Chatting with Christine: Tech Careers & Badass Women

We've never had a pharma guest before, but Randi Roberts is an ex-pharma executive, and it's pretty hard to find a female pharma executive! We had a lot to learn from her, and from her own journey, she tells us how to find satisfaction within your job (or outside) but also her biggest tips on advocating yourself to advance in your career. Before becoming a certified coach, Randi had a very successful 30+ year career as a Pharmaceutical Executive, working for both large companies and a small start-up. She has also founded two of her own businesses. She skillfully combines significant business leadership experience with exceptional coaching skills to help her clients love their work as they achieve their goals. Connect with Randi: https://www.corlinroberts.net/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/randi-roberts-28a8768/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzYl_3LID6SbI_TDlf665jA FOLLOW ME: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ChristineWong Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christine.innovates Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineywong Facebook: https://www.fb.me/ChristineWongFB Website: https://christineywong.me/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christinewong/support

We're nearing the end of the year, so naturally, people are thinking about what they want to do and evaluate for the new year! This is also when college students are interviewing for full time jobs, so definitely give this a listen on what you can do to ensure your next (or current) job makes you as happy as you can or if it's time to jump ship! Jessica Weiss is an organizational leadership expert and consultant, so she spills all of her advice and findings when it comes to helping people find happiness in their jobs and careers! Connect with Jessica: https://www.jessicaweiss.com/ https://www.instagram.com/thejessicaweiss/ https://www.tiktok.com/@thejessicaweiss https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicaweiss7/ FOLLOW ME: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ChristineWong Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christine.innovates Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineywong Facebook: https://www.fb.me/ChristineWongFB Website: https://christineywong.me/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christinewong/support

Jen Dary is a highly sought-after leadership coach, entrepreneur, brain tumor survivor, mom, podcast host, and founder of Plucky where she coaches CEOs, entrepreneurs, and leaders at every level to create healthy work dynamics and a better work life for all humans. Jen had a lot of golden advice on the types of questions we should ask in informational interviews and in mentorships! She even has products that can help you with that! In the midst of all the layoffs, Jen also had pointers and tips for mid-level managers that have to deal with the layoffs and communicate them, and on the flip side, the decisions you have to make and questions you have to ask yourself on if it's finally time for you to leave your job. Definitely an episode you don't want to miss in this climate! Connect with Jen Dary: Website: www.beplucky.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/beplucky/https://www.linkedin.com/in/jen-dary-46b0367/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bepluckster/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/beplucky FOLLOW ME: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ChristineWong Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christine.innovates Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineywong Facebook: https://www.fb.me/ChristineWongFB Website: https://christineywong.me/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christinewong/support

Ramona Shaw is a certified professional leadership coach, podcast host and an author! I dove in deep with her to learn about her perspective on leadership and very interesting situations mid-level managers can find themselves in and her advice on how to approach them such as if an individual contributor made a racist or sexist comment, what should you do? She is passionate about helping new and mid-level managers become leaders people love to work for by strengthening their leadership and communication skills, raising their confidence and resilience, and increasing their focus and emotional intelligence. She now specializes in delivering coaching and training programs for leaders at fast-growing startups and companies such as Twitch, UBS, Google, Dropbox, Lionsgate, Asana, Stitch Fix, Sequoia Capital, and dozens of others. Connect with Ramona Shaw: Website: https://www.ramonashaw.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramona-shaw/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ramona.shaw.leadership Twitter: https://twitter.com/shaw_lead Ramona’s Book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Confident-Competent-New-Manager-Leadership/dp/B09ZSZV2XC YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKCQKvrIjwpyHVn-Y4fCPqw/videos Podcast: https://www.ramonashaw.com/podcast/ FOLLOW ME: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ChristineWong Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christine.innovates Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineywong Facebook: https://www.fb.me/ChristineWongFB Website: https://christineywong.me/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christinewong/support

