Women in today’s modern world are following the saying ‘success is the best revenge.’ Remember the times when women were confined to kitchens and were asked to obey their husbands? Women are giving back for all the discrimination by conquering the digital era. However, it was not easy, especially, for women who wanted to make it big at STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). Even though women make up to more than half of the total workforce, only 25% work in the tech industry. This is despite the spike in STEM jobs by 79% since the early 1990s. STEM takes an interdisciplinary approach to core subjects, providing a righteous educational experience that connects physical, earth and life sciences with practical, real-world applications. STEM women leaders with computer science background have changed the world for good since long.
Aspiring for a standard place in STEM starts at a very young age. Studies suggest that girls often express an interest in STEM around the age of 11, but once they reach 15, they lose interest in it. While researching why such a sudden change of mind takes place, some opinions suggest that the STEM industry is facing a lack of female mentors and hand-on experience. The gender inequality threat in STEM is one more cause for girls neglecting to enter it. In 2019, research showed that 25% of women didn’t study STEM subjects, because they didn’t think they could cope with them. However, women have not given up. Successful female leaders are trying to mitigate the challenge by encouraging young talents to perform better and not lose hope in their STEM dreams. For every woman who has ever felt exasperated by the various speculations regarding the existence and non-existence of innate differences between sexes concerning technical ability, courage is the accelerator. Just a 10% increase of women in STEM careers could boost the UK’s economy by 3 billion Euros. The year 2021 is expected to put technology development into overdrive, while women stay at the forefront of innovation. To celebrate the achievements of trailblazing women leaders, we highlight three tech women who are making it big in 2021.
Stacey Marx
Stacey Marx is the President of AT&T National Business and Channels. Marx has spent more than 20 years at Dallas-based AT&T and most recently as the Vice President of national business. People call her as a ‘dynamic leader’ for her outstanding performance in sales and operational success fuelled by innovation and passion for the channel. Despite growing up as a protected kid, Mark focused on learning to get along with people and their personalities. As a grownup, she became an optimistic person who takes setbacks as a ladder to success. She even has a positive view of the pandemic calling it ‘an accelerator of digital transformation.’
Cynthia Breazeal
Cynthia Breazeal is a professor of media arts and sciences at MIT. She also founded and directs the Personal Robots group at the Media Lab. Breazeal is a pioneer of social robotics and human-robot interaction. Her work balances technical innovation in AI, UX design, and understanding the psychology of engagement to design personified AI technologies that promote human flourishing and personal growth. Her recent project focuses on the theme of ‘living with AI’ and understanding the long-term impact of social robots that can build relationships and provide personalised support as helpful companions in daily life.
Daphne Koller
Daphne Koller is the CEO and Founder of Insitro, a company using machine learning and high-throughput biology to transform drug discovery. Koller joined Stanford University’s computer science department in 1995, spending the next eighteen years there in a full-time capacity before co-founding the online education giant Coursera, where she spent the following four years. She then parted ways with the company and made it big in Insitro by raising US$100 million in funding back in 2019.
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