About Us:
Jerri Barrett, Chief Marketing Officer
Jerri has spent her career working in high tech marketing and women’s organizations. She shares Deanna’s vision for a global community of technical women which is accessible to women in every country no matter their economic circumstances. She is thrilled to be working with Deanna to make this community a reality.
Prior to joining Global Tech Women Jerri was the Vice President of Marketing at the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology. Her role was to strategically lead all marketing efforts in relation to the Institute’s programs, research and branding. Jerri scaled the visibility of the institute’s work through aggressive media outreach and campaigns. Under her leadership the audience for the Institute’s newsletter grew by over 100% in a single year and membership included women from 126 countries. In addition Jerri created the viral video I am a technical women and created the Resume Clinic program which has helped100’s of women find jobs.
In addition to her work with the Institute Jerri has been a engaged with volunteer organizations including President of the Mount Holyoke Club of the Peninsula; Founding Board Member and Treasurer of the Telemessaging Industry Association, Secretary of the Women in Wireless Communications, Vice President of AAUW in Dallas Texas, and Vice President of Sisters in Crime in Atlanta Georgia.
Previously Jerri was Director of Marketing for IP Unity, and worked at a variety of technical telecommunications organizations including HighWired Technologies, LinkAir, Nortel Networks, Glenayre and Frontier. Jerri has a bachelors degree from Mount Holyoke College and an MBA in Marketing from the University of Rochester’s William E. Simon School of Business.
Jerri has spent her career working in high tech marketing and women’s organizations. She shares Deanna’s vision for a global community of technical women which is accessible to women in every country no matter their economic circumstances. She is thrilled to be working with Deanna to make this community a reality.
Prior to joining Global Tech Women Jerri was the Vice President of Marketing at the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology. Her role was to strategically lead all marketing efforts in relation to the Institute’s programs, research and branding. Jerri scaled the visibility of the institute’s work through aggressive media outreach and campaigns. Under her leadership the audience for the Institute’s newsletter grew by over 100% in a single year and membership included women from 126 countries. In addition Jerri created the viral video I am a technical women and created the Resume Clinic program which has helped100’s of women find jobs.
In addition to her work with the Institute Jerri has been a engaged with volunteer organizations including President of the Mount Holyoke Club of the Peninsula; Founding Board Member and Treasurer of the Telemessaging Industry Association, Secretary of the Women in Wireless Communications, Vice President of AAUW in Dallas Texas, and Vice President of Sisters in Crime in Atlanta Georgia.
Previously Jerri was Director of Marketing for IP Unity, and worked at a variety of technical telecommunications organizations including HighWired Technologies, LinkAir, Nortel Networks, Glenayre and Frontier. Jerri has a bachelors degree from Mount Holyoke College and an MBA in Marketing from the University of Rochester’s William E. Simon School of Business.
Deanna Kosaraju, Founder and CEO
Deanna has worked with thousands of technical women around the world over the last several years. Her vision is to create a global network of technical women around the world who are inspired, connected and self-actualized. Deanna started Global Tech Women because she believes no matter what corner of the globe you live, you deserve access to the latest technical information, inspiration and local and global support to help you achieve your definition of success both personally and professionally. This is our commitment to you and we ask you to join this community because together we can make it a reality.
Prior to starting this new initiative Deanna was the Vice President of Programs at the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI). Her role was to direct and manage all of ABIs programs. Deanna ran ABIs flagship program, the Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing North America from 2006 through November 2011 where attendance grew 375% in 5 years through the worst recession since the great depression. In 2011 alone the conference grew 40%.
Through her own initiative, Deanna took the Anita Borg Institute internationally as founder of a technical women's community and Grace Hopper Celebration Conference for Women in Computing in India as the VP of Strategic Initiatives. Deanna has been working between India and the US flying to India on a quarterly basis since 2008 spending 3-4 months per year in India.
Deanna was involved in the launch of TechWomen, a project partnering with IIE and the U.S. State Department to bring 38 women from the MENA region to Silicon Valley for mentoring in the Spring/Summer 2011. TechWomen was created in response to President Obama’s Cairo speech in 2009 and IIE and ABI were hand selected by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to implement this program.
Prior to this Deanna was a technical woman (and still is). Deanna spent 12 years in the software industry as a consulting manager for ERP systems, product manager and software designer. She has a degree in accounting as well as a degree in Gender and Women's Studies from UC Berkeley.
Deanna has worked with thousands of technical women around the world over the last several years. Her vision is to create a global network of technical women around the world who are inspired, connected and self-actualized. Deanna started Global Tech Women because she believes no matter what corner of the globe you live, you deserve access to the latest technical information, inspiration and local and global support to help you achieve your definition of success both personally and professionally. This is our commitment to you and we ask you to join this community because together we can make it a reality.
Prior to starting this new initiative Deanna was the Vice President of Programs at the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI). Her role was to direct and manage all of ABIs programs. Deanna ran ABIs flagship program, the Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing North America from 2006 through November 2011 where attendance grew 375% in 5 years through the worst recession since the great depression. In 2011 alone the conference grew 40%.