I love chatting with founders of social enterprises, and in this case, it is Brooke McKean, the cofounder and co-CEO of Reach Pathways and President of Chicago Scholars! Reach Pathways is a virtual world for students to build skills while showing off their marketable skills to employers and universities which serves as a great double sided market! I chat through Brooke's experience as a female cofounder as well as her journey with both Reach Pathways and Chicago Scholars. Connect with Brooke McKean: Website: https://www.reachpathways.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reachpathways/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reach3044/videos LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reach-pathways/ FOLLOW ME: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ChristineWong Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christine.innovates Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineywong Facebook: https://www.fb.me/ChristineWongFB Website: https://christineywong.me/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christinewong/support

My two loves in this episode with fintech and boss women! In this episode, Tilly Tanga, co-founder and director of operations of fintech startup in the P2P personal loan space, talks about her experience being at the forefront of fintech, being a co-founder and director of operations, and advice she has for budding entrepreneurs! Connect with Tilly Tanga: https://www.facebook.com/usepigeon/ https://twitter.com/use_pigeon https://www.linkedin.com/company/usepigeon/ https://www.instagram.com/usepigeon/ https://www.tiktok.com/@usepigeon https://www.youtube.com/@usepigeon https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-matilde-tanga/ FOLLOW ME: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ChristineWong Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christine.innovates Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineywong Facebook: https://www.fb.me/ChristineWongFB Website: https://christineywong.me/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christinewong/support

Emily Glass is currently President & CEO at Syncro, a combined RMM and PSA platform, that helps Managed Service Providers start, run and grow their business. Being in the MSP space, she is in tech and the service industry! She shares a lot of her experience getting up to this point and also being a president and CEO at Syncro! This is the first podcast episode of 2023! Connect with Emily: https://syncromsp.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyglass/ FOLLOW ME: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ChristineWong Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christine.innovates Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineywong Facebook: https://www.fb.me/ChristineWongFB Website: https://christineywong.me/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christinewong/support

Alicia is an executive leadership coach and creator of women's leadership programming. She has been doing this work for 7 years and has had a long winding career rooted in followed her curiosity. That path included things as wide as running strategic partnership and product teams for a data technology company to running a wedding planning business to spending time as a farmer. Beyond work, she loves to cuddle up with a book and cup of coffee, do almost anything outside in nature, get into her body or spend time with the people she loves including her son. Connect with Alicia: https://www.aliciajabbar.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajabbar/ FOLLOW ME: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ChristineWong Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christine.innovates Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineywong Facebook: https://www.fb.me/ChristineWongFB Website: https://christineywong.me/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christinewong/support

Kalpa is the Founder and CEO of Knekxt Group, LLC a consulting firm with a mission to create an equitable world. Today she speaks about being a sexual abuse survivor and how that led to her mission and activism in bringing others like her together. She is a product management leader with a track record of building trust and consistently delivering innovative experiences while leading diverse and inclusive teams. She has 15 years of experience in diverse domains of product, marketing, analytics and fraud risk management for new customer acquisition and deepening existing customer relationships for B2C and B2B businesses. She currently serves as Principal Advisor to Liminal, a boutique strategy advisory firm serving digital identity, fintech, and cybersecurity clients, and the private equity and venture capital community. Prior to her entrepreneurial pursuits, she worked at companies such as Early Warning Services/Zelle, American Express, General Electric and Bristol-Myers Squibb. Connect with Kalpa: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalpashreegupta/ https://www.tiktok.com/@knkext.com https:/knekxt.com FOLLOW ME: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ChristineWong Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christine.innovates Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineywong Facebook: https://www.fb.me/ChristineWongFB Website: https://christineywong.me/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christinewong/support

Danae is disrupting the UK legal industry with technology that makes legal resources and services more accessible to everyone and giving the power back to employees to recognize workplace harassment and abuse. I sit down with Danae to talk to her about her journey doing this as well as her outlook on the future of employment! Connect with Danae: https://twitter.com/danaeshell https://www.linkedin.com/in/danaeyshell/ https://valla.uk/ FOLLOW ME: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ChristineWong Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christine.innovates Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineywong Facebook: https://www.fb.me/ChristineWongFB Website: https://christineywong.me/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christinewong/support

