Tips for Women in Technology!

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Bluemix Girls’ Night Out
New York City
Sandy Carter
IBM GENERAL MANAGER, ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
AND SOCIAL BUSINESS EVANGELIST
scarter@us.ibm.com @sandy_carter

2. Register for Bluemix
@
www.ibm.biz/bluemixnet

3. Agenda
– Welcome – Sandy Carter
– Panel Session
– Bluemix Overview and Demo
– Hands-On Labs

4. women hold
51%
of positions in the
workforce
But only
26% of the
positions in IT

5. 5
3%
1.3%
have a female
founder
Venture-backed
startups
6.5%
have a
of tech companies woman CEO
founded by women
In the 80’S, 37%of computer
science majors were women; in
2012,
57% of bachelor's
degrees are earned by women,
12%
of computer science degrees
18%

6. KEEP
CALM
THERE IS LOADS OF
OPPORTUNITY
1.4M# OF US-BASED COMPUTER
SPECIALIST JOB OPENINGS
EXPECTED BY 2020

7. IBM’s Commitment to Women in Technology
1. Focus on IBM Women: Support the growth, advancement,
recognition, mentoring, networking, and retention of IBM's female
technical talent pool
2. Attract and recruit qualified technical women to IBM (both
university and professional)
3. Long Term Outreach: Encourage girls and young women K-12 to
pursue education and careers in math, science, and technology
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8. One-week day camp for middle school girls to:
–enhance their interest in math and science
–introduce girls to exciting technical careers
–provide girls with female role models
–offer an environment that nurtures interest in
engineering, technology, and computer science
–match young women with e-mentors
8 © 2004 IBM Corporation

9. “Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History”
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Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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10. But Women Pioneers at IBM sure have!
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1899 IBM hires first women
1935
Anne Van Vechten, credited for convincing Thomas J.
Watson Sr. to hire women for professional positions.
1943
Ruth Leach (Amonette) named vice president, IBM’s
first female executive.
1956
Jeannette Kittredge Watson, appointed as the first
female member of the Board of Directors.
1971
Patricia Harris becomes first black female
on the Board of Directors.
1989
2007
2012
Virginia Rometty
named IBM’s first female
President & CEO
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Female
IBM Fellows
since 1989
Fran Allen named the first female IBM
Fellow
Fran Allen named first female recipient of
the A.M. Turing considered the
“Nobel Prize” in Computing

11. 3 Tips for Career Success
• Be Visible
• Communicate with IMPACT
• Be Confident & Assertive

12. Be Visible
 Seek out highly visible stretch and growth roles
 Network
 Mentors
 Build your eminence
 Help other women with advancement

13. Communicate with IMPACT
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Be Relevant
• Be Interactive – Act and Listen
• Tell a story
• Leverage Social Media Tools

14. Be Confident & Assertive
• Speak up! You must present your ideas.
• Be passionate about your ideas.
• Help to build the agenda!
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15. IBM is a leader in the vibrant, strong and thriving NYC tech community
!
IBM continues support the growth of this community
Digital.NYC is built on Bluemix

16. Build your App on Bluemix!
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17. Key Takeaways
• There are Opportunities out there
• 3 Tips for Success
– Be Visible
– Communicate with Impact
– Be Confident
• Check out Digital.NYC
• Make History