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Limor Berman Gross Biography

Limor Bergman Gross is an accomplished executive leadership coach, international speaker, and former technology executive with over 20 years of experience building, leading, and scaling global engineering teams.

She focuses on helping engineering managers, directors, and rising women leaders in technology shift from execution-driven roles to positions of strategic influence and executive presence.

Professional Background & Tech Career

Before transitioning into executive coaching, Limor spent more than two decades in the tech industry, navigating male-dominated corporate environments. Her career began as a software engineer, and she steadily advanced through engineering management into senior leadership roles.

* Engineering Leadership: She has managed fully remote, globally distributed engineering teams for prominent companies, including serving as Director of Engineering at DigitalOcean. She also held technical roles at organizations like VMware and Sun Microsystems.

* Global Experience: Her leadership style is deeply informed by her real-world experiences navigating corporate growth, managing complex technical transformations, moving countries, and leading teams across multiple time zones.

Executive Coaching & Advocacy

In 2019, Limor pivoted from her corporate trajectory to address the “visibility gap” she had witnessed throughout her career, in which high-performing women were often overlooked for senior promotions despite delivering strong tactical results.

* Coaching Practice: Through her practice, she partners with women in engineering and tech leadership, helping them master the “unspoken rules” of corporate advancement—such as managing up, establishing executive presence, negotiating authority, and increasing visibility without burnout.

* Credentials: She is an International Coaching Federation (ICF) Professional Certified Coach (PCC).

* Podcast & Media: She is the host of the popular podcast From a Woman to a Leader, where she shares practical, fluff-free leadership frameworks and speaks on career momentum, systemic changes, and diversity in tech.

* Global Mentorship: Beyond her private practice, Limor actively mentors women and founders internationally through organizations like The Female Factor and Tech2Impact, and works with companies to design scalable internal mentorship and leadership development pipelines.

Education & Personal Life

Limor holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Accounting. Originally from Israel, she spent nine years living and working in the United States before returning to her home country. She balances her professional coaching and speaking schedule with her personal life as a mother of four and is an avid fitness enthusiast.

Talking Points for Women in Tech

A framing note before we start. This isn’t a piece about how hard it is to be a woman in tech. The women listening already know the terrain they live in. This is about what we plant for those coming up behind us, and why planting is the leadership act. Decision-makers in the room: this is also about you, because the seeds don’t grow in soil you don’t tend.

First, Define the Terrain: “Tech” Is Bigger Than the Big Five

Hear me on this before we go further: when someone says “women in tech,” most people picture five companies in California. That picture is the first thing we have to correct.

• Tech isn’t one industry. It’s