It is often said that the participation of female in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) is very less and weak. Comparatively, the presence of the female in STEM is less, but there are some few females who are ruling this field and working as a role model.
Like earlier years, this time to Business Insider has prepared a list of 39 influential female engineers. Those engineers are working in well known and high-level companies carrying significant roles. Among those 39 most potent female engineers, the top 10 are listed below.
Under her leadership, SpaceX was the first private company to send a satellite into geostationary orbit, too. Setting new standards is one of her favorite things about the job, with milestones like “landing a first-stage booster on a drone ship and land, re-flying a rocket, launching Falcon Heavy, the most powerful rocket currently in operation,” she tells us.
In 2016, when she was promoted, GM built a record of 10 million vehicles. After the promotion, Boler Davis earned the prestigious 2018 Black Engineer of the Year, award. And “Automotive News“ named her it’s 2017 All-Star in Manufacturing.
No. 3: Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Melinda Gates has long been one of the most influential women on the planet. Her position of wealth and privilege gives her access to the most influential people on the earth, which she’s used to furthering her philanthropy work.
But in 2018, she started looking at a problem near and dear to her heart: the lack of women in tech. And now she’s doing something unique, with vast potential to tip the scales. She is investing her money as a limited partner into venture funds that are run by women and who, as a natural byproduct, back more women-led and minority-led startups.
No. 4: Priya Balasubramaniam, VP of Core Technologies Operations & iPhone Operations, Apple
Priya Balasubramaniam is vice president of Apple’s iPhone operations, meaning she oversees Apple’s massive supply chain for manufacturing iPhones.
Last year, she was awarded an honorary doctorate of engineering from Michigan State University, where she earned her MBA in supply chain management in 2001.
She’s received Booz Allen’s most prestigious customer service award for her work.
No. 6: Diane Bryant, COO, Google Cloud
Diane Bryant is Google Cloud’s Chief Operating Officer, joining Google in November.
Bryant joined Google in November after spending her entire 30-year-plus career at Intel, where she rose to lead one of the chipmaker’s most important businesses, the Data Center Group.
No. 7: Denise Dumas, VP of Operating System Platform, Red Hat
Denise Dumas is the vice president of Operating System Platform at Red Hat where she is responsible for the company’s flagship product Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
As a manager, she says she focuses on making sure “that people have opportunities for challenging and interesting work,” adding that, “helping people experiment and move faster to find the best ideas and implement them, is a huge motivator for me.”
No. 8: Anjul Bhambhri, Vice President of Platform Engineering, Adobe
Anjul Bhambhri is vice president of Cloud Platform Engineering at Adobe, where she leads a global engineering team of over 300 people.
She’s responsible for Adobe’s Cloud Platform service, which allows Adobe’s customers to store and crunch through data to help them run their business.
Her team is also working on next-generation technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning.
No. 9: Paula Smith Hartley, VP and General Manager, Lockheed Martin
Paula Hartley is the general manager of Lockheed Martin’s Rotary and Mission Systems business and vice president of the Advanced Product Solutions unit.
Her team builds technology used in military communications, security, airplane cockpits, surveillance, and weapons.
In 2017, her team delivered to the army the most powerful laser ever created — twice as powerful as an earlier laser that took out an army truck a mile away in a demonstration.
No. 10: Corlis Murray, Senior VP, Quality, Regulatory and Engineering Services, Abbott
Corlis Murray is responsible for Abbott’s engineering services including regulatory, quality assurance and global security for all of the company’s businesses in more than 150 countries.
She’s been using her position of power to pull others forward, too. In 2012, she launched Abbott’s high school STEM internship program to expose students from all backgrounds to tech careers.
