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Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marina-malaguti In this episode: Sallyann Della Casa is one of the 4% of women globally who has a patent pending method and algorithm (for measuring soft skills) as a sole inventor. Sallyann holds degrees and certifications in Law, Organizational Behavior and Urban Planning. She speaks five languages and is a published author. Her education spans the globe from Harvard University to Franklin College to University of Toronto. Sallyann spends her days obsessing about GLEAC, her technology company, which measures and develops soft skills gaps for any job (current and future) in 10 minutes a day. GLEAC’s clients and partners include Prada, Accenture, Korn Ferry, Monster etc. GLEAC has been featured in the Dubai Cares, The Future is Human pavilion at Expo 2020. Sallyann Della Casa is also the Founder of the Growing Leaders Foundation. In partnership with the UNDP, thousands of at-risk youths and adults annually benefit from her Foundation’s work delivering soft skills in the Caribbean Latin America and Mena region. She is currently based in the APAC region. Her Foundation has worked with many of the largest companies in the region from Mubadala, DP World, DU, Nestle, DLA Piper, PWC etc. In 2016, she served as the only female in C-suite position at Careem to help stabilize the workforce and shape its organizational culture. Careem was purchased by Uber for 3.1b in Jan 2020. Sallyann is having the time of her life right now ensuring every human, regardless of their background and degree, will not only have an equitable seat at the job table, but can also invite someone to sit… About me: Wepa! I'm Marina. I am a technologist, mom, podcast host, cruciverbalist, and aquarian. ;)  I talk about living an UNBOSSED life.  If you are a new listener to UNBOSSED, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today! Useful Links and Resources: https://www.gleac.com/ Our favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on Linkedin, Twitter, and in our comments section.   TikTok: @marinamalaguti Anchor: https://anchor.fm/marina-malaguti  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDTz6_FepG04QTs1BjFLBjw/ Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eUhfH8E Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/e7cWtBv Google Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/enjChPt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNBOSSEDpodcast Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unbossed And all others… Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/infraction/live-it License code: 0OYRKRXZRCJPIFYY

In this episode I interviewed Christine Sandman Stone: Storyteller, Mentor-Extraordinaire and Founder, Deliver@Scale. Christine Sandman Stone is an advisor, strategist, connector of ideas and people, and author. Christine's career began with technical project management - quickly evolving into project recovery, developing top performing tech teams, building business technical strategies and financial plans, then changing and building organizations to sustained success. Christine builds and advises tech organizations to execute. Founder of Deliver@Scale, Christine is a sought-after expert in the areas of strategic planning in tech, transformation, work-life balance, and tech talent diversity. She previously led Groupon’s recovery and survival of the pandemic via OKR and Agile transformation across the Product & Engineering organizations. She honed her skills at VW/Audi, EMC2 Dell, McDonald’s and consulting firms.  Leading technical change and developing people is a natural part of Christine’s approach, formalized in her graduate work in Organizational Behavior. Her first book The Parent Track: Work-life Balance Hacks to Elevate Your Career and Raise Good Humans came out in 2020 gives working parents viable guidance to navigate career and family.  Her second book The Management Mentor: Practical, Tested Tools for New Managers (will be published in Spring 2023) just finished beta testing with  people managers in growing companies, and is set to be a sought after reference for newly-minted people managers, especially those in tech. She mentors with Chicago Innovation, AnitaB, Illinois Science and Technology Coalition, and is active with the Chicago Women in Tech community including ARA, i.c.Stars, Chicago Executive Women’s network and others.  She is an organic connector of technology and people. Thoughts: Our stories, our tribal knowledge can help others. We have a generational gap, and not enough role models of folks making this work. Let’s share our stories. Wepa! I'm Marina. I am a technologist, mom, podcast host, leadership coach, cruciverbalist, and aquarian. ;) UNBOSSED is “Stories of Amazing Women”. If you are a new listener to UNBOSSED, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today! Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marina-malaguti

