Sage Franch and her co-founders at Crescendo have all faced their own set of barriers in their work lives, whether that discrimination was based on gender, race, or any number of other cultural biases that can be endemic to many workplaces. They founded their startup to help companies learn about -- and improve — their cultural competency, with software desi ... Show More
Mar 2020
The Simplest, Yet Most Powerful Trait: Trust
Data practically runs through the veins of Steven Mih, CEO of opensource data orchestration startup Alluxio. He's a serial startup CEO with more than two decades in the distributed data world. At Alluxio, Mih was brought in as CEO to take an opensource project that came out of U. ... Show More
12m 48s
Oct 2019
A Place for Refugees to Find a Home (and a Job) in Tech
Anne Kjaer Riechert, co-founder of ReDI School is tackling one of the globe's most difficult and pressing problems, finding a safe haven for people fleeing some of the most chaotic and dangerous parts of the world. And while ReDI school is unlike any other startup, it faces some ... Show More
16m 47s
Oct 2021
The Power of Passion to Develop Technology with Idit Levine, Founder and CEO, Solo.io
Certain types of technology are easier to understand for some people than for others, and that’s okay. Passion is contagious; iIt attracts employees and customers. Strong, passionate leadership with clear vision increases employee satisfaction that then translates to satisfied cu ... Show More
40m 12s
Feb 2020
Combining Science and Technology To Make An Impact with Alexa Dembek, the Chief Technology & Sustainability Officer at DuPont
From the time she was a little girl competing in science fairs in Chicago, Alexa Dembek has been drawn to the world of science and technology. Today, Alexa is the Chief Technology & Sustainability Officer at DuPont, where she believes she has found the perfect place to use scienc ... Show More
42m 56s
Oct 2021
Create Structures to Free Employees to be Their Best, with Preeti Somal, VP of Engineering at HashiCorp, and Mark Thiele, CEO and Founder of Edgewana
The world has changed; work has too. Many people are reassessing both their personal and professional lives. The truth is that the personal and professional worlds have always been intertwined. People never left their humanity outside the front door of the office. Now, due to the ... Show More
49m 47s
Sep 2021
Infrastructure Lays the Foundation for Developer Artistry with Tony Minessale, Founder and CEO of SignalWire
In general, creative-types fall into two camps. The first camp loves the excitement of creating something flashy — things that people can identify, experience, and viscerally respond to. The second camp is made up of those who care about building a foundation so that other people ... Show More
34m 33s
Aug 2021
Delivering Personalized Needs-Based Learning at Scale with EnGen’s Dr. Katie Nielson
The way we learn is no longer unilateral. So why act as if still one teacher, standing in front of a group of students lecturing them on a particular subject is the best way for them to learn a second language? Instead of teaching simple words or phrases such as bike, or car, wha ... Show More
37m 24s