As a Woman in Technology Executive, I am very interested in hearing the valuable insights on this topic. Considering your perspective on industry trends, do you feel there is a significant gender pay gap within the tech industry?

I would love to explore this topic further. Yesterday I was asked to see if I knew of female CIO/CTO to balance out a panel (working on gender equity for the entire 3 day event) and in my network I had about 25:1 male to female ratio on LinkedIn. This relates to the pay gap as there are lower pool, less salary discussions, lower pay to begin with, less benchmarking, less awareness overall. Where I sit, the ceiling for females is apparent, the skill sets are valued less and there is less room to grow. Technology itself has a role in this gap, for example bias models in resume reviews for building the pipeline. There have been several times in my career I have advocated for equal compensation of a male peer… when I was more qualified. Fundamentally the budget is set and hiring managers try to get the best person for the role at the best cost (makes procurement sense), but many times it’s based on current salary uplift, not total possible range, so compensation growth rate is slower from the outset for many women. Women are also 1.6x more likely to be laid off then men. 1/2 of women in tech drop out by mid-career.

Hello,
That's an interesting topic. In my opinion woman has different skills and capabilities as well as a different mindset and approach.
They are mandatory in any organization chart and top management and seniority role.

As I see various companies have a strong woman component in the STEM section due to the factors I highlighted above and I haven't meet companies so far without woman in the top roles.

Maybe it is something we can see in the past... Tech and R&D needs womens as well as men.

We are both equally necessary.

That's my opinion and what I will promote when CEO 😅