>> From San Francisco, it's The Cube covering Girls in Tech Catalyst Conference, brought to you by Girls in Tech. >> Hey, welcome back, everybody. Jeff Frick here with The Cube. We're in downtown San Francisco at the Girls in Tech Catalyst Conference 2018. About 700 professionals, mainly women, a couple of men, a couple of busloads of younger people coming in to get inspired. And we're excited to be here. It's a single track event, two days, probably 20 presentations per day of people really sharing their story. And we're excited to have Diana Cappello. She's the lead solutions engineer from Clari. Just before you get into your talk, right? >> Exactly, yes. >> So welcome. >> Thank you. >> So, what's your talk going to be on? >> I'm leading a panel on the topic of innovation. So we've got four amazing women, two co-founders, two product managers. >> Okay, so clearly, diversity of opinion, diversity of thought, diversity of point of view, diversity of problem solving. It's a huge piece of the innovation game. >> Absolutely. And so, that was the challenge for me, is with this broad set of speakers, how do you tie it together in a theme? So we're focusing on emerging technologies. So AI, big data number crunching. >> Right. So it seems to me that the solution to innovation, one of the solutions, there's a couple simple things, one is kind of just give more people access to the data, give more people access to the tools to manipulate the data, and then give more people the access to actually do something once they get the data out of tools on top of the data so they can actually be empowered to make change. And a lot of companies never have done that in the past. But really with the democratization of the data, the tools, and hopefully the control, that's one of the big engines that we see. What do you think? >> That's absolutely the key. So we are thinking of it in the reverse in our panel. What's the problem that you're trying to solve, and then how can you leverage big data and these merging technologies to solve that problem in the real world. >> Right. So how do you, in your day to day life, how do you make sure that you guys are staying innovative? How do you make sure that the quiet voice in the back actually gets heard? Or the person that doesn't necessarily have the social capital, or the title capital, or whatever the capital is to make an influence, that that voice gets added to the conversation? >> So that's my role as a lead solutions engineer, is to listen. The number one thing that we do when we meet a customer is listen to the problems that they're experiencing, and then listen to the goals that they have, the objectives that they want, the outcomes. And then we think about how can we meet their need with the technology. So, number one thing for lead solution engineer, and for anyone else in tech, is listen to your customer. >> You don't just stand up in front and tell them all the great stuff that you do? >> I would love to. (laughing) I could talk all day. >> No, it's so funny, right? 'Cause so many people, that's what they do. Instead, they don't listen. They're just, they're so excited. And I think, especially in a product management role, you see it a lot where people are just so excited, so passionate about the things that they built that sometimes that's all they want to do is just ell that story, and maybe more the story than the customer needs to hear, is ready to hear, or cares about hearing. But really, it's listening that's the more important skill. >> Yep, I mean, we have seven modules in our product. If I showed you all seven, yes, you would find something of value there, but it would be so much more valuable for your time and mine if I showed you that one thing. >> Right. >> In the context of what you want to do with it. >> So shifting gears a little bit, have you been to Catalyst before? >> This is my second one. >> Right. >> I'm really excited to come back two years in a row. Can't wait to come next year. >> So I'm just curious, from a professional point of view, where do you see the value? Obviously, you're excited now. You're participating. To take a minute out of your day job. We're all busy. We have too many emails, and too many meetings, and too many calls, but to really kind of take a break form that and come, and spend a day, and spend time on the panel, how do you find that valuable? >> For me, it's all about career development. I am making connections. I'm learning so much. I got to speak to Parker Harris this morning about AI and applied AI. I would never have had that opportunity if I stayed at my desk. >> Yeah, well, great. So good luck on your panel. >> Thank you. >> And we'll be watching, and hopefully you'll get some good questions. >> She's Diana. I'm Jeff. You're watching The Cube from Catalyst 2018. Thanks for watching. (upbeat music)

>> From San Francisco, it's The Cube covering Girls in Tech Catalyst Conference, brought to you by Girls in Tech. >> Hey, welcome back, everybody. Jeff Frick here with The Cube. We're in downtown San Francisco at the Girls in Tech Catalyst Conference 2018. About 700 professionals, mainly women, a couple of men, a couple of busloads of younger people coming in to get inspired. And we're excited to be here. It's a single track event, two days, probably 20 presentations per day of people really sharing their story. And we're excited to have Diana Cappello. She's the lead solutions engineer from Clari. Just before you get into your talk, right? >> Exactly, yes. >> So welcome. >> Thank you. >> So, what's your talk going to be on? >> I'm leading a panel on the topic of innovation. So we've got four amazing women, two co-founders, two product managers. >> Okay, so clearly, diversity of opinion, diversity of thought, diversity of point of view, diversity of problem solving. It's a huge piece of the innovation game. >> Absolutely. And so, that was the challenge for me, is with this broad set of speakers, how do you tie it together in a theme? So we're focusing on emerging technologies. So AI, big data number crunching. >> Right. So it seems to me that the solution to innovation, one of the solutions, there's a couple simple things, one is kind of just give more people access to the data, give more people access to the tools to manipulate the data, and then give more people the access to actually do something once they get the data out of tools on top of the data so they can actually be empowered to make change. And a lot of companies never have done that in the past. But really with the democratization of the data, the tools, and hopefully the control, that's one of the big engines that we see. What do you think? >> That's absolutely the key. So we are thinking of it in the reverse in our panel. What's the problem that you're trying to solve, and then how can you leverage big data and these merging technologies to solve that problem in the real world. >> Right. So how do you, in your day to day life, how do you make sure that you guys are staying innovative? How do you make sure that the quiet voice in the back actually gets heard? Or the person that doesn't necessarily have the social capital, or the title capital, or whatever the capital is to make an influence, that that voice gets added to the conversation? >> So that's my role as a lead solutions engineer, is to listen. The number one thing that we do when we meet a customer is listen to the problems that they're experiencing, and then listen to the goals that they have, the objectives that they want, the outcomes. And then we think about how can we meet their need with the technology. So, number one thing for lead solution engineer, and for anyone else in tech, is listen to your customer. >> You don't just stand up in front and tell them all the great stuff that you do? >> I would love to. (laughing) I could talk all day. >> No, it's so funny, right? 'Cause so many people, that's what they do. Instead, they don't listen. They're just, they're so excited. And I think, especially in a product management role, you see it a lot where people are just so excited, so passionate about the things that they built that sometimes that's all they want to do is just ell that story, and maybe more the story than the customer needs to hear, is ready to hear, or cares about hearing. But really, it's listening that's the more important skill. >> Yep, I mean, we have seven modules in our product. If I showed you all seven, yes, you would find something of value there, but it would be so much more valuable for your time and mine if I showed you that one thing. >> Right. >> In the context of what you want to do with it. >> So shifting gears a little bit, have you been to Catalyst before? >> This is my second one. >> Right. >> I'm really excited to come back two years in a row. Can't wait to come next year. >> So I'm just curious, from a professional point of view, where do you see the value? Obviously, you're excited now. You're participating. To take a minute out of your day job. We're all busy. We have too many emails, and too many meetings, and too many calls, but to really kind of take a break form that and come, and spend a day, and spend time on the panel, how do you find that valuable? >> For me, it's all about career development. I am making connections. I'm learning so much. I got to speak to Parker Harris this morning about AI and applied AI. I would never have had that opportunity if I stayed at my desk. >> Yeah, well, great. So good luck on your panel. >> Thank you. >> And we'll be watching, and hopefully you'll get some good questions. >> She's Diana. I'm Jeff. You're watching The Cube from Catalyst 2018. Thanks for watching. (upbeat music)