By: Chuck Rivel and Amit Basu On a recent Wednesday in May Fidato Partners held the first of many breakfast seminars to discuss challenges that impact our industry and clients. The audience and active participants were the Finance leadership (CFO, FP&A Directors, Controllers etc) from almost a dozen companies, both large and small, from the

Women in Communications and Technology’s “Up the Numbers” campaign has expanded to include Accenture (NYSE:ACN) as its newest supporter to increase the number and influence of women in Canada’s digital economy. Up the Numbers is a new WCT program that enlists digital employers to report their metrics on the engagement of women in various roles

As a female chemical engineer, Frances Arnold was already a rarity. After all, only about 16 percent of chemical engineers are women. But now that she has become the first woman ever to win the prestigious Millennium Technology Prize — it was awarded in Helsinki, Finland, on May 24 — Arnold is truly one of a kind. And she knows

According to the Harvard Business Review, 41% of women working in tech eventually end up leaving the field (compared to just 17% of men).  This is a no doubt a disheartening statistic to all of us but it raises a very important point.   It speaks to a problem being faced by women in technology

Posted by Meerah Rajavel Ethnicity plays a great influence on one’s leadership style and qualities regardless of the gender.  Coming from a small rural town in South India with very conservative culture, I can confidently say there are few tricks I learnt early in my life as a little girl/young woman that prepared me for the

Posted by Meerah Rajavel In 2012, Harvard Business Review called out “Data Scientist” as “The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century”.  In 2011, McKinsey & Company projected a global demand of 1.5 M data scientist which triggered numerous top institutions such as Harvard, Kellogg, Stanford, etc. to offer a focus and specialized program in Data