Presented by: Michelle Ragusa-McBain

Agenda

• A bit about me

• What do you want to be when you grow up?

• Just the facts

• CompTIA AWIT

• How can we make a difference?

My Family

Luka

Mirage Danica Mila

Austin Danger Powers

Baby McBain

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Michelle’s Cisco Professional Timeline

Cisco Account Manager 2005-08’

Customer Service Relationship Manager

Service Provider2008-13’

WW Excellence Winner in Innovation & Growth

Global Customer Experience Manager for

Ingram:Classic and CBN -

2013/14

SMB150 Winner for

work in AWIT Community!

Selected to be on the Executive Council of AWIT

2011/Vice Chair 2014

Graduated Sales/Engineering from Cisco Global Academy-2005 CCSE, CCDA certified

Began working at Cisco- 2005

CCSE

HAPPY 9TH Cisco-Anniversary!

Something odd?

Education= Future

Without WomenComputing as we know it would not exist

What does research say?

Women, where do we stand?

NY Times infograph, displays startling statistics about the lack of female representation, and decline of Women in High Tech fields.

Women STEM Careers

What does that mean?

• Attrition rate of women is TWICE that of men in high tech sector.

• 56% of women in technology companies leave midway through their career

• Represents a significant and costly loss of talent

• 25% is approximately 200,000 women in IT

Nearly 50 years after the modern women's movement began, the omission of women is fairly common, yet many people assume the battle for equality is largely over.

" Perfectly nice guys will say to me, 'You must be so happy you've won!' and she retorts ….

" ‘But are you working for a woman?' And they look appalled.” 

Gloria Marie Steinem is an American feminist, journalist, and social and political activist who became nationally recognized as a leader of, and media spokeswoman for, the women's liberation movement in the late 1960s and 1970s.

Did you know On average

women make $.77 cents for every $1.00 a man

makes?

Glass Ceiling?

• In management women account 1/3 M.B.A. classes, but…

• Only 2% of Fortune 500 CEOs

• 6 % of top earners

• 8 % of top leadership positions

• 16 % of board directors and corporate officers

Recognition for Women in IT?

7%

13%

11%

CDN Top Newsmakers- 2011

12%

Recognition for Women?

Inspirational Leaders

Facebook COO

HP CEO

Yahoo CEO

What can we do?

What is CompTIA?

• CompTIA is the voice of the world's information technology (IT) industry. As a non-profit trade association advancing the global interests of IT professionals and companies, we focus our programs on four main areas: education, certification, advocacy & philanthropy.

The Advancing Women in IT CommunityAboutThe CompTIA Advancing Women in IT (AWIT) Community is dedicated to empowering women with the knowledge and skills necessary to help their pursuit of successful IT careers, as well as to inspire women to enter the IT field as a career choice.

Description• The community is a vital information resource• provides mentorship and networking opportunities • develops member-driven initiatives and programs• Is active in legislation involving women and careers• Is actively involved in pursing the overall objectives of

the CompTIA – ECAP (education, certification, advocacy and philanthropy).

Members of this group are women who are currently in or aspire to be in IT careers and men who support this mission.

The faces of AWIT

AWIT Executive Council

I was just nominated and voted to be…

Vice Chair for FY 2014!

How does AWIT help?

You Tube Outreach Video:

You Tube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPAySAJP4M8

Insights from IT Leaders & Their Paths to Success

Marci Meaux, VPCA Portfolio Management at Cisco

Michelle Chiantera, DirectorUS Channel Marketing at Cisco

Moderator: Doriana Allyn, Brother InternationalMary Ellen Grom, VP, SYNNEX CorporationJohn Mehrmann, CEO Zylog Systems LimitedNellie Scott, Mg, LenovoStephanie Young, VP, Xerox

Webinars and Seminars

• Quarterly Webinars (I moderated our last two: Social Media for Business and Personal)• Open to everyone• Informative and variety of topics and panelists• Free to attend

Youth Outreach• Targeting and promoting females in JHS, HS, and College to consider a career in STEM/IT• Working in impoverished communities and Non Profits• Tech Schools (Ex Chicago Tech School below who came to our CompTIA AMM)

Military Outreach

• Target women retiring from the military to pursue career opportunities in IT

• Career Training/Mentoring

Volunteer and Give BackCharitable donation of $10,000 this year--funding is provided through CompTIA's charitable arm Creating IT Futures--to groups that promote women in IT.

Donations to Non Profits: Local Reach

Tech Girlz is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping adolescent girls understand that a future in technology does not necessarily equate to ‘a boring computer job,’ but instead transcends the cubicle into nearly every field imaginable.

Here are some of the things we offer:• Technology events• Classes, programs, &projects• Peers, mentors, & role models• Online and offline resources

Donations to Non Profits: Global Reach

Implement Change

ECAP: TechVoice

• Education • Certification• Advocacy• Philanthropy

Goal: Make sure Legislation in Washington/Congress are advocates for women in tech and education. Led by Nancy Hammervik – SVP and AWIT advocate of CompTIA

Cisco: A great place for working women and mothers

Times have changed….

Newsworthy Evangelism

Read more: Advocates set goal to educate 10,000 about tech opportunities for women - FierceCIO http://www.fiercecio.com/story/advocates-set-goal-educate-10000-about-tech-opportunities-women/2014-02-11#ixzz2toUjXxjn Subscribe at FierceCIO

Do YOUR part!

• 77% of young women say they don’t even know someone who works in IT.

• Take the time to share what you do with the young girls in your life- inspire them!

• Encourage more mentorship and “women in IT days” at work and the community.

Let’s get Social: