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women in tech

Change Agent: How GE’s Dayna Johnson Advocates for Diversity in Engineering With Women Everywhere

Dianna Delling
June 19, 2023

Dayna Johnson had one of those a-ha career moments while visiting GE Gas Power’s Advanced Manufacturing Works, a state-of-the-art facility for new-make process and repair development in Greenville, South Carolina, this spring. Hung on a wall was an oversize poster of Thomas Edison, emblazoned with a few of his very wise words.

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women in tech

Power Play: For These Two Moms, Job-Sharing Was The Ultimate Career Move

Amy Kover
May 10, 2018

When Bobbi Eldrid and Lynda Kaufman discovered they were both expecting their first children, they began chatting about an age-old struggle. “We were asking ourselves, ‘How do you balance being a mom with having a challenging role and a fulfilling career path?’” Eldrid says. Now they have been sharing a job at GE Power for almost two decades.

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The Pioneer: Mary Reynolds Helped Raise A Generation Of Engineers

Samantha Shaddock
March 03, 2018

Mary Reynolds stood on the train platform and waved her parents goodbye. It was 1946, and the 20-year-old was trading the red dirt of Oklahoma for the frigid winters of Schenectady, New York, and an engineering job at GE.

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Yes, You Can: Engineer Molly Stieber Tells Women Interested In Tech To "Get In There"

Bruce Watson
June 06, 2017
Molly Stieber has been building robots since her high school days in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, 14 years ago. For most of the time, she’s had to push back against assumptions about women in science.
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The Digital Gender Divide Is An Economic Problem For Everyone

Cheryl Miller Van Dyck
March 08, 2017

Of the 7.1 billion people in the world, men make up eighteen percent and women sixteen percent of people who are online. That means there are 200 million fewer women online. And when women are offline, so is the global economy, writes Cheryl Miller Van Dyck, Co-founder and Executive Director of the Digital Leadership Institute.


 


The future is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed.

-William Gibson
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Software

Make It Better: This Industrial-Strength Talent Has A Heart For Helping And A Mind For Building

Samantha Shaddock
March 07, 2017

“Most people probably wouldn’t say this, but I love hospitals,” says Lane Konkel. As a child growing up in Wisconsin, the 26-year-old lean manufacturing engineer would accompany her father, an orthopedic surgeon, to his office. “I’d play around with the little models of the knee and pull on the ligaments or I’d visit patients post surgery. For me, hospitals are connected to a lot of really great memories.”

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What Companies Should Ask: Do We Actually Value Diversity Or Are We Just Paying It Lip Service?

Ellen K Pao Project Include Co Founder
February 23, 2017

Project Include started with eight women in tech who wanted to move diversity forward by having hard conversations. Co-founder Ellen Pao describes the group’s suggestions for improvement and which companies could have the biggest impact.

 
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The Slide Rule Sisters Would Be Proud: GE’s Female Engineers Talk About Changing The Gender Ratio In The Workplace

Samantha Shaddock
February 08, 2017
Florence Fogler put down her work for a moment. Mustering language simple enough for a reporter to understand, she explained her task: figuring out how to squeeze more power from coal by unraveling the complexities of thermodynamics.
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Engineering The Future: GE’s Goal To Bridge The STEM Gender Gap By 2020

February 08, 2017

GE today announced goals of having 20,000 women to fill STEM roles at GE by 2020 and obtaining 50:50 representation for all our technical entry-level programs.

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No Girls Allowed? A Computer Scientist Crushes Gender Assumptions

Beena Ammanath Executive Director For Data And Analytics At GE
May 08, 2016

Female role models in traditionally male-dominated technical fields like computer science can help others overcome feelings of loneliness, intimidation and unworthiness. Without this support, these industries will continue to suffer from a lack of diverse opinion and qualified employees.

 
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