Lynette Estrada on Empowering Women in Tech

In this episode, we speak with our JustBeUs team, which stands for Justice, Belonging, Uniqueness, and Social Human Responsibility. We discuss our different approach around diversity and belonging and how our programs impact our people. Please enjoy this episode of Inside the Rocketship!

In honor of Pride Month, we have a special episode hosted by Sam Cho-Latimer. Sam speaks with Toni Iafrate and Mike Farough about LGBTQIA+ representation in media, family relationships and corporate careers. You will hear their authenticity, vulnerability and humor throughout the conversation. Please enjoy this episode of Inside the Rocketship!

In honor of Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, it was a delight to speak with our three guests: Gwen Chen, Kitty Li and Sam Cho-Latimer. We discussed what it means to be humble, the myth of good and bad stereotypes and the diversity and intersectionality within Asian communities. Please enjoy this latest episode of Inside the Rocketship!

Our guests for this episode are Pradeepa Sekar and Arghya Chakrabarty, both engineers working in our office in Bangalore. Learning opportunities, onboarding during a pandemic, and working as a woman in an engineering team were some of the topics we covered. We hope you can learn more about the unique culture at UiPath and enjoy the podcast! 

Our guest on this episode of Inside the Rocket ship is Ankit Saraf, Director of Product Management. Based in Bellevue, Washington, Ankit talks to us about his involvement in a local vaccination clinic, OneStop Medical. We will hear about the clinics need for data entry and transferring data to multiple systems and Ankit’s solution of automating those process. Through their collaboration, they have saved the clinics thousands of hours of manual labor and operated two mass vaccination days of 1000+ patients. We hope you are inspired by his ingenuity and dedication and enjoy the episode!

April is Autism Awareness Month and it was a delight to speak with our guest James Droskoski. James, RPA Sales Director here at UiPath. James is an influential leader who created a program called Automation for Autism that teaches adults with autism how to use RPA. We hear how this program got started, the impact it made, and where it is headed in the future. Please enjoy this latest episode of Inside the Rocketship!

Our guest is Raheem Hasan, Director of Global Partner Marketing. Raheem shared his story of being introduced to the STEM field middle school and how that changed the trajectory of his life. He later become one of the first leaders of RPA in the United States and was critical to bringing awareness to this emerging technology. He is passionate about making technology accessible to everyone. Please enjoy the latest episode of Inside the Rocketship!

In honor of Black History Month, it was a delight to speak with our three guests: Mosunmola Oduwole, Robert Love, and Monica Bright-Hill. We heard about their experiences entering and working in the tech industry, why representation matters, and ways we can make the RPA industry more equitable. Please enjoy this latest episode of Inside the Rocketship!

The last months have been very challenging for the entire world. We all had to adapt and our lives changed massively. Adi Ezer, who's working as Customer Internal Marketing Manager at UiPath came up with a different approach for these new times—quarantine as a shared experience. Being part of a flexible, agile environment that allowed her to work remotely as well as the need to always adapt to and thrive under change helped her go through the pandemic differently. Enjoy her story! 

Our guest on this episode of Inside the Rocketship is Lynette Estrada, our Global VP of Talent Acquisition and Employer Branding. Lynette joined UiPath after leading talent acquisition departments at companies like VMWare, Nutanix, and Microsoft. Lynette is a proud Latina from Puerto Rico and currently lives in Washington, DC. She is passionate about giving back, empowering women and you can hear her enthusiasm in this episode, enjoy!