Access a hub of action and idea driven power talks by influencers, subject-matter experts, community leaders, entrepreneurs, and more. Watch content at your leisure and engage with speakers in the #WICxAnnualSummit 2022 Event Hub during the multi-day event.
Bootcamps & Skill-Building Workshops
Immersive learning experiences complete with downloadable worksheets, live exercises, and training from subject-matter experts to up-level your skilling and professional development. Get ready to unlock results that make a difference.
Focused Roundtable Discussions
Focused small-group discussions facilitated by industry leaders providing real-time leadership and business advice on topics that promise to shift your perspective and provide insights with impact. Join us to participate in the most sought-after networking session in the virtual event space.
Awards, Graduation, & Pitch Challenge
Community comes alive with celebration experiences that all center around Collective Influence. Join us for the inaugural Allyship Awards, #CloudInnovateHER Global Pitch Challenge, and Cloud Accelerator Graduation as we observe culminating achievements at the Annual Summit.
Joyce Mullen
President – Insight North America
Gavriella Schuster
Ex-Microsoft, DEI Advocate
Vinita Gupta
Ex CEO – Digital Link Corporation
Gillian Muessig
CEO – Sybilla Masters Fund
Rodney Clark
Corporate Vice President, Global Channel Sales and Channel Chief – Microsoft
Sonya Shorey
VP, Strategy, Marketing & Communications – Invest Ottawa
Adrianna Alterman
Director, Salesforce Ventures Impact Fund –
Salesforce
Chandra Sanders
Director, RISE – The MOM Project
Dan Langille
Director, Marketplaces and Alliances – Armorblox
Amy Protexter
Senior Vice President, North America Marketing – Insight
Karen Fassio
Director, WW Partner Marketing – Microsoft
Gina Fratarcangeli
Managing Director, Market Unit Sales Leader – Accenture
Padma Subramanian
CEO – Fyrii.ai
Jeana Jorgenson
Senior Director – Google
Pradnya Desh
CEO – Advocat AI
Susan Long-Walsh
Diversity, Belonging & Inclusion Activist
Akhtar Badshah
Founder and Chief Catalyst – Catalytic Innovators Group
Chaitra Vedullapalli
President & Co-Founder – Women in Cloud
Patti Dobrowolski
CEO – Up Your Creative Genius
Tucker Stine
CEO/Founder – Tucker Stine Brand Architects
Elena Beloshapkova
CEO & Founder – inspace
Agnes Lan
CEO & Founder – Kinderdrop
Brea Starmer
Founder + Executive Consultant – Lions + Tigers
MR Rangaswami
Founder – Indiaspora
Ainhoa Maiz
Investor – M12
Lauren Anderson
Owner & Chief Recruiter – All In Recruiting
Sanjay Mehta
Chief Cloud Officer – Tackle.io
Giovanna Mingarelli
CEO and Co-Founder – M&C Consulting
Loly Gaitan
Programme Officer – ITU / EQUALS
Ralph Jacobson
Diverse Partner Development, IBM Partner Ecosystem – IBM
Srikar Chava
Intern – 3C Youth
Tammy McMiller
CEO – Plan Heal
Heidi Lorenzen
SVP Marketing – Accela Inc
Michelle Pruitt
Principal Program Manager, Solution Engineering – Microsoft Cloud for Retail
Christine Puccio
VP, Global Cloud Alliances & GTM Programs – F5
Di Ye
Founder, CEO – Zhennovate
Pat Sullivan
Cloud First Lead – Accenture
Sherisse Hawkins
CEO – PageDip
Barry Russell
GTM Leader and Cloud Executive
Christina Layman Holmes
Co-Founder – Theta Retail
Anamika Singh
Community Member – SUSE and Rancher Community
Asmita Malakar
Intern – 3C Youth
Bishakha Jain
Senior Consultant – IBM
Lisa Kostova
Founder – CareerClimbCo
Lorena Loeffelholz
Brand Manager, Azure – Zones, LLC
Marriot Winquist
CEO, Executive Coach – BrightTree Consulting
Milica Lijeskic
CEO – Kyberstorm
Neal Vedullapalli
Co-Founder – 3CYouth
Nikhita Penugonda
