Parents in Tech

A special Parents in Tech episode celebrating International Womens' Day. Against all odds, Queenie had a miracle daughter after many years of waiting, defying a medical diagnosis that meant she wouldn't have been able to have a child. Queenie narrates how she was blessed with Angela but then she faced a number of post-natal challenges along with the start of the pandemic.   This challenging ordeal...

Applying positive parenting techniques, setting family as priority number one, and multi-tasking to stay productive. Michele tells us how she makes the most of her time to pursue her career, raise two children (Chloe, aged 10 and Arnaud, aged 7), and find the time for sports, reading and investments. Michele Manigart is Chief Strategy Officer of SEEK Asia. SEEK is a $12bn tech company Headquartere...

Parents in Tech host Looi Qin En joins MONEY FM 89.3 on how he thinks the tech industry can power change and progression to better support working parents and greater work-life balance especially in this Covid-19 era. Research by the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) also showed that while most fathers want to use their paternity leave to be more involved when their child arrives, th...

Deciding to take a break in your career, parenting during the uncertain times of adolescence, and maintaining equal parenting responsibilities. Rama tells us how she manages to keep work, family, friends, and personal interests well balanced.   Rama Sridhar is Executive Vice-President, Asia Pacific of Mastercard, where she establishes digital partnerships and develops new payment flows and product...

Parents in Tech host Looi Qin En joins Channel News Asia 938 LIVE hosts Lance and Cheryl for a speed-conversation behind the founding of the podcast and lessons learnt from speaking to mums in tech.  Parents in Tech started from an unconscious bias Qin En realized he had between himself and his wife Gladys. Listen to this episode to hear what this bias was, and what a podcast has to do with this r...

Stimulating children’s minds, parenting in a cross-cultural environment, and setting clear work-life priorities. I talk to Fannie on raising two boys who are curious about the world around them while keeping up with career aspirations.   Fannie Soubiele runs Venture Capital Business Development at Amazon Web Services in ASEAN where she helps businesses scale and realize their potential. With a wea...

Adapting to situations, staying energized throughout the day, and building trust to deal with challenges. Marta shares with us her adventure of being a full-time working mum with two young children. Marta Higuera is Managing Director and Partner at BCG Digital Ventures, the corporate innovation and venture building arm of BCG, dedicated to launching and investing in game-changing businesses. Prior...

Adopting a growth mindset, self-promoting effectively, and mentoring kids as they make the leap from adolescence to adulthood. Karen shares her experience juggling career ambitions with parenthood and learning to let go.   Karen Ho is Director of Finance at Salesforce and a certified facilitator of Google’s #iamRemarkable program, an initiative to empower women and underrepresented groups to celeb...

Debugging, Breadth vs Depth and Learning to be Bored, with Sharmili Roy.   Engineering experiences to instill self-sufficiency, self-awareness and survivability in our children who grow up in a tech-enabled world. Sharmili Roy shares how adaptability and debugging from her data science career is applied to parenting.   Sharmili Roy, mother of two sons aged seven and three, is a leader in AI and da...

Rewriting the narrative of a singular way to live and rejecting default choices. Karen shares her life-changing decision to move to the USA, take a sabbatical and the discoveries she made along the way. She offers tips on unlocking one’s potential and effective networking.   We discuss how parenthood has shaped Karen as a mentor, coach and leader. We also talk about the differences between Singapo...

Face Everything and Rise  - Suganthi shares her philosophy on managing fear, stress and anxiety as a working mum in a male-dominated industry, and the life-changing story that sparked it. We dig into the ultimate purpose of striving towards career success: our kids.   Suganthi Shivkumar has two daughters, 20 and 24. When one encountered an unfortunate accident, she restructured her life and career...

As a working parent, life gets easier when you are aware and make use of the resources available to you. Dr Petty Chen and I talk baby tech, knowing when to ask for help and quality over quantity when it comes to spending time with children.   Currently Director of Medical Products at ASUS, Dr Petty Chen began her career as a plastic and reconstructive surgeon. She gained a Master of Public Health...

Parents in Tech is my journey to learn about parenting, entrepreneurship and technology. Each and every one of you is welcome. This is how we can rethink work and parenting. My name is Qin En, your host. I am a venture capitalist who was previously a founder, consultant and venture builder. Why should it be different back home? When did we start making decisions between “work” vs “life”? Who said...