GET 10% OFF Lauren’s Book by using the code UNBOSSED10 at checkout. www.imposterbook.com US: https://tinyurl.com/3duc6t88 NL: https://tinyurl.com/vjabcbxp I talked to Lauren Valber about Imposter Syndrome. Lauren is a person who has "reinvented herself" several times. She has founded her own company twice, been a global marketing communications senior professional for mostly tech companies for many years, developed innovation programs for corporate clients, and has been working with start-ups and scale-ups for more than two decades. In the newest chapter of her life, She is starting her own training company, Training 2.0, to help people raise their game in innovation, business process transformation or professional presentations, whether that be as a trainer, a facilitator, or an innovative person. She’s also a seasoned event host, panel moderator, webinar facilitator, and workshop leader. Her personal passion is to increase the representation of marginalized people on stage and in media, as "presentation is representation". She offers presentation training to associations that support women, minorities, and marginalized people, to help level the business playing field. Wepa! I'm Marina. I am a technologist, mom, podcast host, leadership coach, cruciverbalist, and aquarian. ;) UNBOSSED is “Stories of Amazing Women in underrepresented fields”. If you are a new listener to UNBOSSED, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today! Useful Links and Resources: www.imposterbook.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenvalbert/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ImposterBook Instagram: @ImposterLValbert Twitter: https://twitter.com/ImposterBook Join the Conversation Our favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on Linkedin, Twitter, and in our comments section. Follow UNBOSSED Podcast Anchor: https://anchor.fm/marina-malaguti Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDTz6_FepG04QTs1BjFLBjw/ Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eUhfH8E Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/e7cWtBv Google Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/enjChPt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNBOSSEDpodcast Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unbossed And all others… Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/infraction/live-it License code: 0OYRKRXZRCJPIFYY

Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marina-malaguti In this episode: GET 10% OFF Lauren’s Book by using the code UNBOSSED10 at checkout. www.imposterbook.com US: https://tinyurl.com/3duc6t88 NL: https://tinyurl.com/vjabcbxp I talked to Lauren Valber about Imposter Syndrome. Lauren is a person who has "reinvented herself" several times. She has founded her own company twice, been a global marketing communications senior professional for mostly tech companies for many years, developed innovation programs for corporate clients, and has been working with start-ups and scale-ups for more than two decades. In the newest chapter of her life, She is starting her own training company, Training 2.0, to help people raise their game in innovation, business process transformation or professional presentations, whether that be as a trainer, a facilitator, or an innovative person. She’s also a seasoned event host, panel moderator, webinar facilitator, and workshop leader. Her personal passion is to increase the representation of marginalized people on stage and in media, as "presentation is representation". She offers presentation training to associations that support women, minorities, and marginalized people, to help level the business playing field. Wepa! I'm Marina. I am a technologist, mom, podcast host, leadership coach, cruciverbalist, and aquarian. ;) UNBOSSED is “Stories of Amazing Women in underrepresented fields”. If you are a new listener to UNBOSSED, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today! Useful Links and Resources: www.imposterbook.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenvalbert/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ImposterBook Instagram: @ImposterLValbert Twitter: https://twitter.com/ImposterBook Join the Conversation Our favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on Linkedin, Twitter, and in our comments section. Follow UNBOSSED Podcast Anchor: https://anchor.fm/marina-malaguti Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDTz6_FepG04QTs1BjFLBjw/ Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eUhfH8E Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/e7cWtBv Google Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/enjChPt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNBOSSEDpodcast Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unbossed And all others… Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/infraction/live-it License code: 0OYRKRXZRCJPIFYY

