Axosoft hires activist, debuts campaign to foster women in. Apr 27, 2015 the campaigns core idea and website came from artist, activist and author tania katan, who axosoft just hired about three months ago. Feb 05, 2016 tania katan is an awardwinning author and creative instigator who believes in storytelling at all costs. Katan, who carries the title curator of code, doesnt have a background in computer coding, and admits her phone and computer are pretty old. Tania katan on it was never a dress, keeping things steamy. View tania katan s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. She believes in storytelling at all costs, working with innovative organisations because she says, every rock star company needs a punk. The case of the american girl with no doll axosoft axosoft blog. Mar 09, 2019 for over a decade, tanias been successfully sneaking creativity into fortune 500 companies, tech conferences, ted talks, arts organizations, marketing conventions and innovation summits to spark smalltogigantic cultural revolutions. Disrupting museums, bathrooms and other publicprivate spaces as part of its artist talks series. Tania katan, the curator of code at the software development company axosoft, has thought of an intriguing way of getting more women into the tech industry which isnt famous for its female dominated presence. Tania katan is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics. Shes been in that stiff, triangle dress, looking uncomfortable.
How to put the spark and joy back into your work and life penguin random house, february 2019. We are excited to announce that axosoft evangelist, tania katan, has been nominated and chosen to attend the united state of women summit. In fact, no matter how tedious the task, or how buttonedup the office. Masha kozinets, director of product management at smartbear, along with tania katan, curator of code at axosoft. Tania katans life has gotten a lot busier over the past few days. Tania katan is an awardwinning author, keynote speaker and creative trespasser who believes in storytelling at all costs. Learn more most integrations and addons require api access in order to connect to axosoft. Please contact the friendly axosoft customer success team if you still need help. Coming out as creative tania katan and the power of. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover tania s. Axosofts curator of culture tania katan talked about the symbol in a press release. But most importantly, she describes herself as a creative trespasser, bam. This sign will forever change the way you see womens. Tania katan, author, creative trespassing after years of smuggling creativity into the corporate sector without getting busted, tania has learned that we dont need to be in a job that is distinctly creative in order to be distinctly creative in our job.
Summit, business of software, social innovation summit. Tania katan generally travels from and can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. At axosoft, we develop software that is used by the worlds most elite software engineers. Axosoft ceo lawdan shojaee is a finalist in the phoenix business journals. Tania is an awardwinning author, public speaker, playwright, and creativity expert. I encounter wonder women in my life every daymy mother, best friend, colleagues, and with whom i leaders i work. As a creative artist, im used to breaking barriers. Just three months ago katan joined the scottsdalebased software company axosoft after. Using creativity to disrupt the status quo with tania katan. Coming out as creative tania katan and the power of trespassing to unlock our superpowers.
Katan has performed her stories at the edinburgh festival fringe, npr snap judgment, tedx. Tania katan is an awardwinning author and creative instigator who believes in storytelling at all costs. While working at axosoft, a scottsdale based software company, tania tapped into her. Tania katan speakers bureau and booking agent info. The initiative, was started by project management software company axosoft to reflect the shifting perceptions and assumptions of male and female roles in the workplace, especially in technology. Tania katan attends the united state of women axosoft. And, as it turns out, gal gadot, who plays the new wonder woman, is one in real life, too. We are looking for top talent to help us make axosoft an even better company. Just three months ago katan joined the scottsdalebased software company axosoft after working as curator of performing art at scottsdale. Axosofts curator of culture tania katan talked about the symbol in a press release we see her every day.
Axosoft is an agile project manager software for software developers, which is really important, because its actually so functional as a project management software that some people are like, id like it to manage my life, and we. Katans forthcoming book, creative trespassing, will be published by penguin random house in february, 2019. Tania katan shows why the sign youve been looking at all your life was never really a dress. Axosoft started an empowerment campaign for female techies in april after hiring local activist and artist tania katan. The concept is the brainchild of two axosoft employees, performaning artist tania katan and marketing unicorn sara breeding, who presented the image at phoenixs girls in tech conference. Here youll find answers to faqs, documentation and tutorials. View tania katans profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Making her the perfect leader for all discussions taboo. Tania katan on it was never a dress, keeping things steam. Creative trespasser tania katan is next in sarasota museum. Axosoft is an agile project manager software for software developers, which is really important, because its actually. May 06, 2015 tania katan s life has gotten a lot busier over the past few days. While working at axosoft, a scottsdale based software company, tania tapped into her trademark creativity to address the issue of underrepresentation of women in technology. With such an attempt, she wishes to change the assumptions and perceptions regarding women in order to especially highlight the strong, gutsy and sensitive gestures that women make on a daily basis.
