On International Women’s Day, I encourage you to pause and consider the progress women have made and the objectives we continue to strive for to achieve gender equity. From my own vantage point as Director of Corporate Partnerships at the Boston College Center for Work & Family (BCCWF), I’m especially interested in how women are
Women in Technology (WIT), the premier organization contributing to the success of professional women in the Washington, D.C.-area technology community, today announced the finalists for the 18th Annual Leadership Awards. This annual awards program identifies, recognizes and celebrates female professionals who are leaders in the technology field and who bring a unique vision and talent
La'Shon Anthony is on a mission, traversing the Chicago area to get in front of tech-focused groups of women at universities, as well as companies that want to help boost the numbers of women in the field. Anthony is building out the Chicago chapter of the Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology, a nonprofit
It’s often said that women are under-represented in high-tech careers because they’re not studying computer science in school. And that’s true: In 2008, only 18% of computer science grads were women—down from 37% in 1985. More and more, women simply aren’t choosing computer science. And this is leading to the issue that I addressed in
Really, companies shouldn’t need any convincing about why they should hire more women onto their staffs. The gender gap in American leadership is abysmal, diversity breeds better ideas—you know all of this. But as you also know, executives like seeing the numbers when it comes to their business decisions. Luckily, we’ve found the stats to
Author: Meerah Rajavel Recently I was on a panel discussion with Snehal Antani, CTO, Splunk at HMG CIO Conference. The topic was, how to be successful in the new digital era, what is the role new Enterprise architecture should play and how we staff the organization for success. Snehal mentioned, he continually looked at his team as
Author: Meerah Rajavel
Author: Shila Roohi In realizing the power of networking in exploring and developing professional growth, I have begun broadening my horizons this year to get more involved and join a wide variety of professional organizations such as “Women in IT Leadership (WinIT)”. I’ll admit it was long overdue for me- but we all know it
By: Orly Zeewy Jeff Bezos famously declared: “Your brand is what other people say about you when you’re not in the room.” But where do you begin the brand building process when you’re a startup? Most founders believe that marketing is something they will do when “they can afford it.” The problem with “being ready”
