kscope women in technology 2014

KSCOPE 2014 Women In

Technology PanelEMBRACING THE TECH

The Anita Borg Institute

“We envision a future where the people who imagine and

build technology mirror the people and societies they

build it for.”

Hope in WIT

According to Bureau of Labor Statistics data, 46% of new

tech positions have been awarded to women since the

start of 2013.

Meanwhile, the unemployment rate for all tech

professionals was 3.5% in the first quarter, compared to 7.7%

for the overall U.S. workforce.

Unemployment specifics in IT, including Web developers

(1%), network architects (1.7%), software developers (2.2%)

and database administrators (2.8%).

Career Direction

Jobs vs. Degrees

Bachelor Degrees Conferred to

Women

Founders and Partners

Less than 10% of venture-backed companies have female co-

founders

women make up around a third of the workforce in technology but

represent less than 7% of high-tech VC partners and 15% of angel investors.

Why aren’t their more? Discuss some of the

reasons…

WIT Poll

From an early age, students need more exposure to STEM, which stands for

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

YES

NO

IT Organizations benefit from having more diversity in departments. It

provides more value to business, projects and new initiatives.

YES

NO

Pay Gap?

According to the ESA report, women with STEM

jobs not only earned 33% more than

comparable women in non-STEM jobs but also

considerably more than the STEM premium for

men.

Pay Gap by State

Pay Gap % by Age

Future WIT, Rethinking Girls Toys

How impactful are toys to children’s development, especially for girls?

Interestingly, toys that traditionally are viewed as male oriented,

(construction toys and toy vehicles, for example) elicited the highest

quality play among girls.

Google’s Summer of Code, 2014

Open to male and female students, 18yrs or older.

Girls in the programs are referred to as “Systers”…

Contributions are to real-world products!

Partnered with the Anita Borg Institute

Google wanted kids to spend their summer’s more

productively: “Flip bits instead of flipping burgers”

WIT Panel

Kellyn Pot’Vin

CMTT for Oracle

Oak Table Member

TD Director, RMOUG

@DBAKevlar

http://dbakevlar.com

Alex Gorbachev

CTO for Pythian

ACED & Oak Table

@alexgorbachev

http://pythian.com

Sarah Zumbrum

Hyperian Architect

ACE Associate

@EPM_Queen

www.epmqueen.

com

Heli Helskayho

@HeliFromFinland

CEO, Miracle Finland

Ambassador, EOUC

President, Oracle User Group

Finland

Amy Caldwell

Oracle Applications Architect

@amyccaldwell

References

Google’s Summer of Code- http://anitaborg.org/profiles/passing-it-on-

through-the-summer-of-code/

Children’s Development and Toys- http://www.naeyc.org/content/what-

research-says-gender-typed-toys

Income, Earnings and Poverty Data, US Census-

http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/acs-09.pdf

Highlights in Women’s Earnings- http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswom2008.pdf