How Shattering a Stereotype Will Save Tech
The US is falling behind. By 2020, there will be 1M unfilled tech jobs. Why? We're missing half the population. Girls & people of color don’t fit the tech stereotype, and get pushed out of STEM. This is a huge societal and economic issue. Changing the stereotype will do more than just forestall a looming crisis. Greater diversity drives innovation that improves profitability & creates products that benefit a wider breadth of society.
CODE documentary Director Robin Hauser Reynolds, GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving, UCLA Sr. Researcher Jane Margolis & the Kapor Center’s Cedric Brown discuss how shattering the stereotype of a programmer will help save technology.
Presenters
Blake Irving
CEO
GoDaddy
Blake Irving is the CEO and Board Director of GoDaddy, the world's largest platform for small business. Under Mr. Irving’s direction, the company has sharpened its focus on helping the world’s 200...
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Chief of Community Engagement
Kapor Center for Social Impact
Cedric Brown is the Chief of Community Engagement at the Oakland-based Kapor Center for Social Impact. He has over 20 years of experience as a funder and activist, steering over $60 million in gran...
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Sr Researcher
UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies
Jane Margolis is a Senior Researcher at UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies who focuses her work on structural inequality, segregation, STEM, and the democratization of computer...
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Dir/Producer
Finish Line Features LLC
Robin is the director and producer of cause-based documentary films at Finish Line Features, LLC. As both a business woman and a longtime professional photographer, Robin brings her creative eye a...
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