Breda McCague is Co-Founder and Chairwoman of the Lean-In-Ireland organisation. Lean-In is an international organisation (founded by Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook.Inc) that empowers Women to achieve their ambitions. The Lean-In model is one of peer mentorship for members that form small circles/groups. ​

Breda mentors women, and men, coaching women in particular, in the areas of networking, realising their value and accelerating their career paths. She is extremely passionate about the nature of her work and is determined to ensure an

She shares many tips and tools for working Mums & Dads to manage a quality work life balance. She is a seasoned musician playing with two different bands, has spent 20 years in the Irish Reserve Defence Forces having been the first female to be commissioned as an Officer in her unit. She is a full time worker, a Mum to three young boys, and enjoys networking & researching using social media platforms. 

Ramat is a multi-award winning woman in tech who proudly also identifies as the Chief Encouragement Officer of The Inspiration Box. Through The Inspiration Box, she is creating spaces online and offline to ignite curiosity and encourage people to keep on growing through the good and the bad times that life can throw at us. She calls herself a realistic optimist and through confidence coaching she acts as a pocket cheerleader for her clients whatever stage of life they may be at. 

Ramat holds a BA (Hons) in International Business from the University of Hertfordshire and an MSc in Consultancy and Organisational Change from Birkbeck, University of London. 

To find out more about Ramat’s work on The Inspiration Box visit: https://www.theinspirationbox.com/

Dr. Cara Antoine has seasoned Executive experiences in digitally transforming businesses and cultures across global industries from Polaroid to Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Royal Dutch Shell, and Microsoft. Her inclusive mindset and approach to diversity enables organizations and the individuals who work within them, to achieve more. She serves as Netherlands President and Executive Member of the Board of Global Women in Tech to excite future generations of female leaders to choose for a career in technology. Her Doctor Business Administration (DBA) research at Bradford University explored individual behaviours that explain a manifestation in relationships that influence collaboration in technology at scale.

Jasmine Arora leads Capital Markets for Google Cloud. She has 24 years experience in the Financial Services sector having worked in Capital Markets, Asset and Wealth Management at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, UBS. Before joining Google she was Global Head of Customer Success for the Index business owned by Deutsche Boerse. She has also been an entrepreneur for 10 years having built a successful consulting business advising firms ranging from FTSE 100 to fintech start-ups. She is passionate about Sustainable Finance and Climate Change and believes we solve this problem in large part with the help of technology.

Co-Founder and Community Manager with Grow Remote.  Rose came to the Grow Remote project from the perspective of community development and as a keen fan of remote working.  It all got started in a Whatsapp group, with people up and down the country who wanted to see more vibrant communities and knowing that employment is key to that.  Rose’s upbringing in a family pub at the center of a rural town (Athenry, Co. Galway) meant she has always had an interest in the health of a community, both socially and economically.

Kelly Bissell leads Accenture’s Global Security business, and in this role he spearheads Accenture’s commitment to help clients build resilience against cyber risks, accelerate digital business growths. With a commitment to help clients innovate—but securely —Kelly has a vision to help businesses embed security in everything they do. He also helps client boards understand “the new,” and think about security risks with a balance of cost and risk.  With more than 30 years of security industry experience, Kelly specializes in breach incident response, identity management, privacy and data protection, secure software development, and cyber risk management.

Travel Product Lead for Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Responsible AI Program Manager at Google with over 15 years experience spanning across Advertising, Retail, Not-For Profits and Tech. With a proven track record on business success and project management, Toju is the Project Manager for Women in AI Ireland and #Black and Brilliant AI solutions; Tech start-ups mentor and founder of Refyne. Toju is also a public speaker and advocates for transparent and bias free AI aimed at reducing systemic injustices and furthering equality.

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Furkan Karayel is an award winning inclusive leadership advisor, mentor and speaker. She developed Inclusive Intelligence conception, a new way to recognize and practice inclusive leadership in the workplace effectively. Furkan is an associate lecturer at Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology. Her passion is leveraging women-in-tech leadership, diversity and empowering female founders globally and she serves as an advisory board member and judge for multiple organisations. 

Furkan founded Diversein.com after 10 years of software engineering experience in multinational tech companies in Ireland. Additionally, she has been honoured with “Diversity and Inclusion Role Model in Business” and “Trailblazer” Awards.  

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Michael Levin is President and CEO of Custom Solutions. He has launched numerous companies and built them into multi-million dollar entities. 

He is a three-time #1 International Best-Selling author. His books include his #1 inspirational best-seller “Let Them See You Sweat”  along with “Sitting on the Same Side of the Table: The Art of Collaborative Selling”. He is a co-author of Jack Canfield’s (Chicken Soup for the Soul), “The Road to Success”.

He has been on TV and radio shows around the country sharing his knowledge. He has appeared on Home Shopping Network and been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine.

