Women in Cloud is on a mission to change the pace and create access for female-owned tech companies, by committing to generate $1 Billion in new, global economic access for women-owned businesses in partnership with corporate companies.
Today, female-owned tech companies are awarded only 1% of $457 billion in the enterprise cloud market. If it was 50%, the world’s GDP could increase up to $5 trillion.
You have an opportunity to get involved now, and help play a part in rapidly creating gender equity across the globe.
This year’s Women In Cloud Digital Summit is taking place on January 28-30, 2021 which celebrates the collective achievements and actions towards creating $1B in economic access.
We invite you and your company to become one of the top 200 companies championing economic access and equity for women in the technology industry. Hence, we have developed a special corporate pass for you to create infinite access for your employees, partners, and customers to exclusive learning and networking opportunities at the summit.
Take advantage of this year’s Corporate Pass at a 30% discount ! This offer includes 5 premium passes, all year access to content, branding placement, and an opportunity to host a mentorship session as an executive mentor.
Through this partnership we hope to strengthen our global power as women in technology and spread awareness of your company’s brand and mission. We look forward to seeing you in January for the 2021 Women in Cloud Digital Summit and will be reaching out soon to talk in more detail about the advantages of becoming a corporate sponsor!
How will I receive my comp code to distribute to my team?
Within 48 hour of your purchase, you will receive email instructions with the comp code to access your 5 Premium Access tickets.
Please contact erinn@womenincloud.com if you have any questions.
What if female technology entrepreneurs and leaders created over $1B in global economic impact? The audacious dream is Women in Cloud’s mission and purpose.
Three years ago, Women in Cloud was an idea on a tissue paper, drafted by women of Corporate America exhausted by the lack of female figures they could call role models. The idea was to create an empowering community of female technologists, entrepreneurs, leaders, and policy-makers to ensure an inclusive technology industry.
Time and time again, women are told there is not enough pie to go around for all. So what? We will just make a bigger pie. Women in Cloud has taken action with global leaders and policy-makers to help women entrepreneurs create $1 Billion in economic access by 2030. The community focuses on creating Access to customers, funding, and resources, to drive Action to create innovative solutions, partnerships, and communities and helps businesses Accelerate with policy resources and readiness.
The community organization hosts over 100M women from all over the world through global partnerships with organizations like UN Women, SHEROES, EQUALS Global, Microsoft Alumni Network, WIT Network, and 18 other global organizations. This allows all the parties involved to access various resources, some unique to a particular organization, and build a strong dynamic global community of women.
Currently, the Women in Cloud Global Expansion plan is underway focussed on bringing women technologists and entrepreneurs from all over the world to the table to create an inclusive, sustainable, and transformative technology industry. India is one of eight countries where Women in Cloud will expand its initiatives to further our mission.
On this journey, we are extremely happy to call SHEROES as our strategic partner in India. We are looking forward to achieving the following joint goals:
Launch The Women in Cloud India Accelerator to boost economic access in the enterprise sector through inclusive procurement strategies.
Host CloudInnovateHERxIndia Pitch Challenge to showcase enterprise-ready solutions.
Inspire women to participate in the Global Solution Marketplace for generating customer leads.
Engage women to join #EmpowHERAccess campaigns to create awareness about women’s contribution to the economic prosperity in India and across the globe while advancing and modernizing economic empowerment policies.
We are looking forward to connecting with all of you on this platform to transform the technology industry. Join our digital network today to get exclusive access to technology leaders and entrepreneurs from all over the world!
Meanwhile, let us know ‘What does Economic Access and Empowerment mean to you?’
https://womenincloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/A-BILLION-DOLLAR-ECONOMIC-ACCESS-MOVEMENT.jpg421630Caroline Berrioshttps://www.womenincloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/logo.pngCaroline Berrios2020-10-09 03:33:162020-10-12 10:29:23The Women in Cloud: A Billion Dollar Economic Access Movement
It is a special day to celebrate female leaders and entrepreneurs in technology! Today, Gavriella Schuster was awarded the ATHENA Global Leadership Award, previously bestowed upon icons like Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Condoleezza Rice, and Christina Koch, just to name a few. One among us broke the “glass ceiling” and is carving a path for women in the technology industry and we could not be more excited about this.
Gavriella Schuster is the Corporate Vice President of One Commercial Partner at Microsoft. Over the last 24 years, she has held 14 roles across six disciplines – Operations, Marketing, Sales, Training, Enterprise Services, Licensing, Product Management to now leading Partnerships at Microsoft. While her professional accolades are remarkable, she is constantly trying to bring her personal mission to make the technology industry an accessible space for women to explore. Gavriella guides communities like Women in Cloud, and The WIT Network to ensure women are given a seat at the highest table in the industry.
“My inspiration to incorporate and advocate inclusivity, equality and equity in technology was my daughter. It was a simple dream, to be her role model. However, as time went by, my journey was not just about her, but thousands of women who I realized were held at bay despite their capabilities. Today, I am honored that what started as a personal mission is my ingrained passion which impacts women around the world” said Gavriella, while receiving her award at a virtual ceremony.
