#COLLECTIVEINFLUENCE#WICxESG
Impact Report 2023

Message From Our Leader
Welcome to 2024 & Happy New Year.
2023 was a year we all grew exponentially.
Today Women in Cloud serves 100,000 people across 67 countries. By developing

leadership and cloud ready talent, accelerating women tech founders to build million
dollar SaaS and Cloud services businesses, and advocating for better tech policies
around data privacy and AI, we are building an inclusive and innovative workforce.
We are so grateful to have you in our network, and thankful for your support in

actualizating our $1B economic access mission to make the world a better place throughcloud and AI computing.

As we embark on a fresh year, I want to remind you that you are part of a growing 100K
network of women and allies who inspire and empower each other—and that's just the
beginning. We have a lot of work to do, but we can’t do it alone.

Through our 2023 theme of “Collective Responsibility”, we have invested our energy toinspire and empower YOU to lead and act in ways that utilize technology as a catalyst
for positivity.

As we step into the exciting new year, we're inviting each one of you in our wonderful

WIC community to embark on a journey of professional growth and leadership. This is

your chance to broaden your perspectives and explore the myriad opportunities waiting
for you. Let's connect, build stronger networks, and actively participate in our vibrantcommunities. Focus on enhancing your leadership abilities and shaping a powerfulpersonal brand. It's time to elevate your workplace contributions by refining your skills.
Together, let's make this year a remarkable one for personal and professional
development!"

By investing in yourself, you invest in your future and the future of your industry. We hopeto provide opportunities to support this journey for each of you through the year,

navigating the twists and turns and adjusting to better serve you and the community.
Together, through collective responsibility, we will make an EPIC impact!

President & Co-Founder,
Women in CloudWIC ESG IMPACT REPORT 2023

Introduction
A growing tidal wave hitting businesses can be summarized in three letters – ESG. The environmental,social and governance investing movement may not have fully grabbed the public’s attention – yet– but it is rapidly growing on national and international business radars. In fact, ESG assets are
expected to exceed $50 trillion globally by 2025.

In 2023, Women in Cloud has been committed to turbo charging ESG focused brand integration withcorporate initiatives to ignite economic access through co-branding, co-developing women leaders,co-recruiting diverse talent and co-marketing on strategic GTM initiatives.

We expanded our partnerships to include Kyndryl, KPMG, NTEGRAL this past year. Women in Cloud willcontinue to put forth brand integration activities with Fortune 1000 companies and serve as a
strategic GTM Community Partner to achieve innovative and strategic business outcomes toaccelerate 2024.

Women in Cloud has continued to advance workforce development of

women in tech through up-skilling and re-skilling opportunities,

scholarships, events, content, programming and skills development

opportunities. Notably, Women in Cloud has partnered with Microsoft

Learning to deliver over 3000 scholarships to WIC members, connected
thousands of women with employers and recruiters from some of theworld’s largest tech companies through our #CloudJobs initiative, andestablished hundreds of warm introductions within our network.

Through our flagship program, #WICxInsiderCircle, we are building an

exclusive Cloud and AI thought leadership community for collaborationand professional growth. The year-round subscription program provides
access to an exclusive community with opportunities for network

expansion, personal development and speaker readiness tools that will
accelerate subscribers’ executive presence and leadership skills
development.

Throughout 2023 we placed a keen focus on inclusive policy

development and advocacy training. Using regular policy roundtablediscussions with women executives and allies, entrepreneurs and policy

makers we identified critical and necessary considerations around AI
bias and data privacy to ensure they are accessible and inclusive of

women in tech. Our Policy Advocacy Academy provides women andallies with on-demand digital training to become civic-minded policy

leaders within their own organization or ecosystem.

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We are kicking off 2024 with a history-making experience as we embark
on our second GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title attempt for the mostusers in a vision board video hangout. The record-setting event will takeplace on January 19, 2024 and will be led by Patti Dobrowolski, visual

thinker and change activator, and Founder of Up Your Creative Genius.
During the three-hour session, Patti will lead participants through theprocess of defining their “Future You” identity, supporting those intransitional periods of their personal and professional lives in identifying
who they want to become.

