Thought-provoking and insightful, our chat with MetLife's Pueyen Lee is a real gem. Feel free to take notes as she discusses her role in data governance, leading with empathy and compassion, why having a growth mindset matters, and diversity’s impact on innovation. Be sure not to miss this exclusive where she dishes advice on breaking into data and AI regardless of your background.
Guest speaker: Pueyen Lee, Head of Data Governance, MetLife Japan
Host: Kavya Kanchana, Cloud Acquisition Lead, Corporate Business, Microsoft APAC
References:
· https://www.dataversity.net/data-governance-cloud/
· http://datagovernance.com/goals-and-principles-for-data-governance/
· https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/designing-data-governance-that-delivers-value
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Episode 4 – Championing an Inclusive Open Source Community
Tune into this inspiring conversation with Georgi Ker, Co-founder of PyLadies Bangkok and two years Conference Lead for PyCon Thailand, as she delves into why she codes and participates in Open Source projects that promote gender equality. In this episode, we also discuss the importance of diversity, freedom, and collaboration in the coding world and how to overcome challenges and succeed as a female developer.
Guest speaker: Georgi Ker, Founder of Marketing Can
Host: Kavya Kanchana, Cloud Acquisition Lead, Corporate Business, Microsoft APAC
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Episode 3 - Hacking Data Science Projects
Catch our insightful discussion with a trio of female data professionals as they share their experiences at the Microsoft Azure Virtual Hackathon 2021. Be inspired by how they came together, combined their expertise and used Azure to address a real-world problem in the financial services industry.
Guest speakers:
Akanksha Sharma, Lead Data Analyst, Grab
Gurkiran Kaur, Data Scientist, PRIME’22, Brown University
Sakshi Khatri, Associate, Venture Capital (Intern) at TNB Aura
Host: Dr. Julia Gusakova, Cloud Solution Architect, Microsoft APAC
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Episode 2 - DevOps & Diversity
Don’t miss our conversation with Lisa Chan Ching Yi, as she gives you a revealing look at the challenges she faces and how she is building a DevOps culture at Petronas. She will also share her thoughts on gender diversity in the workplace, what she looks for when hiring tech talent, and much more.
Guest Speaker: Lisa Chan Ching Yi, Head of Software Engineering & DevOps, Petronas
Host: Kavya Kanchana, Cloud Acquisition Lead, Corporate Business, Microsoft APAC
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Episode 1 - Data, data & more data
Tune into this insightful conversation with Head Of Data Engineering, Roopali Agrawal.
Hear how she overcame some inherent biases and today is a role model for women pursuing a career in data. Uncover the data challenges a Data Company Grab encounters and possible solutions.
This episode takes a look at the growing importance of data and data tech in the business world. We discuss the journey of our guest speaker and what it takes for a female to pursue and grow in a career in this space.
Guest Speaker: Roopali Agrawal, Head of Engineering- Data Tech, Grab
Host: Poonam Sampat, Cloud Solution Architect, Microsoft APAC
Code; Without Barriers - A conversational podcast series, powered by Microsoft, aimed to create awareness, challenge assumptions and celebrate diversity in the world of coding, deep-tech, and data science.
Diversity is a vast topic and we recognize the many nuances of it and the need to address it from various lenses. In this series, we begin with a focus on gender diversity in tech.
Every episode we will bring you enlightening conversations with leaders and change-makers from various leading organizations and developer communities across Asia.
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