We are seeing an increase of women technologists excelling on the career path leading either to management, or a non-management fellowship/ distinguished technologist position. These positions represent the pinnacle of their companies, and the top managers, engineers or technologists in their companies. A panel of women who have reached this pinnacle from across various industries will share their personal experiences, discuss their career paths leading to their current position and describe the benefits of attaining this prestigious status.

1. Norma Clayton VP Learning, Training & Development The Boeing Company
Karmyn Norwood Director Aeronautics Lockheed Martin
Melvin Greer Senior Fellow Lockheed Martin
Linda Thomas Associate Tech Fellow The Boeing Company
Moderator Premeela “Prem” Chacko IT Manager The Boeing Company

2.  Less ambiguity around choosing a career path
whether it be technical or management
 Understanding the 4 Phases around career
path development
 Gain knowledge from other leaders
experiences and how to start choosing your
career path

3. Self
Evaluation
Learning
about your
capabilities,
motivations,
and drivers
Executing on your
capabilities,
motivations, and
drivers
Making your
move in the
right
direction

4.  Understand yourself
 Where are you in life ?
 Family
 Education
 Career
 Hobbies Interests
 Passions and Dreams

5. Technical
Skills
Passions
Work Life
Balance
Drivers
Dreams Motivations
Education
Skills
EQ

6.  Assessment Tools – Meyers Brigg, DiSC,
Birkman
 EQ Tests (Emotional Intelligence)
 Books – (Strength Builder, Dale Carnegie, Ed
Wells)
 Career Road maping
 360 Evaluation
 Performance Evaluations
 Degree Programs
Work Life Balance Assessments

7.  Apply the tools you learned…are you in the
right job ?
 Which mentors, coaches, advocates, and
sponsors are you seeking out
 Participating in the affiliations, professional
networks, and development programs
 Talk to trusted accountability partners

8.  Leverage your capabilities to maximize
career growth
 Identifying and overcoming obstacles
 Environment scanning
Watch from others navigating the system
 Learn from others
 Strategizing to align

9.  What was the turning point for you to choose
a technical or management career path ?
How did you do the self evaluation?

10.  What tools or resources did you use to
choose your career path whether it was
technical or management career path ? Any
recommendations or experiences to share ?

11.  Who was the most influential person
directing you in your career path ? Also if not
a person was it specific experience, program,
club or development program that helped
you direct ?

12.  What did you learn from scanning the the
environment to make your move ? Where
there any glass ceiling to break ? Any
recommendations for someone who is
uncertain to make a move or choose tech vs.
management ?

13.  Last week’s statement by Microsoft CEO
Satya Nardella about women not asking for
raises – and instead trusting the system and
karma generated a lot of controversy, and
conversation on what is upward mobility
really like. How should WOCT address this
issue for people seeking upward mobility?