Last year, on the day after April Fool’s Day, I wrote that I had heard the word “unprecedented” used daily. At that time, we were approximately half a month into lockdown, COVID-19 changed the world overnight, and we didn’t know how long the shutdown would last. And this was no “April Fool’s.” […]
In today’s #WomeninIdentity feature, we have Linda Hernandez, who works on our Revenue Enablement team! Read her story below, and read more Women in Identity features here. Before we dive in, can you give us a little background about who you are and how you got to SailPoint? The journey […]
I’ve used the term y’all my entire life. “Y’all” is the conjunction of “you all” and is an expression that is core to my identity as a sixth-generation Texan. I love the simple and assumptively inclusive nature of the word – it’s perfect in nearly every use. More recently, the […]
Tina Timmerman has a deep technical background in software development, but how did she get there? Tina started her career as a programmer, working in product development at several enterprise software companies. Along the way, she worked as a system engineer/analyst and as a project manager but eventually switched to […]
Traveling the world for your job doesn’t sound like a bad gig (pre-pandemic, of course). But before the world shut down, Senior Implementation Engineer Ishim Mañón worked in Spain, Belgium, and now in Austin. She started by getting her bachelor of engineering in Mexico City. Her first official job was […]
As the child of a nurse, Amber Miles always knew she wanted her work to have meaning. Her first job in high school was at a hospital, but a traditional healthcare career didn’t seem like it was the right fit. Fast-forward to her first (miserable) post-college job, when she decided to marry healthcare and technology and soon after found herself working at a healthcare software start up, […]
Stay positive, and don’t compare yourself to others. That is the advice SailPoint solution architect Sowmya Sanagapalli would give women starting their careers in 2021. Sowmya began as a Java developer in Bangalore, India, in 2009, worked in Sydney for few years, and moved to the USA- despite the challenges […]
Since the beginning, giving back has been a fundamental part of SailPoint’s culture. Despite the new (and interesting) challenges of 2020, the #SailPointCrew showed up, finding ways to keep our giving spirit alive while staying safe during the pandemic. As we wrap up the year, we’re reflecting on all the […]
Katie Moses started out her career working in hardware, doing circuit design for missile defence solutions. After moving to Austin she changed things up and began her career in the software industry as a technical consultant. One of her former colleagues, Andre Bosch, reached out to her and told her […]
If you ask Samantha Pedraza if she’s where she thought she would be, it’s likely she would say no – and she is grateful for that. The path to where she is now as a customer success manager on the SailPoint Crew began long before she got her feet wet […]
