Welcome to ITWomen

ITWomen is a not-for-profit, grass-roots organization dedicated to advancing women in IT and technology in South Florida, from Miami-Dade to Broward and Palm Beach counties. 

NEW: Open to the Public.

ON SATURDAY MARCH 13, PLEASE JOIN US FOR A CANDID CONVERSATION OVER LUNCH ABOUT WOMEN AND THE IT INDUSTRY.

If you haven't joined ITWomen yet, this special event alone is worth a year's membership.

Hear answers to the questions you can't ask at work!!  A panel of female CIOs will field questions on any topic, from salaries to promotions, workplace issues and policies.

For best responses, please email questions you want to be sure are addressed to  Executive Director Sherry Giordano or ITWomen president Victoria Usherenko  by March 9. Questions will be presented anonymously.

OPENING REMARKS

Dr. Catherine Ashcraft, Senior Research Scientist, NCWIT. Dr. Ashcraft is the author of the new NCWIT in-depth report, Women in IT: The Facts.

All attendees will receive a complimentary copy.

CIO PANEL

Nilda Puig, VP and CIO
Johnson & Johnson’s Medical Device
and Diagnostic Division in Latin America.

Pat Smith, CIO
Our Kids of Miami-Dade Monroe Inc.

Kellie King
Director of Global Business Systems, Tyco International

AWARDS

ITWomen and the NCWIT will recognize 9 local high school women for their accomplishments in IT. The NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing Affiliate Award program is sponsored by a generous grant from the Motorola Foundation.

The program is being hosted in conjunction with the MSMIS Program Chapman Graduate School of Business, FIU.

The  luncheon event and awards program will be held in the FIU Stadium building Miami campus, 11:30am - 2pm. Cost: $20.00 members; $30.00 non-members.

ONLINE PAID REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
PAYMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 5 PM Friday, March 12.

RSVP TODAY

Needed! Computer hardware and working desktop printers

Are you upgrading your technology in the near future?

Elevate Miami is accepting donations of old or outdated computer hardware or working printers to provide much-needed digital literacy training and technology access points to various technology learning centers in the City of Miami park locations.

Your tax-deductible donations of equipment will help transform lives of youth, underserved households and elder and aged adults. Most needed items  are fully  functional equipment with the following minimum specifications:

Pentium IV processor, functional hard drive (preferred), sound card, video card, ethernet network interface, CDRom/DVD, and/or monitors 15-inch and above, any type. -- software is not required to be installed on the units.

Please contact James Osteen, Jr., Assistant Director of Information Technology, City of Miami, at 305-416-1511 or email at josteen@miamigov.com for more information.

Be an Exhibitor at Broward County Public School Conference

You are invited to invest in Broward's future business professionals by serving as an exhibitor at a Broward County Public School conference.  The annual Broward County Career and Technical Student Conference will be held at the Signature Grand on April 20, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 

 This year's theme is "Careers Unplugged:  A Greener Pathway to Career Success."

As Exhibitors you will have an opportunity to showcase the “Green” initiatives at your company, listen to and critique student’s 30-second elevator introductions and review their resumes.  Each exhibitor will have an eight-foot skirted table and will be able to bring advertising material to showcase their company. 

About 850 students will be attending in the areas of: Agriscience, Automotive, Building Construction, Culinary Operations, Health Science, Business Supervision and Management, and the Academies of Finance, Hospitality and Tourism and Information Technology.

Please contact Donna Caplan by via e-mail at donna.caplan@browardschools.com or by phone at 754-321-8449 in order to obtain an Exhibitor Application Form.

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