What a whirlwind year this has been! Hopefully, you were able to attend one of the spring WE Locals in the U.S., Prague, or Bengaluru and connect with your SWE friends. Now, school is out, and hopefully you are enjoying some summer vacation. And for those who might be new to our group, whether you are a technical leader and aspiring to grow on the technical career track or just have a general interest in advocating for technical career path growth, read on!
Upcoming Events
WE Local Campinas, Brazil
This year, there is a new WE Local in South America! WE Local Campinas in Brazil will be held from Aug. 6-7. Do you speak Portuguese? Interested in participating? Check out the event calendar to find out more about SWE’s first-ever all-Portuguese WE Local conference, just an hour south of Rio by plane!
WE25 Annual Meeting
WE25 will be in New Orleans this Oct. 23-25! I can taste the beignets and Café du Monde coffee and hear the sweet sound of jazz music in the French Quarter already! By now, you have been notified if your session submission was accepted for WE25. If you have a topic that was accepted that you’d like to let the Technical Career Path Affinity Group (TCP AG) know about, please email us at technical.career.path.ag@swe.org so that we can all attend your session and support you!
For instance, Kiran Malik was notified that her Listen & Learn Lecture was accepted at WE25! It is called “The Change Equation: How to Calculate and Communicate Your Impact.” We’re all looking forward to supporting her in New Orleans! .
TCP AG / Military and Veterans AG / Northrup-Grumman Event
Coming this fall, look out for a three-way event with the TCP AG, the Military and Veterans AG, and Northrup Grumman. More details to come in our next newsletter!
WE Local Pune, India
This year, there is also a new WE Local in India! WE Local Pune will be held Dec. 4-5, 2025. Visit the website to register for this event!
Google Meetups — TCP AG-Wide
You asked for it, and you got it! Below are opportunities to connect with your fellow TCP AG members and ask questions about upcoming events, provide feedback on past events, ask for help that you need, or volunteer for roles in our committees. While there is no perfect time of day for us all, a variety of meeting times throughout the year have been scheduled so that hopefully you can join us for one or two!
September
Technical Career Path AG Quarterly Meetup — September
Monday, Sept. 15, 2025 · 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. ET
Google Meet joining info can be found in the July 22 Technical Career Path AG email newsletter or by emailing technical.career.path.ag@swe.org
December
Technical Career Path AG Quarterly Meetup — December
Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 · 9:00 – 10:00 p.m. ET
Google Meet joining info can be found in the July 22 Technical Career Path AG email newsletter or by emailing technical.career.path.ag@swe.org
TCP AG Mentorship Program
The TCP AG is excited to start a mentorship program! This mentoring program is a bit different from the one offered by SWE. While the SWE mentorship program focuses on networking, leadership, and professional development, this initiative is designed to help mentees strengthen their technical skills. They’ll have the opportunity to work directly with experts in specific technical areas where they’re seeking support or growth.
Help Build the Future — One Technical Mentor at a Time
You’ve navigated complex systems, solved tough problems, and carved out your space in a demanding and dynamic field. As a woman in a technical role, your journey is powerful, and now it’s time to pay it forward.
The next generation of women in tech needs more than inspiration — they need guidance, real-world insights, and role models who’ve walked the walk. That’s where you come in.
Why Mentor in a Technical Role?
- Help young women build confidence in coding, engineering, data, and cybersecurity
- Offer practical advice on navigating technical challenges and workplace dynamics
- Share your experiences to bridge the gap between the classroom and the real-world
- Show future leaders what technical excellence looks like — they can’t be what they can’t see
Your knowledge is valuable. Your voice is powerful. Your time can change lives.
Share your skills. Shape tomorrow’s women in tech.
Thank You
WE Local Milwaukee — CTO Speaker Series Melissa Martinez
Thanks to Saman Ataanabi for organizing a CTO Speaker Series session at WE Local Milwaukee on March 15, which highlighted Melissa Martinez from Metaltek International. Our Fellow & CTO Series events give you the opportunity to make connections with our industry leaders and learn about their career journey and best practices for technical career paths. Check out our YouTube Channel for more recorded talks like this one and meet other women on the Technical Career Path!
Leadership Updates
Thank you for Saman Ataanabi for serving as the CTO Speaker Series committee leader and Bing Zhang as the TCP AG co-lead for the last year! We have appreciated your support and leadership! And welcome to Neena Sharma, who will be taking over for Saman as the new CTO Speaker Series committee leader. The rest of the TCP AG is excited to work with her to plan additional great speakers for the coming year!
Volunteers Needed
We are looking for volunteers to lead our initiatives! Interested in helping out? Fill out an application on the Volunteer Job Board. We are currently looking for a co-lead and committee leaders.
- TCP AG Co-Lead
- We are looking for a new co-lead! Interested in helping to help shape the future of this AG? Passionate about the technical career path? Please consider becoming a co-lead for the group and serve with TCP AG Co-Lead Deb Whitis!
- Community Building
- Technical Path Coaching — Kiran Malik
- Small group sessions for AG members to discuss technical path options and coaching to overcome hurdles
- Members: Ankita Majumder, Angelica Ukwuoma
- Fellows and CTO Circle Series — Neena Sharma
- Leaders sharing their personal stories and best practices for technical path careers
- Technical Path Coaching — Kiran Malik
- Professional Development
- Technical Award Advocacy — Amrita Maguire
- Members: Pamela Morrison
- Technical Career Platform: HELP NEEDED! — 2 hours / month
- This role focuses on creating opportunity for AG members to present their technical work through presentation or publication.
- Members: Neethu Elizabeth Simon
- Technical Award Advocacy — Amrita Maguire
- Empowerment
- Liaisons from SWE Affinity Groups: HELP NEEDED! — 2 hours/month
- This role works with member representative from other SWE AGs to share best practices.
- Members: Shambhavi Telkar
- SWE Program Advocacy — Monika Chauhan
- Advocating for more technical programming and representation within SWE events
- Liaisons from SWE Affinity Groups: HELP NEEDED! — 2 hours/month
- Operations
- Communications — Cassidy Manning
- This role manages outbound and inbound communications and social media presence.
- Members: Manisha Revankar
- Data and Evaluation — Amanda Alsbrook / Elisa
- This role creates and monitors success metrics to track AG impact and publishes yearly results.
- Communications — Cassidy Manning
About the TCP AG
The TCP AG was founded in June 2021 and is focused on supporting women in planning for growth down a technical career path as technical leaders. The goal is to promote women to excel on the technical leadership path and expand engagement in SWE awards. This AG creates a sphere of influence to promote opportunities to engage more females in the engineering technical leadership pipeline.
Our mission is to provide support and networking for SWE members interested in their careers technically and to be a resource for information and feedback of the technical career path growth perspective to other SWE committees and groups.
How to Get Involved With the TCP AG
Join us on Facebook or LinkedIn, and check out our coaching sessions on YouTube. You can subscribe to email updates from the AG by logging into your SWE member portal and scrolling to Communication Preferences.
