Bluemix Girls’ Night at UConn

Erin MurphyIBM Distinguished Engineer, Enterprise Transformationesmurphy@us.ibm.com @ErinESMurphy

19th Nov,2014

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women hold

51%

of positions in the workforce

But only

26% of the positions in IT

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3%1.3%

have a female founder

Venture-backed startups

6.5%

have a woman CEOof tech companies

founded by women

In the 80’S, 37% of computer

science majors were women; in

2012,

57% of bachelor's

degrees are earned by women,

12% of computer science degrees

18%

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? WHY?

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Why Engineering?From engineeryourlife.org

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IBM’s Commitment to Women in Technology

Focus on IBM Women: Support the growth, advancement, recognition, mentoring, networking, and retention of IBM's female technical talent pool

Attract and recruit qualified technical women to IBM (both university and professional)

Long Term Outreach: Encourage girls and young women K-12 to pursue education and careers in math, science, and technology

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“Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History”Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

"Apr 7, 1916 Golden Flyer automobile NYC to San Fran" by Bain Collection - Library of Congress. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apr_7,_1916_Golden_Flyer_automobile_NYC_to_San_Fran.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Apr_7,_1916_Golden_Flyer_automobile_NYC_to_San_Fran.jpg

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But Women Pioneers at IBM sure have!

1899 IBM hires first women

1935

1943

1956

1971

Anne Van Vechten, credited for convincing Thomas J. Watson Sr. to hire women for professional positions.

Ruth Leach (Amonette) named vice president, IBM’s first female executive.

Jeannette Kittredge Watson, appointed as the first female member of the Board of Directors.

Patricia Harris becomes first black female on the Board of Directors.

2007

1989

2012

Virginia Rometty named IBM’s first female

President & CEO

18Female

IBM Fellows since 1989

Fran Allen named the first female IBM Fellow

Fran Allen named first female recipient of the A.M. Turing considered the “Nobel Prize” in Computing

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3 Tips for Career Success

• Be Visible

• Communicate with IMPACTIMPACT

• Be Confident & Assertive

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Be Visible§ Seek out highly visible stretch and growth roles§ Network§ Mentors§ Build your eminence§ Help other women with advancement

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Communicate with IMPACT• Be Relevant • Be Interactive – Act and Listen• Tell a story• Leverage Social Media Tools

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Be Confident & Assertive• Speak up! You must present your ideas.

• Be passionate about your ideas.

• Help to build the agenda!

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