For the Women in Tech who were never the problem...
It's not your fault... but it is your move.
"I am so much more confident speaking to my own strengths. The typing exercises — identifying my saboteurs and the Enneagram — gave me an explanation for things I always felt but couldn't articulate. I've identified the areas that will make me a strong leader, and I'm working to make those known and tangible. It felt less like creating a leading edge and more like finding the one that was already there.
allison allison cybersecurity Manager
3 Ways I Can Help You Right Now
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The Ten Second reset
The 10-Second Reset Discover the neuroscience-backed practice that CISOs and tech leaders are using to regulate their nervous systems — without adding another thing to the calendar. It takes 10 seconds, requires no app, no appointment, and no substance that impairs your judgment.
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Flameproof your career
Download Flameproof Your Career and Your Life and Handle Adversity Like a Boss — the guide that changed how the tech industry thinks about burnout. Actionable strategies to protect your energy, your confidence, and your future - before you hit the wall.
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Signup for the Free Webinar
Create Your Leading Edge is the proven investment in your career that women in tech and cybersecurity are calling "transformative." Watch the free webinar to learn the myths holding you back and the six strategies that move you from unseen to undeniable — without working harder or selling out.
I Was Fighting to Be Seen Behind My Apparent Success
From the C-Suite to the Clinic — and Back Again
I spent 40 years in technology, including serving as CISO at AT&T Wireless, Microsoft, and Russell Investments. I built global security programs, sat in boardrooms, and hit every milestone the industry said mattered. And I still found myself minimized in rooms I had earned the right to lead.
After leaving the C-suite, I completed 2,000 supervised clinical hours and a second master's degree as a Palliative Care Fellow at the VA hospital in Portland, Oregon. Working with veterans facing life-limiting diagnoses, I learned what no leadership training ever taught me: how the body holds stress, how moral injury accumulates silently, and how the nervous system can get stuck in states that no amount of willpower can override. That clinical training, combined with my study of the neuroscience of olfaction and somatic regulation, became the Way of Fragrance℠ — a practice framework now used by technology executives to manage the demands their roles create.
Women in Tech Don't Need Fixing. They Need the Right Framework
I built Create Your Leading Edge℠ because I lived the problem. The system isn't broken by accident — it rewards visibility, not just performance. It promotes through informal trust, insider relationships, and behind-the-scenes influence. Metrics no one teaches women to navigate. I help mid- to senior-level women in tech stop shrinking and start leading — not by becoming someone else, but by becoming more of who they already are. With strategy, intention, and a community that has their back.
Is Create Your Leading Edge Right for You?
The Invisible high performer
You've been in tech or cybersecurity 6+ years. You're excellent at your job — and you're still waiting for someone to notice.
the visibility-confused
You've been told to "be more visible" but nobody showed you how — without feeling fake or self-promoting.
the certification collector
You keep adding letters after your name — CISSP, CISM, PMP — hoping the credentials will finally speak for themselves. They haven't
THE RELATIONSHIP LOCKED-OUT
You've watched less qualified colleagues get promoted because they had relationships you were never invited to build. The golf outings. The beers. The back channels.
the brilliant shrinker
You've caught yourself going quiet in meetings when louder voices take over — even when you had the best idea in the room.
the quiet quitter:
You've started wondering if you should just leave the industry altogether — even though you love the work. You're not burned out on cybersecurity. You're burned out on being invisible in it.
If you said yes to even two of these, you're exactly who this program was built for.
I'm more focused than ever on my sphere of influence, with an improved attitude and an expanded network of open-minded professionals. I'm spreading awareness about sponsorships — something not often discussed in my region.
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