Please join us to learn, network, and celebrate the growing community of trailblazing women in technology and their allies. Hear from leaders from Salesforce and beyond who are dedicated to creating workplaces that reflect the communities they serve—where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work. Let's come together to strengthen our network of women and allies ready to lead the way forward to equality!
Charly is 16x salesforce certified and the co-leader of the Ladies Be Architects global user group. She is a passionate advocate for women in technology; and the need for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. Charly is an outspoken advocate for inclusion in the workplace and is active in Women in Technology groups in the United States.
Charly loves spending her free time with her husband and 2 kids (and 2 dogs), doing creative designs, sewing, and anything blockchain.
Shannon J. Thomas, DBA serves as the Director of Information Technology for Scheller College of Business (CoB) at Georgia Institute of Technology. For more than 15 years, she has served as an executive IT leader in higher education, earning some major awards along the way. Currently, she provides leadership for the continued development of an innovative, robust, and secure information technology environment for Scheller CoB Information Technology Services (ITS) and works to foster a place where business truly meets technology. Her team is primarily responsible for the operational and strategic needs of the College to include IT governance and policy, resource allocation, IT protocols and services, which includes IT infrastructure, desktop (Client Services), IT systems, customer service, CRM and the management of all hardware and software within the school.
Emilio Isom is a highly experienced analytics and business intelligence leader. Over the past 20 years he has led high performing teams in Accounting, Finance, Competitive Intelligence, Sales Operations, Business Intelligence and Strategic Analysis. He currently is the Director of Business Intelligence at Cox Automotive, where he is responsible for developing enterprise analytic capabilities. Emilio also serves as a member of the Salesforce Customer Advisory Board for Einstein Analytics. Always a student, with the heart of a teacher, he is passionate about sharing his knowledge and actively mentors several young professionals. A firm believer in serving others, he does community outreach and global missions with his local church.
Carolyn is a seasoned technology sales professional and currently leads efforts to educate our employees on the Salesforce Platform. Her experience and execution in sales, leadership and employee development has earned her 6 promotions in as many years. She champions diversity and equality and spends extra time evangelizing how women can build their brands, overcome challenges in the workplace and lead from the front.
Learn how we all can make changes in our lives, become allies, and participate in thought-provoking activities that are applicable to all employees regardless of tenure or seniority. We strive to lead by example and show others how to create workplaces with diversity, inclusion, and equality in mind.
We're partnering with Dress for Success, an international not-for-profit organization that empowers women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and the development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.
We'll be hosting a clothing drive at the event. De-clutter your closet for summer by bringing in any gently-used business attire to help empower women on their path to financial independence.