Diva Tech Talk Podcast

Diva Tech Talk interviewed Jenny Coupe, Senior Director, Americas Marketing at Akamai Technologies (www.akamai.com).  Jenny began life as an “Army brat,” and moved 22 times in 18 years, forcing quick adaptation to new people, circumstances and venues. Jenny’s father, an Army judge, encouraged her to “be who I wanted to be, irrespective of gender.” Jenny moved to Silicon Valley and graduated from The University of the Pacific, then began an entry-level position at Silicon Graphics Inc. (www.silicongraphics.com) in a “gender-blind culture.”  She credits her “fantastic boss” during her first 6 years for her swift career development. At SGI, she moved into marketing, followed her boss to WebMD (www.webmd.com) as employee #10 and became Director, Worldwide Corporate Marketing --- on the team that took WebMD to IPO status.  After WebMD, Jenny had eight different senior level marketing executive roles with companies ranging from giants like IBM to startups like Tegile.  Eventually, she migrated to Vice President of