Axosoft is an agile project manager software for software developers, which is really important, because its actually so functional as a project management software that some people are like, id like it to manage my life, and we dont support that in our customer. The mysterious case of the american girl with no doll. She will travel to the white house on june 14th and take part in a celebration of achievement, discussions on how the nation is taking actions and moving forward, as well as exploration of key gender equality issues. For over a decade, tanias been successfully sneaking creativity into fortune 500 companies, tech conferences, ted talks, arts organizations, marketing conventions and innovation summits to spark smalltogigantic cultural revolutions. Podcast the art and science of software development dzone.
They wanted an evangelist, said katan, who spoke monday. For those of you who know tania, you can imagine how many pages of notes i accumulated in just one interview. Tania katan, awardwinning author, public speaker, playwright, and creativity expert, joins the program to discuss her diversity story and how it led her to value creativity in the workplace. Tania is an awardwinning author, performer, producer and evangelist who believes in storytelling at all costs.
Tania katan, an activist, author and programmer, created a fun new concept for bathroom signs that she hopes will shift perceptions and assumptions about women. The scottsdalebased software company axosoft is doing away with the ageold symbol of a generic lady in a dress, as seen on womens bathrooms. Jun 27, 2016 tania katan shows why the sign youve been looking at all your life was never really a dress. Tania katan is an awardwinning author, public speaker, playwright, and creativity expert. Jul 21, 2015 the concept is the brainchild of two axosoft employees, performaning artist tania katan and marketing unicorn sara breeding, who presented the image at phoenixs girls in tech conference. Instead of the dresswearing bathroomsign figure were used to, her sign features a woman in a superherostyle cape with the slogan, it was never a dress. Tania katan is an awardwinning artist, writer, performer who works for arizonabased agile project management software company, axosoft. Tania katan is an awardwinning artist, writer, performer who works for arizona based agile project management software company, axosoft.
It was never a dress conference mixed capes, coding at. May 19, 2015 the initiative, was started by project management software company axosoft to reflect the shifting perceptions and assumptions of male and female roles in the workplace, especially in technology. Listen to the women who change tech episode episode 1. These women are software testers, software developers, design thinkers. May 31, 2016 we are excited to announce that axosoft evangelist, tania katan, has been nominated and chosen to attend the united state of women summit. Tania katan is axosofts curator of code, but dont get confused, tanias background is not software development. View tania katan, motivational speakers profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Formerly the curator of performing arts at scottsdale museum of contemporary art, then the brand evangelist for software company, axosoft, tania learned the alchemy in merging art with agile.
Shojaee, could focus on running his spinoff software company, pure chat. Tania katan, brand evangelist, and john haley, developer at axosoft, were recent guests on the technologyadvice expert interview series to share their insights on project management. Creative trespasser tania katan is next in sarasota. May, 2015 tania katan is an awardwinning artist, writer, performer who works for arizonabased agile project management software company, axosoft. Her innovative way of formulating ideas led to the groundbreaking bestseller, creative trespassing. Jira software is built for every member of your software team to plan, track, and release great software. My guest on this episode of the will to change is tania katan. This sign will forever change the way you see womens bathrooms. Stay on the cutting edge of software development by getting. The campaigns core idea and website came from artist, activist and author tania katan, who axosoft just hired about three months ago. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover tanias.
Axosoft is an agile project management tool that helps teams create better software using scrum, kanban and other hybrid. Jul 24, 2019 as tania shared, theatre became the foundation for the rest of her work, learning to see and listen to an audience, then gathering feedback and incorporating it into action. Tania katan, motivational speaker author penguin random. She has given countless talks nationwide about how to make sure you are seen and heard in the world. Aug 15, 2018 formerly the curator of performing arts at scottsdale museum of contemporary art, then the brand evangelist for software company, axosoft, tania learned the alchemy in merging art with agile. The estimated speaking fee range to book tania katan for your event is available upon request. Sep 17, 2015 masha kozinets, director of product management at smartbear, along with tania katan, curator of code at axosoft. Tania katan is an extremely talented author, activist and a programmer who has made a fresh fun concept for womens bathroom signs. The company began selling tshirts and other merchandise for the campaign. Known far and wide as a funny, thoughtful and dynamic speaker, katan has spoken at companies and conferences that include american express, etsy, expedia, humana, moz, ciscolive.
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