2023 also took WIC on the road, as we embarked on our #WICxIndia Tour
which brought us to 3 cities, connecting 1200+ participants and 42

influential speakers. The tour had participants representing 5 countries

and 45 companies, and recognized 50+ role models from the WICxIndia
community. This year, we are headed out on our again, with the#WICxAnnualTour 2024, a one of a kind hybrid experience taking place

between January and March 2024. The tour will encompass the Guinness

World Records™ title attempt,WIC Proclamation at Olympia, Cloud Career
Readiness Ask Me Anything (AMA) Session, WIC@SXSW ICONS Screening

and Executive Leadership Immersion session, virtually, alongside a

multicity #WICxICONS experience bringing together leaders and allies
across the US and Canada for exclusive leadership networking
opportunities.

We will also continue this momentum with our expanded mission to build
and inspire communities that deliver ROI using ESG as a global strategy
through our new EPIC model, focused on economics, philanthropy,

intellectual growth and civic-minded policy. While the media and news
stories continue to paint a challenging climate in the coming months,

Women in Cloud is dedicated to creating a positive and collaborative
community that will support your personal and professional
development.

Learn more on our website: www.womenincloud.com

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2023 In Action

SCHOLARSHIP CASE STUDY
Fernanda Rios
Finding confidence in the tech industry

AT A GLANCE
Fernanda Rios
Located in Canada
Works in Financial Services
What makes WIC amazing?
Empowering
Structured exams
Certifications
Focus on DE&I

Certication
AI-900 Coursera Certification
https://www.coursera.org/account/accompl
ishments/specialization/JHWYM5SA75DY“As a woman aspiring to makeher mark in the world oftechnology, the scholarshipnot only recognized mypotential but also empowered
me with the knowledge andresources to excel in thesecutting-edge fields.”

SKILLING CHALLENGES FACED
Facing job loss during the global pandemic, Fernanda decided totransition to IT and has been looking for a method to advance her
skills and grow her career in this new field.

WIC SCHOLARSHIP LEVERAGED
The WIC scholarship allowed Fernanda to pursue new skills in cloudtech and earn a certification in Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals.
Fernanda has continued to study and is hoping to earn a Cybersecurity
and Azure Administrator certification.

SCHOLARSHIP IMPACT
I am deeply grateful for the invaluable experience of being a part of the
Women in Cloud Scholarship program. This opportunity has provided mewith an incredible platform to delve into the realms of Azure Cloud
Computing and Artificial Intelligence (AI). As a woman aspiring to makeher mark in the world of technology, the scholarship not only recognized
my potential but also empowered me with the knowledge and resources
to excel in these cutting-edge fields.
The structured curriculum and exam opportunities offered by the Womenin Cloud Scholarship have been instrumental in expanding myunderstanding of Azure Cloud and AI. Moreover, the scholarship'semphasis on diversity and inclusion has shown me the power of acommunity that supports and uplifts each other.
Through this program, I have not only acquired technical skills but also
gained the confidence to pursue a career in a traditionally maledominated field. The encouragement has instilled in me a strong belief in
my capabilities.
My participation in the Women in Cloud Scholarship has been an
enriching and empowering experience. The knowledge gained madeduring this journey will undoubtedly shape my future endeavors in Azure
Cloud Computing and AI. I am truly thankful for this opportunity and lookforward to contributing meaningfully to the tech industry while inspiringothers to follow their passions.

ACCELERATING DANIOLA CORP WITH WIC

ENTREPRENEUR CASE STUDY
Sinmi Adeoye-Esene - President & CEO, Daniola
Corporation
WIC Accelerator Cohort 5.0

MARKET CHALLENGES FACED
AT A GLANCE
Company

Daniola is the mining industry’s
digital exchange platform
providing secure, traceable endto-end solutions for traders ofminerals, metals and gemstones
globally.
Cloud Solution

The Daniola platform provides asecure, end-to-end solution thatallows buyers and sellers to verify
the origin of the metals they haveacquired, ensuring that theprovenance is ethical.

Prior to the WIC Accelerator, Daniola didn’t have a fullyfunctional MVP and lacked access to investors, partners andemployees. They also struggled with pitching their product tostakeholders and winning enterprise-ready contracts.

