Celebrating IWD 2024: Top AiThority.com Interviews Featuring Female Executives
Celebrate Women’s Day with exclusive insights from the top female executives! Honoring their recent achievements, we present our top-performing AiThority.com interviews featuring remarkable technocrats from the industry. From covering their journeys and groundbreaking strategies in their respective roles, our conversations churned invaluable wisdom and inspiration from the leading ladies in the AI business. Explore the stories of resilience, innovation, and leadership that define these extraordinary women.
Join us in recognizing their contributions and empowering the next generation of female leaders with AiThority exclusive interviews.
Happy Women’s Day to you all in advance!
AiThority Exclusive Insights on IWD
Erica Cronan, Global Director of Marketing, Datadobi:
I love International Women’s Day – it’s like a global pep rally celebrating how far we ladies have come while firing us up to keep that momentum raging. You can’t help but feel inspired thinking about the bold trailblazers throughout history who broke down barriers against all odds. The unstoppable suffragettes, straight-up heroes like RBG, Amelia Earhart, Serena – those unapologetic women heard “no” and “you can’t” as a challenge to demolish. Because of their grit and vision, we now get to chase any ambition without archaic limits or questioning our equality as women. We’re CEOs, world leaders, champion athletes – because they kicked open doors that used to be locked shut. Of course, there’s still work to be done. But on this day, I like reveling in how women have defied the haters again and again, proving our limitless potential. IWD means toasting the brave ones before us while channeling that same spirit as we keep forging new paths. The future’s looking so bright for women and girls – now that’s something worth cheering loud and proud!
I love International Women’s Day – it’s like a global pep rally celebrating how far we ladies have come while firing us up to keep that momentum raging. You can’t help but feel inspired thinking about the bold trailblazers throughout history who broke down barriers against all odds. The unstoppable suffragettes, straight-up heroes like RBG, Amelia Earhart, Serena – those unapologetic women heard “no” and “you can’t” as a challenge to demolish. Because of their grit and vision, we now get to chase any ambition without archaic limits or questioning our equality as women. We’re CEOs, world leaders, champion athletes – because they kicked open doors that used to be locked shut. Of course, there’s still work to be done. But on this day, I like reveling in how women have defied the haters again and again, proving our limitless potential. IWD means toasting the brave ones before us while channeling that same spirit as we keep forging new paths. The future’s looking so bright for women and girls – now that’s something worth cheering loud and proud!Hana Rivić, Head of AI, Intelllias:
I believe women and men are equally capable of working in whatever field they choose. For me, it was STEM, and my love for STEM started early in life. I always liked maths, and since the first grade of elementary school, I was amazed by geometry. On that path, what made me successful is persistence and dedication to finding a solution and the ability to recognize where I can get help if needed.
We must inspire inclusion from a young age. Young girls need access to great teachers and education with extra support from mentors, so they can believe in themselves to develop their passions into a profession with no boundaries.
In tech and science-related industries, there needs to be greater opportunities and support for women to excel. This includes increased representation in leadership and technical roles, closing the gender pay gap, fostering inclusive work environments with mentorship and flexibility, encouraging girls and women to pursue STEM education and careers, and recognizing and valuing diverse perspectives. By promoting these measures, we can create a more equitable and inclusive landscape, harnessing the full potential of women’s talents for innovation and progress.
Also, I believe universally and in all industries, one of the main challenges women face in their careers is when they take maternity leave. In fast-changing fields, prolonged absence can lead women to fall behind through no fault of their own. I advocate for companies to provide ample support for women upon their return, offering opportunities for learning and catching up to mitigate the impact on their advancement and promotions. I believe as a society, we should work on improving overall work-life balance for everyone and help to close the gaps for any inequality. Inspiring inclusion.
I believe women and men are equally capable of working in whatever field they choose. For me, it was STEM, and my love for STEM started early in life. I always liked maths, and since the first grade of elementary school, I was amazed by geometry. On that path, what made me successful is persistence and dedication to finding a solution and the ability to recognize where I can get help if needed.Leanne Leaver, Forbes 30 under 30 – Europe, “Top 10 Young Entrepreneur To Watch In 2020” and Business Executive in Fintech.
Artificial Intelligence within business development is extremely useful in not only everyday operations but in the scale and growth of products and services. Take automation for example, this concept is one of the top things you can do to save time as a business owner and AI is able to automate so much for you. Having a chatbot on your website means that you can have 24/7 customer service without breaks and without paying staff, saving you time, money and making the customer experience way more enhanced than humans can, with fast response time and intelligent thinking. This simple example can increase customer retention and generate sales enabling the growth of your company, fast. It’s use in data insights and analytics is something that will be so helpful to a product-based business and by identifying buyer trends and behaviours, re-targeting them for new products is not only more accurate, but more effective also.
