February 21, 2010

Things Women Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Indian Entrepreneurs

I’m extremely impressed with Vivek Wadhwa’s posts on TechCrunch.  He’s been blogging periodically for them since last fall and has shown that he’s willing to take on difficult, controversial, and ...
February 4, 2010

We Need More Female IT Leaders

Vivek Wadhwa has a strong article in BusinessWeek today titled Addressing the Dearth of Female Entrepreneurs.  He makes the argument that “There are too few women running high-tech companies; that’s ...
December 19, 2009

Help Reform Computer Science Education

Regular readers of this blog know that I’m Chairman of the National Center for Women & Information Technology.  In five years, NCWIT has become a prominent national organization helping encourage, ...
October 16, 2009

Call for Applications for the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing

I spent the morning at an NCWIT (National Center of Women & Information Technology) board meeting where I’ve been chairman for the last few years.  NCWIT’s mission is to increase ...
January 22, 2009

NCWIT Board Evolution

I’ve been involved in helping start a number of non-profits.  One of them – National Center for Women & Information Technology – has surpassed my wildest expectations.  Lucy Sanders and ...
May 29, 2008

Being A Doer Is How You Change Things

A few weeks ago, my friend Alan Shimel connected me with Jennifer Leggio.  Jennifer is the Director of Strategic Communications at Fortinet and an active blogger in – among other ...
April 17, 2008

Humans Can Be Disgustingly Sexist

We all know this, but it’s useful to be reminded of it periodically. I’m chairman of the board of the National Center for Women & Information Technology.  It’s a remarkable organization ...
June 24, 2007

NCWIT Heroes Campaign

I’ve been chairman of the National Center for Women and Information Technology for the past two years.  The mission is straightforward – it is “to ensure that women are fully ...
May 15, 2007

ATLAS and the Wonderful World of NCWIT

We had an NCWIT (National Center for Women & Information Technology) board meeting yesterday in advance of two days of NCWIT alliance meetings.  I’m delighted with the progress this organization ...
April 22, 2007

NCWIT Reception on May 15th at 6pm

On May 15th and 16th leaders from over 100 distinguished universities, corporations and non-profits from across the country will attend the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) semi-annual ...
January 26, 2007

NCWIT Heroes Campaign

At the National Center for Women & Information Technology we are about to embark on a “heroes campaign” – a new project to highlight 20 successful women IT entrepreneurs via ...
November 29, 2006

Overview of NCWIT

As chairman of the National Center for Women & Information Technology, I’m enjoyed observing the regular evolution of how we describe the organization.  My friends Larry and Pat Nelson just ...
September 18, 2006

Where Has BASIC Gone?

David Brin has an outstanding article up on Salon titled Why Johnny can’t code.  I’ve been the chairman of the National Center for Women & Information Technology for the past ...
July 26, 2006

Microsoft’s Annual Faculty Summit

Lucy Sanders – the CEO of the National Center for Women & Information Technology – was a key participant in last week’s Microsoft Annual Faculty Summit.  InformationWeek has a good ...
June 5, 2006

Lucy Sanders on NCWIT

My friends Larry and Pat Nelson just put up an interview with Lucy Sanders, CEO of National Center for Women & Information Technology.  Not surprisingly – Lucy is the most ...