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RizePoint in 2018 Shatter List for Actively Working to Break Technology’s Glass Ceiling

RizePoint, the leader in quality experience management software, announced that it has been recognized in the Women Tech Council’s 2018 Shatter List for its measures to help break technology’s glass ceiling. RizePoint was among 44 companies recognized based on the successful implementation of measures that create inclusive cultures where women can contribute and succeed.

“We are proud that RizePoint has been recognized on the first Shatter List. One of our fundamental company values is Empower. We are passionately committed to empowering our team – which led us to sign the Equal Pay Pledge, become a founding member of the ParityPledge, mentor at WTC’s SheTech, and create the first-of-its-kind STEM scholarship program in Utah. Our […]

Kristin Wright2018-01-26T16:50:28-07:00

Diversity, education key issues for Utah’s tech industry

SLAKE CITY — While the rise of Utah’s tech sector graphs like a hockey stick, leaders in the industry aren’t squeamish about identifying what factors could derail growth or send it on a downward spiral.

On day 2 of the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit, education and diversity figured largely in discussions of issues that need to be confronted to ensure continued vibrance.

Pluralsight CEO Aaron Skonnard took the main stage at the Salt Palace Friday morning and exhorted attendees to sign a letter to Utah legislators that includes some stark statistics reflecting current unfilled tech jobs in the state and the related upstream issues of lack of opportunity in K-12 computer science courses.

“According to the conference board, […]

Kristin Wright2018-01-24T03:06:55-07:00

Women Tech Council Reveals 2018 Shatter List

SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Women Tech Council, a national organization based in Silicon Slopes focused on increasing the number of women in technology, today released the 2018 Shatter List showcasing 44 technology companies that are creating and enacting practices and cultures that remove the glass ceiling. The list is the first research of the technology industry to review and rate the development and successful implementation of measures that create inclusive cultures where women can contribute and succeed.

“Shattering technology’s glass ceiling requires companies to invest more and be actively engaged in creating cultures and activities that expect and demand inclusivity from top to bottom,” said Cydni Tetro, Women Tech Council president. “By highlighting the companies […]

Kristin Wright2018-01-17T22:21:45-07:00

Women Tech Council Reveals 2018 Shatter List

List recognizes 44 tech companies with active programs to accelerate shattering the glass ceiling for women in tech

SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Women Tech Council, a national organization based in Silicon Slopes focused on increasing the number of women in technology, today released the 2018 Shatter List showcasing 44 technology companies that are creating and enacting practices and cultures that remove the glass ceiling. The list is the first research of the technology industry to review and rate the development and successful implementation of measures that create inclusive cultures where women can contribute and succeed.

“Shattering technology’s glass ceiling requires companies to invest more and be actively engaged in creating cultures and activities that […]

Kristin Wright2018-07-11T21:15:28-07:00

Women Tech Council Opens Registration for SheTech, largest STEM activation program for high school girls

SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Women Tech Council today opened registration for SheTech 2018, a program that activates, engages and inspires high school girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) through hands-on experience and mentoring.

The SheTech Explorer Day event on March 1 will draw more than 2,500 girls from across Utah to earn industry certifications, problem solve with mentors and explore STEM careers through activities like robotics, virtual reality, coding, 3D modeling and engineering. Over 100 tech companies will help students gain skills, confidence and inspiration to pursue STEM careers.

“When young women can experience technology first hand, they see their potential to create impact in the technology industry,” said Cydni Tetro, […]

Kristin Wright2018-01-17T00:02:45-07:00

Is your daughter good at science and math? This new report may worry you

By Jennifer Graham

SALT LAKE CITY — Women employed in science, technology, engineering and math may make more money than people in other fields, but they are professionally hobbled by gender discrimination when they work primarily with men, a new report says.

The report, released Tuesday by Pew Research Center, paints a troubling picture of how women believe they are treated in some of the best-paid and fastest-growing segments of the workplace.

More than three-quarters of women who work in STEM fields at male-dominated workplaces report experiencing at least one type of gender discrimination, ranging from being turned down for a job to making less than a man for […]

Kristin Wright2018-01-11T21:24:54-07:00

5 goals that will make your business grow in 2018

By: Stacia Barton, SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (News4Utah)

Our Tech Innovators Series continues with the Women Tech Council, where every month we talk about the tools, resources and skills that entrepreneurs need to turn their million-dollar ideas into thriving businesses and life-changing products. Cydni Tetro, President of the Women Tech Council, and LaRae Wright, Co-Founder of SWP Enterprises, joined Nicea DeGering with some resolutions you should be making for your business. These resolutions can be put in place regardless of the size to help your million-dollar idea really take off this year.

Cydni explains there are five key goals or resolutions entrepreneurs should make to propels their businesses and ideas to the next level in 2018. They are:

1. Find mentors or […]

Kristin Wright2018-01-09T03:33:58-07:00

‘Quite a big change for Utah’: Businesses promise to interview at least one woman for top-level jobs

There are no women on the 11-member executive team that leads Overstock.com, a Utah-based online store that sells designer brands and home goods.

On its board, a woman serves as chair. There are several women on its vice presidential team. But there are no women at the senior vice president level and above.

In a step toward changing that gender imbalance, Overstock.com has joined at least 27 other Utah-based companies in signing the ParityPledge — a vow to interview at least one qualified woman for all openings at the vice president level and higher, including the board of […]

Kristin Wright2018-01-24T03:11:52-07:00

Utah tech business leaders say harassment issues undercut diversity efforts

Kristin Wright2017-12-14T21:30:40-07:00

New initiative helping to attract, retain more Utah women in STEM majors

Every semester, women walk into college science, technology, engineering and math courses and are the only female in the room.

“You can imagine if you are the only one in the room who looks like you, you might think you’ve made a mistake,” said Jennifer Nielson, the associate dean in the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences at Brigham Young University in Provo.

Far fewer women than men take STEM courses at universities, and even fewer will graduate with a STEM degree. About 40 percent of women who start STEM degrees will switch their majors before they graduate, according to Cydni Tetro, the founder and president of the Women Tech Council.

It’s the reason why the Women Tech […]

Kristin Wright2017-12-01T20:23:54-07:00

Design Your Future event; Churros4Change; Warm Bodies, Warm Souls Coat Drive

Design Your Future event coming Nov. 30

The Women Tech Council is hosting its Design Your Future event back by popular demand at 4 p.m. Nov. 30, at Adobe in Lehi, 3900 Adobe Way.

The event will feature Donna Morris, executive vice president of customer and employee experience at Adobe, and Aaron Skonnard, CEO of Pluralsight. Morris leads the product, customer service, and technical support experience for all Adobe products, in addition to all aspects of human resources and the workplace. Skonnard co-founded Pluralsight in 2004 and has since grown the company to more than 600 employees and 1,500 expert authors.

Morris and Skonnard will help listeners design their future in the midst of Utah’s booming tech growth, […]

Kristin Wright2017-11-27T22:23:28-07:00

USU, tech council encouraging more women to graduate with STEM degrees

When Joanna Boyd arrived at Utah State University several years ago, she thought she wanted to major in statistics because she enjoyed it so much in high school.

But her thoughts about that subject later changed.

“I felt like I got stuck with statistics (because) I’d do the data crunching and that was it — I had to provide those results to someone else,” Boyd said. “Whereas engineering, I get to take those results and actually do something about it.”

So Boyd switched her major to mechanical engineering. Set to graduate next year, she has her mind set on a job in the field at a time when women make up less than a […]

Kristin Wright2017-11-27T22:45:12-07:00