In this episode I interviewed Megan Ross, President & CEO at Lincoln Park Zoo. A trailblazing leader, Megan Ross, Ph.D. serves as President & CEO of Chicago’s iconic Lincoln Park Zoo. As the first woman and first scientist to lead the global urban zoo and science center, Ross drives the zoo’s mission and vision of being open, accessible, and welcoming for guests from all around the globe. Dr. Ross has had an extensive career of learning about — and caring for — animals that has taken her across the world, from China to Atlanta to right here in Chicago. She joined Lincoln Park Zoo in 2000 as the Hope B. McCormick Curator of Birds, and over the next 20 years she served as the zoo’s General Curator, Vice President of Animal Care and Education, Executive Vice President, and Zoo Director. Appointed as CEO in 2022, she centers her work on four pillars: Care, Conservation, Community, and Culture. These values are the zoo’s platform for engaging the people of Chicago around broader issues of animal welfare, coexistence with nature in an urbanizing world, and environmental issues like climate change, habitat loss, and conservation of diverse and healthy ecosystems, both at the zoo and around the world. A passionate, published scientist and committed environmentalist, she incorporates her broader perspective into improving animal welfare and helping zoo visitors connect with nature. For instance, she launched ZooMonitor in 2016, an animal-behavior monitoring app that gives insight into the needs and best possible care of animals. Today, the app has been downloaded by more than 700 institutions across more than 50 countries. Dr. Ross is also widely regarded as an expert on zoo ethics as the former chair of the ethics board for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), and a newly appointed AZA board member. Locally, she is also a member of Leadership Greater Chicago’s inaugural Daniel Burnham Fellowship cohort, The Chicago Network and the Economic Club of Chicago. A self-proclaimed science nerd, Dr. Ross has a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in psychology and lives in the Chicago area with her husband and two children. Wepa! I'm Marina. I am a technologist, mom, podcast host, leadership coach, cruciverbalist, and aquarian. ;) UNBOSSED is “Stories of Amazing Women”. If you are a new listener to UNBOSSED, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today! Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marina-malaguti Key Highlights/Tools: Woman CEO Modern Zoo Culture Lincoln Park Zoo Chicago Memorable Quotes: “I think it is important to say why not instead of why because when you ask why you can always come up with reasons why not; but when you say why not it is hard to say why not.” - Megan Ross, President & CEO at Lincoln Park Zoo Useful Links and Resources: https://www.lpzoo.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-ross-ph-d-48908b112/

I interviewed Megan McCann, CEO & Founder of McCann Partners. Megan McCann is an established IT recruitment and technology services leader known for building and leading highly successful IT services firms, and for the work she does to advance diversity and cultivate talent across the technology industry. Megan is the CEO of leading IT recruitment firm McCann Partners, which she founded in 2011. She and her team deliver IT recruitment with intention and integrity to a growing portfolio of innovative organizations—from Chicago-based startups to companies with a global footprint. McCann Partners is dedicated to creating a more equitable and diverse workforce, and proud that more than 70% of their talent placements in the past two years have been diverse hires. Prior to McCann Partners, Megan co-founded and helped build Geneva Technical Services (GTS), and was a strategic force in growing SelecTech—both premier IT recruitment firms. Megan’s impact on the tech community far exceeds her day-to-day work as CEO of her own firm. Passionate about attracting, retaining, and advancing women in technology, Megan is a proud co-founder of ARA, a national organization that seeks to promote women in technology and leadership through mentorship, events, and programs. Her additional industry and leadership affiliations include membership in the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion, the American Staffing Association, CHIEF, and TechServe Alliance. She is also a founding partner of the Chicago Executive Women’s Networking Group and an active member of Chicago Innovation’s Women’s Mentoring Co-Op. In addition, as a Chicago Business Journal Bizwomen Headliner in Technology, Chicago Business Journal Women of Influence, a three-time Midwest Women in Tech Awards finalist, and an Illinois Technology Association CityLIGHTS finalist. In 2021, Megan was named to Staffing Industry Analysts inaugural Top 50 DE&I Influencers list and selected as a ChiTech Academy Young Women’s Leadership Society Ambassador of the Year. Wepa! I'm Marina. I am a technologist, mom, podcast host, leadership coach, cruciverbalist and aquarian. ;) UNBOSSED is “Stories of Amazing Women”. If you are a new listener to UNBOSSED, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today! Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marina-malaguti Key Highlights/Tools: IT and Tech Staffing Great Resignation DEI hiring Memorable Quotes: “If I look at my industry now, there are definitely now enough senior candidates that are diverse. We need to start talking about succession planning now, so that when time comes, we have the candidate for the role” - Megan McCann, CEO & Founder of McCann Partners Useful Links and Resources: https://www.mccannpartners.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/meganpmccann/ Join the Conversation Our favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on Linkedin, Twitter, and in our comments section. Follow UNBOSSED Podcast Anchor: https://anchor.fm/marina-malaguti

