Maya Richard-Craven |September 26, 2023 | 4- minute read [👈 time yourself reading the article slowly]
Source: Forbes [👈 🔗https://www.forbes.com/sites/mayarichard-craven/2023/09/26/women-in-the-c-suite-are-making-their-mark-in-the-tech-industry/?sh=4cd7d2b96c2b]
Female representation in tech has decreased in recent years. According to DDI’s 2023 Global Leadership Forecast, women make up 28% of professionals in the tech industry. But female executives in tech are changing the narrative. Some work in the C-Suite at Fortune 500 companies. Others create revolutionary inventions. Many are trailblazers. Despite the fall in women in tech, female executives are determined to break barriers. I spoke with three female executives about the importance of female representation in tech.
Advocating for Diversity
Many female executives in tech are pioneers. Maybe they left a low-income area to excel at an Ivy League or start up. Regardless of their socioeconomic background, women face gender bias across industries. Kaitlyn Albertoli, the CEO of Buzz Solutions, isn’t in tech for the money. She is dedicated to creating more female representation in tech. “I am very proud to be a woman in the energy space and especially a young woman in the energy space,” said Kaitlyn Albertoli, the co-founder and CEO of Buzz Solutions.
Brittany Masalosalo, an SVP and chief public policy officer at HP, expressed similar sentiments. “One of the reasons why I came to HP is because the CEO of HP did not shy away from publicly stating the importance of diers,ity, racial diversity and gender diversity,” she said. “I started digging a little bit further. I found that HP does more than just talk about it, but they actually walk the walk,” she said.
