Dr. Sanjay Gupta visits two couples who utilized Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) to increase their families. ARTs continue to be a hot topic among our society whether it is ethically and morally right or are people trying to play God? I, personally, don’t believe in altering an embryo to create a “genetically superior” baby but I do feel sympathetic towards couples who desperately want a baby and can’t because of reproductive problems. Historically, societies have formulated ideologies on gender and the roles of each gender, but as we evolve and as science advances, we are coming to ethical crossroads.
Is it okay to reconstruct genes, especially genes with genetic disorders? Do we really believe it is different than gender selection?
Title: Chief Operating Officer, Facebook Age: 42 Country of Citizenship: United States Hometown: Washington, D.C Education: Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Harvard University & MBA from Harvard Business School Marital Status: Married Children: 2
Sheryl Sandberg joined Google in late 2001. At that time, her title was Business-Unit General Manager, although there was no business unit. At the time, Google was working on program called AdWords, a program for selling the small text ads that appear next to related search results. Sandberg volunteered to work on the project with four other employees, and before long, AdWords was making money.
In 2002, Sandberg helped arranged a deal with AOL to make Google its search engine. "Marissa Mayer, who was the first female engineer to be hired by the company, says, She got the AOL deal running. She was tough and she was fearless.”
In 2007, the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, hired Sandberg to be Facebook's Chief Operating Officer, because he seen her as a professional who was a perfect fit- a really good manager and she was very analytic, focussed on strategy.
By 2010, a company that was bleeding cash when Sandberg arrived had become profitable. Within three years, Facebook grew from a hundred and thirty employees to twenty-five hundred, and from seventy million worldwide users to nearly seven hundred million.
Sheryl Sandberg’s message is very powerful. It’s a simple one, "which she defined as: Don’t worry so much about balance. Work hard, stick with what you like, and don’t let go. Start out by aiming high. . . . Go home tonight and ask yourselves, What would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it!"
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Enjoy this frank and lively discussion with these Silicon Valley movers and shakers about what's new and what matters most for women in business and technology in 2010.
The 3rd Annual Women Technology Executive Roundtable of 2010 showcased five amazing women with five unique stories of how they reached the top of their professions in Silicon Valley: A VP responsible for the developer community at one of the worlds largest mobile communications corporations; the planning and operations VP for a multi-national start-up company supporting electric vehicle infrastructure; the VP of product management at a mega-search giant; the VP & GM for a $35.1B semiconductor chip maker; and the SF Bay Area HR director of the worlds largest software company. Within the midst of the recession, these five women are leading Silicon Valley's companies towards innovation, not only at the local level, but at the global level as well.
The panelists shared their perspectives on the hiring of women. They all agreed that the ratio of women applying for technical jobs in comparison to men applying has been and continues to be slim. The VP for Google stated that they actively search to hire women but don't come across many women with the technical background needed for their positions.
Depending on the products of the company, some of panelists believed having a diverse group of employees produces a better company, thus a better product. The VP of Nokia agreed the design process of mobile phones would be different if more women were hired, but she also noted their company does not receive a significant amount of resumes from women interested in any of their positions. All the panelists agreed that if more women were employed, marketing would definitely change, as would the nature of conversations, work environments, and increased perspectives.
The 2010 Roundtable gave the leading women of Silicon Valley an opportunity to share their insights on self-advocacy, pay scales, and their experiences within the technology industry.
The Churchill Club presents a panel of business and technology women leaders with unique stories of how they reached the top of their professions, insights on management and problem-solving, and their opinions about today's most important business and technology trends.
The gender gap report index is a ranking of countries by measuring how well countries are performing in terms of the gender gap on economic participation and opportunity, political empowerment, health and survival, and education attainment. To my surprise, Iceland ranked #1 so I'm a bit interested to see how and why? What are they doing to close the gender gap?
To my next surprise, United States was not even in the top 10 but number 19. Does our diverse population play a role into gender gap?
