{"id":1101,"date":"2020-09-28T19:22:49","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T02:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/?p=1101"},"modified":"2020-09-28T19:22:51","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T02:22:51","slug":"adriana-gascoigne-founder-of-girls-in-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/2020\/09\/28\/adriana-gascoigne-founder-of-girls-in-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Adriana Gascoigne, Founder of Girls in Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/virtual.educ.ubc.ca\/wp\/etec522\/author\/amanda-klassen\/\">amanda klassen<\/a>&nbsp;on February 2, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/virtual.educ.ubc.ca\/wp\/etec522\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1974\/files\/sites\/1974\/2020\/02\/download.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49478\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Adriana Gascoigne is the founder and CEO of Girls in Tech, a not-for-profit organization that aims to put an end to gender inequality in the technology sector. While Girls in Tech was initially founded in 2007 in San Francisco, it has since grown to include chapters in 33 countries around the world. Through educational events, mentorship, networking, and even venture funding competitions, Girls in Tech empowers women tech entrepreneurs to solidify their ideas, business plans, and networks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adriana Gascoigne received a BA in Sociology with a concentration on organizational development. Most of her career she has worked in tech companies, such as Indiegogo, Oracle, and Change.org. She has also held executive positions at&nbsp;Ogilvy &amp; Mather and Social Gaming Network. In addition recognition as an influential woman in tech, she has also been named one of the most influential Latinos in technology and 2018 Pioneer Leadership Award winner at the Silicon Valley Latino Leadership Summit. Her experience as a woman in the tech sector inspired her to launch Girls in Tech, as she often noted that she was often the only woman in the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Adriana has an impressive leadership resume, she is supported by a team and board of directors that represent some of the biggest names in technology such as Amazon and Cisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out Girls in Tech here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/girlsintech.org\/\">https:\/\/girlsintech.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By&nbsp;amanda klassen&nbsp;on February 2, 2020 Adriana Gascoigne is the founder and CEO of Girls in Tech, a not-for-profit organization that aims to put an end&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/2020\/09\/28\/adriana-gascoigne-founder-of-girls-in-tech\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Adriana Gascoigne, Founder of Girls in Tech<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":74065,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-founders-parade","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74065"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1102,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1101\/revisions\/1102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}