Dhruvi Mutta | Software Engineer II | S & P GLobal
I am a motivated individual, a curious learner & a skilled professional with a background in engineering and a strong focus on technology.
Certified and experienced in software development, QA, and project management, I`ve established versatility in my career.
At the start of my career in Oracle, I was the top performer two years in a row. After which I had to take a career break. My journey is unique also because with the career break, I never knew I would get back to coding! Despite the huge learning curve, I quickly regained momentum and achieved top performance at S&P Global within two years and was chosen for promotion. Additionally, I spearhead technical decisions in the education and career consultancy start-up, P R Consultancy, which helps provide organic guidance for students and healthcare professionals. I have worked with Java 11, Spring, Quarkus using a distributed architecture based on AWS lambda functions, and Oracle SQL.
Throughout my career, I have been driven by a passion for solving problems and a desire to create impactful solutions. I constantly strive to stay updated with the latest trends and advancements in technology, attending conferences, participating in workshops, and engaging in continuous learning.
Beyond my career, I actively contribute to Employee Resource Groups, climate change awareness, and education within the Jain community.
Reflecting on my journey, I am grateful for the opportunities that shaped me both professionally and personally. I am committed to making a meaningful impact through my work and community involvement.
Mariam Hussein | Software Engineer | Slalom
Before starting as a tech switcher, Mariam worked as an Enterprise Assistant at the Masood Entrepreneurship Centre - the UK’s leading University-based startup-incubator.
Presently, Mariam is a passionate software engineer at Slalom_build, dedicated to advancing social mobility through tailored digital skilling initiatives for women, girls, and non-binary individuals. Within her professional career, Mariam focuses on building products and providing digital transformation to clients through Slalom. As part of her work, she has focused on delivering high value transformation work as part of a wider team of engineers, project managers and consultants.
Since switching careers, Mariam has focused demonstrating her diplomatic acumen, developing her technological knowledge, and giving back to the community by highlighting pathways into tech. Through her work as a MIRAI Delegate and a JCI TOYP Delegate, where she has presented and spoken with high-profile political figures on digital skilling. As a Code First Girls Ambassador, she advocates for accessibility in digital skilling and mentors those from disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue careers in technology. Alongside this role, she has taken part in several initiatives, whether that be a UN Women Delegate, collaborating with local Universities, or mentoring 1-1, to help understand how to further equalities in the digital sectors for women.
Her relentless pursuit of positive social change echoes the her commitment to creating a more inclusive and empowered future for all.
Nicola Ironside-Skene | VP, Quality Assurance Engineer and Practice Lead | Bank of America
I'm a Quality Assurance Engineer and Practice Lead at Bank of America in Global Information Security (GIS).
I Lead a global team of QA specialists and play a pivotal role in coaching on the importance of quality in in aspects of software development.
With almost 20 years in technology, I`ve held various roles in technology, with a special interest and dedication to Quality Engineering and Software testing. I`ve built test frameworks for gaming platforms on Azure and created scalable and sustainable automation frameworks for global banking services. My passion lies in building high-performing teams, investing in people, leveraging strengths, and embracing diversity to optimize outcomes whilst maintaining a hands-on skillset.
I take an active role in embedding community and belonging at Bank of America. As Co-Founder of Women in GIS, I organize events supporting women in cybersecurity. Additionally, I contribute to our internal Employee Networks as a volunteer lead, and mentor.
I now volunteer for Restore, who provide aid and support to women during breast reconstruction following mastectomies, and participate in the PROTECTOR medical research study for ovarian cancer. I co-founded the `Women in Test` community which now has over 1,000 cross industry members . I contribute to the Test Society, advocating for Quality Engineering recognition through the Engineering Council.
As a mother to three children, I find the balance between family priorities whilst excelling in my career and being a positive role model in all I do.
Nishika Chettry | Firmware Engineer | Renesas Electronics
As a kid, I always had a keen interest in science and maths and dreamt of becoming an astronaut like Dr Kalpana Chawla.
I grew up in India and completed my A-levels equivalent in Physics, Maths, Chemistry, Computer Science, English and Hindi. I moved to the UK after my A-levels and had to undertake a gap year due to financial issues in my family. After a year-long wait, I finally got the opportunity to study at university and I knew I had to make the most out of it.
My aspiration of becoming a top Robotics engineer like Dr Cynthia Breazeal led me into the world of Electronics. At the commencement of my degree, I did not have any prior experience in the field. However, I persevered and became the top student in my course. I secured the UKESF scholarship during the second year of my degree, which offered me a year-long placement at a global semiconductor company, Renesas. During my placement, I worked as a Firmware engineering intern, and contributed to the development of two microprocessors called the RZN2L and the RZT2L, which are out in the market. The scholarship scheme also introduced me to outreach work, promoting engineering to young children. I have secured three awards so far for my contribution to the STEM industry.
Currently, I work as a Firmware engineer at Renesas. I also volunteer as a STEM ambassador with STEM Learning UK, and as a Diversity Ally at my company.
Tamara Tankosic | Technology Delivery Lead | Accenture
Tamara is a Technology Delivery Lead at Accenture, specialised in technology project management and strategy and has been leading multi-million pound digital transformation and total enterprise reinvention projects, managing global teams and navigating complex programme delivery for large market share holders across consumer packaged goods and retail industries, including FTSE100 and FTSE250 clients.
She is a known mentor and supporter of her teams, having received recognition across projects and clients on her work and dedication to not only hitting project milestones but also ensuring teams are engaged and feeling valued.
