A brilliant article from The Levo League illustrates how we can cultivate real and pseudo relationships with mentors via genius ideas (Google Alerts, anyone?) and social media avenues. In that spirit, here are the women –in tech / beside tech/ near tech/ associated with tech– that I regularly follow and read up on.
Susan Wojcicki
SVP of Advertising at Google
SVP of Advertising at Google
Foursquare’s Head of Talent. A great blog to read if you’re into recruiting top tech talent.
CEO of Dupont
Amanda Wixted
iOs Developer, CTO/Co-founder of Hyperspace
iOs Developer, CTO/Co-founder of Hyperspace
President/CEO at HP
CEO/founder of BizeeBee, Founding Engineer at Mint.com. She also keeps Femgineer.com, a great site on all things tech and startups.
Caterina Fake
Co-founder of Flickr and Hunch, CEO/founder of Pinwheel
Co-founder of Flickr and Hunch, CEO/founder of Pinwheel
Frances Haugen
Google+ Profiles Product Manager
Google+ Profiles Product Manager
Ursula Burns
CEO of Xerox
CEO of Xerox
Virginia Rometty
CEO/President of IBM
CEO/President of IBM
Wei Hopeman
Managing Director at Citi Ventures
Managing Director at Citi Ventures
Cher Wang
Co-founder/Chaiperson at HTC
Co-founder/Chaiperson at HTC
Founder/CEO of Mightybell
Rachel Sterne
Chief Digital Officer of New York City
Chief Digital Officer of New York City
CTO at The Levo League and Co-founder of Girl Develop It.
Erin Robinson
Independent Game Developer (Considering I can’t even play games, I find her totally awesome!)
Independent Game Developer (Considering I can’t even play games, I find her totally awesome!)
Gina Trapani
Blogger and developer, Creator of ThinkUp, and Founder of Lifehacker
Blogger and developer, Creator of ThinkUp, and Founder of Lifehacker
President of Oracle
Daynah Morita
Web Developer/Overall Tech Master, Senior Editor at Beatweek Magazine
Web Developer/Overall Tech Master, Senior Editor at Beatweek Magazine
Penelope Trunk
Co-founder of three startups, Ms. Trunk has gone under fire for some of her more unconventional ideas…but is this not why we read? To have more ideas we would otherwise not think about?
Co-founder of three startups, Ms. Trunk has gone under fire for some of her more unconventional ideas…but is this not why we read? To have more ideas we would otherwise not think about?
The women in The Midas List: 2012′s Top Tech Investors as reported in this article from The Daily Muse and what they’re known for.
Mary Meeker, Groupon
Ruby Lu, Dangdang (known as the Amazon of China)
Jenny Lee, GGV Capital
Adele Oliva, Ascent Healthcare Solutions
Sources:
Own favorites
Thrilled to be included in this amazing list of women! Thanks so much Frances, and congratulations on graduating