Artificial Intelligence within business development is extremely useful in not only everyday operations but in the scale and growth of products and services. Take automation for example, this concept is one of the top things you can do to save time as a business owner and AI is able to automate so much for you. Having a chatbot on your website means that you can have 24/7 customer service without breaks and without paying staff, saving you time, money and making the customer experience way more enhanced than humans can, with fast response time and intelligent thinking. This simple example can increase customer retention and generate sales enabling the growth of your company, fast. It’s use in data insights and analytics is something that will be so helpful to a product-based business and by identifying buyer trends and behaviours, re-targeting them for new products is not only more accurate, but more effective also.AiThority Interview with Dr. Karin Kimbrough, Chief Economist at LinkedIn
Dr. Karin Kimbrough is LinkedIn’s Chief Economist, leading a team of economists tracking, analyzing, and reporting on key workforce and labor market trends unfolding on the platform. Prior to joining LinkedIn in 2020, she served as the Assistant Treasurer for Google and the Managing Director and Head of Macroeconomic Policy at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Additionally, Kimbrough worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in the Markets Group and as an Economist and FX Strategist at Morgan Stanley in London.
She gave an overview on topics like-AI adoption, the fear of job losses, deep fakes, ransomware attacks, and workplace equality. She discussed broadly on mitigation and strict guidelines are in place to ensure that AI is not disproportionately impacting one group of people over another. As one example, in terms of representation right now in AI, we are seeing that the artificial intelligence sector is overwhelmingly represented by men (70%) compared to women (~30%) — this makes men more than twice as likely as women to be in the AI industry. So these are some of the things business leaders need to consider and be thoughtful about moving forward as AI becomes more mainstream.
AiThority Interview with Jenni Troutman, Director, Products and Services at AWS Training and Certification
AWS Training and Certification is the only set of training programs and offerings built by the experts at AWS. Jenni is the Director of Training and Certification Products and Services at Amazon Web Services (AWS). In this role, Jenni leads the team delivering accessible, valued cloud skill development experiences for learners at all levels of proficiency. Jenni’s team’s mission is to inspire and empower learners to innovate and build with confidence with the AWS Cloud. Over the last five years, Jenni has helped learners gain access to a growing portfolio of cloud training through the introduction of free and low-cost, self-paced, hands-on training, enabling people to learn anytime, anywhere. She is passionate about providing cloud learners the opportunity to build their careers.
She gave an overview on topics like AI-based training and budget constraints toward AI adoption.
AiThority Interview with Einat Steklov, CEO and Co-founder at Kashable
Einat is a co-founder of Kashable, a financial wellness company that brings an innovative approach to consumer lending. Kashable is a financial technology company that provides socially responsible credit and other financial wellness solutions for employees offered as an employer-sponsored voluntary benefit. She gave an overview on topics like-AI disrupting the Fintech space, SaaS, personal finance tools, retail e-commerce, and fintech innovators.
She talked more about AI’s impact – it’s facilitating data-driven decision-making, risk assessment, and more, analyzing vast amounts of financial data, predicting market trends, optimizing investment strategies, and bolstering overall financial performance. The fusion of AI and fintech fosters financial inclusion, automates tasks, and ultimately can lead to more secure, efficient, and convenient financial services for individuals and businesses alike.
AiThority Interview with Natalie Schwartz, Head of Global Brand Marketing and Partnerships at Canva
Natalie Schwartz leads the Brand Marketing and Strategic Partnerships team at Canva and is responsible for driving growth and love for Canva‘s brand globally. She oversees campaigns, events and partnerships that demonstrate the value of Canva‘s visual suite and showcase how Canva can be the home for every brand. She is passionate about bringing heart to technology organizations and the importance of brand in driving long-term and sustainable value.
We sat down with Canva’s Global Head of Brand Marketing and Partnership, Natalie Schwartz, to understand how new Generative AI tools are reviving marketers’ creativity and productivity – and becoming an essential part of their job. She gave an overview on topics like-generative AI,digital marketing, sales job functions and current AI ecosystem.
AiThority Interview with Kelly Eliyahu, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Salesforce
Salesforce empowers companies of every size and industry to connect with their customers through the power of AI + data + CRM. Kelly has 10+ years product marketing experience in startup to enterprise high tech companies. Led positioning, messaging, and keynotes for a multi-billion dollar business. Owned launches and go-to-market strategy for numerous products. Managed cross-functional teams across the world.