As a cat owner, cat sitter, woman in tech, and entrepreneur, I have a deep appreciation for Aparna and SpotOn.Pet for the value and solution it provides for me as someone who always has a need to transport cats! I sit down with Aparna (and her pet pig!) for this episode. SpotOn.Pet is a ride-hailing transportation app for pets and pet-parents. The app connects you with trusted drivers that will take your pet anywhere, with or without you being present. From airports, to parks, & even vet visits, you can only phone a friend so many times or pay hundreds for a car service, to carry your pet safely to where they need to go. I go through Aparna's experience as CEO and founder of SpotOn.Pet as well as the future of SpotOn.Pet! SPECIAL PROMO CODE for 15% off your first 3 rides! CODE: CW15 Connect with Aparna: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asrinivasan90/ https://www.spoton.pet/ https://www.instagram.com/spotonpet/ https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spoton-pet/id1438353721 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dashride.clients.spotonpet&hl=en_IE&gl=US FOLLOW ME: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ChristineWong Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christine.innovates Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineywong Facebook: https://www.fb.me/ChristineWongFB Website: https://christineywong.me/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christinewong/support

Amy Edelstein is a nonprofit leader, author, and educator. Her mission is to hare powerful ideas that can help us transform ourselves and the culture we live in. The focus of my work illustrates the insight that comes from viewing all our experience in a vast context, as we learn to weave together the evolutionary history of the cosmos, the developmental shifts in global culture, and the subtleties of contemplative insight. Her programs support individuals and groups to discover deeper fulfillment, joy, and purposefulness in life. She comes to us after writing six books including the IPPY award-winning, educational bestseller The Conscious Classroom and Ben Franklin Award winner, bestselling memoir Adventure in Zanskar, and we discuss about her journey within and writing Adventure in Zanskar in this podcast episode! Connect with Amy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyedelstein/ https://www.youtube.com/c/AmyEdelstein https://www.instagram.com/innerstrengtheducation/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOO50muaMiuKSjkwJ14D61A https://www.facebook.com/AmyEdelstein.Educator FOLLOW ME: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ChristineWong Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christine.innovates Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineywong Facebook: https://www.fb.me/ChristineWongFB Website: https://christineywong.me/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christinewong/support

Kimberly Spencer is an award-winning high-performance, trauma-informed coach and trainer, Amazon best-selling author, TEDx speaker, and the founder of CrownYourself.com, helping visionary leaders transform their self-limiting stories, build their empire, stand out fearlessly, and make the income and the impact they deserve. Let's dive deeper on how you can find your zone of genius! Connect with Kim: Website: https://crownyourself.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crownyourselfnow Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/crownyourself/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/crownyounow Twitter: https://twitter.com/realkimspencer Instagram: https://instagram.com/crownyourselfnow Instagram: https://instagram.com/kimberly.spencer TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@crownyourself.now Pinterest: https://pinterest.com/crownyourself Youtube: https://youtube.com/c/crownyourself LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlyspencer-crownyourself/ FOLLOW ME: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ChristineWong Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christine.innovates Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineywong Facebook: https://www.fb.me/ChristineWongFB Website: https://christineywong.me/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christinewong/support

I met Sid back in college at Boston University when recruiting for the Personal Finance Club, and we both were on our journeys towards consulting! He is now a consultant at Deloitte based in New York City, and it wasn't without hardship as he did it as an international student when many companies and firms have been restricting recruitment of international students due to the risk of the sponsorship lottery! We talk about his experience as an international student, going through the recruitment process at Deloitte, and his current consulting experience now as well as a big tip he shared to us for international students bypassing the H1B lottery! Connect with Sid: www.linkedin.com/in/sidharthchopra https://www.instagram.com/savage_sid96/ FOLLOW ME: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ChristineWong Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christine.innovates Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineywong Facebook: https://www.fb.me/ChristineWongFB Website: https://christineywong.me/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christinewong/support