I interviewed Parissa Behnia, CEO & Business Whisperer at Sixense Strategy. Parissa Behnia coaches C Suite and Senior leaders who are high will-high skill and have a growth mindset. In other words, they're badasses like you who go 80MPH in a 45MPH zone. These days, leadership is full of complexities whether you’re navigating from an audacious goal or trying to avoid that iceberg up ahead. In either case, Parissa's clients choose her because she's either sat in those seats or next to those seats often enough to know how it can feel to be alone in a crowded leadership room. She's unafraid to speak truth to power to help propel you forward. With over two decades of corporate, consulting, coaching and – let’s be honest – real life experience, Parissa’s key strategic difference is Empathy. Empathy in business is more than being nice to one another, it’s a strategic imperative. It means that leaders create context and understanding so that they do a better job of serving their customers AND engaging their teams. She’s so passionate about the application of empathy in business that she’s developed the Sixense Empathy Model for her clients to employ. And, she wants all of us to put empathy at the forefront of how we engage with everybody. One of Parissa’s favorite things to do is to stand in front of a whiteboard – real or pretend – to help clients imagine what the world could look like and then propels them as they navigate to that vision of success. This work enables clients to put together pieces of the puzzle to create the “A-Ha!” or “Eureka!” moment that ignites action. She leans into the discomfort of the unknown and invites her clients to embrace all of their talents (even ones they don’t recognize or value fully) to create their own paths out of the unknown. Parissa Behnia is a Certified Professional Coach, holds a BA from Northwestern University and MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business. Wepa! I'm Marina. I am a technologist, mom, podcast host, leadership coach, cruciverbalist, and aquarian. ;) UNBOSSED is “Stories of Amazing Women”. If you are a new listener to UNBOSSED, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today! Key Highlights/Tools: Executive and Leadership Coaching Group Coaching: https://www.sixensestrategy.com/inconceivable-influence/ Sixense Empathy Model Memorable Quotes: I needed to touch the flame and feel the burn in order to choose to do differently moving forward - Parissa Behnia, CEO & Business Whisperer at Sixense Strategy. Useful Links and Resources: https://www.sixensestrategy.com/inconceivable-influence/ https://www.sixensestrategy.com/2020/07/29/the-14-traits-of-a-modern-badass-leader/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/behnia/ Follow UNBOSSED Podcast Anchor: https://anchor.fm/marina-malaguti

