Your Leadership. Your Career

10 Oct, 2025

SF Bay Area

This isn’t just another conference.

It is a high impact, real talk gathering focusing on engineers and advancing their leadership. It is where engineering leaders come to spark bold ideas.

Expect candid conversations, actionable insights, and a community that is here to elevate you. Get ready to walk away inspired and more powerful!

25+

Curated Sessions

50+

Trailblazing Speakers

100%

Attendee Satisfaction

Special Guest

Ann Curry

EMMY AWARD WINNING JOURNALIST

Ann Curry is an Emmy award-winning journalist and former NBC News anchor known for groundbreaking reporting from the frontlines of global conflict and disaster. An avid story teller, Ann has consistently centered the voices of the vulnerable, particularly women, activists, and youth.

Ann has broken various glass ceilings both in her news stories and as the the first woman of color to be named as news anchor and then cohost on the Today Show on NBC.

Ann will be sharing with us the art of storytelling as a powerful leadership skill.

Speakers

Our Summit speakers are who’s who of leaders in technology, who have leveraged their engineering background to achieve amazing success in their careers. Meet some of these amazing voices in tech

Smruti Patel

SVP OF ENGINEERING
APOLLO GRAPH

Minda Harts

BEST SELLING AUTHOR

Sowmya Subramanian

CTO
QUIZLET

Kim Scott

BEST SELLING AUTHOR

Raji Arasu

CTO

AUTODESK

Jyoti Bansal

CEO & CO-FOUNDER
HARNESS

Julia Austin

EXECUTIVE FELLOW
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL

Joanna Strober

CEO & FOUNDER
MIDI HEALTH

Nidhi Gupta

CO-FOUNDER & CEO
SHETO

Amy Reichanadter

CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER
DATABRICKS

More speakers

Nidhi Gupta

CO-FOUNDER & CEO
SHETO

Julia Austin

EXECUTIVE FELLOW
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL

Raji Arasu

CTO

AUTODESK

Sowmya Subramanian

CTO
QUIZLET

Smruti Patel

VP OF ENGINEERING
APOLLOGRAPH

Akriti Dokania

PARTNER
RIDGE VENTURES

Kathleen Vignos

VP OF ENGINEERING
CAPITAL ONE

Ashmeet Sidana

CHIEF ENGINEER
ENGINEERING CAPITAL

Swati Raju

VP OF ENGINEERING
SERVICENOW

Michelle Grover

CTO
SLALOM

Jing Huang

VP OF ENGINEERING
SURVEYMONKEY

Hersh Tapadia

CEO & CO-FOUNDER
ALLSTACKS

Lakshmi Dixit

VP OF ENGINEERING AND OPS
ZILLOW

Tolithia Kornweibel

CEO
BEAM BENEFITS

Maria Yuin

VP OF ENGINEERING
SALESFORCE

Vrushali Channapattan

DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING

OKTA

Preetha Ram

MANAGING PARTNER
PIER 70 VENTURES

Jessica Karr

MANAGING PARTNER
COYOTE VENTURES

Satish Kumar

CEO
GLIDER.AI

Nandini Easwar

CTO
BEAM BENEFITS

Monica Bajaj

VPE

OKTA

Jessica Fritsch

DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING
REMESH

Vrishali Thorat

SR ENGINEERING MANAGER
RUBRIK

Maggie Baxter

SOLUTIONS ENGINEER
INCIDENT

Callie Bivings

SR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
ALLSTACKS

Young In Attucks

SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT

ALLSTACKS

Sunita Verma

CTO
IRONCLAD

Laskhmi Baskaran

SENIOR DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING

MICROSOFT

Anagha Donde

SENIOR DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING

Yuliya Falkovich

HEAD OF ENGINEERING
ION ANALYTICS

Chitra Dharmarajan

VICE PRESIDENT
OKTA

More coming soon

What to expect

A summit organized by engineering leaders for engineering leaders

25+ curated sessions designed to tackle the challenges you face

Hear from leaders who’ve broken barriers and are reshaping tech

Intimate Roundtables: Engage in deep dives on topics that matter

Facilitated Networking for you to forge meaningful connections that last beyond the summit

Fully Inclusive! Expect To Have A Mother's Room, And Even Hair Dryers In The Restroom :)

Why You Should Attend

Want To Hear Some Real Talk?
Want To Meet Other Engineering Leaders Who Have Gone On To Build Amazing Careers?
Want To Shape Your Future As A Leader?
Want To Feel The Vibrancy And Intimacy Of Our Tight Knit Community?
Want To Meet SheTO's Present And Future?

Then this is the place for you.

Don't be surprised if you leave bouncing off the walls ready to conquer the world.

That's what happened at previous Summits and we fully expect the same to happen this year!

