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Welcoming Ada Lovelace to the #ecmcoven – Women in Content Management

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Blogging today in honour of the 2nd official "Ada Lovelace Day",  celebrating women's contribution in technology, and named after one of the first computer programmers – yes, a woman.

Women occupy senior and influential roles in all areas of tech – large and small companies alike.  But there is still so very far to go.  There are massive glass ceilings still out there. My bumps have since healed though…

I want to recognize some of the mentors, role models and peers who've taught me important lessons along the way.

And hope that others will add to the comments on this post and name the women in their career or education who've shaped their path in content management.  

Women who've achieved success or influence need to step up and be vocal. Be a mentor, be a coach, speak out on behalf of your company and product. But also be a shoulder, an ear, a peer/friend who can get that irate call after hours and listen to another committed female professional vent about the still male-dominated space we love.  

Look around you – guys too –  and thank a woman who's helped you in your ECM career.

The mentors:
  • Lynn Kauffman – former executive with PC DOCS. Extremely savvy business woman who never forgot she was female and taught me to not worry if the shoes heels were too high or the skirt too short. It was all about doing the homework and knowing your stuff.
  • Margaret Dobbin – thoughtful, personable AR Director for Open Text. Her voice is always in my head and she gave me amazing guidance and confidence over the years.
  • Nancy Mancini – principal at MarCom Blueprints – the voice of common sense, my branding and product marketing coach, my friend. 
The role models – trail blazers
  • Galina Datskovsky - RM visionary, founder MDY, SVP @ CA
  • Whitney Tidmarsh – CMO @ EMC  
  • Conni Christensen – Founder, Synercon Technologies 
  • Janice Anderson – CEO, Access Sciences 
  • Ursula Burns – CEO, Xerox 
  • Safra Catz – co-President, Oracle 
  • Ann Livermore – EVP, HP 

The influencers – women who make me think & read & want to write more
  • Sandy Kemsley – BPM/ECM consultant/analyst www.column2.com
  • Debra Logan – Gartner
  • Carol Rozwell – Gartner
  • Karen Shegda – Gartner
  • Connie Moore – Forrester
  • Kathleen Reidy – 451 Group
  • Theresa Regli – The Real Story Group (formerly CMSWatch) 
  • Irina Guseva – CMSWire
  • Susan Scrupski – E 2.0 Adoption Council / SoCo Partners
  • Judith Lamont – KMWorld 
The standards queens – tireless champions of the importance of standards in ECM
  • Betsy Fanning – AIIM
  • Jana Gallatin – JITC/DoD 5015.2 for Records Management  
The soul sisters – a few former colleagues / association peers still in ECM who make me smile
  • Debra Power – ECM Empress / Consultant
  • Michele Kersey – IBM
  • Kristi Perdue – CA
  • Lani Jacobs – PC DOCS/Hummingbird/Open Text
  • Kim Edwards – Open Text
  • Jessica Butler – Bottom Line Technologies
  • Julie Colgan – CRM, ARMA maven
  • Mimi Dionne – CRM, ARMA maven/CMSWire
  • Martha Cox – Citrix Online
  • Elizabeth Caley – Entrepreneur/Frayman Group
  • Elise Segar – Lucre Systems 
  • Tracy Caughell – Open Text 
  • Autumn Tysko – HP 
  • Shirin Leclere – Guru of document management
  • Kirstin Walker – NetDocuments 
  • Marci Maddox – Open Text Web Solutions
  • Karuana Gatimu – Sharepoint practitioner / AIIM 

Thanks to all of the women who make ECM a great place to be in tech… while I can't name everyone – hope each of the readers of this post will think about recognizing someone today.

March 24th, 2010 at 12:36 pm

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  • Douglas Schultz

    Very impressive list. Thanks for reminding me of all the women involved in ECM/RIM…and thanks to them too!

  • http://www.lucresystems.com Elise Segar

    Thank you for including me in your list! I would also like to add Stefanie Lightman from ifridge & Co. She is one of my Mentors in ECM and a take no prisoners business woman!

  • http://www.opentext.com Beth Torrie

    Great List Cheryl! Connie Moore, Margaret Dobbin and you would top my list.

  • http://profile.typepad.com/sliewehr Sliewehr

    Great idea Cheryl. I'm proud to know a number of the women on your list, and I wholeheartedly agree that they've all helped shape this great industry. I'd also like to add a few to your list:
    - Mary Laplant, VP & Sr. Analyst @ Gilbane – 23 years in the industry, 1st Exec Director of OASIS (a definite 'Standards Queen'), former President of CM Pros and a veteran in the multilingual and publishing spaces.
    - Mollye Barrett – Principal @ Clearpath, former program manager @ STC, current Communications Manager @ CM Pros, and tireless advocate of core CM principles.
    - Lisa Welchman & Christine Pierpoint – WelchmanPierpoint – Remind us all of the ever-important, non-technical aspects of this industry and how they often hold the key to success (or failure)

  • http://profile.typepad.com/bellegarde John Bellegarde

    I would add Jeanne McCann to your list. She was an R&D executive at the very inception of the ECM Market creating pioneering technologies in Imaging and Workflow. Jeanne went on to do more interesting work with Collaborative Systems at Eastman Software, then recognition at Dragon. She is a co-President at Nuance today.

  • Lani Jacobs

    Thank you for including me on your list, I am honored to be amongst this list of impressive and distinguished women. I would also have to give "hats off" to Dannica Singleton, Arlette Cruz and Georgia Bellgarde who help so many of our customers successfully implement and keep ECM running. (They also save my but and help make me look good)
    Dannica Singleton – Open Text Director, Technical Services
    Georgia Bellgarde – Open Text Director, Customer Support
    Arlette Cruz – Technical Consultant

  • http://profile.typepad.com/bellegarde John Bellegarde

    I couldn't agree with Lani more, but it might not have sounded right coming from me!

  • debra power

    I am honored not only to be on the list but to have known and worked with many of these extraordinary women. Thanks for the reminder Cheryl.

  • http://www.aiim.org/standards Betsy Fanning

    Thank you Cheryl. I am honored to be included on your list and with so many wonderful pillars of our ECM industry.

  • http://profile.typepad.com/jamibecker JamiBecker

    This was a sweet find. Many women friends glaze over when I tell them I do CMS development or program iPhone apps and they say how very interesting. My standard reply is…"How socially isolating for me : )!" It is great to know these other women are out there and wonderful for you to highlight them. Many thanks for showing us we are not so alone in our field.

  • Nancy Mancini

    I appreciate the kudos Cheryl. I thank you and all others for shaping who I am today!