Many women have gone up the ladder in tech companies that
actually need women to participate in the business. The need for employing women in
technical roles has been becoming clearer for increasing business. The scarcity
of talent in this field has been a hitch for large technology companies to run.
These companies have woken up to the fact that the consumers who pay money for
software applications are as likely to be women as men.
Across the board, a growing number of women have taken an
initiative of leading units of technological firms. These growing numbers of
women are a fairly large spread. It is just about a matter of time before most
of the women make it to the top of the firms. Large numbers of women
entrepreneurs have built million-dollar enterprise businesses. These firms need
women to participate because it would help them bring in a different perception
and approach towards the business.
With a high level of customer interface, women have done really
well in nurturing the businesses, their goodwill and rapport. Women have
created some long term wins and are building on it. This has also been possible
due to the long run of the tech industry in the country. Women have risen to the top level
and there has been a constant clearer mandate in India and globally to go
beyond the box.
Product engineering is now a very huge part of the industry
because of which women have emerged with better leadership roles. Tech
companies have started to understand that they would be losing a pool of talent
if large numbers of women drop out from their companies. Organisations need to
wash out the unwanted biases and predisposition towards men while hiring.
These women have broken every single stereotype in the book
and become a role model for young girls to take charge in the Tech industry.
1.
Reshma
Saujani
Reshma Saujani is a lawyer in New York and a politician. She is popularly known to be a founder of a tech organization ‘Girls Who Code.’ She is also the first Indian-American woman to run for the US Congress in 2010. After graduating from a Yale Law School, she began her career as an attorney and activist. As soon as she noticed the gender gap in computing classes, she began her project on the campaign trail. This successful project led her to start a non-profit organisation called Girl Who Code for empowering women in tech. She is also the author of Women Who Don't Wait in Line: Break the Mold, Lead the Way. Her major perception is to teach girls bravery, not perfection.
2. Padmasree Warrior
Padmasree is presently the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NIO U.S. (Chinese electric autonomous vehicle). She was born in the city of Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh and received a bachelor’s degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Post Graduation she did chemical engineering from Cornell University. She also served in executive positions in Motorola and Cisco. She was named under Fortune Magazine’s list of Most Powerful Women as one of four rising stars. She is also featured in the Notable Women in computing cards. Cisco with $138 billion systems grew in influence through acquisitions with her contributions. She has also been the one of Microsoft and Spotify board of directors since 2015.
3.
Debjani
Ghosh
She is a veteran of the technology industry and the 5th President of National Association of Software & Services Company. She was the first woman to lead Intel India, Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology (MAIT). She held many diverse leadership roles at South and Southeast Asia at Intel. She is also a strong advocate of gender diversity and equal representation in Corporate India. Instrumentally, she developed Intel’s ‘Digital Nation’ to support the digital transformation of India. She has been an enabler of inclusive growth and development. She has planned to distinctly bring out innovation and skilling to enable individuals and companies to leverage disruptive technologies such as AI. She was also named as one of the 20 Most Powerful Women in Business in India.
4.
Komal
Mangtani
Komal Mangtani is a senior director and head of engineering and business intelligence at Uber. She is an alumnus of DharmsinhDesai Institute of Technology in Gujrat. She was on the Forbes list of The World’s Top 50 Women in Tech 2018. She also worked with communities like Women Who Code and Girls Who Code to encourage female participation in technology. She led Uber $1.2 billion donations to increase access to computer science. Komal served as a vice president of engineering at Box at the storage and productivity platform.
These women have removed the gender parity with their clear sense of thirst and optimism. They have proven that they have the potential to take up the leadership role in technology. Hence, women should harness their hunger to learn and create a better culture that retains their talent and skills.
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