Through her own initiative, Deanna took the Anita Borg Institute internationally as founder of a technical women's community and Grace Hopper Celebration Conference for Women in Computing in India as the VP of Strategic Initiatives. Deanna has been working between India and the US flying to India on a quarterly basis since 2008 spending 3-4 months per year in India.
Deanna was involved in the launch of TechWomen, a project partnering with IIE and the U.S. State Department to bring 38 women from the MENA region to Silicon Valley for mentoring in the Spring/Summer 2011. TechWomen was created in response to President Obama’s Cairo speech in 2009 and IIE and ABI were hand selected by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to implement this program.
Prior to this Deanna was a technical woman (and still is). Deanna spent 12 years in the software industry as a consulting manager for ERP systems, product manager and software designer. She has a degree in accounting as well as a degree in Gender and Women's Studies from UC Berkeley.
Advisory Board
Lisa C. Kaczmarczyk, PhD
Lisa Kacmarczyk, PhD Consulting, Evaluation & Assessment
Lisa is passionate about leveraging the power and ubiquity of computing to benefit society and the environment. Lisa spent close to twenty years as a Computer Science faculty with a research specialty in Computer Science Education applied learning theory. She has taught Computer Science across the curriculum at research universities, private undergraduate institutions and at community college. She earned an Interdisciplinary doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin.
Lisa currently works as a Program Evaluation and Assessment consultant in the private and public sectors. Many of her clients are university faculty performing research to improve computing education and broaden its appeal to non-traditional students. In addition she serves as an Associate Editor of Inroads Magazine, the ACM publication for computing education professionals, and is a member of the ACM Education Council. Lisa has published numerous peer reviewed articles and served multiple times as committee member for the SIGCSE, ICER and Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conferences. Lisa’s book “Computers and Society – Computing For Good” profiles real people and real organizations that use computer science to make the world a better place.
Lisa Kacmarczyk, PhD Consulting, Evaluation & Assessment
Lisa is passionate about leveraging the power and ubiquity of computing to benefit society and the environment. Lisa spent close to twenty years as a Computer Science faculty with a research specialty in Computer Science Education applied learning theory. She has taught Computer Science across the curriculum at research universities, private undergraduate institutions and at community college. She earned an Interdisciplinary doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin.
Lisa currently works as a Program Evaluation and Assessment consultant in the private and public sectors. Many of her clients are university faculty performing research to improve computing education and broaden its appeal to non-traditional students. In addition she serves as an Associate Editor of Inroads Magazine, the ACM publication for computing education professionals, and is a member of the ACM Education Council. Lisa has published numerous peer reviewed articles and served multiple times as committee member for the SIGCSE, ICER and Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conferences. Lisa’s book “Computers and Society – Computing For Good” profiles real people and real organizations that use computer science to make the world a better place.
Caroline Simard, PhD
Research Director at Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University
Dr. Caroline Simard is Research Director at Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University and a STEM diversity consultant. She is especially passionate about Global Tech Women's vision of creating a world-wide platform for women to realize to achieve their own definition of success. At Stanford, she is responsible for the implementation of a pilot initiative to increase the work-life integration and career development of faculty. Prior to joining Stanford, Simard led the Anita Borg Institute's (ABI) research and executive program initiatives. Her research on the barriers facing women in technology received national attention. She led the design, data collection and analysis, writing, and dissemination of the Institute's first major research initiative: "Climbing the Technical Ladder: Obstacles and Solutions for Mid-Level Women in Technology". In addition, she has published major reports on underrepresented minorities in technology, employee retention strategies, attributes of senior technical women and issues facing K-12 Computer Science Education. She is on the Board of the Ada Initiative, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the representation of women in open source technology.
Simard is passionate about social science research and its role in creating practical solutions to social problems. Prior to her roles at Stanford and at ABI, Simard was a Researcher at the Center for Social Innovation of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Caroline holds a PhD in communication studies from Stanford University, with a focus on organizational theory, high-technology industries, and social networks. She holds a Bachelor's degree from Universite de Montreal and a Masters degree in Communication and Information Studies from Rutgers University.
Research Director at Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University
Dr. Caroline Simard is Research Director at Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University and a STEM diversity consultant. She is especially passionate about Global Tech Women's vision of creating a world-wide platform for women to realize to achieve their own definition of success. At Stanford, she is responsible for the implementation of a pilot initiative to increase the work-life integration and career development of faculty. Prior to joining Stanford, Simard led the Anita Borg Institute's (ABI) research and executive program initiatives. Her research on the barriers facing women in technology received national attention. She led the design, data collection and analysis, writing, and dissemination of the Institute's first major research initiative: "Climbing the Technical Ladder: Obstacles and Solutions for Mid-Level Women in Technology". In addition, she has published major reports on underrepresented minorities in technology, employee retention strategies, attributes of senior technical women and issues facing K-12 Computer Science Education. She is on the Board of the Ada Initiative, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the representation of women in open source technology.
Simard is passionate about social science research and its role in creating practical solutions to social problems. Prior to her roles at Stanford and at ABI, Simard was a Researcher at the Center for Social Innovation of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Caroline holds a PhD in communication studies from Stanford University, with a focus on organizational theory, high-technology industries, and social networks. She holds a Bachelor's degree from Universite de Montreal and a Masters degree in Communication and Information Studies from Rutgers University.