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In partnership with Sit With Me<\/a>, a national advocacy campaign launched by the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), IT-oLogy hosted a panel discussion featuring women IT professionals from around the Midlands. Focused on bringing more diversity, specifically more women, into the IT industry, the leaders of the panel discussed the challenges they faced as minorities in an overwhelmingly male dominated business, and the importance of women becoming involved.<\/p>\n

The Sit With Me campaign revolves around the small but symbolic action of sitting in a red chair and sharing perspectives on the opportunities women face in the IT field. Women only hold approximately 25% of technology and computing jobs in the U.S. though they fill more than half in other professional fields. Additionally, women make up only 11% of C-level executives at Fortune 500 technology companies. \u00a0The Sit With Me campaign\u2019s goal is to create a conversation about the value women bring to the IT field as well as to encourage young women to enter IT as a professional choice.<\/p>\n

The panel featured talented IT women throughout the Midlands in various industries, including the moderator,\u00a0Avis Yates Rivers, President & CEO\u00a0Technology Concepts Group, and featured speakers\u00a0Jennifer Baxley, founder and owner of Severien,\u00a0Martha Bode, IT Director at\u00a0SCANA,\u00a0Tanya Butts, Head of Business Management & Governance at\u00a0TD Bank,\u00a0Beth Dinndorf, President of\u00a0Columbia College,\u00a0Renee Evans, Senior Project Manager at\u00a0Innovation Group,\u00a0Tiera Michelle Garman, Columbia College student and Air Force Veteran,\u00a0Eileen Potter, Marketing Leader at\u00a0Accenture,\u00a0Amy Scully, Program Manager at\u00a0Midlands Technical College,\u00a0Karen Stritzinger, graduate student at\u00a0Clemson University,\u00a0Karen Tebrich, Consulting Services Manager at\u00a0FINEOS,\u00a0Joyce Vonada, Chief Information Officer at\u00a0EDENS, and\u00a0Carol Wallace, IT Manager\u00a0at Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina.<\/p>\n

Thank you to Sit With Me and the panelists for making the event possible!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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