WOMEN IN STEM
Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology Recognizes IBM with the Inaugural Anita Borg Top Company for Technical Women Award
By Jerri Barrett, Vice President of Marketing
he Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology announced IBM is the recipient of the 2011 Anita Borg Top Company for Technical Women Award, a new annual award recognizing an organi- zation that has demonstrated measurable results in the recruitment, retention and advancement of technical women at all
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levels. Grounded in organizational re- search and based on quantitative data, the award measures the current representation of technical women as well as improve- ment in women’s representation over time. “IBM is the Anita Borg Top Company
for Technical Women Award winner be- cause of its commitment to having a
strong representation of technical women at all levels. The company has demon- strated leadership in its ability to recruit, retain and advance technical women,” said Telle Whitney, CEO and President of the Anita Borg Institute. “The accom- plishment of IBM will be recognized at our annual Women of Vision Awards in
About the Women of Vision Award Winners By Jerri Barrett, Vice President of Marketing
Chieko Asakawa, IBM Fellow and Chief Technology Officer of Accessibility Research and Technology, IBM Research
Chieko Asakawa is the Women of Vision Award winner in the Leadership category. She is recognized for her work as a leader in the field of accessibility. Her work at IBM has led to breakthrough technologies including Japan’s first computer network based Braille library system and Home Page Reader which has enabled the visu- ally impaired to easily surf websites.
Mary Lou Jepsen, CEO of Pixel Qi
Mary Lou Jepsen is the Women of Vision Award winner in the Innovation category. She is honored for her technical successes in innovative design of computer displays over several iterations including most re- cently as CEO of Pixel Qi, her leadership of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) proj- ect to accomplish its ambitious goals, and in the impact of OLPC’s work on acces- sibility of digital technology to enable children in all nations to use the digital tools of the modern world, and use them collaboratively.
38 PROFESSIONAL WOMAN’S MULTICULTURAL MAGAZINE CELEBRATING 11 YEARS OF DIVERSITY
Karen Panetta, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and
Director of the Simulation Research Laboratory at Tufts University
Karen Panetta is the Women of Vision Award winner in the Social Impact catego- ry. She is recognized not only for her con- tributions in both academia and industry but also as one of the United States leading experts in innovating successful low-cost methods for disseminating engineering and science to youth, parents, educators and the general public to help recruit young women to the STEM disciplines.
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