MARY BARRA: THE WORLD NEEDS MORE CODERS

GM CEO Mary Barra states that the world needs more diverse engineers. She announced a new push to train engineers–specifically aimed at recruiting women and minorities. Barra has a degree in electrical engineering from General Motors Institute. She has helped train many engineers, and is dedicated to working with groups that will encourage girls to […]

MARISSA MAYER

Marissa Mayer was the first female engineer at Google; however, growing up, Mayer wanted to be a doctor. During her time at Google, she worked on some of the company’s most successful products, including Google Maps, Google Earth, and Gmail. She was also responsible for approving each Google “doodle” on the company’s homepage. Marissa is […]

JOANNA HOFFMAN

Joanna Hoffman is one of the original members of Macintosh and NeXT team. She helped write the first draft of Mac’s user interface guidelines. In both 1981 and 1982, she was awarded a satirical award at Apple for being “the person who did the best job of standing up to” Steve Jobs. This can be […]

AVIDEH ZAKHOR

Avideh Zakhor is a light in science and technology, and is most well known for her role in creating Google Earth and Street View. Avideh Zakhor was the brain behind what we have come to know as Google Earth and Street View. She is among the very few women who have made a tremendous impact […]