WIC SOLUTIONS LEVERAGED
The WIC Accelerator supported Dinola in creating an enterprise
ready version of their Cloud solution built on Azure, and provided
the support and resources to establish their branding andmarketing, and co-selling partnerships, including establishing
the brand as a Microsoft partner. WIC also provided Daniola withthe 1:1 and community support to continue scaling theirbusiness beyond the Accelerator.

BENEFITS REALIZED VIA WIC CLOUD ACCELERATOR
Immersive learning resources and templates to easily define
your Cloud business model, GTM plan & co-selling strategy
Access to accountability and support network of womentech founders and advisors"WIC's mission to build successful
women tech entrepreneurs is atestament of bringing together the
global community. Focused oncommitment, high impact result andcontinued revenue growth. Being part ofa movement to create $1B in economic
access by 2030 is a responsibility I wearwith pride through my company Daniola
Corporation."
Sinmi Adeoye-Esene
President & CEO, Daniola
Corporation

WHY ENROLL IN WIC CLOUD ACCELERATOR ?
Guidance and framework for branding, pitching and marketing
Access to large support network of peers and advisors
Exclusive opportunities for co-selling with Hyperscalers

RESOURCES
Learn More or Request a Demo:
https://solutions.womenincloud.com/daniola-1

CASE STUDYWOMENINCLOUD.COM/WICXINDIA-2023

MUMBAI
SEPT. 1, 2023

BANGALORE
SEPT. 8, 2023

DELHI
SEPT. 14, 2023

1200+

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45

MULTICITY INPERSONATTENDEES

COUNTRIESREPRESENTEDCOMPANIES
REPRESENTED

800,000

BRAND IMPRESSIONS“Congratulations to Veeam
Software and Women in Cloud for
an amazing multi-city event!”
Michelle Pruitt.

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SPEAKERS AND 13 SESSIONSDELIVERED AMONG 3 CITIES“It was wonderful to meet such talented
and amazing leaders at the #WICxINDIA
Bangalore event and this is the start ofmany more amazing experiences.” Monika
Mital Gupta.

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ROLE MODELS
RECOGNIZED“Great event and exciting
conversations. Glad to be be
associated with WIC andCongratulations to all the winners.”
Sandeep Bhambure.

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Boeing Partnership Case Study
January #WICxAnnualSummit 2023

Boeing showcased its leadership and expertise at the Women in Cloud Annual Digital Leadership
Summit, with 3 speaking opportunities across three event activations. The company made asignificant impact, engaging with 35 participants during the Digital Summit, and 40 participants
during the Guinness World Record event. Boeing's active involvement demonstrated its
commitment to driving innovation and empowering women in the tech industry.

April #WICxIcons Chicago

Four Boeing members attended the #WICxIcons Chicago Networking dinner. Hitachi and Cloud9
hosted this collaborative event. This exclusive gathering united 35 executive leaders at therenowned Rosebud Italian Restaurant. The evening included a special Founders Brunch and amemorable American Underdog Hollywood Movie Shoot Experience, offering a captivating andenriching networking platform for distinguished figures in the industry.

June #Cloud CXO Series: Aerospace

On June 23rd, 2023, "Flying into the Future: How Cloud Computing is Revolutionizing Aerospace".
brought together industry leaders and innovators for an enlightening exploration of how cloudtechnology is transforming the aerospace industry. With 7 exceptional speaker opportunities, 192
Registrations, 16 Countries represented, 65 companies represented, and 200+ comments shared
during the session this 5-star experience ignited thought-provoking conversations and paved theway for leveraging cloud computing to improve operations and gain a competitive edge.

July #WICxInspire and #WICxIcons Seattle

Boeing participanted at the #WICxInspire Digital Summit, an event with an impressive reach of
850,000 on LinkedIn, 344+ attendees from 20 countries, and 200 companies represented. The
event featured 38 esteemed Speakers/Advisors. 30 Tickets were allocated for the Boeing
ecosystem with a total of 24 tickets redeemed. As well, Boeing shined with one Award Presenter at
the prestigious WICxIcons Ceremony, for which 5 tickets were allocated and 3 tickets wereredeemed. Boeing’s active engagement reinforces its commitment to empowering women in techand driving innovation in the industry.

