Sometimes the biggest breakthroughs start with someone simply taking a chance on you.

When no one would hire her without experience, Yeliz Obrist didn’t give up - she got creative. Today, she’s leading cloud platform and architecture at NatWest, building systems that power a global private bank. But the road here? Anything but straight.

In this episode of Tech Inspired, Priska Burkard sits down with Yeliz to explore the pivots, restarts, and reinventions that shaped her 20+ year journey in tech - from statistics to system engineering, from Turkey to Switzerland, and from doubt to DevOps.

🔍 What you'll take away from this episode:

· The power of one “yes” that changed everything - and how to recognise that moment when it comes.

· What it really means to build in the cloud, and why it's more collaborative (and creative!) than you think.

· How to navigate career breaks, redundancy, and starting over - without losing your fire.

· Practical advice for breaking into cloud engineering (especially in the Swiss market).

· Her take on the future of infrastructure, and why humans will always be at the heart of innovation.

· This is an episode for the problem-solvers, the career restarters, the quietly resilient - and anyone who’s ever wondered if it’s too late to learn something new. (Spoiler: it’s not.)

🎧 Tune in now and get inspired by Yeliz’s story of grit, growth, and building cloud solutions with heart.

👉 Connect with Yeliz on LinkedIn to follow her work and projects.

Turning Imposter Syndrome into a Tech Superpower

What happens when the path you planned doesn't pan out - yet leads you somewhere better?

In this episode of Tech Inspired, we meet Intissar “Inti” Ghozlani, a back-end software engineer at Swiss digital bank Alpian. She’s reshaping how we think about women in tech - and showing that confidence isn't a requirement to start, it's a result of staying in the game.

From growing up in Tunisia with access to both science and the arts, to battling silent self-doubt during her early career in Europe, Inti opens up about her journey through fear, failure, and finding her voice in tech. She shares what it really felt like to step into rooms where she thought everyone else “just knew” - and how she learned the truth behind the imposter syndrome illusion.

💡 What you’ll take away from this episode:

• Why early career struggles don’t mean you’re in the wrong place - and what helped her push through them.
• What it’s like to be a woman of colour navigating tech in Europe - and why representation still matters.
• The power of emotionally intelligent workplaces - and how they can make or break your growth.
• Why asking the “stupid question” might actually be your smartest move.
• Her take on why domain knowledge matters in tech - and how working in finance changed her own mindset about money.

This is an honest, empowering conversation for anyone who’s ever doubted they belonged in tech - but showed up anyway.

🎧 Tune in now and get inspired by Inti’s story of resilience, self-awareness and rewriting the rules of what a tech journey should look like.

👉 Want to connect or learn more about her work? Connect with Intissar on LinkedIn.

You don’t need to code to lead in AI. You need to translate.
And Afke Schouten is building the bridges where others see barriers.

In this episode of Tech Inspired, Priska Burkard sits down with Afke - Founder and Managing Partner of AI Bridge - to explore how she turned frustration with miscommunication into a business model that’s helping companies unlock real ROI from AI.

From her unconventional journey into mathematics to becoming a voice for human-centered AI transformation, Afke shares how she scaled from analyst to founder, teacher, and ecosystem shaper. Her message is clear - AI isn’t just about data. It’s about dialogue, design, and deep change.

🔍 In this episode, you’ll hear:

· Why most AI projects fail, and what it actually takes to get them into production.

· The missing skill set no one talks about in data science (and why it might be your superpower).

· How Afke helps companies move beyond proof-of-concepts to building AI with real-world impact.

· Her take on the growing AI economy, and why collaboration between industries is the next big unlock.

· Why understanding people, not just models, is the future of responsible AI adoption.

Whether you're a business leader struggling to make AI stick, a data scientist eager to scale your influence, or a curious mind watching the field evolve - this one’s for you.

🎧 Tune in now and get inspired by Afke’s vision for AI that’s not just smart - but strategic, inclusive, and built to last.

PS: Want to connect or learn more about Afke’s work? Find her on LinkedIn.