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Traditionally, men have made up the majority of the workforce in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) field. In fact, less than 12% of computer science and information technology degrees recipients were women in 2011, and women make up less than 20% of the total population of computer programmers in the United States. Even today, despite male and female teenagers having similar rates of Internet usage, girls are still five times less likely to pursue a career in the STEM field.
Here are five females who have left their mark on the information technology landscape, proving that just because they are the minority, doesn’t mean they can’t make a big difference.
Sandberg spent four years as Facebook’s COO before being named to the social network’s board of directors. She is a Harvard graduate who served as chief of staff for the U.S. Treasury Department, and even spent time in upper management at Google. She also co-authored the best-selling book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead.
At just 25 years old, Mazumdar-Shaw founded Biocon in 1978. Since then, the biotech entrepreneur has guided the company to become India’s eleventh-largest pharmaceutical company.
Mayer broke into the IT world as the first female engineer at Google, where she worked on search technologies, books, maps, news, and more. She is now CEO of Yahoo and responsible for revitalizing the brand to once again be a powerful force online.
As the Senior Vice President of Advertising & Commerce at Google, Wojcicki was the mastermind behind Google AdWords, AdSense, Analytics, and DoubleClick, which account for more than 95% of Google’s annual revenue. She is currently Senior Vice President of YouTube.
Dai co-founded Marvel Technology Group in 1995 and now rakes in revenues of more than $3 billion annually. The company is one of the leading manufacturers of semiconductors and provides its product to companies like Samsung, Apple, and Toshiba.
With more and more competition from across the globe, it's important for the United States to encourage underrepresented groups, like women and minorities, to play a larger role in the IT field. Adding female workers to the IT workforce stimulates innovation and avoids homogeneous group thinking that can occur when groups of very similar people work together.
Studies have shown that gender diversity in the workforce encourages increased creativity, innovation, and better decision-making. Having a diverse workforce also helps companies form connections with their clients, who often do not match the same all-male demographic as most IT companies.
Although women still make up a small percentage of the overall IT workforce, many companies have created incentive programs to help women overcome the gender gap and have successful careers in the STEM field.
First elected as Executive Council Member in 2006 and subsequently re-elected with increased numbers of nominations in both 2010 and 2014, Tam McFarlane is the senior Official for the South West Region of the Fire Brigades Union. A Firefighter in Somerset for 20 years, Tam has risen through the FBU ranks, serving as an Official at every level in the Union. He has served FBU Members as a Branch Official, a Health & Safety Official and Brigade Secretary for Somerset before progressing to regional level. His first regional position was as the South West Regional Secretary before being elected as Executive Council Member.
Tam heads up a high profile and very effective regional Union team, which is highly regarded across the region’s trade union movement and has a hard-earned reputation for:
Under Tam’s leadership, the team has also won Trades Union Congress (TUC) awards for its high profile campaigning work and has been recognised as the main innovators of social media and modern communication within the FBU UK Regions. In order to improve communications with members, Tam introduced an innovative series of 'FBU video updates' which is now a regular feature at a national level. The updates, in which Tam puts questions to the General Secretary and other senior FBU officials, have proved incredibly popular with members and has won a communication award from the TUC for the number of views they attract and the direct manner of getting important information out.
Tam has extensive experience across the trade union and working class movement. Not only has he served on the Executive of the South West TUC, but he has also represented, and spoken on behalf of, the FBU at the national TUC for seven consecutive years. Tam has spoken on platforms alongside Tony Benn, Bob Crow, Brendan Barber and Ken Loach and has campaigned for firefighters & the Fire and Rescue Service at every political level, including directly to the UK Cabinet Office and the European Parliament.
Having served his full career in the South West,Tam has developed a comprehensive knowledge and appreciation of every duty system served by all FBU members. Also, his technical knowledge of Fire Service issues has seen him appointed to several national FBU and Fire Service Boards and committees.
He plans to continue building the reputation and effectiveness of the South West Region FBU by continuing to deliver a strong and united Union, which serves individual members and fights for the collective.
Trevor transferred to Devon Fire & Rescue Service in 2001 after spending 7 years in Surrey FRS. He enjoyed the time spent working on fire stations in both Surrey and Devon and this has helped his understanding of both urban and rural brigades.
Union wise, Trevor was a Branch Rep in Surrey and continued his involvement with the Union following his transfer. He ended up as Devon’s Brigade Secretary in 2005 (not sure how that happened!!) and following the combination between Devon and Somerset FRS’s in 2008, was elected as the new Brigade Secretary which was and still is an honour.
Trevor's plan for the next four years is to fight against the cuts we are all facing, keep the Grey Book alive and continue the fight over pay and pensions.
Brent is a firefighter in Dorset & Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service, having previously servied in Wiltshire FRS prior to the two Brigades merging. He has significant FBU experience having served several terms as Brigade Secretary of Wiltshire FRS and was a key official in the run up to the merger.
Having worked for the fire service for over two decades, Val is now a Watch Manager in Emergency Fire Control in Wiltshire as well as South West FBU Regional Treasurer.
Throughout her time with the service, she has held various positions within the FBU including Branch Representative for Control, Brigade Vice Chair and Regional Control Staff Committee Member.
As Regional Treasurer she works with other Regional Officials to assist FBU members. Val also has the responsibility for the budgets and works closely with the Regional Administrator to ensure the smooth running of the region.