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Lucy Sanders (born 1954), CEO and co-founder of National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT); Executive-in-Residence for ATLAS Institute at University of Colorado at Boulder [78] [79] Padmasree Warrior, chief technology and strategy officer of Cisco Systems; former CTO of Motorola, Inc. [80] [81] [82] [83]
LinuxChix, an international organization for women who use Linux and women and men who want to support women in computing, was founded by Deb Richardson. [118] Marissa Mayer, was the first female engineer hired at Google, and was later named vice president of Search Product and User Experience. She was formerly the CEO of Yahoo!. [citation needed]
The Women in Technology International (WITI) is a global organization dedicated to the advancement of women in business and technology. [231] The Arab Women in Computing has many chapters across the world and focuses on encouraging women to work with technology and provides networking opportunities between industry experts and academicians and ...
The World's Top 50 Women in Tech 2018 [1] Top Digital Shapers 2018 in Switzerland [7] 100 Most Influential People in Identity (2019) by OneWorldIdentity [7] Global Technology Leadership Award 2020, WomenTech Global Awards [20] 100 Women in Tech Leaders to Watch in 2022, WomenTech Network [9]
Women inventors have been historically rare in some geographic regions. For example, in the UK, only 33 of 4090 patents (less than 1%) issued between 1617 and 1816 named a female inventor. [ 1 ] In the US, in 1954, only 1.5% of patents named a woman, compared with 10.9% in 2002. [ 1 ]
Women in Technology International (WITI) is an organization promoting the achievements of women in technology [1] and extending support, opportunities, and inspiration. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was founded by Carolyn Leighton in 1989 [ 4 ] as the International Network of Women in Technology.
Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy – annual award for outstanding contributions to astronomy by a woman within five years of earning a doctorate degree; Peter B. Wagner Memorial Award for Women in Atmospheric Sciences – awarded annually since 1998, based on paper completion, to a woman studying for a Masters or PhD in atmospheric science at a university in the United States [1]
In 2021 the Women's Engineering Society selected the theme of Engineering Heroes to celebrate the women engineers around the world who played a major role in protecting and defending society from the Covid-19 pandemic. Believing the pandemic to be over by the time of the awards, WES also chose to celebrate women engineers who deliver and ...