Through my academic education, there are connections to LMU Munich, the London School of Economics and the University of Oxford with national and international contacts. In addition, as an alumna of the German National Academic Foundation, I am very connected. Due to my many years of work in management consulting with a focus on transformation support, I also have an extensive network in the consulting and coaching industry. In addition, I have the privilege of exchanging ideas with our excellent scholarship holders as part of our female upgreat scholarship program, which promotes women in the IT environment – from schoolgirls to top management. They have their professional home in business, science and the common good or are currently still in training and studying, which has created a multifaceted network. This also applies to the high-calibre commission that supports us in the selection of our scholarship holders – regional leaders from the IPAI Foundation, Experimenta, Bechtle AG, Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences and TU Munich are represented, among others. The latter also accompanies female upgreat scientifically. As a member of the steering committee of the „tech2stay“ research project, I am connected to researchers and leaders throughout Germany who are committed to diversity in the IT environment. There is also regular exchange with various non-profit organisations, initiatives and foundations, both regionally and nationally. These include Wissensstadt Heilbronn and in particular WoMent incl. Future Fem Hub, the Dieter Schwarz Foundation, WHU Foundation and many others. There is a particularly close and trusting cooperation with the Gerhard and Ilse Schick Foundation, which supports our foundation activities such as female upgreat and the children’s book „Susu macht das. One Cloud for All.“ In addition, we have been an alliance partner of the state initiative for women in STEM professions since the founding of the Bechtle Foundation gGmbH in 2024.