How to be heard in rooms where you're the least senior person.

Waiting until you feel ready is a trap. This talk treats confidence as a skill built through repetition, and covers the moments that matter most in a technical career: disagreeing, presenting, asking for credit, and saying "I don't know" without losing credibility.

This talk is practical and specific, not motivational. People leave knowing exactly what to say.

Teams are more distributed and careers move faster, so there are fewer chances to make a first impression.

Shivani's work puts her in front of senior enterprise stakeholders on complex AI and cloud decisions, often as the technical voice in the room. Earning trust there is part of the job, and it's a skill she's had to build deliberately.

You'll leave with:
- Scripts for four high-stakes moments
- A pre-meeting routine you can reuse
- A way to turn self-doubt into better preparation