Topics

Keynote

Self-Advocacy and Trust as Your Superpower

Minda Harts AUTHOR

Main Stage

How to be ON THE BIZ as opposed to IN THE BIZ

Julia Austin EXECUTIVE FELLOW

HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL

Sunita Verma CTO

IRONCLAD

Main Stage

Prompt to Production

Smruti Patel VP OF ENGINEERING

APOLLO GRAPHQL

Jing Huang VP OF ENGINEERING

SURVEYMONKEY

Sowmya Subramanian CTO

QUIZLET

Jessica Fritsch DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING

REMESH

Main Stage

Owning Our Health, Owning Our Careers

Joanna Strober CEO & FOUNDER

MIDI HEALTH

Jessica Karr FOUNDER, MANAGING PARTNER

COYOTE VENTURES

Preetha Ram MANAGING PARTNER

PIER 70 VENTURES

Agenda

Check in & Start

8:00 AM

Registration 🥐☕Light Breakfast☕🧇

9:00 AM

Welcome and Kick off

Opening Keynotes

9:20 AM - 9:50 AM

Uninvited Yet Unstoppable Ann Curry - Emmy Award Winning Journalist Nidhi Gupta - Co-Founder & CEO SheTO

10:00 AM - 10:25 AM

Self-Advocacy and Trust as Your Superpower Minda Harts - Bestselling Author

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM 🥐☕BREAK☕🧇

Main Stage

10:50 AM - 11:20 AM

The Future of Engineering Leadership Raji Arasu, CTO - Autodesk Kathleen Vignos, VPE - CapitalOne Maria Yuin, VPE - Salesforce

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Prompt to Production Smruti Patel, SVP Engineering - Apollo GraphQL Sowmya Subramanian, CTO - Quizlet Jing Huang - VPE - SurveyMonkey Jessica Fritsch, Director Engineering - Remesh

12:10 PM - 12:40 PM

Measuring AI Boost: Value, Metrics and Scale Hersh Tapadia, Co-Founder & CEO - Allstacks Lakshmi Dixit, VPE - Zillow Swati Raju, VPE ServiceNow Vrushali Channapattan, Director Eng - Okta

Executive Track

10:50 AM - 11:45 AM

Positioning Engineering as a Strategic Driver Peer Group

11:50 AM - 12:40 PM

Future of Engineering Talent Amy Reichanadter, Chief People Officer - Databricks Michelle Grover, CTO Slalom Satish Kumar, CEO - Glider Laskhmi Baskaran, Senior Director of Engineering - Microsoft

12:50 PM - 2:00 PM 🥗🍹Lunch Break🍲🍹

2:10 PM - 2:45 PM

Owning Our Health, Owning Our Careers Joanna Strober, Founder & CEO - Midi Health Jessica Karr, Founder - Coyote Ventures Preetha Ram, Managing Partner - Pier 70 Ventures

2:50 PM - 3:15 PM

How to be ON THE BIZ as opposed to IN THE BIZ Julia Austin, Executive Fellow - HBS Sunita Verma, CTO - Ironclad

3:20 PM - 3:50 PM

From Engineer to Enterprise Disruptor Jyoti Bansal, Co-Founder & CEO - Harness Fireside chat with Monica Bajaj, VPE - Okta

2:10 PM - 3:00 PM

Engineering Productivity Challenge Peer Group

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Breaking Into Boards and Investing Akriti Dokania, Partner - Ridge Ventures Tolithia Kornweibel, CEO - Beam Benefits Ashmeet Sidana, Chief Engineer - Engineering Capital Nandini Easwar, CTIO- Beam Benefits

Closing Keynote

3:55 PM - 4:25 PM

Radical Candor in Action Kim Scott - Bestselling Author Nidhi Gupta - Co-Founder & CEO SheTO

4:30 PM

Celebration & Happy Hour 🙌 🎉 🎈 🙌

Roundtable

2:10 PM

Building Healthy Triads - Product, Engineering & Design Yulia Falkovich, Head of Engineering - ION Analytics Leading Through the AI Overwhelm Anagha Donde, Senior Director of Engineering Driving Engineering Impact with Outcome Intelligence Callie Bivings, Sr Software Engineer - Allstacks Young In Attucks - Solutions Architect - Allstacks Incident Tracking and Response in the age of AI-Aware Workflows Maggie Baxter, Solutions Engineer - Incident

3:00 PM

Career Transitions and Pivots in Engineering Vrishali Thorat, Sr Engineering Manager - Rubrik AI Tools and Security Tradeoffs Chitra Dharmarajan, Vice President, Security & Privacy Engineering - Okta Driving Engineering Impact with Outcome Intelligence Callie Bivings, Sr Software Engineer - Allstacks Young In Attucks - Solutions Architect - Allstacks Incident Tracking and Response in the age of AI-Aware Workflows Maggie Baxter, Solutions Engineer - Incident

Workshops

Want to keep the momentum going after the Summit has passed? Join us virtually for our highly popular and impactful workshops, exclusively designed for you. These workshops will teach you the skills that every leader should have to excel as a leader in their organizations. Led by Kathryn Vandiver, these workshops are designed, developed and delivered by and for engineering leaders.

Ignite Your Brand!

You already have a personal brand—now it’s time to take it to the next level.

In this high-impact workshop, you’ll get clear on what sets you apart, how to show up with intention, and how to make your name stick in the right rooms.
We’ll cover:

How to define and sharpen your professional brand
Smart ways to activate your network
Tactics to boost visibility—online and off

You’ll leave with a toolkit to show up confidently, consistently, and unmistakably you.

Ignite Your Voice!

Leadership starts with how you show up, and what you say when you do.

In this interactive workshop, you’ll uncover your leadership style, sharpen your communication, and learn how to make your voice land with impact. Whether you're giving feedback, presenting ideas, or managing up, this is about showing up as the leader you already are.

Learn to flex your communication for different audiences
Discover your natural leadership strengths
Practice techniques that make your voice impossible to ignore

Past Attendees

Our members come from over 2500 companies across the tech industry, covering the entire spectrum of engineering leadership levels. Expect to meet and network with CTOs, SVPEs, VPEs and technical decision makers from a wide array of tech companies