Women in Tech Trailblazers: Authenticity Unleashed

Hey Trailblazers! Welcome back to another episode of "Women in Tech Trailblazers." Tiffany Benitez here, and today's guest is going to change the way you think about your own mind. Meet Paula Guilfoyle, the leadership expert behind the Claim Leadership program, whose neuroscience-based work with Microsoft, Lowe's, and Coca-Cola Consolidated has driven higher engagement and teams...

Hey Trailblazers! Buckle up, because this episode of "Women in Tech Trailblazers" goes somewhere most career talks avoid. Tiffany Benitez sits down with Dr. Debbie Qaqish, founder of The Growth Factor and the creator of revenue marketing, who has spent more than 30 years figuring out what really holds women back. Today she puts a name to it. Stigmas. The ones other people hand you, and t...

Hey Trailblazers! Welcome back to Women in Tech Trailblazers. Tiffany Benitez here, and today's guest had us taking notes before we even hit record. Meet Addie Ventris, a senior marketing strategist and brand architect with nearly 20 years of experience across defense tech, economic development, and consumer retail. She builds brands for a living and today she is building yours. We get right i...

Hey Trailblazers! This one is for anyone who has ever had ten mental tabs open and still tried to act like everything was fine. Tiffany Benitez sits down with Charlotte Bayala for a conversation about the pressure to keep going, keep producing, and keep showing up with no real pause. Charlotte gets into the part we do not talk about enough: humans are expected to operate like machines, but without...

Trailblazers, this one is for the overthinkers, the planners, and the almost-ready crowd. Tiffany Benitez welcomes Marissa McCourry, an executive coach and leadership expert, to discuss what happens when women keep waiting for the fear to leave before they make a move. You know that moment when an opportunity shows up, and your brain starts working against you? Maybe I need more experience. Maybe...

Hey Trailblazers! In this episode of Women in Tech Trailblazers, Tiffany Benitez sits down with Tiffany Vandemark, author of Inside the Ring, for a conversation about authenticity, mindset, boundaries, and reinvention. This one gets into the pressure women feel to always seem fine, always seem polished, and always have everything under control. They talk about the idea that success should not requ...

Hey Trailblazers! Pull up a seat because this episode is one you will want to share with every woman in your circle. Tiffany Benitez is joined by Laura Fu for a conversation about AI, leadership, and what it really takes for women to step forward in a rapidly changing space. Laura Fu is a revenue strategy leader at DevRev, podcast host, mom of four, and author of a brand new number one bestselling...

You know those episodes that make you stop and look at the choices you have been normalizing? This is one of them. Tiffany Benitez welcomes Robin Sims-Allen to Women in Tech Trailblazers for a conversation about authenticity, leadership, and why settling for less often starts long before we call it that. Robin talks about authenticity, and her word for it is “unfiltered,” and she explains that no...

Hey Trailblazers! This episode of Women in Tech Trailblazers brings a Women’s History Month collaboration with Brittany Canaski, and what unfolds is an honest, relatable discussion so many women need to hear. Brittany opens up about burnout in a way that hits because it did not happen in a job she hated. It happened while running her own business, doing work she loves, and slowly letting work stre...

Hey Trailblazers, Tiffany Benitez is back with an episode that feels like a career reset button, because today we are talking about how to craft your next IT role with leadership coach and former VP of Engineering Jossie Haines.  Jossie has spent 25 years building products at places like Apple, Tile, Zynga, and American Express, including work used by over 100 million people, and she is focused on...

Trailblazers, we are back with a conversation that will make you rethink how you show up at work when everything feels loud. Tiffany Benitez is joined by Nirmayee Dighe, Associate Director of Business Intelligence, and the topic is simple but powerful. Impact over volume.  Nirmayee opens by grounding the episode in something we all talk about, but do not always practice. “Authenticity for me is sh...

Hey Trailblazers. We are back with a fresh episode of Women in Tech Trailblazers and this one is all about loyalty, leadership, and what it really means to show up as yourself. Tiffany Benitez sits down with Yasmin Marinaro, a senior marketing leader who has spent her career building growth by focusing on people first. From startups to global brands, Yasmin has seen it all and she brings the real...

Hey Trailblazers. Welcome back to another episode of Women in Tech Trailblazers with Tiffany Benitez. Today’s conversation is one of those that quietly stays with you long after it ends. Tiffany sits down with communication coach and facilitator Sami Kinnison to unpack something we all think about but rarely slow down to examine. The power of your voice. Sami opens up about what authenticity reall...