Intern – 3CYouth
Nonye Umahi
Managing Consultant – Cuanu Resources & Technical Services Ltd
Rena Cummings
Project Manager – CHPW
Stuti Sureka
Director, Cloud & Technology Alliance – TIBCO Software Inc
Zana Pekmez
Data Analytics Tribe Lead – Raiffeisen Bank International
Sherry Bevan
Career Coach & Leadership Consultant – Sherry Bevan Consulting
Renee Dineen
Founder and CEO – Deep Tissue Living Insitute
Robert Lescano
Director – AWS
Erin Northern
Partnerships Lead – Women in Cloud
Heather Yakes
Certified Business & Executive Coach – ActionCOACH Business Coaching – Central Ohio
Iouliana Litou
Project Manager – Meta (ex-Facebook)
Tami Reichold
Co-Founder | CEO | Frontend Engineer – Xperk
Humaira Ahmed
CEO – Locelle Digital
Stacy Tatem
Cloud Data Services Specialist – NetApp
Susi Snyder
Co-Founder – Tango Future
Nehal Mehta
President, Co-Founder – Rainbow Secure
Jennifer Estes
Cloud Transformation Senior Manager – Accenture Federal Services
Kristen Miller
VP, Product Management – Style & Innovation – Neiman Marcus
Micha Goebig
Founder & CEO – Go Big Coaching
Lily Woi
Executive Leadership & Career Advancement – Lily Woi Coaching
Sheetal Rishi
Senior Partner, Cloud Engineering & Development – Kyndryl
Joan Palmiter Bajorek
CEO – Women in Voice
Dina Moskowitz
Founder & CEO – SaaSMAX Corp.
Angelica Fuentes
Founder – Muvop
Jenna Lange
CEO & Founder – Lange International
Lisa Esch
Senior Vice President | Provider Industry Solutions Leader – NTT Data Services
Pattie Grimm
Global Senior Director Sales Enablement – VMWare
Shilpa Bhanot
Director, Systems Architecture – T-Mobile
Karen Cone
Venture Partner | Board Director – Fyrii.AI | Mastersfund
Melina Panetta
CEO – Powerful Impact Coaching
JJ Conway
CEO – Conway Financial Group LLC
Lekshmi Nair
Managing Principal – Synopsys Software Integrity Solutions
Akeela Davis
Motivation Specialist / President – Courageous Business Culture
Sonal Malavia
President – Cloud 9 Infosystems
Edith Njage
CEO – Arielle for Africa
Kathy Durfee
CEO/Founder – TechHouse
Lynda Cormier
CEO – Gia Wellness/Lynda Cormier
Marian Breeze
Senior Account Director / Business Development – Archive360
Cindy Gross
Coach, Strategic Race+Gender Equity Adaptive Leader – Befriending Dragons
Marc Monday
Vice President, Partnerships – Sage
Gretchen O’Hara
Women in Cloud Co-Founder, Microsoft Executive
Ronit Bohrer Hillel
VP of Engineering – Smartsheet
Seth Dorbin, PhD
Global Chief AI Officer – IBM
Rebecca Weaver
Founder – HRuprise
Ellie Wu
VP, Customer Experience – Bugcrowd
Vince Menzione
Founder – Ultimate Partnerships
Pamela Maynard
CEO – Avanade
Hitesh Mantha
Intern – 3C Youth
Annabel Quintero
Best-selling Author & Cultural Wellness Coach – Step Step Jump
Cassidy Puccio
Intern – 3C Youth
Gina Yacone
Senior Cybersecurity Consultant & vCISO – Agio
Debbie Uttecht
Partner Marketing Lead – Microsoft/Worldwide Learning
Jillian Alberico
Managing Director – Talent & Org – Accenture
John Cognata
Business Development – SOFTEL Communications
Manasa Hari
Executive Director, Head of Product Big Data Platform – JPMorgan Chase
Brenda Hudson
Senior Vice President Commercial Sales, Sales Enablement, Learning and Development – Insight
Lynsey Walton
Technology Recruiting Associate Manager – Accenture
Barbara Visser
President – International Coaching Federation, Washington State Chapter
Steven French
President – Creo Nova, LLC
Carmen Marsh
CEO and Managing Partner – Inteligenca
Nick Hughes
Founder & CEO – Founders Live
Gena Goh
Channel Inclusion & Impact Senior Strategy Lead – Microsoft
Rajiv Kapoor
CEO – Chai Angels
Heidi Watson
CEO – Canadian Electronic Health Information System Ltd.
