We have to progress holistically, looking at women as individuals, and then providing them with what they need to grow and stay in their tech careers. Geetha Kannan is a versatile entrepreneurial leader and a pioneer for the Women in IT movement in India. With over 30 years of global experience spanning business, technology and… Read More Geetha Kannan – Founder and CEO of Wequity
A seat at the table is always yours to take if you so wish to and are ready for the responsibility. When you stop being your own blocker, things fall into pieces. Alexandra Petrus is an AI Product Strategist, building and contributing to shape tomorrow through AI. Looking at everything from different lenses: AI community… Read More Alexandra Petrus – AI Product Strategist
Addressing the long-standing and complex challenges in gender equality in tech needs bottom-up and top-down action, from calling out inappropriate micro-aggressions or behaviours that you see, to policy-level mandates for equal pay and flexible work. Dr. Arti Agrawal joined UTS in January 2018 with time evenly split between roles of Associate Professor in the School of… Read More Arti Agrawal – Associate Professor and Director of Women in Engineering and IT
Mentorship played a strong part in cementing my resolve to pursue a career in Tech, it came in various forms and had a lasting impact on my perspective about Technology and STEM in general. Victoria Ngono is the Founder & Executive Director of Girls In STEM Trust, a non-profit organization in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. It has… Read More Victoria Ngono – Founder and Executive Director of Girls in STEM Trust
At Microsoft we are not restricted to thinking about having a larger number of women. Our goal is to have in the company a reflection of what we have in society. In 2019, Alessandra Karine took over as Vice President of Public Sector Sales at Microsoft Brazil. The executive began her career as an infrastructure… Read More Alessandra Karine – Vice President of Public Sector Sales at Microsoft Brazil
We have had fantastic women throughout history developing, creating, enabling extraordinary things in STEM but they didn’t have the spotlight. Izabella Naessa is a Digital Transformation Expert with over 10 years of experience and a Master in e-Business. Intrapreneur and Head of Commercial Strategy at GetBEE, a fast-growing tech startup that facilitates the management and… Read More Izabella Naessa – Intrapreneur and Head of Commercial Strategy at GetBEE
IT is not only about coding, there are different paths and roles under this vast category. Renu Harshata is a Trainee Security Consultant at Meta Defence Labs but apart from this specific role she is a Tech-girl who is not only passionate to succeed in Technology but also to pave a path for more Tech-girls… Read More Renu Harshatha – Trainee Security Consultant at Meta Defence Labs
The best decision in my career was leaving the tech industry to focus 100% of my time to Latinas in Tech. Rocio van Nierop is Co-founder and Executive Director of Latinas in Tech, a powerful non-profit organization dedicated to empowering and connecting Latinas in the Technology Industry. Latinas in Tech is a non-profit organization with… Read More Rocio van Nierop – Co-founder and Executive Director at Latinas in Tech
Make sure you are eating well, sleeping well, hydrating well, moving well and socializing well. If you make sure you are doing those basic five things well, you will be surprised how you can push the ball up the hill when it comes to your startup. Courtney Caldwell is the Cofounder & COO of beauty-tech… Read More Courtney Caldwell – Cofounder & COO at ShearShare
Preserving the core of who you truly are, while being inspired by the world around you, is the most powerful thing you can do. Sree Menon is COO of discovery shopping marketplace, Tophatter. As head of a team that spans the US, China, and India, she employs her global approach to grow Tophatter’s business operations.… Read More Sree Menon – COO at Tophatter
Knowing that being a woman in Tech can often be challenging for various reasons just means it’s an opportunity to conquer another great challenge! Christina Hu is an AI Product Manager at Babylon Health – a unicorn-status start-up combining AI with human doctors. She made the career change to Product x AI after doing Strategy Consulting… Read More Christina Hu – AI Product Manager at Babylon Health
For a career in tech you need positivity and persistence – because technology is always changing. That is the beauty and the curse, you are never done in technology! Thea is the proud founder and CEO of GetBEE and TeachMeNow. Passionate about making knowledge and expertise accessible to all. Digitally transforming education, healthcare and consulting.… Read More Thea C. Myhrvold – Founder of TechMeNow and GetBEE
I think women deserve to have a role in tech. I think women deserve to have choices in life. And they should get to be used to go into STEM. Dr. Jenine Beekhuyzen is a well-known advocate for technology innovation and diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). She is an internationally acclaimed author… Read More Jenine Beekhuyzen – Founder Tech Girls Movement Foundation
We as women need to tell our side of the story, we need to reshape the dialogue to make sure that our voices are heard and not overlooked. Dr Mona Nabil Demaidi is an entrepreneur and women’s rights advocate. She obtained her PhD in Advanced Software Engineering and Machine Learning, MSc with distinction in Software… Read More Mona Demaidi – Assistant Professor at An-Najah National University Palestine
If more women worked in STEM, I think we would ask different questions. Important questions like, ‘How should it serve us in terms of being inclusive?’ and ‘How will we value work that is traditionally female dominated?’ Commentator, agitator, and innovator, Sarah Bell is a co-founder of the proptech startup Aire., Artificial Intelligence for Real… Read More Sarah Bell – Co-founder of AiRE Software and Mother of Robot Rita
The first step to solving the world’s most significant challenges is to truly put your mind behind understanding it and coming up with a data-driven answer. Malika is a Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft UK; She is a Tech Women 100 UK / AI and Diversity & Inclusion / STEM champion. With her refined… Read More Malika Malik – Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft
My mission is to humanize technology, and build a world where technology understands people the way we understand one another. Rana el Kaliouby, Ph.D., is a pioneer in artificial emotional intelligence (Emotion AI), as well as the co-founder and CEO of Affectiva, the acclaimed AI startup spun off from the MIT Media Lab. She grew… Read More Rana el Kaliouby – Co-founder and CEO of Affectiva
Everything is possible. Our world today is no longer an IT Male sector. Marcela Jimenez is a business leader with more than 20 years of experience in Technology and Education industries. She is a graduated Computer Engineer from the Catholic University of Manizales with a Masters in Industrial Engineering from the Universidad de los Andes… Read More Marcela Jimenez – Cloud and Technology Sales Director at Oracle
Data Scientist Celeste Fralick, one of Forbes’ Top 50 Technical Women in America: What comes to mind is the continued lack of women in technology, but those that are in it have made incredible strides as well as laid a foundation for others to follow. Dr. Celeste Fralick, Senior Principal Engineer and Chief Data Scientist… Read More Celeste Fralick – Senior Principal Engineer and Chief Data Scientist for McAfee
Technology must represent the diversity of the people it serves. For this to happen, we need more women in the tech sector and using technology. Gloria Muhoro is an international development professional. She has solid experience leading work on inclusive innovation and women’s and girls’ socio-economic empowerment (especially leveraging ICTs) across Africa. She works at… Read More Gloria Muhoro – Gender, Technology & Innovation Specialist at African Development Bank
