Panel @Condé Nast: Career Paths for Women in Tech

Career Paths for Women in Tech

Fifty-six percent of women in technology companies leave their organizations at the mid-level point of their careers (10-20 years). Many leave because of the culture and lack of other women in leadership roles.

When women don’t see other women in the higher echelons of tech, it takes away not only a tangible, visible goal toward which to aspire, but it also makes it much harder to find an empathetic mentor.

So, what career paths can we follow as women?

Through our topic, Careers Paths for Women in Tech, we will explore our own observations, experiences, obstacles and successes in the tech industry. Let's inspire women to aim high and stay in tech.

The Panelists:

Arlie Sisson (https://twitter.com/arliej) leads the Emerging Products Group at Conde Nast. She is singularly focused on innovating for the company’s future and currently that means implementing a mobile first product strategy. Previous to that she was responsible for the mobile native app strategy at Starwood Resorts and Hotels. She joined Starwood from a mobile start up, where she led and launched 32 applications across 5 mobile platforms. The work Arlie has lead has been include in 7 Apple Keynotes including one just last month. Arlie’s passion for the ever-changing digital landscape allows her to advance product strategies through native applications whether that’s a phone, tablet, wallet offering and even wearable tech. Follow her @arliej.

Lisa van Gelder (https://twitter.com/techbint) is the VP of Engineering at Stride. Lisa has 15 years experience in software engineering, including leading and managing software development teams. Her career has taken her between London and New York at companies ranging from small startups to large media organizations, including the Guardian and the BBC.

Nathalie Molina Niño (https://twitter.com/nathaliemolina) is the CRO at Power to Fly. Keith Ferrazzi called her a “super-connector” in his updated best-selling classic, Never Eat Alone. Nathalie Molina Niño is the “fuel core of a network that makes it easy for her to tap the resources to get stuff done, and done quickly.” Most recently, Nathalie stepped in as Chief Revenue Officer of PowerToFly (http://www.powertofly.com/), a high-growth startup aimed at closing the gender gap in tech.

Helen Altshuler (https://www.linkedin.com/pub/helen-altshuler/2/677/24b) is PeerIQ’s Chief Technology Officer, focused on growing engineering team and building the firm’s data andanalytics products. PeerIQ is an early stage fintech startup that aims to increase transparency in the peer to peer lendingsector through innovative technology and financial analytics. Previously Helen worked as an Executive Director and Head ofTechnology Delivery at JP Morgan, building technology platforms in big data and analytics, consumer products, credit andmarket risk management, and FX and derivatives areas of the firm.

Claudina Sarahe (https://twitter.com/itsmisscs) is an entrepreneur. Her background is in front-end web development with a focus on large, scale web applications and sites. She's worked for Pop Art, The New Group, The Huffington Post, New York Road Runners, and Method. She's lead front-end development for sites such for FEI.com, Charlie Rose, PBS, Scholastic, Count Me In, and LocalVox. She lead the strategy and initial product development for Vestify, a crowdfunding web application for entrepreneurs powering the MassChallenge Global Start-Up. She was one of the founding members of UNICEF Innovation.
She organizes the monthly New York City Sass and Compass Meetup. In 2010 Claudina Sarahe developed a pilot program to teach development to less advantaged high schoolers in the Dominican Republic. She is a 2012 StartupBus aluma. A firm believer in a balanced lifestyle she keeps her mind and body elastic with Bikram Yoga, Crossfit, and biking NYC streets.