As we continue our conversation about corporate social responsibility<\/a> and how empowering female workers is important in CSR initiatives, we\u2019d like to look at 10 awe-inspiring women you should know (presented in no particular order of greatness)!<\/p>\n Evans<\/a> is the first African American female CEO of an autonomous vehicle technology company. Before Zoox, she was the Corporate Strategy Officer for intel Corporation, and she currently serves as a trustee for the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n Antar<\/a> is the Chief Information Officer for Okta, leading the charge in seamless employee and customer experience. Before Okta, she spent six years with the SaaS company Zuora as their first CIO, taking their business growth from $30M to $300M<\/a>!<\/p>\n Gunter<\/a> is VP and General Manager of IoT Global Channel Sales at Microsoft Corporation. She previously was Vice President of Programmable Solutions Group at Intel, where she was a member of Intel\u2019s Network of Executive Women and Intel\u2019s African American Leadership Council<\/a>.<\/p>\n Durham<\/a> is the Chief Technology Officer at UnitedHealthCare, handling the strategy and execution of 3.5 billion dollars of technology investments that drive the company\u2019s global revenue. But Durham does more for her community as well, as a Board Member of the Minnesota Technology Association<\/a> where she is a trust covener of tech-driven Minnesota companies.<\/p>\n Beer<\/a> is responsible for worldwide technology systems and infrastructure for J.P. Morgan as the financial giant\u2019s Global Chief Information Officer. Like Durham, she wants to give back to her community and help uplift women in tech through her membership in the University of Cincinnati\u2019s Lindner College of Business Advisory Council, through which she endowed a scholarship in support of women in STEM careers.<\/p>\n Su<\/a> has served on the Board of Directors at AMD since 2014 and is the current President and CEO of the company. She also had the illustrious honor of being ranked #2 on Fortune\u2019s \u201cBusiness Person of the Year\u201d in 2020, and has also received the Grace Hopper Technical Leadership Award and the Robert N. Noyce Award.<\/p>\n Robinson<\/a> leads the charge to design, build, and maintain the 5G network as SVP at T-Mobile. Focusing on underserved communities, she also sits on several Advisory Boards striving to improve STEM education access and improve diversity at other organizations.<\/p>\n Duraivenkatesh<\/a> has a dedicated focus in engineering, and prior to her current position as VP Buyer Experience Engineering at eBay, she served as the Senior Director of Engineering.<\/p>\n Meritt<\/a> is the Vice President of Development for Oracle\u2019s Identity and Access Management Suite, and she\u2019s worked for them for 26 years. She\u2019s had many successes with the company, including automating the ability to patch databases and middleware at a Cloud scale with zero downtime. This translated into a massively reduced failure rate that went from 20% to 0.01%.<\/p>\n Olsovsky <\/a>is the Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Salesforce, focusing on the innovation of customer experience. She was recently listed as #10 on 2021 TOP 100 CIOs List by Technology Magazine.<\/p>\n The world of technology has long been a \u201cman\u2019s world,\u201d but recent pushes for more women in executive positions have put many unsung heroes in the spotlight. It\u2019s great to see the world changing to include more people and honor great achievements, no matter who you are. Empowering women in your organization is not only the right thing to do as a human but could be a gamechanger.<\/p>\n Working on corporate social responsibility should begin right within your own organization, making internal changes to not only improve employee experience, but value your workers. Learn more about their goals, ambitions, and what drives them to develop within your organization. Professional development<\/a> has been shown to lead to more employee engagement<\/a>.<\/p>\n Now is the best time to get\u202ffeedback<\/a><\/strong>\u202ffrom your employees about what matters most to them and use that info to decide which CSR initiatives to pursue. Checking the pulse<\/a> of your employees and customers can lead to deeper knowledge and better relationships. Don\u2019t know where to start?\u202fWe\u2019re\u202fhere to support<\/a>\u202fyour efforts!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Women aren’t new to business\u2014they\u2019ve been fighting for their place since the 18th century and haven\u2019t looked back\u2014but there are many industries that are still predominantly male. The tech and cybersecurity industry, in particular, is one where they\u2019ve never had equal seats at the table. As we continue our conversation about corporate social responsibility and how empowering female workers is important in CSR initiatives, we\u2019d like to look at 10 awe-inspiring women you should know (presented in no particular order of greatness)! 1. Aicha Evans, CEO at Zoox Evans is the first African American female CEO of an autonomous vehicle technology company. Before Zoox, she was the Corporate Strategy Officer for intel Corporation, and she currently serves as a trustee for the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology. 2. Alvina Antar, CIO at Okta Antar is the Chief Information Officer for Okta, leading the charge in seamless employee and customer experience. Before Okta, she spent six years with the SaaS company Zuora as their first CIO, taking their business growth from $30M to $300M! 3. Lakecia Gunter, Vice President, General Manager at Microsoft Gunter is VP and General Manager of IoT Global Channel Sales at Microsoft Corporation. She previously was Vice President of Programmable Solutions Group at Intel, where she was a member of Intel\u2019s Network of Executive Women and Intel\u2019s African American Leadership Council. 4. Julie Durham, CTO at UnitedHealthCare Durham is the Chief Technology Officer at UnitedHealthCare, handling the strategy and execution of 3.5 billion dollars of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":4963,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,156,1025],"tags":[198,781,164,241,879,889,565,896,69],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Women](\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mimi-thian-5ZnS3wK6sUg-unsplash-1024x768.jpg\")
<\/p>\n1. Aicha Evans, CEO at Zoox<\/h2>\n
2. Alvina Antar, CIO at Okta<\/h2>\n
3. Lakecia Gunter, Vice President, General Manager at Microsoft<\/h2>\n
4. Julie Durham, CTO at UnitedHealthCare<\/h2>\n
5. Lori Beer, Global CIO at JP Morgan<\/h2>\n
6. Dr. Lisa Su, President, CEO at AMD<\/h2>\n
7. Edwige A. Robinson, SVP at T-Mobile<\/h2>\n
8. Lakshimi Duraivenkatesh, VP Buyer Experience Engineering at eBay<\/h2>\n
9. Elanor Hayes Meritt, Senior Vice President at Oracle<\/h2>\n
10. Jo-ann de Pass Olsovsky, EVP & CIO at Salesforce<\/h2>\n
Women Doing Amazing Things<\/h2>\n