The Anita Borg Institute is at Amazon.com in Seattle, hosting our second 2-day Power and Influence workshop. Inspired with a beautiful view of the Seattle skyline, 70 women from 13 companies are attending. Represented companies include: Amazon.com, Boeing, Microsoft, Intel, Adobe, Buunabet, Adobe, Broadcom, CapGemini, IBM, and Google. Jo Miller, CEO of Women’s Leadership Coaching, is facilitating and leading the workshop and sharing her extensive knowledge on how to exercise power and influence to advance one’s career.
Opening remarks were delivered by Werner Vogels, Chief Technology officer of Amazon.com. Dr. Vogels talked about the customer orientation of Amazon.com, and how the technological innovation at Amazon is largely driven by this customer focus.