September #WICxIndia 2023

This event had a reach of over 400K and 1000+ connections in person. The event featured 45
esteemed Speakers and Advisors and recognized over 50 women leaders. 60 Tickets wereallocated for the Boeing ecosystem with 100% ticket redemption. Moreover, Boeing served as the
Presenting Partner for the Executive Leadership Immersion on September 9th, in Bangalore, which
had 57 In-Person attendees that where enlightened by six participating speakers. As well, Boeing
Leaders shined at the #WICxIcons Ceremony with two awardees being recognized. Boeing India’s
active engagement reinforces its commitment to growing leadership and talent in the cloud
ecosystem.

October #WICxESG Digital Summit 2023 Spotlight#WICxESG Digital Summit 2023 saw registrations from 28 countries and 200 companies, reachingover 500,000 professionals on LinkedIn.Boeing's strategic partnership played a pivotal role in the
success of WIC events overall, notably contributing to the seamless execution and data-driven
insights that enhanced overall event management.

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Boeing In Action

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PRODUCER
Joanna Turner

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Chaitra Vedullapalli
Michelle Pruitt

DIRECTOR
Dillon Leavitt

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Measuring Collective Action Impact
100,200
Members reached across 67 countries

3,000
Azure Certification Scholarships Distributed,~$2M in value, 10% securing jobs

1,800+
Leaders Inspired Tech Ecosystem via WIC Stages

4,000+
Business Introductions & Coaching ~7000 hrs contributed toworkforce development

2,500+
Leaders and allies recognized through digital spotlights

3 Million
Impressions through annual #empowHERaccess campaign

Tech Policy Advocacy
90+ members trained, Data Privacy Roundtables
and Content creation with Forbes

ESG Acceleration
Dedicated Accelerators, 6 Forbes articles viewed over 11K,
6 ESG focused events activations reached over 1000+

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Moving Into 2024
Women in Cloud is keenly in-tune with the current economic and social

landscape, understanding that our network is facing challenges aroundeconomic uncertainty, budget constraints, reorganization, workplace
challenges and ROI delivery.

To support our network in these turbulent times, Women in Cloud has

expanded its mission for this year to build and inspire communities thatdeliver ROI using ESG as a global strategy. Focused on creating access,accelerating representation and unlocking connections, Women in Cloud willcontinue nurturing and empowering women professionals, founders and allies
with opportunities to become EPIC leaders with our new model for driving
community ROI.

E

Economics that yield 2-5x return on programs

P

Philanthropy that supports employees throughIIntellectual Growth with executive presence and

ERGs, speaking opportunities and giveback initiatives

a voice that’s seen and heard

C Civic-Minded policy and advocacy, where noone is left behind

Our 5-point strategy for 2024 will support those in the Women in Cloud networkto:

1. Increase your customer demand and business profitability

2. Invest within and empower women founders, leaders and allies

3. Integrate DEI & ESG narratives into every business practice

4. Design communities focused GTM programs that deliver EPIC results

5. Expand your reach through global brand integration partnership with
communities that share your vision

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2024 Priority Initiatives
In 2024 and beyond, Women in Cloud's ESG initiatives will focus primarily on workforce andleadership development, economic development with women tech founders, and civicminded policy development and advocacy.

Invest in Big Ideas: Starting 2024, we will embark on our second attempt at setting

Guinness World Record, partnering with EY, Private Foundations, NASDAQ and Private
Equity Ecosystem, release ICONS documentary at SXSW and more so that we as acommunity can lead and influence narratives that matter everyday. And Raise $5M
dollars to establish our Film Fund and distribution engine.

Robust B2B SaaS Founder Programs: Our #WICxEnterprise Innovators Network

programming will continue to support women tech founders in easily building theirmillion dollar SAAS and Cloud Services business. We will continue enabling strong
Cloud Cosell GTM programs that focus on brand building, demand generation,
hyperscaler partnerships and access to investments and advisors.

Investment In Digital ESG Leadership: We will continue our investment in building
leadership opportunities for women to spearhead digital ESG initiatives. New

programming will focus on unlocking access to tech scholarships, creating effective
programs, developing digital moonshot ideas, and mastering executive presence.

Accelerate Corporate Brand Integration: Women in Cloud will continue to put forthbrand integration activities with Fortune 1000 companies and serve as a strategic
GTM Community Partner to turbo-charge ESG programs to co-brand, co-develop,
co-recruit and co-market, to achieve joint business outcomes.

