We’re getting closer to the launch of our new site, and we’re excited to show you what we’ll be doing. One goal is to be as inclusive as possible in the people we spotlight in Q&As, profiles, guest columns and general coverage. Our hope is to build a community, not a club. That means all sorts of different people, doing all sorts of different things, with all sorts of different views and backgrounds.
Earlier we asked for guest column submissions and suggestions, and we received some great responses. You’ll see some of the results once the site is up. Now, as we continue to work on content, we’d like to ask another question:
Who are the top women in Seattle technology?
We have quite a few in mind already, based on people we’ve learned about and gotten to know on our beats over the years. To be truly inclusive, we’d like to get suggestions, as well. We’re thinking not only of women in leadership roles at Seattle-area startups or larger tech companies, but also those in the trenches in engineering, research, or working at technology-related service firms. Top-notch technology bloggers, too. Anyone with a unique background, an interesting perspective or a good story to tell.
Thanks for thinking it over. Please contact us or comment below with any ideas.
– Todd Bishop, toddbishop@gmail.com
– John Cook, johnharoldcook@gmail.com
15 responses so far ↓
1 Dave Schappell // Oct 13, 2008 at 7:44 am
I’ll start it off:
and Ignition EIR)
* Michelle Goldberg (Ignition)
* Monica Guzman (Big Blog)
* Vanessa Fox (SEO goddess
* Alyssa Royse (Just Cause It)
* Ksenia Oustiougova (Lilipip)
* Danielle Morrill (Whrrl)
I’m sure I’m missing a few…
2 Rachel Berry // Oct 13, 2008 at 10:15 am
I second Dave’s list, and add:
- Janis Machala, Paladin Partners
- Susan Sigl, SeaPoint Ventures
- Laura Feltin, Biznik
3 Kevin Leneway // Oct 13, 2008 at 6:30 pm
I’ll add one as well:
Rebecca Lovell, Aliance of Angels
4 Shannon Anderson // Oct 14, 2008 at 4:45 am
Mary Reeder (VP Engineering/Finsphere)
Laura Butler (VP Technology/ Overcast Media)
Breanna Anderson (SchemaLogic /Founder and CTO)
Dawn Lepore (CEO/Drugstore.com)
Lynn Armstrong (Director Server Technologies /VoiceBox Technologies, Inc.)
Kate Roth (VP Engineering, Pluggd)
Michelle Goldberg (Ignition) - previously noted
Lucinda Stewart (OVP)
Linden Rhoads Seattle Ventures/UW
5 Anonymous // Oct 14, 2008 at 8:58 pm
And Shannon Anderson!
6 Bored // Oct 14, 2008 at 9:41 pm
sure, let’s applaud to our self, right Shannon?
7 Anon // Oct 15, 2008 at 9:05 am
Denise Draper
Suzan DelBene
Linden Rhoads
8 Anonymous // Oct 15, 2008 at 10:02 am
Carla Corkern (CEO Talyst)
9 Cristian Grigorescu // Oct 15, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Suzan DelBene - strong leadership with Microsoft and Drugstore.com - smart and professional
Anne Baker - Brilliant high-tech marketer with an Ivy league engineering background. Former exec at Action Engine and Metapath, now started her own marketign agency for high-tech companies (Blue Creek marketing).
10 Bill Bryant // Oct 15, 2008 at 11:46 pm
I wish there were more true female entrepreneurs on this list, like Alyssa and Ksenia. Lots of capable VPs and other execs - just not enough fire starters !!
11 Linda Merrick // Oct 17, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Definitely second the nomination for Janis Machala - she has been a steady driver for tech ever since I can remember - definitely providing fuel for lots of fires!
Here are a couple of other deserving leaders:
Villette Nolon, CEO HomeSavvi.com, CEO NetReflector, also VP at SafeHarbor, past chair MIT Enterprise Forum of the NW
Val Sanford, VP Product & Marketing at Zango, also key player at Singlestep, Network Commerce. Trailblazer in ecommerce and online communities.
12 Janis Machala // Oct 20, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Come on, we can all do better than this….there are many more as angels and entrepreneurs and at larger companies (but were at smaller companies…)! Here’s my starting point….
Gail DeGiulio, Simply Fun-while not technically a tech startup they use technology to support their games direct selling business and she was an SVP at Classmates
Serena Glover, Nokia
Kalpana Narayanaswamy, Cofounder and VP Products at SynerG Software
Karen Graham, SignOn
Jeanine Torrino, Topia Technology
Linda Bernardi, technology serial entrepreneur and angel investor
Bernee Strom, Committee of 200 Member, Technology Company board member
Suzan DelBene is off trying her hand at not for profit work and out of the tech scene…stay tuned to see if she can stay away
Kris Kelsay, cofounded Earthmine (Bay area based and she commuted) and has been an active angel, was with Wall Data’s Salsa business startup
Shivonne Byrne, first VP Marketing at Visio and now head of enterprise branding/messaging at Visio
Lucinda Stewart, OVP
Michelle Goldberg, Ignition
Susan Sigl, SeaPoint
Cheryl Vedoe, Apex Learning CEO
Kristi Marchbanks, former CEO of SeaTab and now Director of Corporate and Government sales at Amazon
13 Janis Machala // Oct 20, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Come on, we can all do better than this….there are many more as angels and entrepreneurs and at larger companies (but were at smaller companies…)! Here’s my starting point….
Gail DeGiulio, Simply Fun-while not technically a tech startup they use technology to support their games direct selling business and she was an SVP at Classmates
Serena Glover, Nokia
Kalpana Narayanaswamy, Cofounder and VP Products at SynerG Software
Karen Graham, SignOn
Jeanine Torrino, Topia Technology
Linda Bernardi, technology serial entrepreneur and angel investor
Bernee Strom, Committee of 200 Member, Technology Company board member
Suzan DelBene is off trying her hand at not for profit work and out of the tech scene…stay tuned to see if she can stay away
Kris Kelsay, cofounded Earthmine (Bay area based and she commuted) and has been an active angel, was with Wall Data’s Salsa business startup
Shivonne Byrne, first VP Marketing at Visio and now head of enterprise branding/messaging at Visio
Lucinda Stewart, OVP
Michelle Goldberg, Ignition
Susan Sigl, SeaPoint
Cheryl Vedoe, Apex Learning CEO
Kristi Marchbanks, former CEO of SeaTab and now Director of Corporate and Government sales at Amazon
14 John Cook // Oct 20, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Thanks for all the great suggestions. We have been adding these names to a list and hope to reach out some of the folks once we get the site live.
John
15 Shivonne Byrne // Nov 10, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Hi - Janis said “Shivonne Byrne, first VP Marketing at Visio and now head of enterprise branding/messaging at Visio.”
First part is true, but as a point of clarification, I’m now head of Enterprise Branding and Content at Microsoft - where I’m also editor-in-chief of Microsoft’s annual CEO Summit.
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