To celebrate International Women’s Day, we’re excited to share stories from some of the inspiring women who have been pillars of innovative voice design in the developer community.

When Karen Wickert started their career as a mechanical engineer, they never imagined they’d end up building devices with cutting-edge voice technology like Alexa.

When Anna Perelman started stellé, she dreamed of bringing her sense of style and fashion to a world of otherwise dull, drab audio speakers. Today, her latest line is a unique marriage of design, sound, and the latest in voice technology.

Andrea Bianco is an Alexa Champion with a thriving smart home consulting business in southern Arizona, helping homeowners get the best experience possible from smart home devices.

Heather Luna's strong mindset for IT and coding inspires her to innovate with technology, including Alexa. Today she is a renowned Alexa skill builder and the creator of Happy Days, a 4.2-star Alexa skill that was featured in PC Magazine and Entrepreneur.com.

With a degree in computer science and mathematics, Kesha Williams is no stranger to coding. But even after 23 years of working in IT, the software engineer discovered a new passion and one she wants to inspire other women to pursue—voice.

From the moment she discovered Alexa in her employer’s innovations lab, Jess Williams says she knew voice design would be her future.