Fastcompany’s List of Most Influential Women in Tech 2009

Executives, Entrepreneurs, Braniacs, Activists, Bloggers, Evangelists, Fastcompany has found the most influential women in these categories and listed them. The site presented its ranking this week, continuing a tradition they started last year of naming the most influential women 2.0.

Rashmi Sinha

Rashmi Sinha

” Women who have succeeded in technology deserve recognition; they are an inspiration for everyone, male or female, demonstrating what can be achieved through creativity and hard work.”  Fastcompany says.

These are the top women in their categories:

  • The Entrepreneur: Rashmi Sinha

Cofounder and CEO SlideShare

Rashmi went from psychology PhD to Web designer to business women.   Launched with less than $50,000, SlideShare, a side where people can share they powerpoint presentations, now has over a million registered users, plus a partnership with LinkedIn.

  • The gamer: Paulina Bozek.

Development Director Atari

Paulina worked for Sony, running the 15-million-copy SingStar franchise, the video game that got people of all ages singing with they favourite stars.  This September to revitalize the gaming company Atari.

  • Heather Armstrong

    Heather Armstrong

    The Blogger: Heather Armstrong

Founder Dooce.com

Armstrong coined the term “dooce” for getting fired from her Web design job for writing about work and colleagues on her blog Dooce. Now she writes for her blog fulltime about what it is like to be a mom.

  • The Activist: Yvette J. Alberdingk Thijm

Executive Director Witness

Dutch Alberdingk Thijm joined Witness, a nonprofit human-rights video community full time in 2008. She had been on its board since 2005. She previously worked for Joost, a global online video platform and MTV.

Mitchell Baker

Mitchell Baker

  • The Evangelist: Mitchell Baker

Chairwoman Mozilla Foundation

Baker is not only a part-time trapeze artist, but also a very influential advocate of the internet revolution. She supports open-source software and an Internet that functions as a public resource. In 2005, Time magazine included her in its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

  • The Executive: Genevieve Bell

Director User Experience Group Intel.

Bell is an anthropologist, conducting ethnographic research in Asia, but also works for computer component developer Intel.

  • The Braniac: Susan Landau

Engineer Sun Microsystems

Landau is a leading researcher and expert on wiretapping, computer encryption, and security issues. She maintains researcHers, a mailing list for women computer science researchers and the Booklist, a list of computer science books by women computer scientists.

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January 27, 2009 | Filed Under Linde Wolters careers, female internet heroes, news | 1 Comment 

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