These entrepreneurs have big visions for improving lives through technology. What sets them apart: the leaps they took in 2021 to deliver on these visions. Each meeting a pressing need amplified by the pandemic, here are five innovative social entrepreneurs building tech solutions for communities across the world.
Instacart CEO Fidji Simo on How She Found Her Own Leadership Groove By Maria Aspan Fidji Simo is used to standing out in Silicon Valley. A French immigrant who prefers high heels to hoodies and still speaks with a musical accent, Simo spent a decade climbing the product ranks at Facebook, eventually becoming its most senior female product executive. She ran Facebook’s flagship…
BY ROSE MINUTAGLIO After the Vietnam War, Annie Vang’s parents escaped persecution in Laos and traversed the Mekong River in the dead of night to seek safety in Thailand. “My family had no choice but to flee or die,” she says. Vang and her family are Hmong, an ethnic and cultural group who lost their land—and way of life—after siding with…
Here are eight ideas for how the tech industry and employers of IT talent can attract, retain and nurture more women technologists.
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By Jessie Tu Mani Thiru flew into Singapore a few months ago and was sent straight into the island city-state’s Covid-19 circuit breaker, where she isolated for the next month. She has taken on the role of Business Lead in the Aerospace & Satellite Solutions team at Amazon Web Services for that region — a position she is ‘really stoked’ about. “I’ve been wanting…
With so much news content being published each day on gc4women.org, we have decided to start a new tradition to keep you informed and connected to the resources to improve your life and business. The following are top picks and trending topics on gc4women.org news.
By Madeline Hislop technology Emma Ou doesn’t consider herself a “techie”, and initially, she never thought a career in technology would be something she’d pursue. Ou, who is now the digital transformation lead and the ANZ Country Manager of tech multinational ASUS, told Women’s Agenda that all it took was for her to get a taste of the industry to discover its possibilities.…
There’s no doubt that women are still facing the challenges of stereotypes, especially when you’re a woman in a male-dominated industry. Transitioning from sports to tech, Lindsay McCormick successfully proves that women can break the traditional workplace roles. McCormick is a sports broadcaster whose career has taken her from hosting live events for the Super Bowl XLIX to being a…
The tech industry is a global behemoth that pulls in billions and billions of dollars each year. But in the largest country for tech in the world, the United States, women still make up less than a third of tech employees. In India, only about 8% of tech firms are owned by women. However, despite the discrimination that female tech…