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Fewer Women in Top U.S. Tech Jobs Since 2010: Survey

5/15/2012

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By Nick Zieminski

NEW YORK | Mon May 14, 2012  12:55pm EDT 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of women in senior technology positions at U.S. companies is down for the second year in a row, according to a survey published on Monday.

Nine percent of U.S. chief information officers (CIOs) are female, down from 11 percent last year and 12 percent in 2010, according to the survey by the U.S.  arm of British technology outsourcing and recruitment company Harvey Nash Group.

 About 30 percent of those polled said their information technology (IT) organization has no women at all in management. Yet only about half of survey respondents consider women to be under-represented in the IT  department.

Although women have reached senior positions at Facebook, Xerox, IBM, Oracle and other large companies, they are absent at the top of many IT departments.  That makes it hard to draw others to senior roles.

"Less and less women are attracted into that space so you wind up creating a self-fulfilling prophecy," said Anna Frazzetto, senior vice president of  international technology solutions, at Harvey Nash USA. "It's not a very welcoming arena to be in."

Women also face the "preconceived notion" that they are focused on other priorities like starting a family. That bias is damaging to IT departments because many struggle to find qualified workers.

The survey, conducted with TelecityGroup, included responses from 450 U.S. technology leaders. It is part of a wider, global survey that found increasing tech budgets and more visible roles for CIOs.

 A majority of those surveyed said their organization is facing a skills shortage in areas such as business analysis and project management.

"The skills shortage is the biggest it's ever been, and it's going to cause companies to get a little more creative in shifting the culture of  organizations," Frazzetto said.

That shift is already taking place at small companies, but large ones have yet to change their culture, she said.

While the U.S. average of 9 percent female CIOs has declined, it is higher than the global average of 7 percent, Harvey Nash found.

(This story has been corrected after the company revised figure in final paragraph to 7 percent, from 3 percent.)

 (Reporting by Nick Zieminski in New York; Editing by Jan  Paschal)
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8/12/2012 06:17:39 pm

I received a BS in Computer Science from USC in 1977. Because I was a woman in a male-dominated organization, even though I brought in millions of dollars for my company by engineering and marketing groundbreaking new software technology, I was asked to take a "Voluntary" Reduction in Force in 1992, ending a 13-year career there.

The reason I had to leave was that my work was given to a woman from another division whose research group created the original prototype. She obtained venture capital and spun off a company in Silicon Valley. She was my mentor, but that ended when my work was handed over to her by my senior management without consulting with me. Ironically, at her request, I took her shopping during lunchtime for a new pair of shoes that she wore that afternoon to the product hand-off meeting to which was not invited!

Fast forward 20 years. Recently, I reconnected with her via email. I'm planning an event to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the commercial product we worked on together.

In researching the current state if the software industry, I was shocked to discover that in the past 20 years, the software tech environment seems to be worse for women in many ways! This is a critical time in our nation's history when we must once again be innovators for the world. Now, I'm trying to figure out what I can do about it!

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8/13/2012 10:21:26 am

Hi Evelyn,

Wow - your story and mine are very similar! However, when the start-up I worked for was sold to IBM, I decided I wanted to change the equation and started on the non-profit route. I wanted to understand the reasons my friends in tech were leaving and do something about it.

I see you signed up for our newsletter - I hope you stay involved as we start launching our programs.

You are right, the situation is worse and something has to be done. I am hoping Global Tech Women will be the catalyst for change.

You can reach me at deanna@globaltechwomen.com if you ever want to chat.

Kindest regards,
Deanna

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