4th Annual Women in Technology Awards Opens Nominations for 2017

The award categories includeamp8226High Tech Woman of the Yearamp8226High Tech Rising Staramp8226High Tech Community Serviceamp8226High Tech Entrepreneuramp8226High Tech MentorNominations are now open and will be accepted online through Monday May 1 2017 at VegasWomenTechAwardsnet Award winners will be recognized and honored by our community during a ceremonial event scheduled to take place on Friday June 2 2017Newly added this year the National Center for Women ampamp Information Technology NCWIT will present the Aspirations in Computing Program award to recognize young women interested in technology and computingquotWe encourage the Las Vegas community to take action and nominate a woman they know right here in Las Vegas whom has accomplished phenomenal achievements in technology Together as a collective community we foster advancements for women in technologyquot says Lori Nguyen President and Chairman of the Las Vegas Women in Technology AwardsAlthough US women represent half of the collegeeducated workforce and continue to grow in STEM science technology engineering and mathematics fields they remain underrepresented and make up only 29 of the science and engineering industry per ngcprojectorgstatisticsquotThe Women in Tech Awards appropriately acknowledges the success of the women39s movement in encouraging young women to explore STEM careers and assures continuing focus on technologyfocused career opportunities for allquot says Jack Myers founder of WomenAdvancingorg an organization committed to supporting and communicating industry opportunities to womenAbout the Las Vegas Women in Technology Awards LVWTAFounded in 2014 HiTech Vegas LLC and WomenAdvancing Las Vegas launched the Las Vegas Women in Technology Awards LVWTA now owned by Las Vegas Community Tech Fund a Nevada nonprofit to recognize the achievements of leading women in technology fields working in the greater Las Vegas metro area The Las Vegas Women in Technology Awards are awarded annually to five women representing technology industries including Information Technology IT Computer Engineering Startups and Entrepreneurs Learn more about the Las Vegas Women in Technology Awards LVWTA at VegasWomenTechAwardsnetAbout the Las Vegas Community Tech FundThe Las Vegas Community Tech Fund is a Nevadabased nonprofit organization that is aggregating the technology community in Las Vegas by providing programs with a focus on Women Working in Technology Gaming Technology STEM Corporate and Education The Las Vegas Community Tech Fund owns the Las Vegas Women in Technology Awards program A key mission of the tech fund is to market quotHow to Plug in to Las Vegas Tech Communityquot and introduce new programs to grow and support the Las Vegas Technology CommunityAbout WomenAdvancingorgWomenAdvancingorg provides commentaries education advice and support for the 65 of media advertising and marketing community employees who are female supporting women through dual mentoring at all stages of their lives and careers WomenAdvancing reaches and engages men and women through their common passion for advancing gender and multicultural diversity achieving women39s income equality and enhancing women39s careers and livesAbout HiTech VegasHiTech Vegas is a professional event organization for local Las Vegas technology organizations HiTech Vegas is an outlet where Las Vegas technology companies can meet regularly to network partner and conduct commerce HiTech Vegas is comprised of six bimonthly mixers megamixers special events and will soon be launching a new business educational luncheon seriesAbout NCWITThe National Center for Women ampamp Information Technology NCWIT is a nonprofit community of more than 850 universities companies nonprofits and government organizations nationwide working to increase women39s participation in computing and technology NCWIT equips change leaders with resources for taking action in recruiting retaining and advancing women from Kamp821112 and higher education through industry and entrepreneurial careers Find out more at NCWITorg NCWIT receives significant financial support from Lifetime Partner Apple Strategic Partners NSF the National Science Foundation Microsoft Bank of America Google Intel and Merck as well as from Investment Partners Avaya Pfizer ATampampT Bloomberg and Hewlett Packard Enterprise View all of NCWIT39s supporters at NCWITorgaboutsupportersClick the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this article are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated bloggers

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