{"id":21527,"date":"2022-12-07T01:23:42","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T01:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/07\/preventing-later-from-becoming-never-executives-assess-tech-industry-opportunity-for-women\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T01:23:42","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T01:23:42","slug":"preventing-later-from-becoming-never-executives-assess-tech-industry-opportunity-for-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/07\/preventing-later-from-becoming-never-executives-assess-tech-industry-opportunity-for-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Preventing later from becoming never: Executives assess tech industry opportunity for women"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There are signs that women are making progress in shrinking the employment gender gap within the tech industry, but there is much more to be done before parity is reached.<\/p>\n

A recent report<\/a> from Deloitte Global\u2019s research arm found there will be 33% overall female representation in workforces among large global technology firms in 2022, a rise of two percentage points over the past three years. One tech executive has her own advice for women considering entry into the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor anyone who wants to get into tech, or even switch careers, there\u2019s just a couple of words of advice that I have: just start,\u201d said Rachel Mushahwar<\/a> (pictured, center), managing director of the Americas channel and partner sales at Amazon Web Services Inc. \u201cBecause sometimes later becomes never. Fuel you passion, be curious, think about new things, and just start.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mushahwar spoke with theCUBE industry analyst Lisa Martin<\/a> at AWS re:Invent<\/a>, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media\u2019s livestreaming studio. She was joined by Charu Kapur<\/a> (pictured, right), president and chief revenue officer at NTT Data Corp., and Jumi Barnes<\/a> (pictured, left), managing director of investment banking digital platform engineering at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, and they discussed opportunities and challenges for women in the tech industry today. (* Disclosure below.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Driving transformation<\/h3>\n

For Barnes, the start came with a realization created from her first position working in a non tech environment. She saw firsthand the opportunity that came with technology\u2019s ability to transform industries.<\/p>\n

\u201cI landed my first job at a real estate agency, and everything was being done manually on paper,\u201d Barnes said. \u201cTechnology can bring transformation anywhere and everywhere. It\u2019s about pursuing your passion and identifying which aspects of technology pique your interest and then diving in.\u201d<\/p>\n

The executives noted that women must still do more to build support networks within the organizations in which they work.<\/p>\n

\u201cVery often women don\u2019t invest enough in building that support system around them,\u201d Kapur said. \u201cWe really need a team of sponsors who come in and support us in the moment, in the business. Give us the informal channel because very often we\u2019re not plugged into the informal channel, so we don\u2019t get those special projects or assignments or even opportunities to prove that we can do the tough task.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the complete video interview, part of SiliconANGLE\u2019s and theCUBE\u2019s coverage of AWS re:Invent<\/a>:<\/p>\n