By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Lis Brown, Accenture‘s Application Management Outsourcing (AMO) Lead, based in Singapore, is perhaps the most enthusiastic evangelist we’ve interviewed yet on the importance of relationship-building in the tech industry. According to Brown, working in IT is all about networking and building deep relationships. “Don’t underestimate the power of […]
Contributed by Susan E. Bos, CMA, CPA A successful team begins with a great leader. To be a great leader, there are some basic, important qualities one must possess: sincerity, integrity, technical ability, a positive attitude, good communication, and trust. The most effective leaders take it a step further by surrounding themselves with individuals who […]
“In my view, there are no particular barriers for women in technology,” began Jo Alma, Managing Director and Head of IMD Technology for Europe and Asia at Goldman Sachs. “But we need more role models and more senior female colleagues to learn from and work with.” She continued, “We tend to look up one […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Sallie Graves, Senior Vice President and Head of Insurance and Distributor Services IT at ING, has built a career that demonstrates the importance of taking on new challenges, as well as making lateral moves. For the past 15 years, Graves has been motivated by her interest in IT […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Yolande Piazza’s career at Citigroup began with a six-week assignment. Twenty-two years later, it has blossomed into a role where she’s driving the strategy behind Citi’s Global Consumer Technology organization’s transformation. “Our goal is to integrate and transform technology teams from around the world into a single, world-class […]
By Laura Steele Lisa James used to dread tax season. As a CPA for a large accounting firm in the early 1990s, she put in 60 hour work weeks between January and May, and then settled back into a 45-50 hour per week routine with very little downtime, except for a three week vacation. “It […]
By Stephanie Wilcox (Middlefield, CT) Is it becoming harder and harder to be a working mom? Yes, if you look at the number of women who throw in the career towel once they start families, finding it challenging to transition back to work while maintaining work/life balance. Fortunately, many firms are implementing programs to keep […]
Contributed by CEO Coach Henna Inam Are you fully engaged in the work you are doing? Do you feel like you are both achieving success and also creating a legacy that is deeply personal and important to you? For a long time in my own career I was happy climbing the corporate ladder, but after […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Girls are still lagging in the classroom when it comes to math – which has a big impact on tomorrow’s workforce, especially considering the important role the technology industry will play in the economy of the future. According to a recent study by the University of Washington, one […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) “It’s been the driving mission of ION since our founding in 2006 to increase the number of women on public company boards and in the executive suite. One of the criteria for member organizations to join is that this must be part of their mission,” said Charlotte Laurent-Ottomane, […]