Archive:: March 2015

Tech conference bans scantily-clad “booth babes”.  The RSA Conference, an information security event, added a new clause to its exhibitor rules that bars suggestive or revealing clothes. “It’s a long time coming,” an organizer says.  Let’s hope all the other tech shows follow.  Read more

Silicon Valley’s notorious boys club just went a little more co-ed. On Tuesday, Google announced the hire of Morgan Stanley chief financial officer Ruth Porat, who has been called “the most powerful woman on Wall Street” as the company’s new CFO. More

  Grace Murray Hopper is one of the most important people in the history of computers.  During her lifetime she had tremendous academic achievements, a distinguished Naval career and was seen as a remarkable female leader in the field of software development . I chose to write about Grace Hopper for two reasons: First, as… Read more »

  Let’s finally get women on our paper money. A campaign has begun to put a woman on the $20 bill by 2020, the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote in the United States. More    

  “Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.”-  Coco Chanel What was it about CoCo Chanel that intrigued me early on in my career?  So much so, that I have even considered changing my name to “CoCo Couture”! She was a successful business woman during a time when few… Read more »

  “Some of us already have great runways built for us. If you have one, take off.  But if you don’t have one realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who follow after you.”  Amelia Earhart In celebration of Women’s History Month this month, I… Read more »