She discussed broadly on AI to truly transform our world, it needs to be integrated in consumers’ daily digital lives and benefit them in ways they aren’t currently experiencing according to the data. For consumers, this includes their personal lives and the programs they use, such as their smart phones and smart homes as well as their professional work settings.
AiThority Interview with Keri Olson, VP at IBM IT Automation
IBM is a leading provider of global hybrid cloud and AI, and consulting expertise. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Keri Olson is the Vice President, Product Management IBM Automation. She is the head of product management and strategy for IBM’s watsonx Code Assistant portfolio. She is currently focused on delivering Application Modernization and IT Automation capabilities though IBM’s watsonx Code Assistant products.
She gave an overview on topics like-business agility, coding languages, generative AI and LLMs, security bottlenecks and Open Source projects.
AiThority Interview with Brigette McInnis-Day, Chief People Officer at UiPath
UiPath is on a mission to uplevel knowledge work so more people can work more creatively, collaboratively, and strategically. Brigette currently serves as the Chief People Officer at UiPath. With over 20 years of experience working in HR and in the business, Brigette believes in fostering a people-first philosophy that focuses on attracting and developing teams of innovative thinkers and shaping a culture of customer-centricity to drive business growth and transformation. Brigette strives to reshape the future of work through technology and automation, redefining the next generation of leadership through diversity and inclusion, pay equality, and digital transformation.
She gave an overview on topics like- AI-powered automation, AI capabilities, HR Tech stack and job markets.
AiThority Interview with Priya Ponnapalli, Senior Manager at Amazon Machine Learning (ML) Solutions Lab
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. Dr. Priya Ponnapalli is a senior manager at the Amazon Machine Learning (ML) Solutions Lab, where she leads a global team that helps AWS customers identify and implement their most important ML opportunities. As the lead for Amazon ML Solutions Lab’s sports business, she works with customers including the National Football League (NFL), Formula 1 (F1), National Hockey League (NHL), and sports organizations worldwide to enhance the fan experience and transform sports using ML.
She gave an overview on topics like- AI ML and data science across a diverse spectrum of industries including manufacturing, healthcare and life sciences, financial services, sports, public sector, and automotive to create new machine learning-powered solutions.
AiThority Interview with Julie Lock, Senior Manager, UK&I Marketing at HubSpot
HubSpot is a leading CRM platform that provides software and support to help businesses grow better. Our platform includes marketing, sales, service, and website management products that start free and scale to meet our customers’ needs at any stage of growth. Julie is an experienced and highly successful Marketing Director/Head of Marketing and has worked in this capacity for a substantial number of years.
She gave an overview on topics like- Martech industry, CRM, customer relationships, current business landscape, modern CDPs , customer experience management (CXMs), and social media listening/ intelligence tools.
AiThority Interview with Wendy Johnstone, Chief Operating Officer at Zendesk APAC
Zendesk started the customer experience revolution in 2007 by enabling any business around the world to take their customer service online. Today, Zendesk is the champion of great service everywhere for everyone, and powers billions of conversations, connecting more than 100,000 brands with hundreds of millions of customers over telephony, chat, email, messaging, social channels, communities, review sites, and help centers. Wendy Johnstone is the Chief Operating Officer for Zendesk APAC, based in Singapore. A business leader with more than 25 years’ experience in the technology sector, Wendy is responsible for driving operational excellence across the Asia Pacific and ensuring global and regional alignment for all of Zendesk’s business functions and offices in APAC. She gave an overview on topics like- data analytics/ AI in customer support management, CRM, hybrid workplace, and automation.
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Cox Automotive is the world’s largest automotive services and technology provider. Fueled by the largest breadth of first-party data fed by 2.3 billion online interactions a year, Cox Automotive tailors leading solutions for car shoppers, automakers, dealers, retailers, lenders and fleet owners.As Senior Vice President of Consumer Solutions for Cox Automotive, Jessica Stafford leads the two largest automotive shopping brands – Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book – as well as the largest dealer website and marketing business in Dealer.com and Esntial Commerce, Cox’s industry-leading dealer marketing and e-commerce brands. She discussed on topics like- AR VR and Metaverse and roadmap set up for consumer experience.
BMC helps customers run and reinvent their businesses with open, scalable, and modular solutions to complex IT problems. BMC works with 86% of the Forbes Global 50 and customers and partners around the world to create their future. Margaret is SVP and GM of Digital Service and Operations Management of BMC Software. She business unit GM with P&L responsibilities for the company’s full suite of Helix solutions for IT service management and IT Operations management. She discussed on topics like-sustainable IT and AIOps innovations, IT automation, and attackers from taking down databases.
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