Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology Announces Keynote Speaker and Emcee for Women of Vision Awards Banquet.Padmasree Warrior Padmasree Warrior is Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) Warrior joined Motorola in 1984 and was appointed its CTO in 2003. Motorola has research and product development efforts worth $4.0 billion and encompassing 25,000 engineers. , CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of Cisco to Keynote PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Padmasree Warrior, Chief Technology Officer at Cisco, will be the keynote speaker at the Women of Vision Awards Banquet on April 30, 2009 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA. The annual Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Awards honor women making significant contributions to technology in three categories: Innovation, Leadership, and Social Impact (www.anitaborg.org/wov). Sydnie Kohara, CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. 5 News Anchor, will be the Master of Ceremonies again this year. As Cisco's CTO, Padmasree Warrior is responsible for helping drive the company's technological innovations and strategy. Prior to joining Cisco she was CTO at Motorola where she led a team of 26,000 engineers and directed Motorola Labs. Under her leadership Motorola received the 2004 National Medal of Technology and the Economic Times ranked her as the 11th Most Influential Global Indian. "It is an honor to be the keynote speaker at the Women of Vision Awards," said Ms. Warrior. "I strongly support the work of the Anita Borg Institute. This annual ceremony highlights women role models that will inspire technical women today and into the future." "The Women of Vision Awards spotlight women who have spent a lifetime creating new technologies and improving the world," said Telle Whitney, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology. "Padmasree Warrior exemplifies this through her work as a strong advocate for women and minorities in math, science and engineering. Her history of working with industry, government and charitable organizations makes her a role model for every technical woman." The Women of Vision Awards Banquet will take place at 6:00 pm on April 30, 2009 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA. Registration for tables and tickets may be purchased online at http://www.anitaborg.org/wov. Event sponsorship opportunities are also available. About the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI Abi (ā`bī) [short for Abijah], in the Bible, King Hezekiah's mother. (Application Binary Interface) A specification for a specific hardware platform combined with the operating system. ) The Anita Borg Institute provides resources and programs to help industry, academia, and government recruit, retain, and develop women leaders in high-tech fields, resulting in higher levels of technological innovation. ABI programs serve high-tech women by creating a community and providing tools to help them develop their careers. ABI is a not-for-profit 501(c) 3 charitable organization. ABI Partners include: Google, Microsoft Corporation, HP, Sun, Cisco, Intel, SAP, Juniper Networks, NSF NSF - National Science Foundation , NCWIT NCWIT National Center for Women and Information Technology , IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Symantec, CA, NetApp, and Capgemini. For more information, visit www.anitaborg.org. |
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