Linda Pouliot moved from New York to Silicon Valley to start a company, but did not know what kind of startup she wanted to create. That she did not have an engineering degree or a background in tech companies did not faze Pouliot. All she wanted to do is start a company in Silicon Valley… Continue Reading
PBS KLRN in San Antonio Airs Our Women in Science and Tech Series
KLRN PBS San Antonio is broadcasting Season Two of our Women in Science and Tech series from Silicon Valley from October 14, 2018. This 13-part TV series features engineers, researchers, rocket scientist and others who share what drew them pursue their interest in science and math and who helped them nature and sustain their interests.… Continue Reading
WOMEN IN SCIENCE & TECH: JYOTSNA KAKI
Jyotsna Kaki is a program manager at Google, where she works with the central accessibility testing team. Kaki shares her journey on how she lost her eyesight while she was doing her undergraduate studies. She had to relearn a lot of things and also got interested in how technology can be made accessible for differently… Continue Reading
PBS Las Vegas AIRS OUR SERIES ON WOMEN IN SCIENCE & TECH FROM Silicon Valley
We are very excited to share that Season 1 and Season 2 of our Women in Science and Tech from Silicon Valley is airing on Las Vegas PBS station from August through September 2018. You can catch the show on the local cable channel – COX 111 on Sundays at 7.30 pm PST. The series… Continue Reading
WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND TECH: HADIYAH MUJHID
Hadiyah Mujhid is on a mission to promote entrepreneurship in colleges.She is the founder and CEO of HBCUvc that help students in the historical black colleges and universities in the US. The goal is to help students develop an interest in startups and entrepreneurship and help them understand what venture capital is and how startups… Continue Reading
PBS GUAM AIRS OUR 9-PART SERIES ON WOMEN IN SCIENCE & TECH FROM Silicon Valley
PBS Guam starts airing our 9-part series on Women in Science and Tech from Silicon Valley on Sundays at 6.00 pm Guam time, which is 1.00 am PST. The first episode features Suzanne Frey of Google and airs on Sunday, July 15. 2018 at 6.00 pm. The series on Women in Science and Tech is… Continue Reading
UTAH’S UEN TV AIRING OUR 9-PART SERIES ON WOMEN IN SCIENCE, TECH & BUSINESS FROM SILICON VALLEY
Delighted to share that Utah Education Network (UEN) TV is currently airing our 9-part series on Women in Science, Technology and Business in Silicon Valley. Each episode airs on 2 different days of the week (Mondays at 10.30 pm and Fridays at 430 am on Channel 9 in Salt Lake City, UT. Here are a… Continue Reading
VIDEO: ALEXANDRA DEAN ON BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY
Filmmaker Alexandra Dean wrote and directed a new documentary on Hedy Lamarr, who was a Hollywood actress and an inventor. Lamarr was often described as the “most beautiful woman in the world” But, what was little known is that Lamarr was an inventor and her invention paved the way for bluetooth, GPS, wi-fi and other… Continue Reading
WOMEN IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS SERIES AIRING ON PBS STATIONS
Our 9-part series on Women in Science, Technology and Business from Silicon Valley is airing on PBS College Station, TX on Sundays at 11.30 am CST. The first episode aired on Sunday, Aug 9, 2017 and the last episode airs on Sunday, September 3, 2017. And, starting on Friday, Sept 8th the series will air… Continue Reading
VIDEO: NANCY ZAYED, CO-FOUNDER & CTO OF MAGICCUBE INC
We sat down to speak with Nancy Zayed co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of MagicCube, a Silicon Valley startup. Zayed previously worked for Apple, Palm and Cisco before she decided to co-found her startup. This interview is part of our Women in Science, Tech & Business TV series. MagicCube makes security easy for mobile and… Continue Reading
VIDEO: WOMEN IN TECH SERIES – SUZANNE FREY OF GOOGLE
Meet Suzanne Frey, Director, Trust, Security, Privacy, Google Apps at Google. Frey has a liberal arts degree from Wellesley College and ended up working in the technology sector. After working for a few years, Frey decided to get an MBA from MIT and was on her way to becoming an entrepreneur when she got an offer from… Continue Reading
VIDEO: SHALINI GOVIL-PAI ON COMPUTER GRAPHICS, PIXAR & YOUTUBE
Shalini Govil-Pai is an engineer and author of two books on computer graphics. She fell in love with computer graphics as a teenager. Unsurprisingly she went on to get her under-graduate and graduate degrees in computer engineering. And with persistence and single-minded focus she got a job at Pixar Animation. As technical director at Pixar she… Continue Reading
PODCAST: DANIELLE APPLESTONE ON ENGINEERING AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Meet Danielle Applestone of Other Machine Company that makes desktop milling machine. Applestone talks about how growing up in Arkansas and discovering her love for math and science and how she decided to study engineering. She went to MIT to study chemical engineering and discovered that what she really wanted to study was material science. She… Continue Reading
VIDEO: INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS WITH NICOLE LAZZARO ON WONDER, GAMING AND VIRTUAL REALITY
Nicole Lazzaro is CEO of XEO Design, a San Francisco Bay area company. She has over 20 years experience designing and developing games for various platforms. Here are highlights from an upcoming interview from our Women in Science and Tech series where she talks about the joy of wonder and developing games for virtual reality. What… Continue Reading
VIDEO: ANARGHYA VARDHANA OF MAVERON
Meet Anarghya Vardhana, a millennial investor, marathoner, math whiz and dancer. We spoke to Vardhana on how she developed her interests in science, technology & sports and how did they turn shape her professional career. For instance, we were curious to find if participating in sports activities helped develop her confidence level. How did sports help… Continue Reading