DevelopHer and Creating Success for All in Tech with Lauren Hasson

Corey is joned by Lauren Hasson, Fonder of DevelopHer, to discuss whats its like to not be a just another whtie dude in tech and her own work in tech and advocacy for everyone in their careers. Lauren stays busy with her multifaceted interaction with the tech world, least of which is DevelopHer. Lauren talks about DevelopHer and her story about its creation. From taking a different direction into tech Lauren had to fight her ways upwards, and despite the adversity, such as the pay gap, she excelled. She created DevelopHer is order to help others make similar successes in their own careers, but through more conducive paths. Check out this episode for Lauren’s valuable insight!
About Lauren
Lauren Hasson is the Founder of DevelopHer, an award-winning career development platform that has empowered thousands of women in tech to get ahead, stand out, and earn more in their careers. She also works full-time on the frontlines of tech herself. By day, she is an accomplished software engineer at a leading Silicon Valley payments company where she is the architect of their voice payment system and messaging capabilities and is chiefly responsible for all of application security.
Through DevelopHer, she’s partnered with top tech companies like Google, Dell, Intuit, Armor, and more and has worked with top universities including Indiana and Tufts to bridge the gender gap in leadership, opportunity, and pay in tech for good. Additionally, she was invited to the United Nations to collaborate on the global EQUALS initiative to bridge the global gender divide in technology. 
Sought after across the globe for her insight and passionate voice, Lauren has started a movement that inspires women around the world to seek an understanding of their true value and to learn and continually grow.  
Her work has been featured by industry-leading publications like IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine and Thrive Global and her ground-breaking platform has been recognized with fourteen prestigious awards for entrepreneurship, product innovation, diversity and leadership including the Women in IT Awards Silicon Valley Diversity Initiative of the Year Award, three Female Executive of the Year Awards, and recognition as a Finalist for the United Nations WSIS Stakeholder Prize.


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