Technology, board meetings and babies
“I think women are natural logistical masterminds.” — Amy Cueva
When the volunteer panel of judges were reviewing the backgrounds of candidates for the 2009 Mass High Tech Women to Watch, the level of accomplishments displayed by the finalists was noteworthy. What also was striking was how many candidates led companies and achieved technical breakthroughs around childbirth and raising toddlers. Several judges noted that during their child-raising years their careers took an enforced break. Not so for most of this year’s Women to Watch, who are business leaders and hands-on moms.
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Alumni voices
Heidi Perry
Director, Independent Research & Development program, Draper Laboratory (2005)
Update: “I have moved on from my division leader responsibility to a position as the director of Draper’s Independent Research & Development program. I love this assignment not only because I am responsible for Draper’s ~$25 million investment in future technology, but because I have the opportunity to work with a diverse group of scientists and engineers at the lab and our collaborating universities. With my charter is to align short-term seedlings, mid-range projects and large scale corporate thrusts, I truly feel part of the managment team.”
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- 2009 Honorees
- Jill Becker – Cambridge NanoTech Inc.
- Sangeeta Bhatia – Hepregen Corp.
- Amy Cueva – Mad*Pow Media Solutions LLC
- Heather De Jesus – Azima DLI
- Anna Mracek Dietrich – Terrafugia Inc.
- Sandra Glucksmann – Cerulean Pharma Inc.
- Susan Leschine – Qteros Inc.
- Ronnie Maffa – IBM Corp.
- Mondira Pant – Intel Corp.
- Yvonne Spicer – National Center for Technological Literacy at the Museum of Science
- 2008 Honorees
- Afsana Akhter – Medullan Inc.
- Wendy Frey Caswell – Zink Imaging Inc.
- Sylvie Grégoir – Shire Human Genetic Therapies
- Sadiye Guler – intuVision Inc.
- Heather Healy – EMC Corp.
- Deborah Louis – Authoria Inc.
- Beth Marcus – Zeemote Inc.
- Christine Miska – BAE Systems Inc.
- Amanda Parkes – Bodega Algae LLC
- Ellen Piccioli – Massachusetts Microelectronic Design Center, Intel Corp.
- 2007 Honorees
- Deya Corzo – Genzyme Corp.
- Mary Lynne Hedley – MGI Pharma Inc.
- Asa Kalavade – Tatara Systems Inc.
- Christina Lampe-Önnerud – Boston-Power Inc.
- Paula Long – EqualLogic Inc.
- Rachel Meyers – Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Stefania Nappi – PreferredTime Inc.
- Mira Sahney – Myomo Inc.
- Karen Tegan Padir – Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Angela Zapata – The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
- 2006 Honorees
- Susan Scheer Aoki – Cisco Systems Inc.
- Janice Arcari – EMC Corp.
- Heather Blease – Broadband Solutions Inc.
- Suzette Braun – The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co., Ahold USA
- Karen Donoghue – Motorola Inc.
- Ellen Ferraro – Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems
- Linda Fuhrman – Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc.
- Susie Kim Riley – Camiant Inc.
- Regina Valluzzi – Evolved Nanomaterial Sciences Inc.
- Julianne Zimmerman – GreenFuel Technologies Corp.
- 2005 Honorees
- Angela Belcher – MIT
- Margrit Betke – Boston University Computer Science department
- Anne Marie Biernacki – The Digiticians
- Vicki Ann Frawley – Target Software Inc.
- Heidi Perry – Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc.
- Elizabeth Ricci – Authoria Inc.
- Hollie Schmidt – Boston Cure Project for MS
- Paula Soteropoulos – Genzyme Corp.
- Lorraine Wheeler – Botzam Inc.
- Lijun Wu – Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research Inc.
- 2004 Honorees
- Susan Adams – Comcast Corp.
- Amy Duwel – Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
- Jana Eggers – Intuit Inc.
- Dawn Fitzgerald – Chipwrights Inc.
- Reema Gupta – EMC Corp.
- Julie LeMoine – U C How
- Fanny Mlinarsky – Azimuth Systems
- Suja Ramnath – M/A-Com Inc. a division of Tyco International
- Weng Tao – Neurotech USA
- Mary Ellen Zurko – IBM Software Group
Advisory Committee
Mass High Tech, along with Trish Fleming, executive director of the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge, and James M. Connolly, associate editor of Mass High Tech – co-chairs of the Women to Watch advisory committee – and Michelle Lang, Mass High Tech associate editor – digital, would like to express their thanks to the committee members who helped in making the difficult decisions when faced with the large number of submissions for this year’s Women to Watch roster.
- Christine Cunningham, vice president of Research and Educator Resource Development, Museum of Science, Boston
- Frances Grigsby, CEO, Next Level International
- Jean Hammond, founder and principal of JPH Associates
- John Hodgman, Howard Foley professor for high tech workforce development at the University of Massachusetts Lowell
- June Rokoff, co-founder and vice-chair, The Commonwealth Institute
- Larisa K. Schelkin, CEO and president of the Diversity and Outreach in Math and Engineering (DOME) Foundation Inc.
- Vanita Shastri, executive director of TiE-Boston
- Alison Taunton-Rigby, CEO, RiboNovix Inc.
- Amy Fredrick, director of MassMEDIC’s MedTech Ignite program
- Shelley Errington Nicholson, director of Women’s Programs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Julianne Zimmerman, vice president communications, General Compression
- Ellen Piccioli, senior engineering manager, Intel Corp.’s Massachusetts Microelectronic Design Center
- Susan J. Goldberg, president of Northeast Training Group Inc. and board member of The Boston Club
