Transcript of Women in technology dr. farzana huda
- 1. Women in Technology Dr. Farzana Huda Technology Evangelist
Blue Ponzu Associates
- 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. What I don't do
- 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. 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. My Story 1 Medicine 5 yrs Upbeat charity Coldplay sponsor
-------recession------ IT sales and repairs + charitable
projects
- 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. 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. 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. So you think you're not techy THINK AGAIN
- 11. Jewellery meet technology Ringly Ringly connects to your
phone and sends you customized notifications through vibration and
light.
- 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. 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. 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. 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. My contact details Email - faz@blueponzu.com In development
Website - www.blueponzu.com Follow me on twitter!