For IBM Bluemix Girls' Night at University of Connecticut on Nov 19, 2014.
Most content was taken from Sandy Carter's presentation from the NYC event in October.
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1. Bluemix Girls’ Night
at UConn
Erin Murphy
IBM Distinguished Engineer, Enterprise Transformation
esmurphy@us.ibm.com @ErinESMurphy
19th Nov,2014
2. women hold
51%
of positions in the
workforce
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But only
26% of the
positions in IT
3. 3
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. IBM’s Commitment to Women in Technology
Focus on IBM Women: Support the growth, advancement,
recognition, mentoring, networking, and retention of IBM's female
technical talent pool
Attract and recruit qualified technical women to IBM (both university
and professional)
Long Term Outreach: Encourage girls and young women K-12 to
pursue education and careers in math, science, and technology
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7. “Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History”
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Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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8. But Women Pioneers at IBM sure have!
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1899 IBM hires first women
1935
1943
Anne Van Vechten, credited for convincing Thomas J.
Watson Sr. to hire women for professional positions.
Ruth Leach (Amonette) named vice president, IBM’s
first female executive.
Jeannette Kittredge Watson, appointed as the first
1956
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
18 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
9. 3 Tips for Career Success
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• Be Visible
• Communicate with IIMMPPAACCTT
• Be Confident & Assertive
10. Be Visible
§ Seek out highly visible stretch and growth roles
§ Network
§ Mentors
§ Build your eminence
§ Help other women with advancement
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11. Communicate with IMPACT
• Be Relevant
• Be Interactive – Act and Listen
• Tell a story
• Leverage Social Media Tools
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12. Be Confident & Assertive
• Speak up! You must present your ideas.
• Be passionate about your ideas.
• Help to build the agenda!
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IBM has 581 DEs out of a population of 430K
A Distinguished Engineer is a technical leader who has made a positive impact on IBM's business and continues to innovate with new technology to solve problems. I work in the office of the Chief Information Officer, so the problems I solve are related to the software applications which run the IBM business. My area of engineering is Software Engineering and IT Architecture.
Currently, I'm responsible to find opportunities to transform the IBM Enterprise by looking for chances to explore Cloud. I am a Subject Matter Expert on many internal IBM processes and I've been leading a Community of Practice for IBM's internal adoption of Software as a Service (SaaS) and development of "born on the Cloud" applications.
I'm currently leading a small Agile team to develop an application on Bluemix to manage payment instruments for IBM commerce transactions.
My educational background is that I have a Bachelors degree in Mathematics from Boston College and a Masters of Science in Computer Information Systems from Regis University in Denver.
According to recent statistics, women hold 51% of positions in the workforce today, but only about 26% of positions in IT. Since 1985 the number of women receiving degrees in computer science has fallen from 37% to 18%.
From The Innovators by Walter Isaacson:
The exclusion of these women has not only reinforced stereotypes about women and technology, but has arguably had a self-fulfilling effect. In 1985, 37 percent of computer science undergraduate degrees were earned by women. By 2010, that number had fallen by half to 18 percent. Now just 0.4 percent of all female college freshmen say they plan to major in computer science.
I'm a member of the Society of Women Engineers, we call it SWE for short, and its goal is to support and encourage women in Science, Technology, Engineering & Math. Over 60 years ago when SWE was founded, there were more barriers to entry into engineering fields and it's puzzling to see the current trends.
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Boring, Difficult, Technology
In a study Google recently released, the company surveyed about 1,600 men and women. It showed that girls aren't really taught what computer science actually means, and are half as likely to be encouraged to study it. The words females associated with computer science used to describe it were "boring," "technology," and "difficult."
Lack of Exposure
Much of this has to do with exposure to computer science before college and during college. According to Code.org, nine out of ten schools don't even offer computer science classes, and in 28 out of 50 states, computer science doesn't count towards a math or science credit.
Role Models
Girls don't see enough role models in the IT profession
EngineerYourLife.org
Girls have this strange perception of IT and other engineering careers as it it's some unapproachable thing for which you have to be the smartest kid in your class. They think that it means sitting alone by yourself, thinking abstract thoughts about arcane things.
But this is all about problem solving and collaborating with others. Innovation comes from one idea building upon the next AND diverse views feeding into these ideas. That's why it's so important to have a diverse community of people designing new applications and WOMEN are a big part of that diversity.
And if you want to have a good paying job, come into that job marketplace with skills that understand IT and a brain that is trained to be analytical.
FLEXIBILITY
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD
With the technology today to develop applications which can take advantage of data from sensors and analze and react to it in real time, we have made quite a difference in the world already and we continue to do so.
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