by Steve Rosenbush of the Wall Street Journal
Good day, CIOs. Diversity is
at the top of the corporate tech agenda, but scant progress is being made when
it comes to expanding the ranks of women and minorities within the U.S.
divisions of large companies, CIO Journal’s Sara
Castellanos reports. Women were represented in 24% of technical
roles this year, a slight gain over 2017, according to a survey of more than
628,000 technologists across 80 large companies. The study was conducted by AnitaB.org,
a nonprofit organization aimed at increasing the representation of women
technologists.
A broader view of diversity. Black, Hispanic, Native American, Pacific
Islander and multiracial women accounted for about 13% of the technical roles,
according to the report, which did not measure racial diversity last year.
The business case. “Diversity in experience and diversity in thought is going to produce
much better solutions for our customers,” said Mary Beth Westmoreland, chief
technology officer at Blackbaud
Inc., a cloud software company for nonprofit and philanthropic
organizations. Blackbaud was among the 80 companies surveyed for the study,
which included American
Express Co., Alphabet
Inc.’s Google and SAP
SE.
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