60 Seconds with WITS Northeast Speaker — Madeline Heit

Madeline Heit is a Principal Software Engineer at Capital One. Her session at WITS Northeast is Scaling Your Project in AWS, using Lambda and CloudFormation.

• Why is speaking at WITS important to you?
  We live in a technology focused world which constantly adapts to new software and persistent cyber threats. It is important for me to have the opportunity to speak at the Women in Technology Summit. I am pleased to have the opportunity to share my engineered solutions that currently solve technical problems within the community of respected working women. I hope to offer WIT members and allies fresh perspectives on software design that can be adapted into their own software releases by sharing my challenges and solutions.
• What inspires you?
  Disruption in Technology inspires me because it changes the technology environment to be inclusive, approachable and welcoming to all.
• Most useful article you’ve read in the last month.
  Title: “Riot Games issues new company values in wake of ‘bro’ culture accusations”
  Riot’s Accusation:https://venturebeat.com/2019/01/14/riot-games-issues-new-company-value s-in-wake-of-bro-culture-accusations/
  Riot’s Response:https://www.riotgames.com/en/who-we-are/our-first-steps-forward
  Riot’s accusations of sexist “Bro” culture was broadcasted in the news. Companies will need to learn from companies such as Google, Uber and Riot to reshape their focus on the importance of D&I company initiatives before they lose diverse voices.
• When you were a kid what was your dream job?
  When I was kid, my dream job was to become a dentist to help correct people’s teeth to give them the confidence to smile.
• Quote about your session
  “Get ready to use Python to sit back and enjoy your automated deployment!”