NORTH AMERICA Neelam Sandhu , Senior Director of
Business Operations , Office of the CEO ,
BlackBerry function of the company in some capacity ”. One day she may be meeting with government officials and customers , the next launching a new internal expense management system , or executing on initiatives like the BlackBerry Shield .
Sandhu has seemingly found her calling in the technology sector but unfortunately , women in this field are increasingly rare . A report by Accenture and non-profit Girls Who Code noted that women account for 34 % of computing jobs today , down from 37 % in 1995 . Elsewhere , in the UK , figures from the Women ’ s Engineering Society ( WES ) show that just 15 % of people working in STEM ( Science , Technology , Engineering and Mathematics ) roles are women – and only 5 % of leadership positions in the technology industry are held by women . The statistics make for disheartening reading , but Sandhu is optimistic that we could see change on the horizon .
“ In my career , I ’ ve certainly experienced some bias from men and women alike ,” she recalls . “ However , I ’ ve been very fortunate that , for me , BlackBerry has been a great place to grow and learn and to advance my
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