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If you’re looking to book a captivating speaker to inspire and educate your audience, we’ve got the right people for the job. From technical talks to diversity and inclusion, we’ve got award-winning experts that will tailor their knowledge to your needs.
Whether it’s a virtual presentation or in-person, our speakers are experienced in bringing topics to life to inspire action amongst audiences.
Meet our speakers
Beckie Taylor Co Founder and CEO](/content/tech-returners-for-businesses/book-a-speaker/#speaker-popup0/index.html)
Beckie Taylor
Co Founder and CEO
Topics: Confidence, Leadership, Digital Leadership, Women in Tech, Diversity and Inclusion
Tech Returners Co-Founder, Confidence Community Founder and Mum to Ethan and Emmie, Beckie is an executive coach with over 18 years of HR and people development experience. She has a focus on talent management, team effectiveness, continuous performance development, building a diverse workforce and flexible working. Beckie has acted as a global HR leader, spearheading business growth for international tech companies.
Beckie leads the Confidence Community – a programme focused on empowering individuals to transform their confidence and careers as well as ‘Reframe: Women in Tech‘, the largest conference of its kind in the North West. Beckie is Co-Founder of Women In Tech North and has won countless awards for her efforts to create accessible opportunities into tech, including the Women in Software #WIS Changemakers award in 2022 and the Talk Talk Women in Tech 2022 Outstanding Achievement Award.
James Heggs Co Founder and CTO](/content/tech-returners-for-businesses/book-a-speaker/#speaker-popup1/index.html)
James Heggs
Co Founder and CTO
Topics: DevOps, Digital Leadership, Cloud/Platform Engineering
Tech Returners Co-Founder and Dad to Eoghan, James is a graduate in Software Engineering and has spent over 15 years working in the North West’s tech sector in a range of roles from software engineer to head of development, as well as being a DevOps consultant for both public and private sector businesses.
James is also a Tech Coach delivering technical teaching and support across the Your Return To Tech and Your Journey Through Tech programmes. A keen advocate for tech in the North West, James also organises the Devops Manchester Meet Up designed to bring the DevOps community together. He is also a previous holder of the Made in Manchester Awards Technology Professional of the Year.
Mili Velikova Career and Mindset Coach](/content/tech-returners-for-businesses/book-a-speaker/#speaker-popup2/index.html)
Mili Velikova
Career and Mindset Coach
Topics: Confidence, Career confidence, Growth Mindset, Interpersonal skills, Presentations skills, Negotiation, Self-reflection, Communication.
Originally graduating as a structural engineer, Mili quickly realised it was not the right career for her, so she pivoted and spent the past 4 years coaching clients on confidence, career, and developing a growth mindset.
As the Career & Mindset Lead at Tech Returners, Mili has successfully supported over 50 returners on their journey back into technology. She will be delivering the non-technical teaching and support during this Your Journey Through Tech: DevOps Up-Skill programme.
Mili’s approach is holistic, combining well-known and innovative techniques, and is always focused on providing practical, tangible and easy to implement tools that help people succeed.