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Robin Washington вЂ“ CFO, Gilead Sciences 13. Director, Technology & Operations, Yahoo! 12. Mona Sutphen вЂ“ Partner, Macro Advisory Partners 11. Window Snyder вЂ“ Chief Security Officer, Fastly 10. Dambisa Moyo вЂ“ Global Economist, Author, Investor 9. Thasunda Duckett вЂ“ CEO, Chase Auto Finance, JPMorgan Chase 8. Nancy Douyon вЂ“ User Experience Researcher, Google 7. Marian Croak вЂ“ VP, Access Strategy & Emerging Markets, Alphabet 6. Kesha Cash вЂ“ Partner, Impact America Fund 5. Adriane Brown вЂ“ President & COO, Intellectual Ventures 4. Nichol Bradford вЂ“ CEO & Founder, Willow Group, a Transformative Technology company 3. Aisha Bowe вЂ“ Co-Founder and CEO, STEMBoard (former NASA Aerospace Engineer) 2. Here is our list of incredible women leaders you must get to know and pass along their names to current and future generations of aspiring women business rock stars:ДЎ. Third, has lead innovation for three decades, and in one case holds over 175 patents. Second, they are preparing their organizations to harness the future today in order to be more sustainable and relevant. First, they have either increased the bottom line or identified new revenue streams for their companies. Who are they and how did we come to compile this list, you ask? We followed three main criteria where each fit into at least one or more of these buckets. Hopefully, one day, we will have a list at least as long that is familiar to the general public. They represent only a tiny percentage of women who are leaders across a variety of industries. The names on this list include women who Ash Carter should certainly be aware of, others who should be familiar to Fortune 500 companies and top venture capital firms such as Kleiner Perkins, GE Ventures, Intellectual Ventures and Enterprise Ireland. Introducing the women who have forged through the hurdles of careers in these same sectors will imbue these young girls with the knowledge that success is possible. There are programs now, to teach girls and young women skills in sectors where they are often met with hostility. When half the worldвЂ™s population have no role models of their own gender in important industries, it is more difficult to develop a culture of success. However, the business and science professions donвЂ™t have any women who are renowned the world over outside of their own niches. It is long past time that the only females known in the world of technology not be limited to YahooвЂ™s CEO Marissa Mayer and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. But when segments of the population have no one of a similar gender, race or background to emulate, it sometimes fosters the impression that success is not possible for them. It is not necessary, of course, that they have exactly the same background. People who are successful serve as role models for those who want to follow in their footsteps. It is only fair to balance that out with the women geniuses that every leader should know, and for the same reasons. In my last article, I wrote about the business geniuses that every leader should know with a particular concentration on Black male entrepreneurs and executives. Particularly the amazing pool of world-class talent from Silicon Valley to Silicon Alley. Carter will mandate that this new model will be intentional to include women and African American innovators, inventors and subject matter experts. It is called the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx). CarterвЂ™s visits to the valley were surprising and impressive, but the fact that heвЂ™s opened an office in Mountain View, CA is nothing short of amazing. Aside from disrupting the old DOD model, what particularly struck me was his keen interest in collaborating with tech geniuses in Silicon Valley including entrepreneurs, corporate execs and the venture capital community. Carter is creating a much needed culture shift at the Department of Defense. The story can be summed up by the fact that Mr.

There is a fascinating article in Wired Magazine on Ash Carter, Secretary of Defense. 13 Brilliant Women Innovators and Subject Matter Experts Corporations Should Keep Their Eye On Originally posted on the HuffPost 11:28 am ET by Andrea Hoffman

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