{"id":2752,"date":"2018-03-30T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jwplayer.com\/jw-players-empowering-evening-women-technology\/"},"modified":"2023-02-06T14:24:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T19:24:54","slug":"jw-players-empowering-evening-women-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwplayer.com\/blog\/jw-players-empowering-evening-women-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"JW Player&#8217;s Empowering Evening with Women in Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong><em>Teaming up with Brown University&#8217;s EMSTL to host our first-ever panel with female leaders in the tech industry<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\" block-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/f.hubspotusercontent30.net\/hubfs\/20577834\/Imported_Blog_Media\/4fbb5c9858f5aeff36ac4974fbfe0667f4984b0b_jwinspire-1.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, March 28, 2018, JW Player welcomed an inspiring panel of women who are all making waves in the technology world. Cohosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/professional.brown.edu\/emstl\/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIztDCmOqU2gIVibXACh3S7Qq2EAAYASAAEgIZs_D_BwE\">Brown University&#8217;s EMSTL,<\/a> this first-ever JW Inspire WIT event, \u201cShaking Up Leadership: Women in Tech,\u201d featured thought-provoking conversations about career journeys, overcoming professional challenges, best practices in negotiation, and the future of diversity and inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re ecstatic that about 100 attendees, men and women alike, made this special evening\u2014in our newly redesigned office\u2014one of our most successful events to date.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Under the leadership of our Director of Technical Program Management Kathy Carter, the JW Inspire WIT initiative invited 6 women to speak on a panel moderated by Sandra Smith, Director of Brown\u2019s EMSTL:<\/p>\n<p>Lauren Wiener \u2013 CEO, Tremor Video DSP<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Scandariato \u2013 Sr. Director, Cloud Services, iCIMS<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Adler \u2013 CTO, Spoon University<\/p>\n<p>Rahel Jhirad \u2013 VP Machine Learning, Hearst<\/p>\n<p>Jaclyn Jimenez \u2013 Full Stack Engineer, Meetup<\/p>\n<p>And JW\u2019s own Alicia Hurst \u2013 Product Manager, JW Player<\/p>\n<p class=\" block-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/f.hubspotusercontent30.net\/hubfs\/20577834\/Imported_Blog_Media\/3a5f53dc42b9ac66e45e64bf43d5c766a724ff0a_screen-shot-2018-03-30-at-3_59_17-pm-1.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Among the takeaways from the evening:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Be open to nontraditional paths toward a technical career.<\/strong> Some panelists were self-taught and\/or graduates of developer boot camps. While credentials can be important, an even greater predictor of success is the willingness to take risks.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s important that women look out for each other in the workplace<\/strong>. Ladies, you know what I\u2019m talking about. Divisiveness can be worse within our own gender, but we collectively get farther when we support each other.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Confidence is the foundation of effective negotiation. <\/strong>It\u2019s also closely tied to another key ingredient\u2014preparation.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After the panel, attendees networked and traded insights over a wine and cheese reception.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To watch the full video, click here:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2026And we\u2019re just getting started! Next up for JW Inspire WIT will be our company\u2019s mentorship program, pairing female employees with male and female mentors throughout JW Player. 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