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Women in Technology
Dr. Farzana Huda
Technology EvangelistBlue Ponzu Associates
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Why am I here talking to you? What I do My story Why more young women should consider
technology Great sites to follow
What I don't do
Tech evangelism explained
A person who builds a critical mass of support for a given technology, and then establishes it as a technical standard in a market that is subject to network effects.
An evangelist promotes the use of a particular product or technology through talks, articles, blogging, user demonstrations, recorded demonstrations, or the creation of sample projects.
Tech evangelism explained 2
The word evangelism is taken from the context of religious evangelism due to the similarity of relaying information about a particular set of beliefs with the intention of converting the recipient.
My Story 1
Medicine 5 yrs Upbeat charity – Coldplay sponsor
-------recession------ IT sales and repairs + charitable projects
My Story 2
Head of marketing at iProTech
- helped set up recruitment and training divisions
- raised company profile through networking and events
- obtained contracts for the company including the largest one they have to date
Why more women?
Balance - 50%, different points of view, management styles
Growing field, consistently in top 5 of recruitment (REC 2014)
One of the largest growth areas for the future
Why more women?
The percentage of female CIOs has remained static at 14% for a decade
Fewer than 6% of executives in tech are female Working patterns becoming more life-friendly
with mobile working and flexible hours “Because the industry’s reinventing itself all the
time, there’s not a set model about who could or should be successful,” said Susan Wojcicki, the Chief Executive of YouTube.
So you think you're not techy
THINK AGAIN
Jewellery meet technology
Ringly
Ringly connects to your phone and sends you customized notifications through vibration and light.
The future looks interesting
Wearables – Google Glass, smart watches, E-textiles
Internet of Things (IOT) – Smart homes, autonomous control, AI
Big data – information leverage, apps Augmented reality Transreality gaming Li-fi – Philips, EDF, French museums, mobiles
Female role models
Marissa Mayer – CEO at Yahoo Virginia M. Rometty – CEO at IBM Meg Whitman – CEO at Hewlett-Packard Safra A. Catz, president and chief financial
officer of Oracle ($43.6 million) Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of
Facebook ($16.1 million) Angela Ahrendts, new retail chief at Apple
Useful Websites
A Field Guide to.com New York Times article – June 7th – Riches
come to women as CEOs but few get there REC website – Recruitment and Employment
confederation Women in Technology.co.uk Wikipedia
Interesting Tech Sites
LinkedIn The Next Web Engadget CNET Mashable Lots of free sites to learn to code – Code
Academy, Code.org Code games – Code Avengers
My contact details
Email - [email protected]
In development Website - www.blueponzu.com Follow me on Twitter and LinkedIn