RizePoint in 2018 Shatter List for Actively Working to Break Technology’s Glass Ceiling
RizePoint, the leader in quality experience management software, announced that it has been recognized in the Women Tech Council’s 2018 Shatter List for its measures to help break technology’s glass ceiling. RizePoint was among 44 companies recognized based on the successful implementation of measures that create inclusive cultures where women can contribute and succeed. “We are…
Read MoreDiversity, education key issues for Utah’s tech industry
SLAKE CITY — While the rise of Utah’s tech sector graphs like a hockey stick, leaders in the industry aren’t squeamish about identifying what factors could derail growth or send it on a downward spiral. On day 2 of the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit, education and diversity figured largely in discussions of issues that need…
Read MoreWomen Tech Council Reveals 2018 Shatter List
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Women Tech Council, a national organization based in Silicon Slopes focused on increasing the number of women in technology, today released the 2018 Shatter List showcasing 44 technology companies that are creating and enacting practices and cultures that remove the glass ceiling. The list is the first research of the…
Read MoreWomen Tech Council Reveals 2018 Shatter List
List recognizes 44 tech companies with active programs to accelerate shattering the glass ceiling for women in tech SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Women Tech Council, a national organization based in Silicon Slopes focused on increasing the number of women in technology, today released the 2018 Shatter List showcasing 44 technology companies that are creating…
Read MoreWomen Tech Council Opens Registration for SheTech, largest STEM activation program for high school girls
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Women Tech Council today opened registration for SheTech 2018, a program that activates, engages and inspires high school girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) through hands-on experience and mentoring. The SheTech Explorer Day event on March 1 will draw more than 2,500 girls from across Utah to earn industry…
Read MoreIs your daughter good at science and math? This new report may worry you
By Jennifer Graham SALT LAKE CITY — Women employed in science, technology, engineering and math may make more money than people in other fields, but they are professionally hobbled by gender discrimination when they work primarily with men, a new report says. The report, released Tuesday by Pew Research Center, paints a troubling picture of how women…
Read More5 goals that will make your business grow in 2018
By: Stacia Barton, SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (News4Utah) Our Tech Innovators Series continues with the Women Tech Council, where every month we talk about the tools, resources and skills that entrepreneurs need to turn their million-dollar ideas into thriving businesses and life-changing products. Cydni Tetro, President of the Women Tech Council, and LaRae Wright, Co-Founder of SWP…
Read More‘Quite a big change for Utah’: Businesses promise to interview at least one woman for top-level jobs
There are no women on the 11-member executive team that leads Overstock.com, a Utah-based online store that sells designer brands and home goods. On its board, a woman serves as chair. There are several women on its vice presidential team. But there are no women at the senior vice president level and above. In a…
Read MoreUtah tech business leaders say harassment issues undercut diversity efforts
SALT LAKE CITY — The recent maelstrom of highly publicized sexual harassment allegations have left few business categories unscathed, but a series of incidents that implicated some mega tech companies, and their CEOs, have cast a pall over an industry already struggling to build diversity in its ranks. Amid the turmoil, however, some see an…
Read MoreNew initiative helping to attract, retain more Utah women in STEM majors
Every semester, women walk into college science, technology, engineering and math courses and are the only female in the room. “You can imagine if you are the only one in the room who looks like you, you might think you’ve made a mistake,” said Jennifer Nielson, the associate dean in the College of Physical and…
Read MoreDesign Your Future event; Churros4Change; Warm Bodies, Warm Souls Coat Drive
Design Your Future event coming Nov. 30 The Women Tech Council is hosting its Design Your Future event back by popular demand at 4 p.m. Nov. 30, at Adobe in Lehi, 3900 Adobe Way. The event will feature Donna Morris, executive vice president of customer and employee experience at Adobe, and Aaron Skonnard, CEO of…
Read MoreUSU, tech council encouraging more women to graduate with STEM degrees
When Joanna Boyd arrived at Utah State University several years ago, she thought she wanted to major in statistics because she enjoyed it so much in high school. But her thoughts about that subject later changed. “I felt like I got stuck with statistics (because) I’d do the data crunching and that was it —…
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