IF YOU’RE NOT FOLLOWING THESE AMAZING WOMEN IN TECH,
YOU’RE MISSING OUT!
The following 30 women are leaders in their fields (and I am so proud to know and call some of them, friends!).
They are a bunch of knowledgeable and very passionate women who are masters in their industries causing a strong impact wherever they are - follow their work to learn from them and to be inspired.
So without further ado, I want to introduce to you some of my favorite women to follow and the reason to why follow them will inspire you (in alphabetical order).
Aceil Halaby
Who is she?
Co-Founder and COO, BloomerHealthTech
Why should I follow her? Bloomer Tech is integrating advanced fabrics technology and machine learning to turn everyday clothes, such as a women's bra into lifestyle medical and healthcare devices.
Amali de Alwis
Who is she?
Managing Director, Microsoft for Startups UK at Microsoft. (she was the CEO of Code First: Girls).
Why should I follow her? Amali is one of the biggest advocate and supporter of women in to the tech industry. She is also a mentor and advisory board member of several organizations.
Angela Yu
Who is she?
NHS doctor; founder and managing director, London App Brewery.
Why should I follow her? Angela finds time to be a doctor at NHS and manage London App Brewery with a mission of teaching 250,000 students how to code.
Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon
Who is she?
CEO, Stemettes.
Why should I follow her? Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE is a British computing, mathematics and language child prodigy. She is one of the youngest to pass two GCSEs in two different subjects while in primary school. Imafidon founded and became CEO of Stemettes in 2013, a social enterprise promoting women in STEM careers.
Bedy Yang
Who is she?
Managing Partner, 500 Startups
Why should I follow her? Bedy is the Venture Partner at 500 Startup and has founded Brazil Innovators, an organization that nurtures entrepreneurship and innovation through the connection to Silicon Valley.
Bethany Koby
Who is she?
CEO and co-founder, Technology Will Save Us.
Why should I follow her? Her company educates and enables people to make and experiment creatively with technology.
Charlotte Robertson
Who is she?
MD and co-founder, Digital Awareness UK.
Why should I follow her? Digital Awareness UK is a leading online safety events and content company, with an innovative approach to tackling the most critical online safety issues impacting young people today, from sexting to social media addition to grooming.
Dr. Christyl Johnson
Who is she?
Deputy Center Director for Technology and Research Investments at Goddard Space Flight Center.
Why should I follow her? Dr. Johnson works for Nasa and it has been responsible for the R&D portfolio for Goddard Space Flight Center. Oversee Engineering, technology development, strategic science objectives and new business opportunities.
Fei-Fei Li
Who is she?
Director, Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab.
Why should I follow her? Li is one of the top minds in Artificial Intelligence. She co-create ImageNet, a visual object recognition database which presage the beginning of the deep learning revolution. She also cofounder AI4ALL, a nonprofit dedicated boosting diversity and inclusion in AI education, research, development and policy.
Jacky Wright
Who is she?
Chief digital and information officer, HMRC and Chief Digital Officer (CDO), Microsoft.
Why should I follow her? Jackie is a great leader, champion and, advocate of women in technology.
Jasmine Anteunis
Who is she?
VP Product and
Cofounder, Recast.AI.
Why should I follow her? She founded the artificially intelligent chatbot company Recast.AI in 2015. It was this year acquired by software giant SAP. Recast.AI serves more than 20 high-profile customers including telecoms company SFR, construction group Bouygues and French rail firm SNCF.
Dr. Jess Wade
Who is she?
Physicist at Imperial College London.
Why should I follow her? She's a physicist at Imperial College London studying organic light emitting diodes and has authored at least 400 pages on Wikipedia and, in late 2018, raised more than £20,000 to get a copy of "Inferior," a book about how women are ignored by science, into every UK state school.
Joy Buolamwini
Who is she?
Founder, Algorithmic Justice League.
Why should I follow her? Joy is a Ghanaian-American computer scientist and digital activist based at the MIT Media Lab. She founded the Algorithmic Justice League, an organisation that looks to challenge bias in decision making software.
June Angelides
Who is she?
Founder, Mums in Technology; investor, Samos Investments; founding ambassador, Fifty Fifty Pledge.
Why should I follow her? She is the founder of Mums in Technology, which she set up in 2015 while in maternity leave from Silicon valley Bank. Mums in Technology encourages new mothers to take their children to school with them while they learn to code.
Kriti Sharma
Who is she?
