Technical Architecture & Leadership

Coding Black Females Podcast

We had 4 speakers in Technical Architecture and Leadership roles! Perfect opportunity for some technical talks from Black women in the industry. Details of speakers to follow!
Speakers
* Nana Fifield | VP of Engineering | Depop
* Akua Apeagyei | Cloud solution Architect | Microsoft
* Adiba Maduegbuna | Lead Android Engineer & Creative Technologist | Startups, ANIM Sessions
* LaBrina Loving | Senior Software Engineer | Microsoft
---- Talks ----
Akua Apeagyei: Authenticating Users On Mobile Apps With Azure B2C
Insight into Azure B2C and how it can be used to authenticate users.
Adiba Maduegbuna: Mobile First to Creative Tech : 9 years onwards
This talk is an overview of some of the most interesting projects I've worked on at different stages of my career.
It covers the technical side of building prototypes and products for mobile devices, wearables & immersive experiences.
Participants will leave with a better technical understanding of app development and augmented reality.
LaBrina Loving: Leading Technical Solutions from Behind
As a black female in tech, you are often met with bias and assumptions about your technical skills. As soon as you walk into the room, you invoke surprise followed by doubt about your abilities. This bias grows 10x when you ascend into more senior technical roles. In this talk, I will discuss some of the approaches I've learned over the years to build authentic trust and leadership among colleagues even when you start from behind.
---- Details of Speakers -----
Akua Apeagyei
Cloud Solution Architect @ Microsoft, Speaker and founder of Anomaly's Views , a platform where I share my tech journey and all of the in-betweens to encourage people to pursue their career aspirations.
Adiba Maduegbuna
Adiba is an Android Engineer and creative technologist with industry experience across various corporations and startups.
She holds a BSc in Computer Science from University College London.
In 2019 she founded ANIM Sessions, a creative studio specialising in interactive virtual experiences.
She also enjoys Djing and writing code in Kotlin.
LaBrina Loving
LaBrina Loving is a Senior Software Engineer and Cloud Architect at Microsoft with over 20 years of experience. In her role, she is focused on helping organizations migrate to Azure and modernize for cloud. She works with them to leverage the cloud for cutting edge technologies like Serverless, Containers, and DevOps. LaBrina is a speaker doing conferences and user groups all over the world and enjoys volunteering with many STEM organizations such as Black Girls Code. She has recently started a Podcast "Disrupting the Cloud" that highlights the journey of cloud newbies and professionals in cloud computing, especially women and BiPOC.