The technology sector traditionally has been known for a glaring under-representation of women. Deloitte Global predicts that by the end of this year, “fewer than 25 percent of information technology (IT) jobs in developed countries will be held by women.”
That shortcoming is the result of issues along just about every link in the chain, from gender diversity in education, to hiring, to how women are compensated once they get in the door.
That’s unfortunate, because numerous women have proven that more than one gender has what it takes to make it to the tippy top of the technology world — and leave a mark once they get there.
Today, we take a look at the five most powerful women in technology:
Ginni Rometty, IBM (IBM)
Position: CEO
These days, it’s rare for an executive to stay with the same company for five years, much less 35 years. But Ginni Rometty joined International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) as a systems engineer back in 1981 and never looked back. By 2009, she had worked her way up to senior vice president and group executive of sales. Rometty finished her climb up the corporate ladder in 2012 when she was named IBM’s first female CEO.
In her four years at the helm, she has worked to continue IBM’s incredible transformation. IBM is shifting away from hardware and toward data analytics software, cloud computing and artificial intelligence. Rometty has overseen the sale of floundering segments like chip manufacturing and has spearheaded the company’s development of cognitive computing technology.
Rometty told Bloomberg recently that her IBM Watson team is working on integrating AI into the word of medical detection and diagnosis. The company is focusing on parts of the world that have shortages of doctors.
She also hopes IBM’s cognitive system will be recognized as far superior to AAPL’s Siri andAmazon.com, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s Alexa.
Susan Wojcicki, YouTube
Position: CEO
Wojcicki has been…
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