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Welcome to our blog where we share valuable know-how from events, insights from role models and much more!

The Role Models

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Angela Lötscher

Role Model: Katja Dörlemann

Katja bridges the knowledge gap in cybersecurity between tech speak and the users on a daily basis. She talks about the challenges she faces as an awareness specialist in cybersecurity and how she found her way into this upcoming field that requires an unusual mix of skills… Read More

Role Model Nadine Friedel portrait photo
Sabrina Schenardi

Role Model: Nadine Friedel

Nadine Friedel dreamed of traveling into space as a child. Today, she calls herself a “cosmonaut” and is fascinated by how AI can be used for sustainibility … Read More

Role Model Ritah Nyakato
Melanie Gabriel

Role Model: Ritah Nyakato

Ritah Nyakato has gone quite a long way – and we’re not talking about her move from Uganda to Switzerland. She shared her story with us and why she thinks that one does not have to be a software developer to be in tech… Read More

Role Model Veronique Larcher, outdoors
Janine Fuchs

Role Model: Veronique Larcher

Shortly after her engineering studies in France, Veronique was appointed to California, where the planned 3 months turned into 12 years. She worked part-time as an engineer, founded a non-profit for events, and then the opportunity of building an innovation outpost arose; the beginning of a lasting business relationship with Sennheiser… Read More

Role Model Julinda Gllavata
Sabrina Schenardi

Role Model: Julinda Gllavata

Julinda talks about starting her technical path leading up to her actual position as Head Data Science in a “not that male-dominated” country, her experiences abroad and how to overcome the occasional “culture shock” along the way… Read More

Portrait photo of Role Model Aleksandra Laska
Melanie Gabriel

Role Model:
Aleksandra Laska

From the trading floors to co-founding a mobile payments platform to building an enterprise division to being a VC and an angel investor. There’s a lot to be learned from this month’s Role Model’s exciting journey… Read More

Portrait photo of role model Nicole Streuli-Fürst
Sabrina Schenardi

Role Model:
Nicole Streuli-Fürst

Maybe it was her childhood that inspired her to study environmental sciences. In any case, this month’s role model is on a mission to drive positive change via the power of data… Read More

Portrait photo of role model Séverine Chardonnens on gray background
Melanie Gabriel

Role Model:
Séverine Chardonnens

Séverine Chardonnens, Co-Founder & CCO at IDUN Technologies AG, talks about confidence, the power of brain data and roadblocks you face while upscaling technology… Read More

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Screenshot of event "How to Bring Women Back to Work"
Angela Lötscher

Take Aways How to Bring Women Back to Work

To get more women at the top, you have to bring them (back) to work in the first place. Athena Blatsioti talked to us about how to successfully bring women back to (paid) work after a leave of absence… Read More

Diversity Valentine's Day "Why pink it if you can rainbow it" card with a rainbow-colored background and curly text
Angela Lötscher

Diversifying Valentine’s Day

There’s no other celebration dedicated as much to love as Valentine’s Day. What better opportunity to spread the love or rather diversity and inclusion? We put some thought in how to diversify this otherwise chocolate and flower driven iconic day of love… Read More

"New Year resolutions Part 2" in sparkly-gold lettering
Catherine Ebneter

February: The Death of Resolutions

February: the month when according to research, 80% of new year’s resolutions are abandoned. While most of us have experienced the disappointment of deserted resolutions, we continue participating in the ritual… Read More

Cover image of "Trends in Data Privacy" with a matrix like background and white lettering
Angela Lötscher

Trends in Data Privacy

28 January marks the Day of Data Privacy. Laws and regulations already grant personal data owners a bit more power over their own data by allowing them to request deletion, restriction or update of and insight into their data. So that’s one step that’s gonna take us… where exactly?… Read More

Screenshot of the lunch & learn "Drones to the Rescue" by Stephanie Lambert showing a slide
Melanie Gabriel

Take Aways Drones to the Rescue

Drones offer a new level of insights for disaster response and their prevention. Stephanie Lambert, founding employee and Global Sales Operations at the drone company Wingtra, shared her insights about drones making a difference… Read More

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News

Marike Carstens

One for All –
All for One

Our board member Marike Carsten who supported us for more than 1.5 years is leaving by the end of this year – not without a short recap of her time at WST… Read More

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We Belong Here

Caitlyn talks about tools and information she wishes she had when she was career changing into tech… Read More

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Being a Trans Woman in Tech

Veronica shares her insights, experiences, and advice on navigating the tech workplace, both for other trans people and for allies in a happy hour discussion with hosts Mel & Marissa… Read More

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