Featured Talks
Ignite (5 min) Talk at DevOpsDays DC, Sep 2025
Humans Don't Auto-Scale:
Lessons in Growing Teams & Tech
Scaling platforms and people simultaneously under real pressure. Fast, practical insights on alignment, avoiding tech chaos, and growing without burning out your team or systems.
OWASP Global AppSec USA, Nov 2025
Two Paths to Security Upskilling: Startup and Enterprise
Building security buy-in across drastically different contexts. Real strategies from two engineering leaders on integrating security training into team rituals, balancing delivery speed with ongoing security development.
Ignite (5 min) Talk at DevOpsDays DC, Sep 2024
Strategically Handling Tech Debt in Your Platform
Making the case for tech debt isn't easy, especially in platform systems where the business impact isn't always visible. Six practical tips and a real-world Terraform refactor example for navigating resistance and building momentum.
Engineering Leadership
Humans Don't Auto-Scale: Lessons in Growing Teams & Tech [Speaker] DevOpsDays DC · Sep 2025 · Watch ↗
The balancing act of engineering leadership [Podcast guest] Herding Squirrels Episode 18 · Nov 2025 · Listen ↗
Strategically Handling Tech Debt in Your Platform [Speaker] DevOpsDays DC · Sep 2024 · Watch ↗
How to Have Empowering Performance Reviews (giver-angle) [Speaker] Tech Leader Chats by Multitudes · Aug 2024 · Watch or read summary ↗
Excel, Lead, Empower [Podcast guest] From a Woman to a Leader · May 2024 · Listen ↗
Scale Yourself as a Leader [Panelist] SheTO Event · Oct 2022 · Read Blog Recap ↗
Whoa, I'm biased: reducing bias for effective workplaces [Speaker] DC CTO Club Event · Nov 2024
Next Steps AMA panels on reaching VPE and CTO [Moderator] LeadingEng New York · Oct 2025
Diving into the role of engineering director [Panelist] LeadDev New York · Sep 2024
Establishing Positive and Productive Relationships with Direct Reports [Roundtable Leader] ELC Annual · Apr 2022
Career Advice for Individual Contributors
How to Have Empowering Performance Reviews (receiver-angle) [Speaker] GirlGeekX ELEVATE 2026 · Apr 2026 · Watch ↗
Why mid-career feels harder than it should [Speaker] Women of Color in STEM Virtual Summit · Feb 2026 · See pre-event page ↗
Reducing Bias in the Workplace [Speaker] GirlGeekX ELEVATE 2024 · Aug 2024 · Watch ↗
AdaMarie Expert for Early Career Folks [2026 Expert providing content]
Curiosity as a career strategy: Watch 90-second video ↗
Getting Clear on What You Want Next (Without Having It All Figured Out): LinkedIn Live Event. Watch short clip ↗, or read recap ↗. Members can find video in the library.
Doing more than your title says?: Watch 2-minute video ↗
Building Range: Growing Beyond Your Job Description Without Burning Out: Recording available to members.
Tech Mentor Hangout [Speaker] Visiola Foundation Events · multiple times a year since 2022 · Dec 2025 recap ↗
AMA for Leopard.FYI community on career advice [Panelist] Leopard.FYI event · Mar 2025
Security & DevSecOps
Two paths to security upskilling: startup and enterprise [Speaker] OWASP Global AppSec USA · Nov 2025 · Watch ↗
Security Training Can Be Seen as a Win [Speaker] Security Journey Odyssey Group · Feb 2025 · View Recap ↗
Security Enablement Isn’t Just Shifting Left - It’s Teaching Right [Speaker] CodeSecCon · Aug 2025
Community & Mentorship
Building Pathways for HER to Lead, Innovate, and Thrive [Fireside Chat Moderator] SLiNT Expo · May 2025 · Watch 1-minute clip ↗
From Idea to Acceptance: How to Craft a Standout Tech Talk Proposal [Panelist] ·PyData DC Event · Nov 2025 · Watch ↗
IWD 2022 Event [Moderator] · Visiola Foundation · Mar 2022 · See Event Details ↗
Job Search
Navigating this current job market [Speaker] BCC event · Jan 2026
Job Search Wins & Lessons [Panelist] Leopard.FYI event · Mar 2024