189: Ethics, AI, and Being a Woman in Tech in 2024 with Sonal Shah

It’s time for an important discussion about AI and the role we need to be playing in 2024 as women in the tech industry. 

In today’s episode, I invite Sonal Shah, Barclays Vice President, coach, and author of Amazon bestseller “She Chose Tech”, to discuss her non-traditional background and journey to tech and how you can leverage allies, mentors & sponsors to thrive in your tech leadership career. We dive into topics like closing the gap for women in tech and how to tackle the current AI leadership problem in our industry. 

Ready for the resiliency tools you need to thrive during the surge of AI and break barriers as a woman in this male-dominated industry?

We dive into:

• Sonal’s non-traditional background and journey to the tech industry and senior leadership
• The lack of diversity in AI leadership
• Closing the gap for women in tech
• How to play the long game of sponsorship
• The power of networking to overcome a non-traditional background
• And more

**Useful links**

• Connect with today’s guest and sponsor, Sonal:
  • Website: https://shechosetech.com/
  • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shechosetech
  • LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonalshahtechdiversity/
  • Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sonalsmile25
  • Twitter: @SonalS25
  • If you are ready to uplevel your career, get unstuck or you are simply ready to unlock those leadership time-management techniques then join us in my monthly career & leadership coaching program exclusively for women in tech: https://www.tonicollis.com/academy 
• Catch the show notes, and more details about today's episode here: https://tonicollis.com/episode189
• Check us out on Youtube.
• Join the Leading Women in Tech community in Slack where we discuss all-the-things for women’s tech leadership, covering everything from early-career leadership to C-level executives.

This episode was sponsored by our guest, Sonal. Thank you, Sonal for helping to bring Leading Women in Tech to this community!