228: Women In Supply Chain™, Donna Wilczek
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In today’s episode of Women In Supply Chain™, I’m joined by Donna Wilczek: innovator, business leader, tech strategist and inventor.
Donna is a SaaS technology executive who, over the course of her 20 year career, has worked at major names like IBM and Accenture. As well as currently serving as the senior vice president of product strategy and innovation at Coupa Software and on the board of Optimizely, a digital experience platform, Donna is also an inventor and technology innovator.
Today Donna will be talking to us about her career so far; her passion for tech; her innovative spirit and talent for invention; and she’ll be sharing her experiences as a woman in the industry, and her words of advice for all of the women following in her footsteps.
SHOW SPONSOR:
Apex Logistics are proud to sponsor Let’s Talk Supply Chain’s Women In Supply Chain™ podcast and blog series. Our leadership team actively works to empower an industry as diverse as our workforce with a focus on inclusion, and we’re passionate about promoting the voices of women leaders to drive visibility around their achievements. Find out more over on the Apex Logistics website.
Donna’s background and how her natural curiosity and interest in continuous improvement led her to a career in tech.
How Donna’s early career and experiences at IT brands like Accenture and IBM fuelled her curiosity; and how the industry has changed.
Donna’s role as senior vice president of Product Strategy and Innovation at Coupa.
Why diversity and inclusion is so important in the workplace.
How Coupa has changed over the last 10 years, Donna’s pride and excitement in playing a part in helping them to scale and go public – and why it’s important to get comfortable with being uncomfortable.
Donna’s new role as a board member at Optimizely, a closer look at what they do and the key trends of responsive experimentation and personalization.
How Donna came to secure a board position, and her advice for other’s looking to explore a similar position.
Donna’s talent for invention, why it’s important for her to nurture her creative side and how she supports other’s in gaining their own patents and protecting their work.
Donna’s experiences as a woman in the industry, and how she helps to echo minority voices.
The mentors that have helped to inspire and support Donna throughout her career.
What the future holds for Donna, and for innovation and collaboration at Coupa.
Donna’s words of advice to all of the women following in her footsteps.
