Details

As part of CT Tech Week, Business Network Technology and Women in Tech Stamford hosted an engaging panel discussion featuring executive technology leaders from a range of industries and backgrounds as they explored how organizations are navigating the rapidly evolving AI landscape.

Panelists shared real-world insights, lessons learned, and practical approaches for integrating AI into business operations while balancing innovation, governance, and organizational change.

Details

WITS explored where organizations most often encounter friction when trying to govern AI responsibly. Drawing on our speaker’s extensive experience across technology, legal, and governance roles, the discussion examined where alignment tends to break down, what effective AI governance actually looks like in practice, and how organizations can move beyond performative policies toward meaningful oversight. Attendees gained a clearer framework for navigating these conversations within their own organizations.

Details

Women in Tech Stamford (WITS) hosted their 2nd Annual Galentine’s Day Celebration on Thursday, February 12, 2026! It was an empowering evening of networking, raffles, and fun surprises alongside fellow tech leaders, practitioners, and aspiring professionals. Whether you came with a friend or attended solo, this event aimed to foster genuine connections and celebrate women supporting women.

Details

AI is changing everything — from how we work and lead, to how we make decisions and grow our careers. The question isn’t if AI will impact your role — it’s how prepared you’ll be when it does. On October 29,2025, WITS: Women in Tech Stamford hosted an empowering evening of insight, leadership, and networking designed to help turn AI into your competitive edge.

Details

On February 13, 2025, WITS: Women in Tech Stamford hosted a special Galentine's Day event that celebrated friendship, connection, and the amazing women in our tech community! The event provided a unique opportunity to connect, share stories, and celebrate the power of women supporting women.

Details

On January 15,2025, WITS: Women in Tech Stamford hosted an empowering event that provided career-advancing strategies to kick off the New Year.

Here’s what attendees experienced:

Building Resilience—The 5 Cs of Success
Participants discovered the critical connection between business continuity, resilience, and information security. They learned how to:

• Respond effectively to disruptions while safeguarding operations and data.
• Leverage the 5 Cs—Communication, Coordination, Collaboration, Cooperation, and Community—to fortify programs and foster stability.
• Cultivate a mindset that turns challenges into growth opportunities.

Defying Gravity: Fearless Ways Women Can Advance Their Careers
Attendees shifted their careers into high gear with strategies to overcome systemic barriers and rise with confidence. Key takeaways included:

• Real-world insights into challenges women face in the workplace and actionable steps to navigate them.
• Proven tactics for career growth and leadership.

This inspiring event brought together a community of women who connected, learned, and gained the confidence to lead in 2025 and beyond.

Details

On Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at Serendipity Labs in Stamford, CT, WITS: Women in Tech Stamford successfully relaunched its Meetup group with an inspiring kickoff event.

Attendees joined like-minded women in tech to explore "Empower & Lead: Unlock Your Career Potential." This free, in-person event equipped participants with practical tools for personal and professional growth, including leadership styles, the importance of coaching and training, and defining and cultivating a personal brand.

Carol Killian, a renowned IT leader, led the discussion, sharing her expertise in navigating the tech industry, driving process improvement, managing cross-functional teams, and fostering innovation. Her insights into coaching and building strong workplace relationships resonated with everyone in attendance.

The event provided an incredible opportunity to network with peers, gain actionable strategies, and take meaningful steps forward in their tech careers.

Details

On December 16th, WITS: Women in Tech Stamford hosted a virtual Holiday Happy Hour from 5:30 to 7:00 PM, bringing together a community of women in tech to wrap up a challenging year with warmth and camaraderie.

Attendees connected with their peers, reflected on the past year's trials, and shared hopes for 2021 in a lively and supportive atmosphere. The event was a wonderful way to end the year with a sense of community and optimism for the future.

Details

In our Meetup, "Securing Your Environment While Working Remotely," we examined the following issues:

1.  New technologies being used in a remote-working environments
2. Concurrent growth in hacking and malevolent access
3. How the remote-working environment is a hacker's dream
4. Some of the countermeasures that can be taken by our employers, and personally, to reduce risks

Speaker: Candice Zarr – an independent IT Management Consultant specializing in the delivery of particularly challenging programs and projects. She has worked on Wall Street, academia, transportation, and consumer goods companies in the U.S. and U.K. Candice is a former adjunct professor at NYU for the Software Engineering program. She was recently invited to speak in London on Making Change Sustainable, and webinars on Organizational Changes to Remote Working.

DETAILS:

Teams have always been an essential part of the workplace, especially when the workplace is remote. This WITS: Women in Tech: Stamford meetup explored ways to engage and build teams virtually. Our guest speaker was IT executive and Agile evangelist, Mia McCroskey, who spoke about "Building and Maintaining Virtual Teams." Mia has managed multiple Agile teams and has worked remotely for years. She discussed maintaining team culture and best practices and tools for remote team building. Watch the recorded session.

Details

Career setbacks come in many forms — you're passed over for a promotion, a major project implodes, you're officially reprimanded, or worse, you're flat-out fired. For most IT professionals, it's not a matter of if there will be a setback, but when and how often your career suddenly shifts into reverse.

If that wasn't enough, the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent recession created a wave of layoffs and furloughs, heightened uncertainty and re-assessment, and widespread job insecurity across the Tri-State area.

On June 17, Women with WITS hosted an informative and interactive Meetup about Overcoming Career Obstacles. Anne LaPerla, Senior Program Manager, Information Security at Gartner, shared her own story about overcoming career obstacles in her early tech career, and how she made the most of a bad situation. Then, we divided into smaller groups where participants shared specific stories and questions about their career setbacks and found solutions to their career obstacles.

Details

WITS: Women in Tech Stamford held a highly informative virtual session featuring Susan Catalano, founder of JQLaCorte, a LinkedIn consultancy.

Participants learned surefire strategies to optimize their LinkedIn profiles and leverage the platform to stand out professionally. Susan shared actionable tips for creating a professional, engaging, and client-centric LinkedIn presence, empowering attendees to market themselves and grow their careers using this essential platform.

This workshop was an invaluable opportunity for professionals looking to maximize their LinkedIn impact and generate business effectively.