Female Innovators at Work Women on Top of Tech

This book describes the experiences and successes of female innovators and entrepreneurs in the still largely male-dominated tech-world in twenty candid interviews. It highlights the varied life and career stories that lead these women to the top position

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F EM A L E INNOVAT ORS AT WORK

WOMEN ON TOP OF TECH SAMPRITI BHATTACHARYYA, HYDROSWARM · MAJORA CARTER, STARTUP BOX CATHY EDWARDS, CHOMP · JUDY ESTRIN, JLABS LLC ELIZABETH FEINLER, SRI INTERNATIONAL ARLENE HARRIS, WRETHINK · JUDITH KLEIN, LEIDOS MARTHA LANE FOX, DOTEVERYONE HOLLY LIU, KABAM · YASMINE MUSTAFA, ROAR FOR GOOD JUDITH OWIGAR, JUAKALI · RADIA PERLMAN, SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL RAMONA PIERSON, DECLARA · CAROL REILEY, DRIVE.AI BRENDA ROMERO, LOOT DROP · DAME STEPHANIE SHIRLEY, FI GROUP GWYNNE SHOTWELL, SPACEX · ANISHA SINGH, MYDALA MANUELA VELOSO, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY LYNDA WEINMAN, LYNDA.COM

Foreword by Telle Whitney, CEO and President—Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology

FEMALE INNOVATORS AT WORK WOMEN ON TOP OF TECH

Danielle Newnham

Female Innovators at Work: Women on Top of Tech Danielle Newnham London United Kingdom ISBN-13 (pbk): 978-1-4842-2363-5 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4842-2364-2

ISBN-13 (electronic): 978-1-4842-2364-2

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