Speaking, media and community
My speaking experience and topics stretch across engineering, documentation to community management, productivity and more. I am a professional speaker with a record of delivering successful talks and workshops in person and online, locally and internationally.
You can see examples of past talks below. If any of these topics sound appealing or you have a new idea in mind, please reach out.
2023
Cloud First Summit 2023 Edinburgh, "Why you need a Cloud Center of Excellence"
AWS re:Invent 2023 - Expo Featured, Community Developer Lounge Dev Chats Speaker
Strategies for Successful Speaker Marketing and Relationship Building, Aspiring Women Speaker article
Unleashing the Power of Hands-On Workshops, Aspiring Women Speaker article
Selecting Speaking Topics, Aspiring Women Speaker article
Creating Engaging and Inclusive Presentations, Aspiring Women Speaker article
Mastering Speaking Engagements: Preparing, Nerves, and Maintaining Focus, Aspiring Women Speaker article
AWS Community Builder 2023 - Cloud Operations Year 2
FinOps Foundation Practitioner Certified
AWS Cloud Solutions Architect Certified
AWS User Group Glasgow Host - Meet Up #28, April 2023
turntabl Professional Development Program Speaker, "Make your workdays work for you"
Google for Startups Women Founders Masterminds Peer to Peer Mentor
Aspiring Women Speakers Couch to Conference Program Mentor and Speaker
Power Her Up @ The University of Edinburgh Speaker
Bath Wackathon Speaker, "How docs make or break a winning hackathon pitch"
codebar Festival CFP volunteer
WTM Ambassador workshop, "So, you're a first time speaker"
2022
AWS re:Invent 2022, "Why build a Cloud Center of Excellence?"
Work180 Profile Website Feature
AWS Cloud Practitioner Certified
IWD Europe WomenTechmakers Organizer
What's My Line - Computing & Digital Speaker for STEM Ambassador West England Hub, careers panel discussions aimed at Further Education tutors
AWS Community Builder 2022 - Cloud Operations
JP Morgan Expert Engineer Program 2022
Impostor Syndrome Workshop Host for Gender Diversity in Tech Event hosted by Queen's University, University of Carleton and University of Ottawa
DevOps with Zack Podcast Guest
ProductWorld 2022, "Docs are everyone's business"
2021
Product Manager Certification - ProductSchool
🎬 S01E01: Tech Journey of Alex -- TechSide Chat Twitch Livestream for Campus Experts
sunhacks 2021, "Docs are everyone's business"
CodeLand Conference, "Docs are everyone's business"
7 things we learned about Public Speaking when we talked to Alex Radu and Stefania Chaplin
#IamRemarkable with Google - Gold Tier Facilitator
Winner of Talent Meets Bertelsmann 2021 competition - with BMG
Winner of \Build and \Design tracks of Bath Hack 2021 with project "Bloodhound"
TECH(K)NOW Day speaker, "Make your workdays work for you"
codebar Festival speaker, "Make your workdays work for you"
Fidelity International guest speaker
AdvancedHE - Degree Apprenticeships – Challenges and opportunities interview
2020
Digital Shapers 2020 Finalist and 2nd Place winner - with Eventim
Ambassador’s Diploma Winner in the Graduate Student category from the Romanian Embassy to the UK
2019
GitHub Education Day in SF speaker with "How unicorns can build better software"
DevRelCon London speaker with "Communities of practice: crafting the brand"
re:develop conference speaker, "How unicorns can build better chatbots"
Sherborne Girls School Friday Series Talks speaker, "Writer, designer, developer and unicorn"
BCS Lovelace Colloquim 2019 winning project on Dark Patterns
Mentor for the Google Digital Garage for Programmers startup incubator, in Romania.
2018
2017
2016
2015
Changemakers UN report I edited and collaborated on as a result of participating to the WHA 2015.
Changemakers UN article I wrote for the WHA 2015 on Universal Healthcare and digital apps.