August 11, 2017
Software.org’s Girls Who Code Class on WUSA9
Software.org student, Sally: “[Girls Who Code has] shown me how computer science is not only the future, but is involved in everything we do.”...
August 03, 2017
Guest Speaker: Victoria Espinel, President and CEO of Software.org
On August 1st Victoria Espinel, president of Software.org, visited the classroom to talk about her career path and offer advice on how to succeed when you’re the only woman in the room. Espinel, who is also the president and CEO of BSA | The Software...
August 03, 2017
Learning from the Best: Mentorship Day at Microsoft
On July 28, the Software.org, AT&T, and Salesforce classrooms visited Microsoft’s Innovation and Policy Center for their mentorship day. The workshop kicked off with a panel on career planning, followed by a speed networking session with women from Software.org, the SAS Institute, the office of...
August 01, 2017
Guest Speaker: Stories from the Great Innovator
On July 27, Lisa Seacat DeLuca visited the Software.org classroom to share her journey to becoming IBM’s most prolific female inventor. With over 550 patents filed, and 250 granted, DeLuca is the first woman at IBM to have earned the company’s 100th Invention Plateau Award....
July 26, 2017
Girls Who Code Goes to Washington: A Congressional Hackathon
On July 25, the Software.org and AT&T classrooms gathered at the AT&T DC Forum for their first co-hosted hackathon, followed by a visit to Capitol Hill. After touring the Forum, the girls met Jonathan Marks, co-founder of Quorum Analytics, a DC startup that analyzes and...
July 20, 2017
Guest Speaker: Confessions of a Former DHS Cybersecurity Official
On July 18th Dr. Phyllis Schneck, former Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications for the Department of Homeland Security, visited the classroom to discuss cybersecurity with a panel of her colleagues from Promontory Financial Group. Promontory protects US agencies, banks, and other entities in...
July 11, 2017
Connecting to New Opportunities Through Connected Devices
Technology has reached a point of convergence. Sensors, data, connectivity, encryption, the cloud, and the software that makes linking them all possible are poised to exponentially increase the opportunities that can be delivered by connecting the “things” in the physical world around us. By 2020,...
June 15, 2017
Rebuilding America With Software — An Infrastructure Briefing
Join Software.org for a panel discussion on the role of software in upgrading America’s 21st century infrastructure, with key infrastructure and technology industry leaders....
May 16, 2017
Software Can Close America’s Infrastructure Opportunity Gap
New report from Software.org: the BSA Foundation shows how software can help create a 21st century infrastructure system...
April 04, 2017
On April 4, Congressional staffers, foundation board members, industry leaders and press gathered at our Capitol Hill reception to celebrate the launch of Software.org. Reps. Hakeem Jeffries and Doug Collins gave inspiring remarks about the need to keep moving innovation forward. Girls Who Code alumna...