Assessing the tech industry’s efforts to empower women
The technology industry has taken some steps to empower women in the sector over recent years, with big tech companies starting to report on female representation in their businesses and pay more attention to the issue. But is the industry as a whole doing enough to increase the representation of women in the industry and encourage them to pursue a career in technology?
To mark International Women’s Day, Babel hosted a webinar to assess the technology industry’s efforts to attract and retain women. The webinar was hosted by our Senior Campaign Manager Holly Abbott, who wrote her dissertation on conscious and unconsciously gendered spaces, and is passionate about ensuring that women in tech are fairly represented.
The webinar explored:
- Our panellists’ journeys into the world of technology and the tips they would give to women that are looking to get into the technology sector.
- Why the technology sector has a reputation for being male-dominated and whether it is better or worse than other industries in this respect.
- What we can do to encourage more women to join the sector.
Eugina Jordan
Telecom Infra Project
Eugina is the CMO of Telecom Infra Project (TIP), and a fierce advocate for encouraging more women into the telecoms industry. Eugina is also a founding member of the Boston chapter of CHIEF, an organisation for women in the C-Suite to strengthen their leadership, magnify their influence, and effect change from the top down
Ellison Anne Williams
Enveil
Dr. Ellison Anne Williams is the Founder and CEO of Enveil, the pioneering data security company that protects Data in Use. Building on more than a decade of experience leading avant-garde efforts in the areas of large-scale analytics, information security, and computer network exploitation, Ellison Anne founded the startup in 2016 to protect sensitive data while it's being used or processed - the 'holy grail' of data encryption.
Zoe Grist
Orange Cyberdefense
Zoe Grist is the Head of Secure Operations Centre (SOC) at Orange Cyberdefense. Zoe studied criminology at university and wrote her dissertation on cyberterrorism and, after a short stint in the police force, joined Orange Cyberdefense as a junior service delivery manager. After just two years she sought a role with more responsibility that would allow her to progress down the management path. This led her to a SOC support manager role, which in turn led her to become Head of SOC. This was achieved at the age of 28, after just four years in the industry.
Pamela Napier
Veeam
Pamela is the senior manager of cloud for the UK and Ireland at Veeam. In this position, she oversees the strategic direction of the UK/I cloud team, driving the Veeam Cloud and Service Provider (VCSP) partner ecosystem and increasing growth.