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Tech News Roundup, February 29

This week’s tech news round-up covers the growing adoption of AI coding assistants, creating a security-first culture, and more

Tony Aponte and Natacha Giai’s Partnership Drives Attentive’s Successful Culture

Tony Aponte and Natacha Giai are two leaders with a shared passion for Attentive’s vision, people, AI product, and culture

Ana Bennett
Ana Bennett Bridges IT and Business at Hisco

Ana Bennett shares how she learned to get the most out of her technical and business colleagues throughout her decades-long care.

Rina Montalvo
Rina Montalvo on Human Resources, Recovery, and Resilience

Rina Montalvo reflects on the life-changing challenges she experienced in the height of her career that ultimately brought her to a rewarding HR role at X

Patrick Trevino
How Patrick Trevino Puts People First

EVP Patrick Trevino shares his human-centric leadership philosophy and how it aligns with the culture at TRAX Analytics

Catalina Laverde
Catalina Laverde Sets Promises—and Fulfills Them

How Catalina Laverde took ownership of her life and career to set the course not only for herself, but also to show other Latinas how they can do the same

Bernie Escobedo
Bernie Escobedo Builds Communities Wherever He Goes

Benefits expert Bernie Escobedo shares how he and his team built a best-in-class benefits plan to serve DXC Technology’s fully remote workforce

Cisco Sanchez Qualcomm
Cisco Sanchez Turns Headwinds into Opportunity

As Qualcomm’s CIO, Cisco Sanchez navigates the ever-evolving world of wireless technology with flexibility and curiosity

Eduardo Muniz Upstart
Eduardo Muniz on the Success of Upstart’s Digital-First Model

As vice president of people operations, Eduardo Muniz helps Upstart scale its workforce with a technology-enabled HR team

Adriana Torres Oracle
Adriana Torres Finds Ways to Keep Learning 30 Years In

Oracle’s Adriana Torres is a veteran of her industry but also its most eager student

Tony Alonzo Master Electronics
Tony Alonzo Asks the Right “Why”

Tony Alonzo on creating the framework for his team’s success, bringing Master Electronics toward the future, and leadership lessons he’s learned along the way

Daniella De Grande Wants You to Know That This Can Be You

Daniella De Grande supports global IT and business enablement, innovation, ESG, and DEI efforts at Thomson Reuters

Luiz Gondim Johnson & Johnson
Luiz Gondim Serves J&J’s Mission through Innovation

Luiz Gondim shares how aligning to a common mission with five key behaviors is the foundation for a successful high-performing team in his role as head of technology for Janssen Latin America

Carlos Quezada Hewlett Packard
Carlos Quezada on the Immigrant’s Survival Guide to Silicon Valley

From humble beginnings in Mexico to start-ups, tech, and digital strategy expertise, HPE’s Carlos Quezada shares his insights with the next generation of immigrant professionals

Ernest Cordova The Dragonfli Group
Ernest Cordova Is Ready to Serve

Ernest Cordova was retired for less than a year, but he’s eyeing a chance to make change from the board room as COO at Dragonfli Group

Alberto Pardo Adsmovil
Alberto Pardo Straddles Time, Borders, and Purpose at Adsmovil

Alberto Pardo isn’t afraid of the advance of technologies. He puts them to work to create great companies, including one that reaches 24 million people.

Lennies Gutierrez Comcast
Lennies Gutierrez Is Closing the Digital Divide

Many Americans lack convenient and affordable internet access. Comcast’s Lennies Gutierrez is working to change that while honoring her father’s legal legacy.

Carlos Rivas Instacart
Carlos Rivas Builds a Culture of M&A at Instacart

Carlos Rivas didn’t plan to go in-house many years ago, but he’s glad he stayed open to change and recently joined the grocery technology company

Martha-Ventura
Martha Ventura Builds Bridges Toward STEM at T-Mobile

T-Mobile VP of Engineering and Operations Martha Ventura is a rare breed as a Latina in a male-dominated field. That’s why she’s building bridges to increase the number of women in tech.

Emilio-Escobar-Datadog
Emilio Escobar Disrupts Cybersecurity at Datadog

Emilio Escobar drives change for Latinos, Cybersecurity Pros, and the C-Suite as Datadog CISO

Elizabeth Nieto, Global Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
Elizabeth Nieto on Belonging in the Band at Spotify

Our Guest Editor and Global Head of Equity and Impact at Spotify speaks on her team’s inclusive initiatives and how they are shaping the music streaming company’s future