The Duo Blog
At Duo, we celebrated Women’s History Month with a panel discussion on International Women’s Day, featuring women from Duo discussing the importance of challenging biases and misconceptions in pursuit of a more inclusive, gender-equitable world.
The panel consisted of five women senior leaders from Duo:
- Jackie Castelli, Director, Product and Technical Marketing
- Connie Dimitroff, Director, Go to Market
- Megan Furman, Chief of Staff
- Amber Lindholm, Head of Design
- Iva Blazina Vukelja, Senior Director, Product Management
Bringing it all together was moderator Aubrey Blanche, Senior Director of Equitable Design, Product & People at CultureAmp, who helps organizations like ours build equitable processes, products and experiences to create meaningful, sustainable change.
We’re sharing some of our favorite quotes and lessons learned from the discussion:
Unique Paths to a Career in Technology
Iva Blazina Vukelja, Senior Director, Product Management, had the opportunity to take on a VP role at a startup. It made sense on paper, and it was a good next step based on her career trajectory. However, it would’ve required moving to another new country, building a life and learning a new culture again. Iva decided not to pursue the opportunity — which took her to where she is today:
“Sometimes we perceive that our career path is supposed to go in a straight line — there are expectations of society, our friends, our peers. But the reality is what’s ahead of us isn’t a straight line — it’s a starfield out there. There are many exciting, fun possible paths. It’s the essence of freedom that we have today, which wasn’t always there and wasn’t always granted.”
Amber Lindholm, Head of Design, was close to 30 and wanted to expand her options and what she was working on. She pursued a role at a world-class design consulting firm and was offered a three-month internship with no guarantee of a permanent position. Taking a chance on the opportunity, Amber and her husband relocated from Chicago to Austin, a city that they were unfamiliar with and where they had no other personal or professional
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