Angela Pate presentation at Infinite Energy Gainesville Florida January 2016 Women in Technology Startup Quest participants Mary Ohlfs signing the licensing agreement for road barrier technology with NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Houston Less than a year after she graduated from the Startup Quest entrepreneurial training program in Gainesville, FL, Mary Ohlfs signed a licensing agreement to commercialize a cutting-edge NASA technology. Marys company, LifeNet Systems will commercialize the NASA technology to create net roadway barriers to replace concrete and steel barriers. LifeNet barriers will stop a vehicle traveling 80 mph within eight feet safely and securely. Working Women Men Total % % % College Degree H S Degree % 66% % 94%graphics.htm#women Current Population Survey (CPS), a national monthly survey of approximately 60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Women Salaries Compared to Men % % 2014 % in Each Category Women Men Management,Professional Service Sales/Office Natural Resource, Construction, Maintenance Production, Transportation, Moving Materials graphics.htm#women Current Population Survey (CPS), a national monthly survey of approximately 60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2014 Percent Women Management, Professional 51.5 Service 56.7 Sales/Office 61.8 Natural Resource, Construction, Maintenance 4.4 Production, Transportation, Moving Materials graphics.htm#women Current Population Survey (CPS), a national monthly survey of approximately 60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2014 Percent Women Professional Occupations Computer, Math 25.6 Architecture, Engineering 15.4 Life,Physical, Social Science 45.6 Health Care and Technical graphics.htm#women Current Population Survey (CPS), a national monthly survey of approximately 60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Why? See also: Hidden Biases of Good People - The Implicit Association Test (IAT) measures attitudes and beliefs that people may be unwilling or unable to report.Hidden Biases of Good People The Implicit Association Test (IAT) Gender - Career. a relative link between family and females and between career and males. Gender - Science. a relative link between liberal arts and females and between science and males. Right Here. Right Now. Search for Women in Technology Right Here. Right Now. In Gainesville Florida Right Here. Right Now. Empowering Women in Technology Startups Co-Founders Jane Muir Angela Pate CONCLUSION ASK, INVITE and focus on inclusion of women in technology leadership. Women wait to be asked and are shaped by their environment, as all people are. Thank you. Angela Pate