SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
-- Women Tech Council, a national organization based in
Silicon Slopes focused on increasing the number of women in
technology, today released the 2018 Shatter List showcasing 44
technology companies that are creating and enacting practices and
cultures that remove the glass ceiling. The list is the first
research of the technology industry to review and rate the
development and successful implementation of measures that create
inclusive cultures where women can contribute and succeed.
"Shattering technology's glass ceiling requires companies to
invest more and be actively engaged in creating cultures and
activities that expect and demand inclusivity from top to bottom,"
said Cydni Tetro, Women Tech Council
president. "By highlighting the companies and practices that are
actively championing women and are making strides to change the
industry's landscape and culture, this list accelerates the
technology sector's journey to increase the number of women in
technology and break our own glass ceiling."
The Shatter List was compiled by scoring companies on four
factors critical to building inclusive cultures with meaningful
measures that help women break and surpass the glass ceiling in
technology. Each factor relates to demonstrable and visible
activities, programming and commitment to women working in
technology at all levels of the company from executive to entry
level. Data was gathered and evaluated from across 10 different
secondary data sets and mapped to the following four evaluation
factors:
- Executive engagement (active support from the CEO, executive
team and all leadership)
- Company programming (currently has women in leadership
executive positions and proactively implements programs to support
women in technology)
- Community investment (active participation with the broader
community to learn from and share best practices regarding culture
and inclusion)
- Women's or D&I group (formal programs to support women
internally)
The final list includes 44 tech companies ranging from unicorns
to startups.
The 2018 Shatter List in alphabetical order is as follows:
3M Health Information Systems
Adobe
Ancestry
BachHealth
Central Logic
Chatbooks
Control4
Cotopaxi
Cox Automotive
Degreed
Dell EMC
Domo
eBay
Experticity
Franklin Covey
Goldman Sachs
Health Catalyst
HealthEquity
IM Flash
Imagine Learning
inContact
InMoment
Instructure
Intermountain Healthcare
L-3 Communications
Listen Technologies
Lucid
Marketstar
Myriad
O.C.Tanner
Oracle
Orbital ATK
Overstock.com
Pluralsight
Qualtrics
Recursion Pharmaceuticals
RizePoint
USANA Health Science
Veracity Solutions
Vivint Smart Home
WCF
Wells Fargo
Workfront
Zions Bank
Companies who made the list have implemented programs to
actively work across all four criteria and make an impact for women
in tech. Specific examples of the types of programming developed
and implemented by these companies include:
- Dell EMC's formal Women in Action diversity and inclusion group
with more than 9700 internal members.
- eBay's eWIT program to support women employees has been in
place for more than 10 years and is used as a model for other tech
companies.
- Instructure's decision to publish its diversity metrics
(the first company in Silicon Slopes to do so) and create public
accountability for internal inclusion practices.
- Workfront's focus on women executives, including adding three
in last several years, and being awarded a spot on the list of best
company for women to work.
"In working to ensure we have an inclusive culture for women in
technology, our focus goes from top to bottom with programs that
drive diversity, including but not limited to gender," said
Vance Checketts, vice president of
Dell EMC. "This commitment has allowed us to attract and retain
women across the company, which has positively impacted the
performance of our teams and organization."
For more information about how these companies are taking action
to change the tech world for women go to
www.womentechcouncil.org.
Media Contact:
Abigail Shaha
ashaha@intrepidagency.com
801-481-9482
About Women Tech Council:
Women Tech Council (WTC) is
a national organization focused on the economic impact of women in
the technology sector through developing programs that propel the
economic pipeline from high school K-12 to the C-suite. WTC offers
mentoring, visibility, opportunities and networking to more than
10,000 women and men working in technology to create business
environments focused on inclusivity and high performance. Through
this work, WTC propels women in technology careers and the talent
pipeline by ensuring a strong, diverse and entrepreneurial
technology workforce. For more information on Women Tech Council,
visit: www.womentechcouncil.org.
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