Meet Karine Malmegrim

Karine Malmegrim is Event Management Lead at Women in Digital Switzerland, where she helps shape experiences that bring people together, spark dialogue, and strengthen the digital community. Karine's contribution to the Women in Digital Switzerland community is invaluable!

Originally from Brazil, Karine has built a truly global professional journey across Singapore, Germany, and Switzerland. Each transition required reinvention, adaptation, and a willingness to step into the unfamiliar without guarantees. That lived experience now informs how she approaches both her work and her community engagement, especially in spaces focused on digital transformation and human-centered design.

1. Who Are You, Beyond the Title?

Before any title, I was someone curious about people, how they think, what they need, and how experiences shape the way they see the world. Growing up in Brazil and later moving across continents, I learned how to adapt, listen, and rebuild in unfamiliar environments.

One of the most defining aspects of my journey has been navigating change, not once, but repeatedly. Moving from Brazil to Singapore, and later to Switzerland, with a period of working in Germany in between, meant constantly stepping into spaces where I had to prove myself again, often without the comfort of familiarity. Those transitions taught me resilience, but also humility, and the understanding that growth often comes from starting over.

A quieter but defining realization came when I understood that I didn’t need to fit into a predefined path. My career moved across customer experience, business development, and now into education and healthcare, not because it was planned that way, but because I followed where I could create impact and keep learning.

That same mindset is also what led me to volunteer with Women in Digital Switzerland, as a way to stay connected to a community that is shaping the future of work and to contribute to creating more space for women in digital. The decision to prioritize learning, contribution, and community over a purely linear progression is something that still guides me today.

2. The Digital World Through Your Eyes

What I see as one of the most underestimated shifts right now is how quickly digital is becoming less about technology itself and more about experience, trust, and human connection.

We often talk about AI, platforms, and tools, but the real transformation is happening in how organizations design experiences around people. The ability to translate complexity into something intuitive, human, and valuable is becoming a critical skill.

For women in particular, I think there is an opportunity here. You don’t need to be deeply technical to shape the future of digital, but you do need to understand users, ask the right questions, and confidently take space in conversations that are still often dominated by technical voices.

The future of work will not just be built by those who code, but by those who can connect strategy, empathy, and execution. And that is an area where many women already have a strong, but sometimes under recognized, advantage.

3. The Career Chapter No One Talks About

There was a period in my career when, from the outside, everything looked right, the role, the company, the trajectory. But internally, I felt disconnected from the impact I was making.

What I learned from it is that growth is not always about moving forward; sometimes it’s about stepping sideways, or even pausing to reassess. It also taught me that discomfort is not always something to fix immediately; sometimes it’s something to listen to.

To anyone in that phase, not every step needs to make sense to others. The important thing is that it makes sense to you, even if only in hindsight.

4. The Conversation You Wish Someone Had With You

I wish someone had told me earlier that you do not need to have everything figured out before moving forward. For a long time, I believed I had to be fully prepared before taking on something new, and that I needed to prove I was ready before raising my hand.

What I understand now is that readiness often comes after you step into the opportunity, not before. I also wish someone had reminded me to trust my voice sooner, not the polished version or the perfect version, but the honest one.

And maybe most importantly, my path did not need to look like anyone else’s to be successful. In fact, the more it reflected who I really was, the more meaningful it became.

If you want to connect with Karine, you can find her most likely at our Zurich events, but most definitely on LinkedIn.

Thank you, Karine, for being an integral part of our community!