3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
You’ve earned the skills - now let’s turn them into influence. This will be a highly interactive, conversation-first session for women in tech (and allies) who want to grow their leadership presence - whether you’re early career, mid-career, returning to tech, or already leading.
Using the “practical path” mindset - expertise becomes leadership when it’s translated into outcomes, communicated clearly, and shared in ways that help others - we’ll explore what actually moves careers forward: credibility, visibility, sponsorship, and community-powered growth. You won’t just listen; you’ll participate through guided prompts, quick reflection exercises, and facilitated discussion.
You’ll leave with concrete, personal next steps: how to make your work visible without self-promotion (and without burning out), how to speak the language of outcomes, how to earn sponsorship, and how to build influence in a way that feels authentic and sustainable.
You'll walk away with:
1) A simple personal framework for turning expertise into influence
2) A visibility strategy that feels authentic
3) A 30-day action plan: one credibility action + one visibility action + one sponsorship/community action
Meet Sucheta Gawade
Sucheta Gawade is a technology leader with nearly two decades of experience designing and engineering endpoint and security solutions that protect enterprise devices, applications, and data. She currently serves as Manager, Client Infrastructure Design at a U.S. healthcare organization, where she leads secure, scalable endpoint architecture and engineering in a regulated environment - strengthening device reliability, security posture, and operational resilience at scale.
A global speaker, tech-content creator, and tech-mentor, Sucheta holds 20+ technical certifications and has presented at Microsoft Ignite, while also speaking at and co-organizing industry-leading technology conferences.
She is a two-time Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award winner in Azure and Security, and an Omnissa Tech Insider - recognized for technical expertise and community contribution. She is also the WomenTech “Software Engineering Leader of the Year” Gold award recipient for inclusive leadership and mentorship - advancing women in tech through structured, formal mentoring that helps professionals build technical skills, confidence, visibility, and measurable career momentum.
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
3:00-4:00 p.m. Eastern Time
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