10 Women Influencers in Big Data Analytics
In 2015, women held 57 percent of all professional occupations, but only 25 percent of computing positions. Even fewer women are found in software development, technology leadership and other key roles that have immediate impact on innovation. Some of the biggest technology companies in the world, including Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter are also contributing to this trend. 29.1 percent of Microsoft’s workforce is made up of women, yet just 16.6 percent of them hold technical positions. Google’s numbers are similar, where only 17 percent of the company’s tech-related jobs are held by females.
These numbers hold even more true when looking at the enterprise technology industry. However, women are some of the top influencers in what is one of the fastest growing technology sectors in the world. However small, this core group of trailblazers has expansive reach and has played a major role in the proliferation of technology advances in recent years. In honor of Women’s History Month, we salute the top 10 women working in the field:
Cindi Howson is the VP of Research at Gartner and the founder of BI Scorecard, an in-depth BI product reviews resource based on exclusive hands-on testing. She has been advising clients on BI tool selections and strategies for more than 20 years. Cindi is the author of Successful Business Intelligence: Unlock the Value of BI and Big Data and SAP Business Objects BI 4.0: The Complete Reference. Cindi is a faculty member of The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) and a contributing expert to InformationWeek.
Claudia Imhoff is the Founder and President of Intelligent Solutions, a consultancy on CRM and Business Intelligence technologies and strategies. She is a popular speaker and internationally recognized expert, serving as an adviser to many corporations, universities and leading technology companies. She has co-authored five books and more than 50 articles on these topics. She is also the Founder of Boulder BI Brain Trust, a consortium of independent consultants and analysts.
Joanna Schloss is an expert in the Dell Center of Excellence specializing in data and information management. Her areas of expertise include Big Data Analytics, Business Intelligence and data warehousing. With a mixture of experience in both startup and G500 environments, Joanna has successfully launched numerous products, from business-focused analytic applications to data warehousing tools such as Business Objects Data Services.
Lyndsay Wise is the Founder and President of WiseAnalytics, an independent analyst firm specializing in Business Intelligence, Master Data Management and unstructured data. For more than eight years, she has assisted clients in business systems analysis, software selection and implementation of enterprise applications. Lyndsay conducts regular research studies, writes articles and speaks about increasing the value of Business Intelligence within organizations.