Build an Influential Cloud Leadership Network: Our unwavering commitment to the
WIC community will lead our efforts to establish the world’s most influential Cloud
Leadership Network. This platform serves as a conduct for creating newopportunities, connecting communities and corporations, and unlocking access.
Inclusive Policy Development: Through regular policy roundtable discussions andour Policy Advocacy Academy, Women in Cloud is committed to providing womenand allies with the information and resources they need to become civic-minded
policy leaders within their organization or community.

Cloud Workforce Development: We will continue to advance workforce developmentof women in tech through up-skilling and re-skilling opportunities, scholarships,

mentoring and more. These programs and initiatives included our partnership with
Microsoft Azure and Google to deliver AI, Cyber and Data Focused scholarships to
WIC members; #CloudJobs Hive, a digital destination to find, post, and apply to
Cloud Jobs; and WICxCloudScholarship fund, led by Board of Advisors to create
access to opportunities and resources.

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2024 Annual Partnership
Opportunities
BRAND BUILDING
OFFERINGS:WICxROLEMODELSCLOUDCXO SUMMITSCLOUD LEADER CIRCLE
WICxTOURSWICxICONS DINNERS
WORLD RECORD SETTINGOPPORTUNITIES:BRANDING
NAMING RIGHTSSPEAKING
ADVISOR
MODERATORPRESS QUOTESCONTENT BUILDING

DIVERSE TALENT RETENTION: ERG INTEGRATIONOFFERINGS:EXECUTIVE READY WORKSHOPSSPEAKER ROSTER DEVELOPMENT
SIGNATURE & DINNER EVENTSWIC B2B MENTORSHIPSICONS MOVIE SCREENING
INSIDER CIRCLE PROGRAMOPPORTUNITIES:NAMING RIGHTSSPEAKINGVOLUNTEERINGJUDGINGADVISING
MENTORINGOPPORTUNITIES:NAMING RIGHTSSPEAKING
PRESS RELEASECENTER OF
EXCELLENCEJUDGINGADVISING
MENTORINGOPPORTUNITIES:NAMING RIGHTSSPEAKING
ADVISORYPRESS RELEASE
ADVERTISING TO 100K
MEMBERSCONTENT BUILDINGOPPORTUNITIES:BRANDING RIGHTSASSET DEVELOPMENTESG REPORTS
CONTENT BUILDING

DIVERSE RECRUITING
OFFERINGS:

CLOUD JOB HIVE (RESUME BOOK
ACCESS, JOB POST PUBLISHING)
CLOUD, CYBER & AI SCHOLARSHIP
DISTRIBUTION
CLOUDSKILLING MONTHLY SERIESUNIVERSITY INTEGRATIONCUSTOMER DEMAND GENERATIONOFFERINGS:

CLOUDCXO EVENTSWICxICONS DINNERS
WARM INTRODUCTIONSMONTHLY GTM SERIESESG CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY
OFFERINGS:ANNUAL PARTNERSHIP REPORTEMPLOYEE DONATION INTEGRATIONBOARD OF ADVISOR OPPORTUNITIESFOUNDERS COACHING PROGRAMWIC ESG IMPACT REPORT 2023

About Women in Cloud

Women In Cloud is a global network of 100,000 Women Tech Founders, Executives, Tech

Professionals, and Allies in 67 countries who are committed to inspiring the tech ecosystem to be
an inclusive force for change and take collective action by providing a powerful platform tocollaborate, build community engagement and unlock $1B in new net economic access by 2030.
Through events and initiatives, Women In Cloud also promotes conversations arounds its focus

areas of Cloud Workforce Development, Civic Engagement via Policy Advocacy, Entrepreneurshipand Cloud/AI Innovation and Global partnerships with corporations, community leaders, andpolicy makers. All of which are united by the ESG and UN Sustainable Development Goals that are
driven by job creation, diversity and inclusion, technology innovation and sustainability, giving

women a powerful platform to accelerate as industry leaders. We are fiscally sponsored by SDG
Digital Foundation 501(3c) organization.

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For more informationor partnershipinquiries:

Chaitra Vedullapalli
cvedulla@womenincloud.com

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