Mikayla Stewart

I'm the type of person who sees chaos and thinks "challenge accepted." As CTO of Athena Collective, I'm building something I wish existed when I started my journey—a genuinely welcoming community where every woman entrepreneur can access the tools for success, no matter where she's starting from. Over the past few years, I've been the behind-the-scenes fixer for startups across various tech scenes, wearing every hat from fractional COO to product strategist. I founded Atono, my consulting firm that specializes in taking ideas from MVP to production, and I've helped scale companies through some of their most critical growth phases. My current obsession is building custom AI applications that actually solve real problems instead of adding to everyone's SaaS subscription nightmare. I speak four languages, have a soft spot for defense technology and luxury markets, and genuinely love the puzzle of operational efficiency. I'm also deeply involved in the female founder ecosystem through organizations like The Forum, where I mentor other entrepreneurs navigating the beautiful chaos of building something from nothing. Fair warning: I tend to lose track of time when I'm building systems that make people's lives easier, and I probably have opinions about your tech stack that you didn't ask for (but might find helpful).