About Ladybug Podcast
The Ladybug Podcast began as a collaborative effort by female tech professionals to diversify the podcast landscape. The show launched on July 1, 2019, and has since released over 80 episodes covering technology, career development, and programming.
Following a two-year hiatus, the podcast returned with Season 7 dedicated to engineering leadership topics.
Current Season 7 Hosts
Kelly Vaughn
Sr. Engineering Manager, Zapier
Atlanta, Georgia
Kelly is an Engineering Zone Lead at Zapier, leading engineers and engineering managers to build the most critical parts of Zapier's application. She focuses on developing individual contributors into leaders and coaching engineering managers. She's known as a speaker and mentor committed to empowering leadership in tech. Outside work, she enjoys traveling and reading.
Emma Bostian
Software Engineering Manager at Spotify
Stockholm, Sweden
Emma holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Siena College in New York. Her career includes engineering roles at IBM (Texas) and LogMeIn (Germany) before joining Spotify in 2020. After parental leave, she transitioned to management and currently teaches at LinkedIn Learning and Frontend Masters.