How they got started
Their careers have spanned decades as they rose to jobs ranging from managing engineering departments and corporate security to running high-tech firms and university programs. Here's where these nine women got their starts...and here's the story of how they've gotten where they are today.
Sherita Ceasar, Vice president of cross-platform applications and engineering services, Comcast.
Early job: Technician at GE, later Magnavox.
Eva Chen, Founder and CEO, Trend Micro
Early job: Engineer at Acer Computer in 1980s
Maria Cirino, Co-founder of Boston-based venture-capital firm .406 Ventures
Early job: Sales and marketing at Lotus Development
Grace Egan, Vice president, engineering product management, Time Warner Cable
Early job: Prodigy Services coordinating teams deploying technical infrastructure.
Vicki Hamilton, Senior vice president VP Turner Broadcasting System Operations and Strategy Group
Early job: Proof operator and data entry
Emma McGrattan, senior vice president of engineering at Ingres
Early job: Engineer at networking gear company Retix
Rhonda MacLean, Founder of consultancy MacLean Risk Partners
Early job: In the 1970s sold Lanier Business Products' first line of programmable business equipment.
Patricia Titus, Chief information security officer at Unisys
Early job: Systems administrator at Auspex Systems
Dena Haritos Tsamitis, Director, Carnegie-Mellon University's Information Networking Initiative
Early job: Eli Lilly Internet analyst; designed the pharmaceutical firm's first intranet
How they got started
Their careers have spanned decades as they rose to jobs ranging from managing engineering departments and corporate security to running high-tech firms and university programs. Here's where these nine women got their starts...and here's the story of how they've gotten where they are today.
