Palo Alto, CA, January 20 2008 — Padmasree Warrior, Chief Technology Officer at Cisco, will be the keynote speaker at the Women of Vision Awards Banquet on April 30, 2009 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA. The annual Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Awards honor women making significant contributions to technology in three categories: Innovation, Leadership, and Social Impact (www.anitaborg.org/wov). Sydnie Kohara, CBS 5 News Anchor, will be the Master of Ceremonies again this year.
As Cisco’s CTO, Padmasree Warrior is responsible for helping drive the company’s technological innovations and strategy. Prior to joining Cisco she was CTO at Motorola where she led a team of 26,000 engineers and directed Motorola Labs. Under her leadership Motorola received the 2004 National Medal of Technology and the Economic Times ranked her as the 11th Most Influential Global Indian.
“It is an honor to be the keynote speaker at the Women of Vision Awards,” said Ms. Warrior. “I strongly support the work of the Anita Borg Institute. This annual ceremony highlights women role models that will inspire technical women today and into the future.”
“The Women of Vision Awards spotlight women who have spent a lifetime creating new technologies and improving the world,” said Telle Whitney, CEO of the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology. “Padmasree Warrior exemplifies this through her work as a strong advocate for women and minorities in math, science and engineering. Her history of working with industry, government and charitable organizations makes her a role model for every technical woman.”
The Women of Vision Awards Banquet will take place at 6:00 pm on April 30, 2009 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA. Registration for tables and tickets may be purchased online at http:/www.anitaborg.org/wov. Event sponsorship opportunities are also available.
About the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI)
The Anita Borg Institute provides resources and programs to help industry, academia, and government recruit, retain, and develop women leaders in high-tech fields, resulting in higher levels of technological innovation. ABI programs serve high-tech women by creating a community and providing tools to help them develop their careers. ABI is a not-for-profit 501(c) 3 charitable organization. ABI Partners include: Google, Microsoft Corporation, HP, Sun, Cisco, Intel, SAP, Juniper Networks, NSF, NCWIT, IBM, Symantec, CA, NetApp, and Capgemini. For more information, visit www.anitaborg.org.
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