National Center for Women & Information Technology Interview Series

Interview with Katie Hall

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:00:00 GMT

Dr. Katie Hall joined WiTricity in 2007 as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to joining WiTricity, Katie was a founder of Wide Net Technologies, Inc., which developed unique optical communication and sensing systems for both government and industry. From 1999-2003, Katie was Chief Technology Officer, co-founder and Director at PhotonEx Corporation, where...

Interview with Julia Hartz

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:00:00 GMT

Julia serves as Co-Founder & President of Eventbrite and is responsible for the overall vision and strategy of the company.

Julia is a reformed Television Network Executive and comes to Eventbrite by way of Hollywood. During her tenure in the television industry, Julia was a creative executive at FX Networks and...

Interview with Margaret Burd

Tue, 1 Jun 2010 19:00:00 GMT

Margaret is a recognized leader in building and growing organizations that are constantly improving, acquiring skills, and implementing new and best-in-class development practices. She was previously director of engineering at Lucent Technologies, leading mobile internet and other telecommunications applications development. Margaret has over 15 years of experience in software development...

Interview with Pooja Nath

Mon, 17 May 2010 19:00:00 GMT

Pooja Nath is the CEO of Piazzza, a new kind of collaboration tool for students and instructors to maximize learning – inside and outside the classroom. Prior to Piazzza, Pooja worked at Facebook on their News Feed Team. She was also a developer at Kosmix and a developer at Oracle....

Interview with ML Mackey

Mon, 10 May 2010 19:00:00 GMT

ML Mackey is the CEO and co-founder of Beacon Interactive Systems. Beacon was started 16 years ago out of a rent-controlled apartment on Beacon Street in Massachusetts. Since then, the company has experienced significant growth by delivering its collaborative enterprise software solutions to customers in both the private and public...

Interview with Candace Fleming

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:00:00 GMT

Candace Fleming has worked to take Crimson Hexagon from a nascent research technology to a successful commercial application. She and her merry band of believers in social media have created a technology that large and small companies use to derive meaning from the online conversation. Via a software-as-a-service offering, their...

Interview with Maria Cirino

Mon, 5 Apr 2010 19:00:00 GMT

As a co-founder and Managing Director of .406 Ventures, Maria brings 23 years of entrepreneurial, operating and senior management sales and marketing experience in venture-backed technology companies, with particular strengths in IT security and technology driven services (e.g. managed services, SAAS etc.). As such, Maria focuses on investments in the...

Interview with Gail Goodman

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:00:00 GMT

A small business expert and visionary, Gail has revolutionized the way that small businesses and organizations can effectively and affordably communicate with their customers, clients, and members. Since taking leadership of Constant Contact in April 1999, she has led the company to more than 350,000 customers worldwide and its initial...

Interview with Chris Shipley

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:00:00 GMT

Chris Shipley is Chair and CEO of Guidewire Group, Inc., a global analyst and advisory firm focused on early-stage technology companies. A leading technology and product analyst for 25 years, Chris is dedicated to the success of technology entrepreneurs, focusing exclusively on identifying market opportunities and building value...

Interview with Beth Marcus

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:00:00 GMT

Beth Marcus has worked as a consultant providing patent strategy, litigation support and other strategic technology related consulting services. Dr. Marcus is an acknowledged expert in the hand-device interface space and has been an expert for several of the major players in the industry in support of prior patents litigations. She has raised equity numerous...

Interview with Caterina Fake

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:00:00 GMT

Caterina Fake is the cofounder of Flickr, the popular photo-sharing site that helped transform the web into the participatory environment it is today. Flickr launched in early 2004, but she has been involved in web development since 1994, working as an art director at Salon.com and greatly involved in the...

Interview with Yoky Matsuoka

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:00:00 GMT

Yoky Matsuoka is Torode Family Endowed Career Development Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. At the Neurobotics Laboratory, robotic models and virtual environments are used to understand the biomechanics and neuromuscular control of human limbs. In parallel, robotic and virtual environments are developed to augment, replace and enhance human sensorimotor...

Interview with Charlene Li

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:00:00 GMT

Charlene Li is the Founder of Altimeter Group, a digital consulting firm that provides thought leadership, research, and consulting on digital strategies, with a focus on social and emerging technologies. Previously, Charlene was a Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research. She joined Forrester in 1999,...

Interview with Mitchell Baker

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:00:00 GMT

As the leader of the Mozilla Project, Mitchell Baker is responsible for organizing and motivating a massive, worldwide collective of employees and volunteers who are breathing new life into the Internet with the Firefox Web browser and other Mozilla products.

Baker was born and raised in Berkeley, California, receiving her BA...

Interview with Emily Olson

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:00:00 GMT