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Geek Girls Are Chic! Five Career Hacks

Sunday, March 15
11:00AM - 12:00PM

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom A
Austin Convention Center

Is Silicon Valley biased against women? Why are fewer women graduating with a technical degree (12% today vs 37% in 1984)? Why aren’t more women rising in the tech ranks or starting businesses? Why should you care?

Join Sandy Carter, founder of the Super Women's Group (38K strong), Chairperson of the Board of WITI, and voted Forbes 10 Most Powerful Women in Tech, and Elizabeth Caudle, Director of Girls Who Code, as they discuss why this matters, how innovation will benefit, and how to foster an interest in tech. Learn why women need to take risks and embrace failure to give them the courage to crash through the glass ceiling or start a new business.

Sandy and Elizabeth will share a recent research report on “Advancing Women” as well as their own experiences and advice with 5 career hacks to help you get ahead, because talent is not enough.

Whether you are a woman or man, parent or business owner, this is a must-see session.

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Presenters

Elizabeth Caudle

East Coast Regional Dir

Girls Who Code

Elizabeth Caudle is the East Coast Regional Director for Girls Who Code. She oversees recruitment, partnerships, operations and logistics for programs in New York City, Boston and Washington, DC.
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Sandy Carter

GM Cloud Ecosystem Dev & Social Business Evangelist

IBM

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Sandy Carter is IBM General Manager, Ecosystem Development and Social Business Evangelist and Author. In this role, she is responsible for IBM’s worldwide relationship with independent software vendors (ISVs), which contribute to approximately one-third of IBM’s revenue. She also manages the key partnerships with the development, academic, and venture capital communities which comprise IBM’s industry-leading ecosystem of influencers, and is focused on critical areas of business ecosystems like big data, cloud, mobile, social, and analytics. It is estimated that these segments represent in excess of half a trillion dollars of opportunity by 2015.

Prior to her current position, Sandy was IBM Vice President, Social Business Evangelism and Sales, where she was responsible for setting the direction for IBM’s Social Business initiative, a $200B market opportunity.

As a recognized leader in social business, Sandy is an award-winning author of 3 books, including best-selling “Get Bold”, which has been translated into 9 languages. She has received numerous awards for her leadership and expertise in branding and social business, and most recently was recognized as a Thought Leader on Social Media by Small Business Trends, and was named by Webbiquity one of Top Nifty 50 Women Writers on Twitter for 2013. She has also been named “Direct Marketer of the Year” by Target Marketing magazine; Top 10 in Social Media by Altimeter Group; and Top 50 Social Business Influencers by Biz Imagined Group (UK). Under her leadership, IBM has won awards from VAR Business, CRN Channel Champions, Xchange Excellence, and Forrester ISV Partner Program.

She is a founding member of the WITI (Women in Technology International) Global Executive Network (GEN) program for senior executive women and is a member of the WITI Executive Advisory Council, the American Management Association (AMA), and the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Inner Circle, and on the Global Advisory Board of the World Brand Congress.

Sandy is an avid social business evangelist, blogger and community builder.

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