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
Emma McGrattan, senior vice president of engineering at Ingres
Early job: Engineer at networking gear company Retix