Laura Ciel
CEO & Co-Founder – NineQ LLC
Amanda San Filippo
COO – ioAirFlow
Sonia Wadhwa
Senior Director Of Operations and Business Management – Microsoft
Anuradha Singh
Managing Consultant – iIBM India
Bobbie Carlton
Founder – Innovation Women
Muazma Zahid
Principal Engineering Manager – Microsoft
Katie Thiry
Principal – Salesforce Ventures
Regina Manfredi
VP, Global Alliances – Teradata
Barbara Visser
President – International Coaching Federation, Washington State Chapter
Leslie Short
Founder/CEO – The Cavu Group
Corrinne Wilsey
Senior Manager, Recruiting – Insight
Amberly Martin
Sr Inclusion & Diversity Recruiter – Accenture
Brenda Cucci
Managing Director – Sustainability Go to Market Lead – Accenture
Ashley Green
Managing Director, Cloud First – Accenture
Sreelakshmy G
Sales Director – Accenture
Luciana Reznik
Cloud Advisory Director – Accenture
Danielle Kamgang
Advanced App Engineering Specialist – Accenture
Dr. Isi Idemudia
Tech Arch Delivery Manager – Accenture
Michelle Reaux
Director of Diversity, Leadership, & OD – Insight
Andrea Perkins
Director Center of Excellence, Services – Insight
Michelle Green
VP Financial Systems – Discover
Vinay Kumar
Co-Founder & CEO – Verbinden
Ram Dutt
Co-Founder & CEO – Meylah
Crystal Brown
Operations, Business Development, Partnerships & Strategy – Beautiful.ai
Lani Cossette
Senior Director and Chief of Staff, UN Affairs – Microsoft
Tanya Wills
VP and Founder – Standing Up
Patti Chrzan
Sr. Director, Strategic Programs, Digital Crimes Unit – Microsoft
Lauren Newby
Director, Cloud Partnerships – Tackle.io
Maryam Ashoori, PhD
Director of Product Management – IBM
Patricia Burroughs
Managing Director – Accenture
Caitlin McMillin
Technology Consultant – Accenture
Megan Berner
Managing Director – Accenture
Lisa Goodman
President – MC3 US
Gretchen Schwartz
Chief Talent Advocate/Board President – Hire Powers
Rebecca Jones
COO – Bridge Partners
Jeramee Waldum
Vice President of Sales – Tackle.io
Olivia Bechtold
Communications & Marketing Consultant – Hello Friday Marketing
Elisa Garcia Anzano
Head of Market Development – M12
Terri Stephan
CEO – Ecuity Edge
Kavitha Rao
Deputy General Manager – HCL Technologies
Lucie Tuttle
Manager – HCL Technologies
Krystin Crane
Inclusion & Diversity Women’s Initiatives Lead – Accenture
Amy Rhodes
Recruiter – Bridge Partners
Heidi Burke
Recruiter – Bridge Partners
Palak Gupta
Recruiter – Bridge Partners
Karla Barrera
Recruiter – Bridge Partners
Tia Sims
Recruiter – Bridge Partners
Garnette Weber
COO – itracks
Tom Malone
CEO – VR Ulysses, Inc.
Clementina Ufeli
CEO – Buy Nigeria Products Limited
Annette Wilde
Director – Planimetron
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Women in Cloud, a community-led initiative, is designed to address issues ranging from financial inclusion and the gender gap to providing women with the tools, knowledge, and networks they need to reach their full potential. Our mission is to inspire, empower and accelerate the growth of women-led technology companies. We are requesting businesses to partner with us in our mission to create economic access.