We at Women in Cloud are honored to have Gavriella Schuster as our executive and founding sponsor, a mentor and a team member. On this day, we celebrate Gavriella and all her achievements and are proud that she represents our community and millions of women from the technology industry across the globe.
“The times are crucial and it calls upon all of us to #BeTheChange. I request everybody to step up, take on challenges, drive inclusive conversations and be the change in our society,” Schuster added in her closing statement.
On the powerful note, we urge you to join us to congratulate Gavriella and join our movement to be the change today!
Read more about, Gavriella Schuster’s incredible contribution to the tech industry here.
https://womenincloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screen-Shot-2020-10-01-at-8.53.32-AM.png6301227Chaitra Vedullapallihttps://www.womenincloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/logo.pngChaitra Vedullapalli2020-10-08 23:00:542020-10-08 23:00:56A Woman with a Goal: Gavriella Schuster Receives the ATHENA Global Leadership Award!
Women in Cloud’s Microsoft Cloud Accelerator is back! The Women in Cloud team is immensely happy to announce Cohort 4.0 after three successful cohorts which have expanded knowledge, access and inclusivity of entrepreneurs, while adding dollars to the economic system in the technology sector.
Since inception, Women in Cloud’s mission has been to create Access for Acceleration to promote Action. Women In Cloud’s Microsoft Cloud Accelerator is designed as an immersive 6-month program to assist women-led tech companies to co-build, co-market and co-sell with Microsoft and their distribution channels. This program is expertly designed to help women entrepreneurs win enterprise opportunities, get access to Azure credits, an advisor community, and a global stage to showcase your business.
The 4.0 Cohort Immersive Kickoff session held on on Friday, August 28, 2020. The first session featured curated speakers, Chaitra Vedullapalli, Co-Founder and President of WiC; Karen Fassio, Marketing Director of Microsoft OCP and Co-Founder of WiC; Rahul Thakkar, Director – Advanced Services Development, Digital Enterprise, IT & Digital of Boeing; Allie Knull, Founder & CEO of Resume Free Inc.; and Patti Dobrowolski, CEO & Creative Activator of Up Your Creative Genius. The speakers consisted of founders, industry leaders and previous cohort entrepreneurs who set the tone for the new class about the current industry landscape, how to vision their cloud businesses, along with deliverables and takeaways by the end of 6 months.
The cohort 4.0 is different from the previous editions for a number of reasons. The 4.0 cohort in the time of global pandemic requires us to depart from in-person programming for the immersive kickoff session. This cohort program, as usual, empowers entrepreneurs to more effectively connect as a community and access necessary resources to ultimately grow their business. COVID-19 has had a direct impact on our accelerator program and the way we conduct the program itself, but the pandemic has not stopped us. We have creatively found our way around it using effective digital tools to achieve more efficiency. The connection that we have found by conducting the Accelerator in a completely digital platform has built a family of women tech entrepreneurs to work together to achieve success in the enterprise space. Our weekly office hours, monthly live chats with industry leaders, and continued access to industry stages, has elevated our programming to an unmatched scale.
Our previously conducted in-person kick-off session will be conducted digitally. Going digital has let us expand our horizon and open this program to people from around the world rather than just a region. Cohort 4.0 boasts a diverse participation of companies from the United States, Canada, and Germany. The Digital Cloud Accelerator online course launch is on the agenda next. There is a positive shift in the attitude of entrepreneurs to continue learning, working towards growing their companies and bettering themselves in this time of uncertainty.
This year’s WiC Microsoft Cloud Accelerator is more than just an effort to make economic contributions to the system by empowering entrepreneurs. It is about embracing the new normal and moving forward with a sense of community. It is about adopting self-empowerment and finding comfort in knowing where to turn for support with a community at your side. Most importantly, it is about collective growth and learning.
The cohort 4.0 will continue with various digital lessons, live speaker interviews, weekly digital office hours, and monthly team working sessions with everybody involved. The syllabus is shaped in a way to make it easier for entrepreneurs to seek answers and find success individually. Until we are safe to meet our leaders and entrepreneurs in person to celebrate the progress we will have made, we are all committed to taking part in this journey together.
The flexibility and commitment to launch the program by our entrepreneurs during this turbulent time is greatly appreciated. We will become the force for change by building solutions not crippled by this chaos. We continue to look forward to this journey with this great group.
Presenting the Women in Cloud Microsoft Cloud Accelerator Cohort 4.0:
Priyansha Bagaria, Inviz AI
Tiasia OBrien, Seam Social Labs
Susan Sanders, Velaku
Emily Craven, Story City
Isabelle Lopez, MySmartJourney
Emmanuelle Tavernier, Oxia initiative inc.
Janice Omadeke, The Mentor Method
Joycelyn David, AV Communications
Kiyeon Nam, Smart B’zT LLC
Maret Thatcher, Argyle Inc.
