About Us

Inspired by the opportunity to create a community to support and advance women in technology, the Women in Technology (WiT) organization at Enova was co-founded in 2014 by Parul Schroff, Valerie Concepcion and a few other Enova women engineers.

WiT along with this year’s ChiWiTCon™ is designed to bring the achievements, aspirations, and career interests of women in technology to the forefront.

Here is the team behind ChiWiTCon™ – 2017:

• Amy Hildebrand
• Ana Lebron
• Bridget Ascenzo
• Cecilia Fischer-Benitez
• Courtney Wilson
• Griffin Caprio
• Heidi Williams
• Jasmine Kent
• Jenn Dudley
• John Higginson
• Michelle Waldorf
• Neha Bhardwaj
• Parul Schroff
• Ramya Kannan
• Sara Laupp
• Snigdha Sinha
• SriLahari Manam
• Valerie Concepcion
• Vanessa Huerta Granda

Previous events hosted by Chicago Women in Tech:

• Our first event! Code Night with Women Who Code
• Ms. Tech Talks: Career Transitions into Technology
• Girl Develop It: SQL Basics, Joins and Advanced Topics
• ARA: Breaking Barriers: Lessons Learned from Trailblazing Women
• Women Who Code: Raspberry Pi Hacknight
• PyLadies: Data Analytics with Python
• Women Who Code: Testing with Cucumber
• Anita Borg Institute: Set your goals and envision the year
• Field trip for Girls Who Code