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…
More about this job >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…
More about this job >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…
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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…
More about this job >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…
More about this job >‘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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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