Equal Inspired

Jonah Andersson, Founder of the Azure User Group Sweden, Senior IT Consultant, Microsoft Certified Azure Developer, DevOps Engineer and Microsoft Certified Trainer joins us.  Jonah is passionate about making a difference by advocating tech, gender equality, diversity and inclusion. We discuss: - Jonah's inspirational career journey - Effective ways to bounce back from adversity - Becomin...

Toju Duke, Responsible AI Programme Manager at Google & Ambassador for Women in AI UK joins us. Toju designs Responsible AI programmes focused on the development and implementation of Responsible AI frameworks amongst Google’s product and research teams, with a focus on Large Language Models, Natural Language Processing, and Generative models. We discuss: - All things responsible AI - How to e...

Brianne Caplan joins us, who serves as the Executive Director of Code Your Dreams (an initiative with the mission of driving equity in computer science education and building pathways for underrepresented groups to enter into the technology sector) and the Founder and CEO of CoderHeroes, a buy-1-give-1 platform for children to learn coding through play.    We discuss:   - Why coding...

We speak with award-winning entrepreneur, author, speaker, and global startup mentor Kay Kukoyi CSM FITOL who has been recognised on the #IB100, the Financial Times and Inclusive Boards list of the 100 Most Influential BAME Leaders in the UK Technology Sector.   Kay is the Founder of Purposeful Group, an online centre for learning focused on entrepreneurship, technology and digital skills tra...

We dedicate Episode 004 in honour of Learning Disability Week.  Jannie Fernandez joins us who is the Program Manager at Reboot Representation.  Jannie has a deep commitment to correcting over-representation in tech and uplifting historically marginalized communities by advancing programs and initiatives that highlight the contributions of women of colour.   Jannie has taught various...

We dedicate this episode in honour of Mental Health Awareness Week, with our inspiring guest Stacy Cashmore, Tech Explorer DevOps at Omniplan in Amsterdam.  She has worked in IT since the middle of the 1990s, for the last couple of years has been honoured to be able to call herself a Microsoft MVP in Developer Technologies.    Stacy has been giving talks at conferences and meetups s...

We speak with Melenie Schatynski, a people-centric Developer, Educator and Entrepreneur who loves the work she does. Whether that's collaborating with a client on their new website, creating new educational workshops or as the Co-Founder of My Code Kit, driving their mission to demystify coding with Ocobox - the coding tool which uses a growth mindset approach to encourage users to experiment with...

Excited to welcome our first guest Susanne Tedrick, an infrastructure specialist for Azure. Susanne is fiercely committed to increasing diversity, equity and inclusion within the tech industry. Susanne is the author of the critically acclaimed Women of Color in Tech: A Blueprint for Inspiring and Mentoring the Next Generation of Technology Innovators for publisher John Wiley & Sons (2020). &nb...

Welcome to the Equal Inspired Podcast. Join us on our mission to create a diverse, inclusive, equitable universe.