Navigating Curiosity to Leadership in Tech
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Education
Science
Technology
Publication Date |
Dec 18, 2024
Episode Duration |
00:15:56

Highlights

  • Vulnerability and honesty in leadership (12:07)
  • Finding leaders who are willing to take risks on talent (13:48)

Bio

Maritza is an engineering manager at Klaviyo, where she leads a team focused on creating tools that help marketers better understand and optimize their campaign and flow performance. She enjoys collaborating with her team to develop solutions that provide clear, actionable insights for users.

Before joining Klaviyo, Maritza worked at startups in the clinical trial management and natural language processing (NLP) sectors, where she gained experience in applying software to solve practical challenges. She began her career as a research assistant in a computational neuroimaging lab, where she was introduced to software development through the lab's open-source projects. This experience sparked her interest in using technology to address real-world problems.

Outside of work, Maritza enjoys knitting, though much of her time is happily spent caring for her 1- and 3-year-olds.

 

Connecting with Maritza

Maritza Ebling on Linkedin

 

Connect with Us

Tina Tang on LinkedIn

Follow WiDS on LinkedIn (@Women in Data Science (WiDS) Worldwide), Twitter (@WiDS_Worldwide), Facebook (WiDSWorldwide), and Instagram (wids_worldwide)

Listen and Subscribe to the WiDS Podcast on

 Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher

In this episode, we chat with Maritza Ebling, a seasoned software engineer and leader, about her unconventional journey from a theoretical math and neuroscience major at Wesleyan University to leading teams in the tech industry. Maritza reflects on how her curiosity and passion for problem-solving guided her career path, starting with computational neuroscience work at Mass General Hospital, where she discovered her love for software engineering. Maritza shares key moments from her career, including the challenges of breaking into the tech field without a traditional engineering background. She credits pivotal mentors and peers who took chances on her potential and helped shape her skills through collaboration and support. She also discusses the transition from being a hands-on engineer to becoming a leader focused on empowering others.

Highlights

  • Vulnerability and honesty in leadership (12:07)
  • Finding leaders who are willing to take risks on talent (13:48)

Bio

Maritza is an engineering manager at Klaviyo, where she leads a team focused on creating tools that help marketers better understand and optimize their campaign and flow performance. She enjoys collaborating with her team to develop solutions that provide clear, actionable insights for users.

Before joining Klaviyo, Maritza worked at startups in the clinical trial management and natural language processing (NLP) sectors, where she gained experience in applying software to solve practical challenges. She began her career as a research assistant in a computational neuroimaging lab, where she was introduced to software development through the lab's open-source projects. This experience sparked her interest in using technology to address real-world problems.

Outside of work, Maritza enjoys knitting, though much of her time is happily spent caring for her 1- and 3-year-olds.

 

Connecting with Maritza

Maritza Ebling on Linkedin

 

Connect with Us

Tina Tang on LinkedIn

Follow WiDS on LinkedIn (@Women in Data Science (WiDS) Worldwide), Twitter (@WiDS_Worldwide), Facebook (WiDSWorldwide), and Instagram (wids_worldwide)

Listen and Subscribe to the WiDS Podcast on

 Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher

This episode currently has no reviews.

Submit Review
This episode could use a review!

This episode could use a review! Have anything to say about it? Share your thoughts using the button below.

Submit Review