Off-Script: The Careers You Can't Copy
✨ You did the work. Someone with a tidier résumé got called leadership material.
If your path has crossed industries, functions or countries, you know the tax: every hiring manager wants the story explained, every promotion conversation starts from the beginning, and the range that makes you good at the job is the part you keep justifying.
We've invited women whose careers look unconventional on paper — and make complete sense the moment you hear the decisions behind them. Diplomacy into revenue, sales into product, one country into another. That combination is exactly what makes them hard to replace.
💬 What we'll get into
The moment range stopped being questioned and became the reason they got hired
Being overlooked early on, and what actually changed it
How to make an unusual path legible to recruiters, hiring managers and boards
The real decision behind the biggest turn each of them made
For anyone mid-pivot, switching fields, or building here from scratch.
🕕 Agenda
5:30 Networking · 6:15 Welcome · 6:20 Panel + audience Q&A · 7:30 Networking
🎟 Free to attend. Space is limited — please RSVP only if you plan to be there.
Speakers:
🎤 Tiffany Gonzalez, Chief Commercial Officer, GraphIQ.ai
🎤 Elena Leonova, Founder of OneRank and Former Chief Product Officer at Spryker
🎤 Nammy Sirur, Founder & CEO, Accent Unmuted
🌍 W.tech is a global network with Ukrainian roots. Austin Chapter welcomes women with non-linear journeys and newcomer backgrounds. We believe in connecting, uplifting, and empowering to elevate your cultural intelligence, financial literacy, and career progression.
🌍 Women in Product Austin Chapter connects and empowers women and non-binary product professionals across central Texas. Our mission is to inspire, equip, and help advance women and non-binary professionals in product through leadership support, career development, and community growth.
🏢 Thank you to Station Austin for sponsoring W.tech in Austin — the center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas, powered by Capital Factory. To sign up for a STATION Austin membership, click here.