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Changing the Face of the Game

Keynotes, fireside chats and panels from a technology executive who has been the only woman, and the only Latina, at the table, and who shows audiences how to earn their seat, keep it and widen it for others.

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Why Delia

Delia speaks from experience, not theory. She has taken a global IT budget from $800M to $525M, turned around a $65M airline program, and led AI programs for Fortune 500 clients at AWS. She did it as a first-generation college graduate who learned to navigate rooms that weren’t built with her in mind.

Audiences leave with the plays she actually ran: how to negotiate, how to build relationships that open doors, and how to be known for substance, not symbolism.

Delia Gutierrez McLaughlin on a Chicago rooftop

Signature talks

01

Changing the Face of the Game

Women in leadership, told from the seat of the first-generation graduate and the only Latina at the table. Delia shares what it took to get there, what it takes to stay, and what organizations can do to put more women in leadership roles.

02

The Higher You Go, the Rarer the Air

How to accelerate a career and navigate the muddy waters of large corporate organizations. Delia covers sponsorship, visibility and reading the room when the stakes, and the politics, rise.

03

Stand Up, Stand Out: Substance over Symbolism

Titles and optics fade. Results don’t. This talk is about building a reputation on measurable outcomes and making sure the right people see them.

04

AI and Cyber: Been There, Done That

What AI, machine learning and cybersecurity really bring to the table, from the executive seat rather than the engineering bench. Delia explains why absorption, not adoption, is where AI delivers value, and what leaders should ask before they invest.

Also speaks on

Pivoting in Your Careerhow to change direction without starting over
Staying Relevant: Reignite, Reinventkeeping your skills and your story current at every stage
The Art of Negotiationpreparing, asking and closing, from salary to vendor contracts
Cultivating Relationships: Why? Why? Why?why relationships, not résumés, open the next door
Woman Entrepreneur: This Is How We Roll!what it takes to build and run your own firm
How to Use Golf to Growthe business course you won’t find in a classroom, from an LPGA Amateur Golf Association member
Featured at

Lewis University (keynote) · We Are All Human Hispanic Leadership Summit, Chicago (panel moderator) · HITEC (Hispanic IT Executive Council) · HACE (Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement) · WBIL Podcast, Utah Valley University · CompTIA Biz Tech Podcast

Panel photo: Delia moderating a panel in Chicago (cropped to Delia)
Delia moderating a panel in Chicago.

Watch & listen

HACE Cafecito with Delia Gutierrez McLaughlin (2024)
WBIL Podcast, Utah Valley University

Dr. Angela Schill and Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talk with Delia about changing the face of the game and the art of negotiation.

AudioCompTIA Biz Tech Podcast: Creating a Culture for Remote Workers to ThriveListen
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