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WOTC's influential and inspiring Women in Tech to follow
Words Sandra Edmund
In light of International Women’s Day it is only right to showcase the beautiful, inspiring and influential women in technology. Over the past few years, women made up 28% to 42% of the GAFAM (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft) workforce, according to self-reported data from Statista. So we bring to you this list of women who have contributed to technology and have had a positive influence on all females across the world.
Reshma Saujani
Reshma is the creator of Girls Who Code, a non-profit organisation dedicated to boosting the number of women working in the field of computer science.
Through their online tools, campaigns, books, and advocacy work, Girls Who Code has been able to reach 500 million people in the United States and around the world.
You can find Reshma on twitter - @reshmasaujani
Susan Wojcicki
Susan Wojcicki, the CEO of YouTube, is one of the most powerful women in the internet industry. Susan was Google's first marketing manager, and she was instrumental in the development of Google Images and AdSense. She acquired YouTube in 2014 and became its CEO.
You can find Susuan on instagram - @susanwojcicki
Charlene Hunter
Charlene is a full stack developer who is the CEO & Founder of a community called Coding Black Females who support Black Women & Non-Binary People in Tech.
You can find Charlene and Coding Black Females on instagram.
@charlenehunter | @codingblackfemales
Charmaine Mabika
Charmaine is the founder of The Tech Bae Platform and an associate management consultant.
The Tech Bae platform is an award-winning platform that strives to reshape the tech industry by providing all members with events, opportunities, and collaborations.
Charmaine recognised a scarcity of women that looked like her from her background in 2019, which is why she founded The Tech Bae.
You can find Charmaine - @lovee_charms
Holly Boothroyd
Holly is a multi-award winning Microsoft Software Engineer who has written code that is now used by millions of individuals. In 2018, she created her platform called HerHelloWorld where she shares her journey, highlights opportunities and provides advice. She recently launched her journal “100 Days of Code” which is available to buy on Amazon. I personally have one to document my learning.
You can find Holly on instagram - @herhelloworld
Eneni Abban
Eneni is the founder of Anime & Chill, an international anime and gaming community. She is a robotics engineer, STEM communicator, and award-winning speaker. Eneni is a strong champion for diversity and inclusiveness, with a great desire to demystify and erase the negative preconceptions and cultural expectations that women face around the world.
You can find Eneni on instagram - @thetechover
Jennifer Opal
Jennifer is a Neurodiversity & Inclusion Advocate, Multi-Award Winning Blogger, Speaker, and Technologist who works as a DevOps Engineer. She began coding in 2017 with Code First Girl, and her career has taken off since then.
You can find Jennifer on Instagram - @_jenniferopal
Alia Al Mansoori
Alia is the UAE's next space prodigy; she founded Emirati Astronaut, a platform that fosters dialogue between aspiring astronauts and space veterans, and she was named the youngest Scientific Research Fellow at New York University Abu Dhabi.
You can find Alia on instagram - @alia.a.almansoori
Cecilia Harvey
Cecilia is a tech CEO, author, and entrepreneur who has won numerous awards. Cecilia is a co-founder of Hyve Dynamics, a pioneer in the field of sensor technology. She's also the founder and head of Tech Women Today, a global platform that celebrates women in technology and serves as a resource for non-technical female entrepreneurs interested in learning how to use technology to create and scale their businesses.
You can find Cecilia on instagram - @imceciliaharvey
Jacky Wright
Jacky Wright is the Chief Digital Officer and Corporate Vice President of Microsoft in the United States, where she oversees teams to help businesses use technology to drive innovation and implement sustainable and accessible business models.
Jacky lectures frequently on diversity, digital inclusion, and the potential of inclusive leadership as an advocate for a truly inclusive world. Jacky uses her platform to promote thought leadership on the social, economic, and environmental benefits of digital transformation.
Whitney Wolfe Herd
Whitney Wolfe Herd is a self-made billionaire and the founder of the online dating app Bumble. When Bumble originally began in 2014, it created quite a stir with its unusual approach to online dating. Only women can send the initial message between heterosexual pairing. Bumble, according to Whitney, is a feminist dating app that empowers women to take charge.
Estefannie
Estefannie is a computer scientist who likes building things and documenting her discoveries, prototypes, experiments, and failures on YouTube and Instagram.
She worked as a software engineering lead after college, leading a team of five software engineers on various production projects, before educating herself electrical engineering and sharing her knowledge online. Later, she made the decision to leave her software engineering career and devote herself full-time to developing online content.
These are only a few amazing, inspiring and influential individuals within the tech industry and I wish I can let you know all of them but there’s so many! So the list isn’t complete but I would say make sure to follow those who inspire you or you can relate. Aim to either follow in their footsteps or to be even better than them because you never know what you can accomplish.
But for now, it’s your favorite tech geek editor signing out for now x