Fearless Women Podcast By Janice McDonald

Ellie Fields - Chief Product & Engineering Officer at SalesLoft

Episode Summary

This weeks guest joins us from Seattle! It's Ellie Fields, who is the new Chief Product and Engineering Officer at SalesLoft . It's a company that is frequently recognized for its award winning culture, and a company that combines the art of selling, with the science of technology to help sellers build trust and make meaningful connections with buyers - even when the worlds gone digital. Ellie has an Undergraduate Degree in Engineering and also holds an MBA from Stanford. As a women in tech she has lots to share from her very impressive career. We'll hear about that and more! At 9:53 hear Ellie share what she's learned about the world of work "I think that there's just so much variety out there. I really didn't know much about the world of work when I entered it, and I spent a lot of my first few years learning , but I didn't realize how many ways there were to approach problems... how many different companies, how many different paths there are out there. I think I had a much more rigid view of what the world was, and I think today I see... ya know I see kids come out of college... and I think there's a lot more awareness of different paths you can take, and different patterns. I'd encourage people to investigate that and look at that and if a standard career ladder doesn't work for you, just switch it up and see what you can do to do something different." Fearlesswomenpodcast.com fearlesswomenpodcast@gmail.com Thebeaconagency.ca salesloft.com Sponsors: bdc.ca lockheedmartin.com edc.ca/women-in-trade

Episode Notes

This weeks guest joins us from  Seattle! It's Ellie Fields,  who is the new Chief Product and Engineering Officer at SalesLoft . It's a company that is frequently recognized for its award winning culture, and a company that combines the art of selling, with the science of technology to help sellers build trust and make meaningful connections  with buyers  - even when the worlds gone digital.  

Ellie has an Undergraduate Degree in Engineering and  also holds an MBA from Stanford. As a women in tech she has lots to share from her very impressive career. We'll hear about that and more!

At 9:53 hear Ellie share what she's learned about the world of work

"I think that there's just so much variety out there. I really didn't know much about the world of work when I entered it, and I spent  a lot of my first few years learning , but I didn't realize  how many ways there were to approach problems... how many different companies, how many different paths there are out there. I think I had a much more rigid view of what the world was, and I think today I  see... ya know I see kids  come out of college...  and I think there's a lot more awareness  of different paths you can take, and different patterns. I'd encourage people to  investigate that and look at that and if a standard career ladder doesn't  work for you, just switch it up and see what you can do to do something different."

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