Mari Taksa was pivoting away from her work fundraising for a nonprofit through a coding bootcamp that helped her connect to Accenture's apprenticeship program where she is now a Data Engineering Associate! She tells us all about her experience and her tips for the Accenture apprenticeship program! Watch Video Interview Here: https://youtu.be/dbk6r96x-xk Connect with Mari: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maritaksa/ https://www.instagram.com/mariziva/ FOLLOW ME: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ChristineWong Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christine.innovates Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineywong Facebook: https://www.fb.me/ChristineWongFB Website: https://christineywong.me/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christinewong/support

This is admittedly an area I know nothing of (truly), yet I'm so curious about it, so I was excited to interview Becky Postar! Becky is a veteran banking officer of 20 years who has extensive experience in business development, lending, and compliance training for multiple banks. She has deep domain expertise in BSA, AML, KYC and the evolving cannabis regulations. She is now the COO of HDCS. HDCS, Inc. provides a comprehensive solution for safely banking higher-risk industries such as the cannabis industry. Watch Video Interview Here: https://youtu.be/jJfHVKHt6fM Connect with Becky: https://www.linkedin.com/in/becky-burrell-postar-8a67767/ https://hdcompliance.com/ FOLLOW ME: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ChristineWong Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christine.innovates Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineywong Facebook: https://www.fb.me/ChristineWongFB Website: https://christineywong.me/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christinewong/support

Salary negotiations are not talked about enough in society and we need to close that gap for women in tech and consulting! Claudia Miller, MPH owner of Claudia T. Miller, LLC: Career coaching, is a bilingual (Eng/Spa) Career Coach & Host of her own Podcast 'Roadmap To The Executive Suite'. She helps serious professionals secure dream jobs, with dream salaries, at their dream companies including fast- growing startups, rockstar midsize companies, and Fortune 500 and Tech Giants. She also helps her clients negotiate salary increases of up to $50,000. Business Insider names her one of the ""Top 23 Most Innovative Career Coaches of 2020"". Connect with Claudia: https://www.claudiatmiller.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudiatmiller/ https://www.instagram.com/claudiatmiller/ https://www.roadmaptotheexecutivesuite.com/ FOLLOW ME: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ChristineWong Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christine.innovates Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineywongFacebook: https://www.fb.me/ChristineWongFB Website: https://christineywong.me/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christinewong/support

I worked with Ivan on a job application strategy to enter into technology consulting! Sometimes pivoting in isn't that hard if you think about the important and relevant skills needed and pull it from everywhere, not just your work experience! We also spoke about how to stand out by networking (and some juicy tips using Linkedin), as well as the interview process and how to prepare! I've covered in previous episodes about case interviews and my YouTube channel also has a lot of resources on that! Check out PrepLounge as well! If you sign up today, you can get 15% off your Premium Membership with CHRISTINE15! Sign up for your Premium Membership today and ACE that case interview! https://bit.ly/3nOR7dB DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! Thank you for supporting me so I can continue to provide you with free content each week! FOLLOW ME: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ChristineWong Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christine.innovates Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineywong Facebook: https://www.fb.me/ChristineWongFB Website: https://christineywong.me/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christinewong/support

I've had the pleasure to collaborate with PrepLounge, a leading case interview prep library, community, and service! They have so many cases for you to practice with AND professional case interview coaches with the experience and background to help you excel! I was able to use a premium case, the Yodaphone case, for this episode, and I hope this helped provide a lot of value to you! If you sign up today, you can get 15% off your Premium Membership with CHRISTINE15! Sign up for your Premium Membership today and ACE that case interview! https://bit.ly/3nOR7dB DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! Thank you for supporting me so I can continue to provide you with free content each week! FOLLOW ME: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ChristineWong Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christine.innovates Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineywong Facebook: https://www.fb.me/ChristineWongFB Website: https://christineywong.me/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christinewong/support

Most consulting firms do follow a "recruitment season" to hire entry level, specifically from schools like college, university, or graduate programs. So many people ask me what they should prepare or how should they even get started, so here's all of my advice jam packed into one video so you can get that job offer! FOLLOW ME: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ChristineWong Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christine.innovates Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineywong Facebook: https://www.fb.me/ChristineWongFB Website: https://christineywong.me/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christinewong/support