Katie Destramp is Senior Manager of Cloud Engineering at Fastly, an edge computing platform with a mission to make the internet fast and secure. She focuses on advocating for women in STEM and advancing opportunities for underserved communities.

Outside of her career, Katie co-leads Fastly's Women and Gender Equality employee resource group, serves on the board of the New Hampshire Tech Alliance, and volunteers as a Wish Granter for Make-A-Wish NH.

Melissa has worked in the tech industry for over 20 years in roles ranging from Junior Software Engineer to her current role as the Chief Experience Officer at Thynk.cloud. Driven by her passion to have a positive impact on the decline of women in STEM education and careers, she has volunteered with organizations globally. This passion led her to co-found Diversify Thinking, an initiative focused on moving inclusion from conversation to action by enabling leaders to build an equitable culture from the beginning.

My name is Alka Bajracharya. I am the Head of Portal and UI Development at Uniguest. I  have been with the company for 11 years. I started as a Software Engineer in 2011 and worked my way up and how heading the portal and UI software development department. I specialize in IPTV portal development. I am a volunteer mentor for Girls in Technology Nepal. I believe with a little support and empowerment, young girls can do great in the technology world. 

Terri has spent the last 10+ years managing onshore and offshore teams to grow businesses; scale project, product and engineering teams and and deliver innovative digital solutions. Previously, Terri worked as both an operations manager and as a social worker. What connects all of these that allowed her to move from these different sectors? Listening. Listening to customers, peers, engineers, customers, clients, managers and translate that into project plans, specifications, documents, wiki pages, marketing strategies and ensure the shared vision from paper to product comes to life.

Melissa is the VP of Product Development at Wagz, a pet technology startup that is focused on creating innovative solutions to help pet parents keep their pets happy, healthy, and safe. She was previously the Director of Product Management at iRobot, having worked in their Roomba business, Mopping Robotics business, and Defense business. She has also held a variety of executive management and engineering roles at Keurig, Dr. Pepper, and American Power Conversion. Melissa has an undergraduate degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering as well as an MBA.