Deepa is an award winning visual artist; author; Chief Executive of Neon a health technology company; Visiting Professor In Immersive Futures with Ulster University Northern Ireland and serves as a non-executive director across the UK. As a thought leader and TEDx speaker she keynotes at conferences on the intersection of creativity, technology, innovation, diversity, ethics, bias, culture, data, AI, health and wellbeing through compelling storytelling. Deepa is invited to speak at technology conferences and by multinational corporations to develop leadership future trends and tech capabilities.  

www.discoverneon.com | www.deepamannkler.com | @deepamann_kler | TEDx “Being Human” https://youtu.be/Ew5-H_8FoLc

Jude Morrow is an autistic author, social worker, motivational speaker and advocate for all things autism and neurodiversity. Jude is the author of the globally acclaimed ‘Why Does Daddy Always Look So Sad?’ – published by Beyond Words, publisher of The Secret. 

Jude has toured groups locally and internationally to show that autistic people can grow to live happy and successful lives. “As someone who people spent their time trying to change, I see it as my turn now! Attitudes, perceptions and prejudices need to change – not us!”.

Áine Mulloy is an Innovation Strategist and frequently advises and mentors startups across various industries. With a background in the Humanities, Áine previously spent 5 years at GirCrew – an international startup for women –  as co-founder and CMO. While there she had some incredible professional and personal experiences, such as being named a Forbes Top 100 EU Female Founders to Follow. An advocate for inclusion and diversity, in 2018, Áine delivered a TEDx talk on “Representation”, and is keenly interested in how technology and AI impacts society.

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An emerging name in Irish Tech, Sinéad has worked for over 3 years in areas including FashionTech, Remote Work, Social Innovation and ICT. After gaining her BA in Marketing, Digital Media and Cloud Computing, her active engagement in the startup community resulted in her being named on the ’30 Under 30 – One’s To Watch’ list in Irish Tech.

A global facilitator and mentor (with groups including Techstars and DCU) Sinéad also organised Ireland’s first national hackathon virtually, in a response to Covid19. Passionate about the intersection of technology and innovation, Sinéad continues this work in her role on the Kerry Groups’ ICT Business Readiness Team.

Bex has extensive experience of working in the design and digital industries, and has specialised in working on projects that create a positive social impact. She founded the social good service design studio, Reply and presents the weekly podcast, Tech for Good Live.  

She wants to make a change in the world through the work that she does and believes in creating a fairer society that helps those who need it most.

Jen is Head of Digital Ethics & Tech for Good at Sopra Steria. Jen is responsible for defining and bringing to market new services that address societal concerns, including the company’s Digital Ethics services.  Through Tech for Good, Jen also leads the Sopra Steria Community Impact programme, working with charities, social enterprises, small businesses and community organisations to build a better future using digital technology, innovation and entrepreneurship. With over 14 years of Sustainability and CSR consulting and leadership experience, and over a decade working in the technology sector, Jen is passionate about the power of business and technology to change the world for the better. 

Founder of Vessy.com (Strategic D&I and Culture Services), Mental Health & Anti-Racism Advocate

Originally Bulgarian and based out of Ireland, Vessy works with clients across Europe and North America such as Soundcloud, Contentful, Zalando, Reward Gateway and more.
She authored two editions of my independent international Diversity in the Workplace Report (2019 edition featuring 10 companies from 10 countries: vessy.com/diversity and 2020 edition featuring 10 companies from 10 industries: vessy.com/2020).

She was named by Hive Learning as one of 2019’s most influential D&I Leaders globally and as one of UK’s most influential D&I leaders in 2020.

In the last 11 years, prior to being a founder, Vessy has worked as Chief Strategy Officer of a talent tech startup, as well as in various roles across product, marketing, and culture in companies between 4 and 800 employees.

Dr Arun Verma is a specialist in embedding intersectionality, diversity and inclusion into impact strategies. Arun completed his Master’s in Clinical Applications of Psychology and a PhD in intersectionality and health professions education in 2018 and has published and presented diversity and inclusion research at international conferences. He has shaped and informed diversity and inclusion policy and practice impact across higher education, government and third sectors. He holds two academic appointments at the University of Dundee as an Academic Tutor and member of the International Network of Transitions Researchers and as a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Surrey.

With almost 25 years of experience, Debbie is a recognised leader in technology communications and was recently named the PRCA industry leader of the year. As the Founder and CEO of With, she has built one of the fastest-growing technology PR agencies in Europe (according to PRovoke 2020), Specialising in both B2B and B2C tech PR and marketing, Debbie has forged partnerships around the world with other expert tech PR agencies to create commercially successful campaigns for fast-growth scale-ups and multinationals alike. Debbie is frequently drawn on to speak on panels about tech and as a mentor for early-stage technology businesses.