Advancing to An Executive Role
- Host – Michele Heyward, Founder, PositiveHire
- Guest – Soumeya Benghanem, Product Management Executive
- Guest – Teresa Wilson, Vice President Regional Operations
Positive hire is a tech startup, focuses on connecting experienced Black, Latina, and Indigenous women, who are scientists, engineers, and technology professionals to management roles. We do subject matter expert positions as well. But the importance is, our numbers are small, but we are mighty, and we deserve to be there. We remove more barriers so that we continue to grow and excel in our careers.
Don’t forget to watch the video till the end!
Soumeya Benghanem
Soumeya Benghanem is a Product Management executive with 20 years of experience in building software. She is currently a Product Management Practice Leader at Pivotal Labs, a Division of VMware. She has been the Chief Product Officer and Head of Product at startups in Financial Services and Healthcare. Some of the organizations that Soumeya has worked with include The United States Space Force, GE, Merrill Lynch, The Bank of NY Mellon, Paypal, and The Depository Trust Company, and Summer.
Teresa Wilson
Teresa Wilson is Vice President Regional Operations for Calpine where she has responsibility for safety and operational excellence along with leadership development for the North Central Region. Calpine is America’s largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources with robust commercial, industrial and residential retail operations in key competitive power markets. Calpine has a fleet of 79 power plants in operation and under construction represents approximately 26,000 megawatts of generation capacity. Calpine serves customers in 24 states, Canada and Mexico through wholesale power operations and retail businesses
Ms. Wilson has more than 20 years of leadership experience in the energy industry leading and managing in the areas of operations, continuous improvement, leadership development, diversity and inclusion and change management as well as five years as the founder of Destiny Unleashed LLC providing leadership and career coaching and consulting. Teresa is a Leadership Coach with several UNC Kenan-Flagler Business MBA Programs.
Teresa has a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University and a MBA from Meredith College. She received her Personal and Executive Coaching certification through the Coaching & Positive Psychology (CaPP) Institute in 2013.
Michele Heyward
Michele Heyward is founder and CEO of PositiveHire, a tech company engineered to bridge the gap between enterprises and underrepresented women in STEM professions. Michele is a civil engineer who is an experienced project manager in the energy sector armed with technical sales and technology transfer experience.
Michele’s vision is to not only help black, Latina and indigenous women find inclusive workplaces, but to prepare enterprises to receive them, and help those enterprises recruit them. This approach makes PositiveHire the premiere recruiting platform for black, Latina and indigenous women professionals.
Michele has a B.S. degree in civil engineering and a M.S. degree in industrial management, both from Clemson University. A South Carolina native, Michele enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, Toastmasters, and making connections personally and professionally. Michele has a passion for engaging with others on social media.
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