From the White House to the Software Industry 🏛️ Victoria Espinel

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By Victoria Espinel (www.twitter.com/victoriaespinel), former President Obama’s advisor on intellectual property & CEO of BSA | The Software Alliance (www.bsa.org)
With Zineb Mekouar (www.twitter.com/Zineb__Mekouar), Public Affairs at The Family

Victoria came to The Family to talk about her inspiring career:

– She was President Obama’s advisor on intellectual property; before that, she was the first EVER chief U.S trade negotiator for intellectual property & innovation at the United States Trade Representative (USTR)
– She is a founding & ongoing sponsor of Girls Who Code’s Washington D.C summer immersion program, which empowers young women to pursue careers in STEM fields (Sciences, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics)
– She is now the CEO of BSA | The Software Alliance, the leading organization advocating for the global software industry

We talked about:

– What it was like to work with Barack Obama in general and in the digital field in particular,
– Moving from the public to the private sector and what were the main drivers behind that choice,
– Why is it so important to build initiatives like Girls Who Code to empower women?
– What is it like to be a woman at the highest levels of power
– Technology, innovation and regulation
– And many other inspiring things 😉

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