The future of tech is female: how to achieve gender diversity

The conundrum

Industries that do not hire or promote

The paradox

Qualifications and reservations

Poor performances by female CEOs

A history of women in information technology

Once upon a time

Basic education : impediments to overcome

The distant past and near future

Solutions advanced

Women to try harder : "lean in" and similar recommendations

Mandatory quota laws

Certificate and pledge programs

Comply or explain regimes

Mentoring and sponsorship

Mandatory disclosure : the U.S. experience

Proposals for stem education

The industry's answer : an expanded H-1b visa program

Solutions that may work

Leavening stem education

Paying close attention to the pool problem

Enlarging the pool : easing off-ramps and enhancing on-ramps

Measure what you intend to manage and ways to manage it

Adopt a version of the Rooney rule

Theoretical feminist views

Needed fixes?now

Reform the gaming industry

Final observations

Appendix A. Publicly held information technology companies

Appendix B. Publicly held information technology companies?women senior

Executives

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author.