Trailblazers, buckle up because this episode is about to call you out in the gentlest, most necessary way. Tiffany sits down with Aria Kagan, and from the first minute, you can tell she understands the weight women carry when we are trying to be everything for everyone. If you have been smiling through exhaustion, pretending you are fine, or running on autopilot, this one is your wake-up moment. A...

Hey Trailblazers, today’s episode brings the kind of energy that reminds you why the next generation is already shaping tech in unexpected ways. Tiffany sits down with fifteen year old innovator and STEM leader Deerthi Karthik, and the moment she starts speaking, you can feel why her voice matters. Deerthi shares her take on authenticity, and it hits instantly. “You can only be the best version of...

Hey Trailblazers! You know that feeling when what makes you different starts to feel like a disadvantage? In this exciting episode, Tiffany Benitez sits down with Ana Xavier, the founder of The Podcast Space, and trust us, this conversation will change the way you see yourself. Ana’s story stretches from Portugal to London to the U.S., and every chapter has one thing in common: courage. Not the lo...

Happy Thanksgiving, Trailblazers. Today’s episode flips everything. Kasturi and Sapna take over the mic and put Tiffany exactly where she never expected to be, right in the center of the questions. And trust me, she answers in ways you have never heard from her before. The conversation opens with the heart behind her mission. Tiffany talks about the people who shaped her journey and the people she...

Hey Trailblazers! Today’s episode is for anyone who’s ever felt stuck, burned out, or stressed about not being “up enough” in their career. Kim Lanphear, CEO of Apparo, joins Tiffany Benitez, and this conversation hits differently. It’s honest, real, and filled with the kind of insight you wish someone had shared years ago. From Citibank to theater management to serving over 1200 nonprofits, Kim’s...

How many times have your palms gone sweaty as you sat in a room full of men, wondering if your voice even belonged there? This is where today’s episode begins. Hey Trailblazers, welcome back. Today, Tiffany takes us into a story that starts in a Walmart conference room, twelve engineers, all men, one young woman fresh out of college, trying to figure out where she fits. That woman was Andrea Shopp...

Hey everyone! Tiffany Benitez here with another episode of Women in Tech Trailblazers. Today’s conversation is all about purpose, authenticity, and the power of community. Our guest, Tyler White, brings an incredible mix of stories and lessons from his journey as a leader in tech recruiting and beyond. Tyler opens up about finding his place in the tech world and how serving others helped him disco...

Welcome back, Trailblazers! Tiffany Benitez is here with another episode of Women in Tech Trailblazers, and today’s conversation is all about making space for what really matters. Our guest, Haleh Shoa, is the founder and CEO of Picturli, a company that takes the chaos of scattered photos and turns it into a secure, meaningful digital archive. Haleh’s journey started with her own family memories a...

Welcome back, Trailblazers! Today, Tiffany Benitez sits down with someone who is shaping the future of technology in a big way. Meet Stephanie Cheney, a product leader who has built her career by bridging the worlds of business and AI. Stephanie’s story begins with a teenage love for coding and takes us through a winding path that includes entrepreneurship, a leap into software engineering, and ul...

Hey Trailblazers! Get ready for a conversation that hits different. Tiffany Benitez sits down with Saima Khan, Senior Vice President of Healthcare Digital at Compass Digital, to talk about what authenticity and inclusion actually look like when you are living it out in tech. Saima takes us back to the dot-com era and walks us through her journey to leading large-scale healthcare technology today....

“I might just keep feeling invisible if I don’t speak.” That thought ran through Amanda Di Dio’s mind in a pivotal meeting, and she decided to speak. On Women in Tech Trailblazers, Tiffany Benitez talks with the co-founder of Optimistic Design about the real work of finding your voice and using it. Our guest has led high-performing teams, partnered with big names like the Gates Foundation, and bui...

Hey Trailblazers, we’re back with another powerful episode of Women in Tech Trailblazers, and this one is a whole mindset shift. Tiffany Benitez sits down with Dr. Astha Purohit, Director of Product at Walmart and an absolute force in AI and retail tech. From medicine to McKinsey to machine learning, Astha’s career path is anything but typical, and that’s precisely what makes it so real. Astha als...