It's a very big previlege to introduce to the 10 most powerful woman in Technology world. Knowingfully well that the Tech world is fast growing with lot of males throwing lot of challenges at the woman technology wise.
Despite of all the challenges, some of the most prestigious and best-remunerated roles are still held by females.
Carolyn Leighton, founder and chairwoman of Women in Technology International, have successfully identifies the 10 most powerful women in tech.
http://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2012/04/tech/interactive.women.tech/?hpt=hp_c2
Jane Moran
As Global Chief Information Officer, Jane Moran oversees
business systems for Thomson
Reuters, which sells information to scientific, legal, financial, business
and media markets and employs 55,000 in more than 100 countries. Moran took up
the role in London in 2008, when Thomson Corporation merged with Reuters, and
now manages a centralized taskforce of 1,200.
She is a roundtable member of the Center for Digital Strategies at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business and sits on the CIO Council for salesforce.com, Workday, and Oracle. In an interview with the Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology, Moran attributes her decision to enter technology to time spent in her math professor father's lab at Ohio State University.
"Within minutes of meeting Jane, you get a strong sense of why she is one of the world's leading CIOs. Despite a ceaseless schedule, she's both an active participant in WITI and in Thomson Reuters Women's Network, among other organizations. She's a leading example of utilizing a career in technology to create greater business opportunities while supporting the advancement of other women along the way," says WITI EVP, Michele Weisblatt.
She is a roundtable member of the Center for Digital Strategies at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business and sits on the CIO Council for salesforce.com, Workday, and Oracle. In an interview with the Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology, Moran attributes her decision to enter technology to time spent in her math professor father's lab at Ohio State University.
"Within minutes of meeting Jane, you get a strong sense of why she is one of the world's leading CIOs. Despite a ceaseless schedule, she's both an active participant in WITI and in Thomson Reuters Women's Network, among other organizations. She's a leading example of utilizing a career in technology to create greater business opportunities while supporting the advancement of other women along the way," says WITI EVP, Michele Weisblatt.
Cher Wang
As co-founder and chairwoman of HTC Corporation, Taiwan's
leading tech business, Cher Wang has overseen the development of smartphone and
mobile technology, partnering with Google and Microsoft on Windows-compatible
smartphones and PDAs primarily sold in the U.S. and Europe. With her husband,
Wang is also chairwoman and cofounder of VIA Technologies, which supplies PC
processor platforms. Wang represents Taiwan on the APEC Business Advisory
Council and HTC is an industry partner of the World Economic Forum.
A devout Christian, she was ranked the 276th richest person in the world, with an estimated personal wealth of $4 billion, by Forbes Magazine, which describes her as "the most powerful woman in wireless."
"Her impetus for starting HTC was to develop hardware products that foster easier, more efficient communication. She's led HTC in approaching development from the perspective of creating a holistic experience with a focus on personal choice, observing and listening to create products that cater to a perceived consumer desire," says Leighton.
A devout Christian, she was ranked the 276th richest person in the world, with an estimated personal wealth of $4 billion, by Forbes Magazine, which describes her as "the most powerful woman in wireless."
"Her impetus for starting HTC was to develop hardware products that foster easier, more efficient communication. She's led HTC in approaching development from the perspective of creating a holistic experience with a focus on personal choice, observing and listening to create products that cater to a perceived consumer desire," says Leighton.
Deborah Estrin
Deborah Estrin is a professor of computer sciences at UCLA,
and director of its multidisciplinary $40 million Center for Embedded
Networked Sensing, which pioneers new technologies for collecting
information from the physical world, and processing and communicating that
information in useful ways. The idea is that, embedded with networked
microprocessors, environments (buildings, buoys, ecosystems) could report and
perhaps even correct in real-time their own faults.
She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineers and was inducted to the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame in 2008.
"Deborah and Judy (her sister -- see previous box) hail from a strong family of successful technologists. Both their parents -- their mother Thelma, a WITI Hall of Fame winner as well -- set these remarkable women on an inevitable path to success, which was accomplished through encouragement and their own merits in their fields of study," says Carolyn Leighton.
She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineers and was inducted to the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame in 2008.
"Deborah and Judy (her sister -- see previous box) hail from a strong family of successful technologists. Both their parents -- their mother Thelma, a WITI Hall of Fame winner as well -- set these remarkable women on an inevitable path to success, which was accomplished through encouragement and their own merits in their fields of study," says Carolyn Leighton.
Judy Estrin
A serial entrepreneur, Judy Estrin studied computer science
at UCLA and electrical engineering at Stanford alongside Vint Cerf, who is
recognized as one of the fathers of the internet, in the 1970s. At Zilog
Corporation, she led a team that developed one of the first commercial LAN
systems, and has co-founded three companies manufacturing networking devices and
software. From 1998 to 2000, she served as CTO for Cisco Systems and has been a
board member for Disney, FedEx, Rockwell and Sun Microsystems.
