Women as Tech Leads – Tackling the Challenges at the Data Community Summit


The WIT Luncheon has been a tradition at the Summit since 2008. It happens during lunch on Thursday of the event and is among the most well-attended sessions. Our task for this year’s event included finding a topic and finding women speakers who can engage in a discussion on the topic for an hour, followed by Q&A.

We have seen many women in our community rise up in the ranks into leadership roles. Notables include Vicky Harp, now manager of user experiences on the Windows team at Microsoft, Rie Merritt, Sr Program Manager for MVP Program with Microsoft, and Gilda