Previously Tamara has worked as a Project Manager in travel and retail technology, managing projects including e-commerce platform development, customer relationship management, market expansion and business growth.
Tamara has a Bachelors with Honours in International Economics and Business and a Masters in Management from London Business School.
Golda Thompson | Lead Operational Resilience Analyst | Atos
I’ve always been fascinated by science and technology, so with hindsight it’s no surprise I’ve ended up with a BEng Electronic Engineering degree as well as an MSc Accounting & Financial Management degree.
The subject matters were always concepts bigger than I could comprehend at the genesis of the courses, yet I’ve always been driven by a thirst to understand new things. I’ve come to realise and accept that I enjoy increasing my knowledge and shaping the world around me. I applied skills and tools from my degrees into my career, which eventually led me to Atos in the summer of 2022 as Finance & Procurement Manager, within the newly created shared services function for BTS. Coming from a history of structured and robust accounting teams, it was challenging and exciting to be pivotal in shaping a new finance function. A few months into this role, an opportunity was presented via this shared services team, to help deliver an Operational Resilience framework for our client. I took the leap to pivot and I’m now Lead Operational resilience Analyst. I’ve found myself in new territory assisting in delivering a new framework and embedding governance and best practice across the account. Straight into preparing for an annual assessment. This regulatory piece was applauded as our team had made significant progress from the initial set-up.
Yetunde Animashaun | Technology Consultant / Founder of Tech432 | Accenture / Tech432
Yetunde is a seasoned Technology Consultant with over 6 years of experience in the tech industry, specializing in User Research.
Currently serving in this role at Accenture, she is deeply passionate about crafting human-centric customer experiences and driving product innovation. She has worked with large scale organisations delivering high scale solutions to some of the worlds biggest problems including a large public health client during the pandemic.
With a background rooted in a love for people, art, tech, and design, Yetunde`s career journey has been guided by a commitment to creating positive impacts in both professional and personal spheres. As the founder of Tech432, a social enterprise, she dedicates her time and expertise to empowering underrepresented 18–30-year-olds aspiring to enter the tech and corporate space, aiming to foster greater parity in the industry`s Early Talent market. She provides workshops and helps with coaching, CV writing, assessment centres, and mentors young people who are at-risk. So far Yetunde has been able to impact over 150 young people.
Faith Ida | Technical Professional services Consultant | Genesys
Faith has had a remarkable career journey marked by resilience, dedication, and a commitment to fostering inclusivity in the tech industry.
In 2021, she made a transformative career change by transitioning into the tech world. Her determination propelled her through a self-taught coding journey, which led to her current position as a Technical Implementation Consultant.
Faith`s impact extends beyond her professional roles. She developed TTPNetwork to assist immigrants during their migration journey, showcasing her passion for leveraging technology for social good. As a Full-Stack Software Engineer, she is currently revolutionizing the industry with Al. Migrate, an AI Immigration platform that simplifies visa information access.
In addition to her professional work, Faith is actively engaged in empowering others, particularly women and marginalized communities, through her work with organizations such as Code First Girls. As an Assistant Instructor and Confidence Coach, she contributes to women`s transition into the tech field. Faith`s commitment to education is evident in her roles as a Scratch for Kids tutor, a Teaching Assistant with Coding Black Females, and a Software Engineer Mentor with Black Codeher and Black Girls in Tech.
Faith`s advocacy extends to panel discussions on diversity in tech, where she focuses on encouraging women to pursue careers in technology. She also leverages her social media presence to inform and empower others about tech opportunities, events, and the importance of diversity in the tech community.
Claire Huxley | Interim Revenue and Settlements Senior Manager | National Grid
Claire has had a broad career in National Grid, starting in 2014 on the graduate scheme in Procurement.
This provided her with a fantastic foundation of commercial understanding, working with lots of different stakeholders and project management. Her real passion was to work at the heart of the energy industry, so when an opportunity came up in the system operator it seemed like an opportunity she couldn’t turn down. Since joining the ESO in 2020, she has lead on regulatory delivery of new frequency response products, delivered multiple commercial code changes, led employee engagement for the organisation and introduced an ESO office dog, supporting the training and office socialisation of a trainee Guide Dog. She has recently started a new role in the CFO function leading the Revenue and Settlements team which processes £9bn of charges from across the industry.
Holly Mather | Engineering Manager | Enable
Holly completed a Master Degree in Materials Engineering at Swansea University and started her career as a research engineer in the field of metrology.
After progressing her career technically, she took a sideways steps into people management and leadership, managing a team of research engineers specializing in data engineering, data science and software engineering.
She then took an opportunity at ASOS as an Engineering Manager, managing teams of software engineers and QA engineers in the fintech space. Following her time at ASOS she has joined SaaS startup, Enable as an Engineering Manager and is paving the way internally for female engineers.
Since joining Enable Holly has been focusing on building and driving forward a DEI strategy within the Engineering department. She has created and influenced a more accessible and diversity-centric approach to their engineering recruitment and onboarding processes.
Holly is empowering and connecting with the Enable’s female engineers, building a community for these engineers to come together across the globe, creating opportunities for them to share challenges and solutions, exploring mentoring opportunities and focusing on building empowerment from within.
Holly is also a voice of diversity and leadership outside of Enable, speaking on podcasts, writing blog posts, delivering talks at events, supporting and celebrating other women within tech through mentoring, and as a UN Women UK delegate.