Brave Feminine Leadership Episode #215 Serendipity Equals Opportunity Plus Action: Aliza Knox's Tech Transformation Journey

Episode 5 of the Board Director Series features Aliza Knox, bestselling author of "Don't Quit Your Day Job" and the tech executive who built APAC businesses for Google, Twitter, and Cloudflare. From Boston Consulting Group to becoming APAC IT Woman of the Year and the first female partner across Asia Pacific at BCG, Aliza's career demonstrates the power of curiosity-driven decision-making and strategic risk-taking.

Aliza shares her unique career framework—Aliza 1.0 (consulting/finance), 2.0 (tech transformation), and 3.0 (portfolio career)—while revealing how personal interests in swimming, Asia, and the internet inadvertently shaped her professional trajectory. She discusses the "brave or foolish" decision to take significant title and salary cuts to enter tech, and how writing a simple email to Vint Cerf changed everything.

Now in her portfolio phase as a board director and senior advisor, Aliza offers practical insights on staying relevant in rapidly changing industries, the importance of building a "personal board of directors," and why emotional feedback taught her to separate stress from authentic enthusiasm.

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