Lisa Neal-Graves Director, Technology Insights, Intel Raejeanne Skillern General Manager, Cloud Service Provider Business, Intel The Diversity Problem Women earn just 12% of CS degrees, down from 37% in 19842 only 3 In a room of 25 engineers, will be women2 But, Women spend more time online per month than men 1 By 2020, there will be 1.4 million computer specialist job openings3 1. ComScore; 2. Girls Who Code, 2014; 3. U.S. Department of Labor The Diversity Opportunity Groups with greater diversity solve complex problems better & faster than homogenous groups1 Companies in the top 20% financially had almost twice as many women in leadership roles2 1. Scott Page: The difference, How the power of diversity creates better groups, firms, schools, and societies. Princeton University Press, 2009 2. Source: Global Leadership Forecast 2014-2015, DDI The Diversity Ask Acknowledge Seek Change Network Sponsor Panel discussion: How is cloud going to reinvent IT? • Moderator: Alyson Crafton, General Manager Supply Chain IT, Intel • Speakers: – Cornelia Davis, Director Platform Engineering, Cloud Foundry, Pivotal Software – Paola Moretto, co-Founder and CEO, Nouvola – Lisa Noon, Vice President, Cloud Technology Partners