1. 1. Women in Technology Dr. Farzana Huda Technology Evangelist Blue Ponzu Associates
2. 2. Layout Why am I here talking to you? What I do My story Why more young women should consider technology Great sites to follow
3. 3. What I don't do
4. 4. 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.
5. 5. 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.
6. 6. My Story 1 Medicine 5 yrs Upbeat charity Coldplay sponsor -------recession------ IT sales and repairs + charitable projects
7. 7. 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
8. 8. 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
9. 9. 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 industrys reinventing itself all the time, theres not a set model about who could or should be successful, said Susan Wojcicki, the Chief Executive of YouTube.
10. 10. So you think you're not techy THINK AGAIN
11. 11. Jewellery meet technology Ringly Ringly connects to your phone and sends you customized notifications through vibration and light.
12. 12. 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
13. 13. 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
14. 14. 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
15. 15. 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
16. 16. My contact details Email - faz@blueponzu.com In development Website - www.blueponzu.com Follow me on twitter!