Breaking the Bias: Celebrating Women in Technology
In honor of International Women's Day, Tuxcare and CloudLinux will celebrate women in technology.
The technology industry has come a long way in recognizing women's significant contributions to the field. Initially, there were not many women in the technology field, and for the few that were, they did not receive the same opportunities as their male counterparts. Now that there are more tech companies due to the advancement of technology, more women are obtaining degrees in technical areas. Women are also showing younger women that they can succeed in a male-dominated field.
For International Women's Day, we encourage everyone to break any bias they have, no matter what field they are in. We should all live in a world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. Companies should value everyone's differences while remaining diverse and inclusive.
This year for International Women's Day, Tuxcare recognizes women's contributions to not only the technical field but their undeniable impact on our company. We encourage all other companies to continue to break the bias and encourage women to keep moving forward. View how we celebrated International Women's Day by viewing the video below.
In partnership with
Kim Sherman
VP of Marketing at TuxCare
Kim has been in technology since the late 1980s where she got her start in telecommunications supporting customers. She moved into marketing in the mid-1992 and from there has held a variety of marketing roles at some of the world’s biggest companies, startups, and every size in between.
Tracy Quah
VP of Marketing at Informatica
Tracy Quah is an accomplished and creative marketer with more than two decades of marketing and channel experience in the IT industry, working with vast network of partners, customers and C-level stakeholders across Asia and global settings. Being a creative and forward-thinking female executive in the IT industry, Tracy plays an integral role in her employer’s go-to-market strategy planning and execution which led her to win numerous global and regional-wide recognitions from her current and past employers.
At her current employer, Informatica, Tracy continues to lead in female leadership where she is instrumental in spearheading the company’s global-wide efforts on Women in Data/Tech within the organization and in external communities across Asia Pacific & Japan region. Leveraging her leadership influence, Tracy, who is extremely passionate in encouraging women to excel in a largely male-dominated IT industry, has been initiating and driving numerous programs and events related to efforts in promoting gender equality in workplace, female leadership in tech and data, garnering the strong endorsement from Informatica Corporate. In 2019, Tracy drove the first Women in Data Leadership Program for Informatica targeting female CIO and CDOs from Fortune 500 and Global 2000 accounts in the region.
As part of her advocacy for women in leadership, Tracy regularly hosts and participates as a speaker in industry and community events including She Loves Data, Economic Times India’s “The STEM Gender Gap: Inspiring a Young Generation of Women“ and China’s “Connect with Your Inner Spark” and “She Power CIO”, Women in IT Summit, Women in Data Leadership track in Informatica-Accenture ASEAN Day, The Labyrinth of Women in Tech Marketing, etc. to connect with like-minded women in tech and data to share her views, thoughts and career tips to younger female professionals on women leadership in IT field.
benny Vasquez
Manager, DevRel & Community for Chef at Progress, Chair of the AlmaLinux OS Foundation
benny Vasquez is a multifaceted woman who has over 20 years of experience in management, technical support, brand management, community, and developer relations. Her passion is customer service, and her love is bettering a product, a presentation, or a brand. benny has managed teams of varied ages and experiences.
benny currently serves as the community and developer relations manager for Progress, which provides products to help companies grow. She is also chair of the board of directors for AlmaLinux, an open-source, community-owned and governed, forever-free enterprise Linux distribution focused on long-term stability.
Throughout her professional career, benny has accomplished a variety of goals. She has run a specialty toy store, built a team and a department from the ground up, and has been a member of the best of her kind. She is a visionary, a pusher, a leader, and a builder.
"I do what's needed to get the job done and empower everyone around me. If you attempt to tell me I can't do something, I'll likely be too busy doing it to notice."
Yuka Ibara (Ibara san)
Marketing Lead at DC ASIA LTD
Yuka Ibara is an established international marketer with over 30 years of experience across several fields, including information technology, publishing, sales, and administration. She specializes in lead generation, product promotion, event coordination, brand awareness, and social media. She also specializes in localization, translation, and interpretation.
She currently serves as the Marketing Lead for DC ASIA LTD, a solution provider for next-generation IT infrastructure, providing Power/Cooling, DCIM, DataCenter Training, and more. In this role, she is the lead generator for solutions, products, and services for the Japanese market.
Her goal is to show her Japanese culture that business and life are not separate and can be enjoyed together. Ibara loves to work in cross-cultural environments and working with global colleagues.
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