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Meet the real TECHdivas of our industry... Our profiles, written by Peg Townsend, an award winning writer for Central California Newspapers, provide an extraordinary insight into the business and personal lives of these women who make it happen in high tech.

Nicole Blades and Natasha Kong, Cofounders of  SheNetworks, a web destination with attitude.

Heidi Van Arnem, Founder and CEO of ICAN, is an inspiration to all of us.  Working from her wheelchair she heads a leading site for the disabled.

Radha Basu, President and CEO of Support.com, leads an impressive company.  Her life story shows you can "make a lot from a little"

Mary McDowell, Vice President Compaq, Industry Standard Server Group, a 14 year veteran in hardware shares her thoughts.

Priscilla Tate, Executive Director Technology Managers Forum, leads a successful  professional association of IT managers and IT vendors.

Ann Winblad, Partner at Hummer Winblad, a leading Venture Capital firm, also knows the ropes of starting her own business. 

Barbara Tallent, CEO of Boldfish leads a Silicon Valley startup and proves you plant the seeds of success...

Dawn Lapore, CIO Charles Schwab, has been at the forefront of online brokerage. 

  Camella Cassetta, CTO of PrintNation has been at the epicenter of online sales.  From Barnes and Noble Online to Print
            Nation she is a role model.

  Carol Mills Baldwin, CEO of Acta, an E-Business Infrastructure Company has blended a fast paced career, hundreds of
            employees and being a mom.

  Sarah Nolan, CEO of Move.com, has had an impressive career and now heads a cutting edge Internet Company.  She says
              'for me it's the journey.'

  Carly Fiorina, CEO of Hewlett Packard,  defines success in the high tech arena running one of the leading companies in
             the world.

  Jodi Turek, President of  The Women's Forum, has built an important voice and representation for independently owned sites focused on the women's market.

  Cynthia Ringo, CEO of CopperCom.  Cynthia Ringo was Entrepreneur of the year 2000 and an prior executive of  Red Brick and Madge Systems.

   Denise Brosseau, President of FWE.  Through the Forum for Women Entre- preneurs, Denise has changed the way women seek Venture Capital for startups.

TECHdiva Kudos: Read about  Companies promoting Women or doing good things

Patricia Russo named President and COO of Eastman Kodak
We covered Patricia when she spun out a 5Billion dollar division of Lucent last year.  Now she has the reins of Kodak.   read about it

You GO Girl!  Check out the Who's Who of Women's deals that got funded this year...
48 Women Entrepreneurs raised 580M in VC in 2000.  When the Tech Industry is in turmoil it is fantastic to see the momentum for women led deals.   This is a list to keep in your rolodex!  read more

Top 25 Women on the Web for 2001!   TECHdivas is pretty excited....our Publisher was named to top 25
Karan Eriksson, has been around high tech for years and is  very active in the various advancing women and tech organizations.  SFWow is a great group and Eriksson told us she was thrilled. visit SF Wow site to see the full list of winners and if you can make it, attend the awards.

FREE Women in IT Seminar at COMDEX
Hey we like free and this is a great get together.  Interesting Sessions, a reception and more. 
GirlGeeks has teamed up with the Comdex folks to give us something we need...a get together at a major trade show that is free   read more

Springboard 2001: Venture Forum  - Two Dozen companies selected to Present at Women's Venture Capital Showcase.
Check out the list of companies that will present this year.  Last years group raised over 300Million dollars.  The Forum for Women Entrepreneurs FWE and the National Women's Business Council host Springboard   read more

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation donated 1.44 billion in 2000
The Gates foundation outspent federal government on charity last year newspaper reports.  On a  personal note, TECHdivas knows of at least one school teacher who filled out the simple grant request and received more than $9000 for her classroom from the foundation.  Info on the Gates foundation is in our TECHgroups area.

Proxicom Highlights Three Outstanding Women Vice Presidents  and their Contributions
Proxicom makes it a point to hire from within and Jennifer Johnson,  Lea Cadieux, and Maril Pitcock, VP Technology &  Operations for the  West, Central and East make a powerful team.  Read more about this public company and these women.   more       

TECHdiva Spotlight: Read the story behind  these Women Owned Sites 

Womans-Work.com

ThePartyWorks.com

PassportToAdventure.com