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Anita Borg Institute Taps Intel Vice President and General Manager to Keynote 2013 Women of Vision Awards Banquet
PALO ALTO, CA, Jan 10, 2013 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
The Anita Borg Institute (ABI), a non-profit organization focused
on the advancement of women in computer science and engineering,
announced today that Diane M. Bryant, Vice President and General
Manager of the Datacenter and Connected Systems Group for Intel
Corporation, will be the featured keynote speaker at the Women of
Vision Awards Banquet on May 9, 2013 in Santa Clara, CA.
The Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Awards Banquet honors women
making significant contributions to technology. One winner is
selected in each of three categories: Innovation, Leadership, and
Social Impact. Previous winners include Mary Lou Jepsen, Mitchell
Baker, Helen Greiner, and Duy-Loan T. Le. The award for the Top
Company for Technical Women is also presented at the event. This
award recognizes an organization that has demonstrated measurable
results in the recruitment, retention, and advancement of technical
women at all levels.
Keynote speaker Diane M. Bryant is the Vice President and General
Manager of the Datacenter and Connected Systems Group (DCSG) for
Intel Corporation, leading the worldwide organization which generated
over $10 billion in revenue in 2012. In her current role managing
Intel's P&L strategy and product development for enterprise and cloud
server infrastructure, high performance computing, storage,
communications, networking and intelligent connected systems, she is
at the center of major tech industry trends including cloud
computing, mobile, and high performance computing.
Previously, as Corporate Vice President and Chief Information Officer
of Intel Corporation, Bryant was responsible for the corporate-wide
information technology solutions and services that enabled Intel's
business strategies for growth and efficiency. She received her
bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from U.C. Davis in 1985,
joining Intel the same year. She attended the Stanford Executive
Program and holds four U.S. patents.
"We are very pleased to have Diane Bryant as keynote speaker for this
year's Women of Vision Awards Banquet," said Telle Whitney, CEO and
President of the Anita Borg Institute. "Diane is a great example of a
leading woman executive at a major company who is playing an
important role in developing critical technology that is changing our
world."
"Technology today impacts all areas of our lives, and it's important
for women to play an active role in its development," said Diane
Bryant. "Celebrating the contributions of our female colleagues,
through events like the Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Awards
Banquet, is instrumental in building momentum for future generations.
I am excited about this opportunity to encourage women to participate
in the creation and advancement of technology and take a leadership
role in the field."
Registration for the Women of Vision Awards Banquet is now open with
early bird pricing through February 14th. More information and online
registration can be found at http://www.anitaborg.org. Sponsorship
opportunities are available. Current event sponsors include: Dinner
Host Lockheed Martin; Gold Sponsor NetApp; Silver Sponsor Thomson
Reuters; and Bronze Sponsor Microsoft.
About The Anita Borg Institute (ABI)
The Anita Borg Institute
provides resources and programs to help industry, academia, and
government recruit, retain, and develop women leaders in high-tech
fields, resulting in higher levels of technological innovation. Their
programs serve high-tech women by creating a community and providing
tools to help them develop their careers. The Anita Borg Institute is
a not-for-profit 501(c) 3 charitable organization. Partners include:
Google, HP, Microsoft, Thomson Reuters, Amazon, CA Technologies,
Cisco, Dell, Facebook, First Republic Bank, IBM, Intel, Intuit,
Juniper Networks, Lockheed Martin, Marvell, National Science
Foundation, National Security Agency, NetApp, Salesforce.com, SAP,
Symantec, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Broadcom, EMC, Neustar,
Raytheon, VentureLoop and Yahoo! For more information, visit
www.anitaborg.org.
Follow the Anita Borg Institute on Twitter at @anitaborg_org
For More Information, contact:
Kate Carey
New Venture Communications
Email Contact
650-814-3088
SOURCE: Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
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