Dealing with Post-Traumatic Corporate Life as a Black Woman Leader in the Tech Space
Working in corporate America can be traumatic for us women, especially for us black women, but even more exhausting as a black female leader in the tech space. We are not welcome but don't know that we are not, and we trust our intelligence, talents, and gifts to open doors for us. It is doable, but it is taxing, toxic and traumatizing to our mental health. You will be able to recognize and will take away: Patterns to recognize microaggressions in the tech space. Understand the impact of trauma on black women. Create a culture of inclusion to grow your diverse tech team. Prepare the next generation of women engineers and leaders for the workforce. Provide real and tangible solutions to tech leaders.
Lisette Zounon is a passionate quality engineering leader with over 17 years of experience helping people and companies improve the quality of their applications, with solid tools, a simple process, and a smart team. She strongly believes that industry best practices including implementing agile methodologies and DevOps practices are invaluable. Lisette was responsible for leading and managing high-performing quality-testing teams throughout all phases of the software development testing cycle; ensuring that all information systems, products, and services meet or exceed organization and industry quality standards as well as end-users requirements. This includes establishing and maintaining the QA strategy, processes, platforms, and resources needed to deliver 24x7 operationally critical solutions for many of the world's largest companies.