Founder, AI for Good.
Why should I follow her? She is an AI technologist and the Founder of AI for Good, an organization that builds technical solutions for social good.
Lisa Falzone
Who is she?
CEO & Co-Founder, Athena Security.
Why should I follow her? Lisa create Athena Security, a threat detection platform to help prevent crime. Their mission is to save lives, and that includes all children.
Marita Cheng
Who is she?
Founder & CEO, 2Mar Robotics
Why should I follow her? She founded Aubot, a telepresence robot designed for kids with cancer to virtually attend school, and people with a disability to attend work. Cheng also cofounded Airpoly, an app that recognizes and relays objects in real-time for the visually impaired and Robogals, an international student-run organization for young women pursuing education and careers in engineering which has taught over 70,000 robotics workshops around the world.
Marta Krupinska
Who is she?
Head of Google for Startups UK, Google; founder, Astarte Ventures.
Why should I follow her? Co-founder of Azimo, global FinTech leader, working with entrepreneurs in technology and sustainability and fostering opportunities in GovTech.
Martha Lane Fox
Who is she?
Founder and Executive Chair, Doteveryone.org.uk
Why should I follow her? She is the founder of one Think tank championining responsible technology for a fairer future.
Melanie Perkins
Who is she?
CEO and co-founder, Canva.
Why should I follow her? She is one of the youngest female CEO to be leading a tech startup valued at over a billion dollars. At 32, she is one of the world's youngest female founder of an unicorn.
Mursal Hedayat
Who is she?
Co-founder and CEO, Chatterbox.
Why should I follow her? She is one of the founders of Chatterbox, language learning service employing refugees to teach their skills to people who want to learn.
Priya Lakhani
Who is she?
Founder and CEO, Century Tech.
Why should I follow her? She is the founderof Century Tech, a company working with artificial intelligence, machine learning and blockchain in education, learning and development.
Rana el Kaliouby
Who is she?
CEO and cofounder, Affectiva
Why should I follow her? She cofounded Affectiva, a facial and vocal recognition software that spun out of MIT Media Lab. El Kaliouby lends her expertise as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and a co-host of PBS NOVA Wonders series.
Roberta (Beta) Lucca
Who is she?
Co-founder, chief brand officer and board director, Bossa Studios and creative director and host, Beta Lucca YouTube Channel.
Why should I follow her? Check her YouTube channel! (BAFTAwinning Super Indie Games developer and publisher).
Samantha Payne
Who is she?
Co-founder and COO, Open Bionics.
Why should I follow her? Co-Founder of Open Bionics; an award-winning startup developing low-cost bionic hands that look and feel good, for amputees or those born without a hand. Now part of the Disney Accelerator, powered by Techstars!
Sheree Atcheson
Who is she?
Global ambassador, Women Who Code; Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Monzo.
Why should I follow her? She is a global Diversity & Inclusion leader and a passionate advocate for gaining/retaining women in the tech industry, she launched & led the award-winning U.K. expansion of Women Who Code since 2013.
Prof Sue Black
Who is she?
Professor of Computer Science and Technology Evangelist, UK Government Strategic Advisor, Women’s Equality Party candidate for London Mayor 2020, Founder TechMums
Why should I follow her? She is the founder of Techmums, a charity which empowers mothers in tech basis, is a government advisor and mentor at Google.
Suki Fuller
Who is she?
Cofounder and CEO of Salaam Ventures and FiftyFiftyPledge.
Why should I follow her? She is the cofounder London-based fund that makes early-stage investments in ethical technology startups, ambassador of the FiftyFiftyPledge and a strategic advisor with a focus on human-centred innovation and design.
Tabitha Goldstaub
Who is she?
Co Founder, CognitionX & Chair of the UK Government's AI Council.
Why should I follow her? CognitionX’s mission is to bring clarity to, and accelerate adoption of, AI across all organisations from global enterprises to startups, and help ensure a safe and responsible transition to an AI-driven society.
Wendy Tan White
Who is she? VP of X – Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory; board trustee, Alan Turing Institute; member, Digital Economy Council.
Why should I follow her? She is a technology innovator, entrepreneur and investor. She is Vice President at X, Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory. X is a diverse group of inventors and entrepreneurs who build and launch technologies and companies that aim to improve the lives of billions of people. It’s goal to 10x impact on the world’s most intractable problemsboard trustee, Alan Turing Institute; member, Digital Economy Council.
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