Lisa Brown, PUG Interactive
Carmen Nazario, ELYON International
Linda Holliday, Citia
Katina Kenyon, Applaudo Studios
Humaira Ahmed, Locelle Digital Inc.
Heidi Watson, Canadian Electronic Health Information System Inc
Nataliya Tetruyeva, eKidz.eu
Garnette Weber, itracks
Yuan Karppanen, UNpkl
This year, Global Affairs Canada underwrote 50% of the accelerator fees for 8 Canadian companies that were approved to participate. Their generous support has allowed 8 of our 4.0 entrepreneurs to have the opportunity to scale their businesses to become co-sell and co-market ready with enterprise partners.
Economic Access is the tide that lifts all boats. Together we rise.
https://womenincloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/1200x628px-Cloud-Accelerator-Wordpress-Blog-Header-1.png6281200Chaitra Vedullapallihttps://www.womenincloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/logo.pngChaitra Vedullapalli2020-08-28 22:33:222020-08-28 22:33:24Ready. Set. Accelerate!: Announcing the 4.0 Cohort of the WiC Microsoft Cloud Accelerator
Women in Cloud (WiC) has partnered with IdeaGen to further the 2030 United Nations’ global goals through the identification of AI-based solutions by launching #AISolutions2030 Solution Design Contest. In 2015, the UN adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development proposing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UN’s mission is to employ technology and build a global blueprint for dignity, peace and prosperity of the planet.
Leveraging the UN Knowledge Repository, WIC and Ideagen are bringing some of the sharpest technologists and greatest business minds together to produce AI Solutions idea to contribute to UN SDGs.
After receiving 65+ applications by women-led innovators to showcase their solution, the following 10 semi-finalists have been shortlisted for the interview round;
Semi-finalists include:
The Scientific Data Engine (SDE) (led by Donna Conroy, Founder/CEO) will end and prevent global pandemics/epidemics by expediting the delivery of safe and effective scientific innovations (drugs, vaccines and diagnostics) and optimizing patient care using disease-specific, real-time clinical data powered by AI. (Goal 3: Good Health & Well-being)
VideoWiki (led by Nataliia Rzhevska, CIO, PhD in Pedagogy) is a simple tool for teachers to create teaching content without any advance knowledge of a tool or code – “Video Wikipedia for Learners and Creators” (Goal 4: Quality Education)
Share Cart (led by Madhuri Vegaraju, Software Architect) has the end goal to ensure every home has enough food to feed their family every day with dignity; because, sharing is caring.(Goal 2: Zero Hunger)
Seguro Project (led by Melissa Bush, Product Designer) is utilizing AI technologies to support domestic violence organizations in broadening their reach and depth in aiding as many women as possible to transition from domestic violence victim to survivor. (Goal 5: Gender Equality)
An Intelligent Drone-port (led by Daamini Visaalaakshi, BIE- Insouring2) is an infrastructure with Swarm of autonomous Drones and UAVs for community services with rapid response to any situation safeguarding communities. (Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure)
Anonymous Interviewer (led by Erica Jackson, BI/Analytics) offers gender neutral interviews – “meet” your candidates anonymously and ask spontaneous questions in real time. (Goal 5: Gender Equality)
E-commerce which provides a marketing and raw material assistance for small scale industries world wide (led by Reshma Shetty, Manager) will provide a marketing and raw material assistance for small scale industries world wide and increase the access of small-scale industrial. (Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure)
Kids Household Chores (led by Kruthika M Kanavi, Programmer Analyst) is a gaming app which aims at children learning as well as imbibing a new norm in the daily routine which is free of any gender stereotypes. (Goal 5: Gender Equality)
Smart Detection of Road Hazards using AI for Sustainable Cities (led by Gunjan Vaishnav, EO&T – BICIPL IT ENG SYSTEMS) provides automatic detection of road hazards to save precious lives (Goal 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities)
Mobile app to reduce food waste and carbon emissions (led by Leah Kim, AUTOMATION & FABRICATION) plans to transform our cities to be sustainable using cloud/AI computing to reduce residential food waste and consequently the greenhouse gas emissions. (Goal 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities)
At the closed interview session, teams will have the opportunity to present and pitch their solution ideas to a team of esteemed interviewers from Women in Cloud, Ideagen, Microsoft, and Qumulo. Solution ideas will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
The solution uniquely solves a UN Sustainable Development Goal
The solution is original and innovative in approach to solve the selected UN Sustainable Development Goal
There is a market opportunity and revenue stream potential
Top 3 finalists will be selected on August 31 and will receive special honors such as an interview on IdeagenTV, a feature at IdeaGen’s 17 Days of Sustainability (September 17 – October 9), and a special award.
#AISolutions2030 Solution Design Contest is presented in partnership with Microsoft, Ideagen, Boeing, and Meylah.
https://womenincloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ai.jpg421630Chaitra Vedullapallihttps://www.womenincloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/logo.pngChaitra Vedullapalli2020-08-26 23:42:342020-08-31 17:12:14Innovation for Transformation: Announcing the 10 Semi-Finalists for the #AISolutions2030 Solution Design Contest
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