In 2008, feeling that the United States had become focused on short-term gains at the expense of encouraging creative opportunities, she published "Closing the Innovation Gap," which looks at how to sustain innovation on an organizational and national level.
She is currently CEO of JLabs, a consulting and advocacy "work lab."
"Judy and Deborah (her sister -- see next box) hail from a strong family of successful technologists. Both their parents -- their mother Thelma, a WITI Hall of Fame winner as well -- set these remarkable women on an inevitable path to success, which was accomplished through encouragement and their own merits in their fields of study," says Carolyn Leighton.
In 2008, feeling that the United States had become focused on short-term gains at the expense of encouraging creative opportunities, she published "Closing the Innovation Gap," which looks at how to sustain innovation on an organizational and national level.
She is currently CEO of JLabs, a consulting and advocacy "work lab."
"Judy and Deborah (her sister -- see next box) hail from a strong family of successful technologists. Both their parents -- their mother Thelma, a WITI Hall of Fame winner as well -- set these remarkable women on an inevitable path to success, which was accomplished through encouragement and their own merits in their fields of study," says Carolyn Leighton.
Marissa Mayer @marissamayer
Marissa Mayer was one of Google's first 20 employees,
joining in 1999, as the company's first female engineer. She has been VP of
Local and Maps for Google since 2010, leading the search engine's product
development efforts. Prior to that, Mayer worked on Google's search
products.
At 36, she is one of the world's youngest leading tech executives. She serves on the boards of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Ballet, the New York City Ballet, and the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, and was recently nominated for the board of Walmart.
"When Marissa presented her keynote at the Women Powering Technology Summit in 2011, the strongest message to resonate with the audience was her insistence on gender neutrality in technology by advocating gender-free geekdom. Marissa shares this message globally in her work at Google and through her presence in the media," says Carolyn Leighton.
At 36, she is one of the world's youngest leading tech executives. She serves on the boards of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Ballet, the New York City Ballet, and the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, and was recently nominated for the board of Walmart.
"When Marissa presented her keynote at the Women Powering Technology Summit in 2011, the strongest message to resonate with the audience was her insistence on gender neutrality in technology by advocating gender-free geekdom. Marissa shares this message globally in her work at Google and through her presence in the media," says Carolyn Leighton.
Maxine Fassberg
Maxine Fassberg manages manufacturing operations at Intel
Israel, the world's biggest manufacturer of semiconductor chips and the
country's largest private employer. As well as overseeing fabrication plants in
Kiryat Gat and Jerusalem, and a design center in Haifa, Fassberg handles
relations with the Israeli government, which has kicked in $210 million (740
million shekels) of funding, according to Haaretz.
Fassberg received a master's degree in Applied Chemistry from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1978. She joined Intel in 1983 as an engineer, becoming general manager in 2007. She holds a patent for a way of forming a protective polyimide layer over a semiconductor.
"Maxine is a WITI Hall of Fame inductee of the 2009 class, who returned in 2010 expressly to support the newest class of honorees. Maxine is a powerful center of influence, a great supporter of her fellow Hall of Fame colleagues, and a mentor for emerging tech leaders, no matter their gender," says Carolyn Leighton.
Fassberg received a master's degree in Applied Chemistry from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1978. She joined Intel in 1983 as an engineer, becoming general manager in 2007. She holds a patent for a way of forming a protective polyimide layer over a semiconductor.
"Maxine is a WITI Hall of Fame inductee of the 2009 class, who returned in 2010 expressly to support the newest class of honorees. Maxine is a powerful center of influence, a great supporter of her fellow Hall of Fame colleagues, and a mentor for emerging tech leaders, no matter their gender," says Carolyn Leighton.
Sandy Carter @sandy_carter
Sandy Carter is Vice President, Social Business Evangelism
at IBM, where she is responsible for directing the company's social business
initiatives, and working with clients to develop best practices. (Social
business is the application of social media tools and techniques to a company's
internal and external processes, in order to connect clients, partners, citizens
and employees). Since joining the company in 1989, Carter has also been a VP of
IBM's Service Oriented Architecture, which achieved 70% market share under her
management.
She is fluent in eight programming languages; has travelled to more than 60 countries; has authored three books about business and social media, and is one of IBM's top bloggers and tweeters, winning MarCom awards for her communities.
"Sandy Carter uniquely combines extraordinary expertise in the worlds of business and technology, traveling the world to evangelize the use of social media to help strengthen communication and revenue in both business-to-business and business-to-consumer strategy. She is a passionate, committed advocate and supporter of young women and girls achieving their greatest possible success," says founder and chairwoman of Women in Technology International (WITI), Carolyn Leighton.
She is fluent in eight programming languages; has travelled to more than 60 countries; has authored three books about business and social media, and is one of IBM's top bloggers and tweeters, winning MarCom awards for her communities.
"Sandy Carter uniquely combines extraordinary expertise in the worlds of business and technology, traveling the world to evangelize the use of social media to help strengthen communication and revenue in both business-to-business and business-to-consumer strategy. She is a passionate, committed advocate and supporter of young women and girls achieving their greatest possible success," says founder and chairwoman of Women in Technology International (WITI), Carolyn Leighton.
Sheryl Sandberg @sherylsandberg
Sheryl Sandberg is Facebook's Chief Operating Officer,
overseeing the social media mammoth's business operations -- which includes
sales, marketing, business development, human resources, public policy and
communications. Ted.com describes her role as "monetizing the world's largest
social networking site while keeping its users happy and
engaged."
Sandberg came to Facebook in 2008 from Google, where she built and managed the search engine's online sales. She has also served as an economist for the World Bank and Chief of Staff at the U.S. Treasury Department. According to company records, in 2011 she was Facebook's highest paid employee with a net salary of over $30 million.
"Sheryl's advocacy for women to 'take a seat at the table' while growing Facebook to one of the most significant valuations to date, is a perfect example of leading by example. At the 2011 WITI Summit, Facebook represented through their Director of Engineering, Jocelyn Goldfein, the many women engineers driving some of Facebook's most widely used applications. It's important that the tech community at large also recognize the women driving innovation in tech," says Michele Weisblatt.
Sandberg came to Facebook in 2008 from Google, where she built and managed the search engine's online sales. She has also served as an economist for the World Bank and Chief of Staff at the U.S. Treasury Department. According to company records, in 2011 she was Facebook's highest paid employee with a net salary of over $30 million.
"Sheryl's advocacy for women to 'take a seat at the table' while growing Facebook to one of the most significant valuations to date, is a perfect example of leading by example. At the 2011 WITI Summit, Facebook represented through their Director of Engineering, Jocelyn Goldfein, the many women engineers driving some of Facebook's most widely used applications. It's important that the tech community at large also recognize the women driving innovation in tech," says Michele Weisblatt.
Ursula Burns
Starting as an intern in 1980, Ursula Burns is now chair of
Xerox, a $23 billion global
business with almost 140,000 employees. She became CEO in 2009 and company chair
the following year, at the tail end of a decade that saw the company
restructuring to meet changing needs, moving from photocopying into digital
technologies. One of her first moves was the $6.4 billion dollar acquisition of
Affiliated Computer Services -- the company's largest purchase.
Burns is also a board director of American Express, works with community initiatives including the National Academy Foundation, MIT, and the U.S. Olympic Committee, and is a founding board director of Change the Equation, an organisation that seeks to improve the U.S.'s science, tech, engineering and math education. She is the first African-American woman to lead a major U.S. corporation, and the first female CEO to succeed another woman, according to Bloomberg.
"Ursula's story is inspirational and epitomizes the true American success story. Her dedication to mentoring, encouragement of girls and women, and her commitment to advocacy are remarkable. Ursula often credits her mother's influence and belief that education, confidence and hard work can change everything. This is a message that bears weight in every tech community the world over," said Carolyn Leighton.
Burns is also a board director of American Express, works with community initiatives including the National Academy Foundation, MIT, and the U.S. Olympic Committee, and is a founding board director of Change the Equation, an organisation that seeks to improve the U.S.'s science, tech, engineering and math education. She is the first African-American woman to lead a major U.S. corporation, and the first female CEO to succeed another woman, according to Bloomberg.
"Ursula's story is inspirational and epitomizes the true American success story. Her dedication to mentoring, encouragement of girls and women, and her commitment to advocacy are remarkable. Ursula often credits her mother's influence and belief that education, confidence and hard work can change everything. This is a message that bears weight in every tech community the world over," said Carolyn Leighton.
Susie Wee is VP and CTEO (Chief Technology and Experience
Officer) of Collaboration and Communication at networking giant Cisco Systems --
a role that she says reflects her passion for combining user experience and
technology. From Palo Alto, California, Wee manages a team of 90 user experience
designers, researchers and technologists, working on collaboration
products.
Wee came to Cisco in April last year after 15 years at Hewlett Packard, where she oversaw cloud strategies for personal computing products, and founded HP's Experience Software Business which employs 100 people in five countries.
"Like her Cisco colleague Padma Warrior, Susie's exemplary leadership and outright enthusiasm for her work encourages the brightest ideas from the brightest talent in tech. Susie's energy is strong, fair and infectious. She effectively communicates the 'fun' in technology, while teaching us to think differently about the practical applications for various types of technology. She is also a committed advocate for her fellow women in technology," says Leighton.
Wee came to Cisco in April last year after 15 years at Hewlett Packard, where she oversaw cloud strategies for personal computing products, and founded HP's Experience Software Business which employs 100 people in five countries.
"Like her Cisco colleague Padma Warrior, Susie's exemplary leadership and outright enthusiasm for her work encourages the brightest ideas from the brightest talent in tech. Susie's energy is strong, fair and infectious. She effectively communicates the 'fun' in technology, while teaching us to think differently about the practical applications for various types of technology. She is also a committed advocate for her fellow women in technology," says Leighton.
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