Dr. Kathleen S. Caliento has spent two decades committed to urban education, student success, and dismantling social injustice. As the President & CEO of Cara Collective, she leads a social purpose enterprise with 30 years of experience helping people affected by poverty (and often the interrelated challenges of recovery, domestic violence, episodic homelessness, incarceration, and systemic inequity) to get and keep quality employment. Further, Cara Collective works with employers and organizations across the nation to create more equitable workforce solutions and build a more inclusive economy for all. Through its four entities, Cara Collective produces nearly 1,000 jobs each year, at retention rates more than 20 points higher than national norms. Before joining Cara Collective, Caliento was the Chief Learning and Design Officer at the Academy Group, where she worked to help people rise above the effects of poverty, while demonstrating a professional commitment to access and equity. Prior to the Academy Group, she held several leadership positions at Spark, including Executive Director of Spark Chicago. A published author, Caliento earned her Master of Arts in Secondary Science and her Doctor of Philosophy in Science Education from Columbia University. Caliento serves on the Boards of Adler University, 826CHI, and Leadership Greater Chicago LFA Board. Additionally, she attended the Civic Leadership Academy at the University of Chicago and is a Fellow of the 2020 class of Leadership Greater Chicago. Wepa! I'm Marina. I am a technologist, mom, podcast host, leadership coach, cruciverbalist, and aquarian. ;) UNBOSSED is “Stories of Amazing Women”. If you are a new listener to UNBOSSED, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today! Key Highlights/Tools: Being Hatian American in New York Guidance and support as a woman of color CEO and President Cara Collective in Chicago Memorable Quotes: “As a person of color, the question about whether “I can” is always there.[...] And yet we do it everyday.” -Dr. Kathleen S. Caliento, President & CEO of Cara Collective “You are black. You are a woman. That's two strikes against you. Unless you have an education, no one is going to respect you” - Parent of Dr. Kathleen S. Caliento, President & CEO of Cara Collective Useful Links and Resources: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleen-caliento/ https://caracollective.org/ Join the Conversation Our favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on Linkedin, Twitter, and in our comments section. Follow UNBOSSED Podcast Anchor: https://anchor.fm/marina-malaguti Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDTz6_FepG04QTs1BjFLBjw/ Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eUhfH8E Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/e7cWtBv Google Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/enjChPt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNBOSSEDpodcast Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unbossed And all others… Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/infraction/live-it License code: 0OYRKRXZRCJPIFYY

UNBOSSED Founder Spotlight - Bri Caplan,  Founder & CEO at CoderHeroes + Founder & Executive at Director Code Your Dreams

Wepa! I'm Marina. I am a technologist, mom, podcast host, leadership coach, cruciverbalist, and aquarian. ;) UNBOSSED is “Stories of Amazing Women”. If you are a new listener to UNBOSSED, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today! Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marina-malaguti In this episode: I interviewed my first international guest, Andreea Moga Tech Entrepreneur, Mentor with a touch on the Growth Mindset, former technology consultant at big global IT firms in The Netherlands and The UK, Romanian at heart & at origins with a BsC and Msc in Electronics, Telecommunications and IT. Andreea Moga is the founder of Growth Mentor Academy and the Chairwoman and lead Co-Founder at Techlabs Rotterdam - a non-profit learning accelerator for tech skills.With Growth Mentor Academy, Andreea’s mission is to create a world where more women are being seen and really are visionary leaders in the tech space. In her free time, she enjoys reading books, helping people with her knowledge and building communities to achieve greater goals. Key Highlights/Tools: Being a women in tech in Europe Climbing the ladder vs Climbing a Jungle Gym Becoming tech experts and transferring knowledge Hiring in Tech & the Gap between Tech Education and the Real World Memorable Quotes: “A lot of us forget that as we become experts, we can multiply ourselves by transferring that knowledge to others” - Andreea Moga, Founder and Tech Mentor at Growth Mentor Academy “When a woman is interviewed for a job she’s usually asked about her past experience and men aer asked questions about the future - e.g. leadership, strategic and potential” - Andreea Moga, Founder and Tech Mentor at Growth Mentor Academy Useful Links and Resources: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreeamoga/ https://techlabs.org/location/rotterdam https://growthmentor.academy/ Join the Conversation Our favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on Linkedin, Twitter, and in our comments section. Follow UNBOSSED Podcast Anchor: https://anchor.fm/marina-malaguti Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDTz6_FepG04QTs1BjFLBjw/ Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eUhfH8E Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/e7cWtBv Google Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/enjChPt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNBOSSEDpodcast Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unbossed