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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151578103321

Autore

Newnham Danielle

Titolo

Female Innovators at Work [[electronic resource] ] : Women on Top of Tech / / by Danielle Newnham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : Apress : , : Imprint : Apress, , 2016

ISBN

1-4842-2364-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVII, 216 p. 1 illus.)

Disciplina

004.023

Soggetti

Computers

Engineering—Vocational guidance

Success in business

Careers

The Computing Profession

Job Careers in Science and Engineering

Careers in Business and Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Lynda Weinman: Cofounder, Lynda.com -- Chapter 2: Arlene Harris: Cofounder, Wrethink -- Chapter 3: Judith Klein: Systems Architect and Fellow, Leidos -- Chapter 4: Holly Liu: Cofounder, Kabam -- Chapter 5: Anisha Singh: Cofounder, mydala -- Chapter 6: Judith Owigar: Cofounder, JuaKali Workforce -- Chapter 7: Brenda Romero: Cofounder, Loot Drop -- Chapter 8: Carol Reiley: Cofounder, Drive.ai -- Chapter 9: Cathy Edwards: Cofounder and CTO, Chomp -- Chapter 10: Dame Stephanie Shirley: Founder, FI Group -- Chapter 11: Gwynne Shotwell: President and COO, SpaceX -- Chapter 12: Majora Carter: Cofounder and CEO, Startup Box -- Chapter 13: Elizabeth Feinler: Director of the Network Information Systems Center, SRI International  -- Chapter 14: Yasmine Mustafa: Cofounder and CEO, ROAR for Good -- Chapter 15: Judy Estrin: Founder, JLabs LLC -- Chapter 16: Martha Lane Fox: Cofounder, Doteveryone -- Chapter 17: Manuela Veloso: Herbert A. Simon University Professor, Carnegie Mellon University -- Chapter 18: Radia Perlman: Inventor, Spanning Tree Protocol -- Chapter 19: Sampriti Bhattacharyya: Founder, Hydroswarm -- Chapter



20: Ramona Pierson: Cofounder, Declara -- .

Sommario/riassunto

This book describes the experiences and successes of female innovators and entrepreneurs in the still largely male-dominated tech-world in twenty candid interviews. It highlights the varied life and career stories that lead these women to the top positions in the technology industry that they are in now. Interviewees include CEOs, founders, and inventors from a wide spectrum of tech organizations across sectors as varied as mobile technology, e-commerce, online education, and video games. Interviewer Danielle Newnham, a mobile startup and e-commerce entrepreneur herself as well as an online community organizer, presents the insights, instructive anecdotes, and advice shared with her in the interviews, including stories about raising capital for one’s start-up, and about the obstacles these women encountered and how they overcame them. This timely book will be of great interest to anyone working in tech or looking to get into the industry, and more in general: to everyone wanting to learn how they can contribute to leveling the field of occupational opportunity and to strengthening teams and companies through merit and diversity. .