Alexandria has worked in tech for 13 years — at Yahoo, Facebook, LinkedIn, Airbnb, The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and currently Lyft. Alexandria has carried roles of Recruiter + D&I thought leader to elevate programs and partnerships, along with re-designing approaches to hiring. Beyond her day-to-day, she does her knowledge-sharing through think tank sessions with various non-profits and panels such as Black Girls Code, Grace Hopper Conference, and Expat Women. She is passionate about diversity engagement and community building.

Annie Tsai is the Chief Operating Officer at Interact, a SaaS marketing software company, and part-time Venture Partner at The House Fund. A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley (2001 — Go Bears!), Annie has 20+ years in building, growing, and leading a variety of functions across the non-technology side of the house at software companies in the US, EMEA, and APAC. Annie's passions include lifting up working mothers, ensuring the products are built by people who look like their customers, investing in improving public education, and ensuring every child has a safe place to sleep at night. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband, two children, and pup.

Sheila is an experienced product and privacy attorney working at the intersection of privacy, law, and technology. Though her current focus as Chief Privacy Officer at Plaid is on privacy and data ethics, her experience at Twilio Inc. and Zynga Inc. has allowed her to develop as a utility player, at various points overseeing and building teams to manage product counseling, litigation, public policy, compliance, regulatory, and law enforcement response functions. Sheila is passionate about fostering a tech industry that is inclusive and making sure the opportunities it affords are open to people of diverse backgrounds. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family, cross-country skiing, and hiking with her pup in the mountains.

Krys is a Staff Software Engineer at Carta, an ownership and equity management platform. She is committed to increasing the number of female and Latinx computer programmers. Krys does this by giving technical talks and volunteering. In her talks, she seeks to give a face to those who are not usually represented amongst conference speakers. She believes the more you see, the more there will be. Krys is also a huge advocate of equal opportunities in the workforce, especially equal pay. In 2019 she was featured in the #NothingLess Micro Documentary by Hired. In 2018, she gave the talk “Applying Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In principles in technology” as part of the Visionary Voices program. Learn more at her website: www.krysflores.com

Monikka has 20 years of software experience and spent most of her career in clean, renewable energy projects. Her past positions include engineering at Stem, Apple, and as VP of Software for UniGen Resources. In her time at UniGen, the California Energy Commission funded them to prototype an analytics-based control system to increase renewable integration, which they successfully completed and demonstrated for the Department of Energy. Monikka co-founded her own company, Astrus, a platform for building 3D virtual spaces for artists and communities. She has worked with numerous D&I tech non-profits throughout the years supporting underrepresented groups in tech through mentorship and education.