This month we are amplifying the voices of women from our DevOps community for our International Women’s Day Special in collaboration with Coding Black Females. You can expect a forward-thinking discussion led by leaders from around the globe for another uplifting and empowering panel discussion.

According to a study by DORA and Google Cloud (2019), the reported percentage of women on teams fell compared to the previous year, with only 16% of DevOps teams including women. We understand that even though the tech world is progressive, there is still work to be done to improve gender equality. We will be touching on challenges our leaders have experienced throughout their careers, whilst celebrating achievements and increasing visibility as well as the importance of calling out inequality, as we choose to challenge.

All ticket proceeds will be donated to the incredible charity Smart Works. Smart Works is a UK based charity that provides high-quality interview clothing and interview training to unemployed women in need. Check out the impact Smart Works is making on the lives of women in the UK. Find out more about Smart Works here.

Join the panel discussion (6 PM):

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OwKyR8cuTWSsEFKa38CJXA

Join the networking session (7 PM):

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87488128034

Our panel

- Francesca Pollard - Chair & Host @ Women in DevOps

- Janani Vasudevan is a Principal Engineering Manager @ Microsoft

- Loreli Cadapan - Senior Director of Product @ JFrog

- Catherine Akinyele - Digital Marketer @ Coding Black Females

- Kerrie Webb - Head of Group Technology Finance @ Legal and General

- Tamara Miner - Engineering Manager @ Improbable

Janani Vasudevan

Janani Vasudevan is a Principal Engineering Manager in the Commercial and Software Engineering (CSE) team. CSE is a global engineering organization that works directly with the largest companies and not-for-profits in the world to tackle their most significant technical challenges. She has lead teams in both India and the United States and is experienced in diverse workplace cultures. She is a technical leader with over 16 years of product and engineering management experience with a passion for applied or practical engineering practices and expertise in security and cloud services. Outside of work, Janani mentors with the Global Give Back Circle and believes in actively promoting diversity in tech.

Loreli Cadapan

Loreli is a 20+ year Silicon Valley veteran, with experience in the enterprise software industry, building large-scale distributed systems and solving problems at scale. She has held different roles from tech lead, development management, architecture to product management. After graduating from MIT with a Bachelor and Master of Engineering, Loreli began her career in programming for startups and enterprise companies. Prior to joining JFrog, Loreli led DevOps for Oracle’s Fusion Middleware division at Oracle, powering an advanced CI/CD pipeline with a focus on cloud development. In her spare time, she likes to travel with her hubby and 4 boys. She also loves to bike, run, snowboard, and rock climb.

Catherine Akinyele

Catherine Akinyele is a digital marketer and social media professional with a track record of building online communities through effective campaign management, content creation and website maintenance. Catherine has gained global B2B & B2C experience in various sectors and has worked on campaigns with Microsoft, Santander, RedHat and Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Kerrie Webb

Kerrie Webb is Head of Group Technology Finance at Legal and General. She has worked at Legal and General for the last 15 years, starting in a customer administration team where she worked in the evenings to support her degree in Cultural and Historical studies. Kerrie has since worked in most business areas and applied for a role as a Digital Portfolio Manager 3 years ago, “knowing little about Digital Delivery, it felt like a challenge and I thought why not?”. She enjoys working with diverse mindsets, approaches and within teams that have a strong sense of purpose and community. In her spare time, she paints, reads and is an avid gamer.

Tamara Miner

Tamara Miner has worked on infrastructure and developer tools for over 14 years in the US and Europe. She is currently the Engineering Manager of Improbable’s Partner Engineering team in London. Previously, Tamara launched multiple SaaS products for London startups, Riot Games, and Microsoft’s Azure Services. She is a recipient of the Forbes 30 Under 30 and the Microsoft XBox Women in Gaming Rising Star awards, as well as the Tech Nation Exceptional Talent visa. She loves food and robots, and spends her spare time tinkering with both.