Business Chief USA October 2019

“The WIT Network
offers us the ability
to support, not only
our female employees,
but also our entire
management team,
who are focused on
diversity and inclusion”
—
Vicki Thomson,
Chief People Officer, New Signature
mentors’ groups of female students
and is a member of the Alberta chapter
of the WIT Network, with the aim of
bringing together women and girls in
the province who are interested, or
already working in technology. The WIT
Network has over 80 chapters
worldwide, in more than 30 countries,
offering programs, mentorship and
inspiration for all ages and stages in a
women’s career in tech. “The WIT
Network offers us the ability to support,
not only our female employees, but
also our entire management team, who
are focused on diversity and inclusion.
Every current and new female employee
will receive a welcome package which
includes their WIT Network membership
benefits,” comments Vicki Thomson,
Chief People Officer at New Signature,
a cloud-first, full-service, Microsoft
partnered technology solutions company.
Knight plans to continue campaigning
for a brighter future for women in
technology. As with all people who
work to build a better future, a large
part of her motivation comes from the
desire to improve the lot of future
generations. “I hope I am a part of the
solution,” she says. “I’m also very eager
to see the next generation grow. When
my daughter was two, I saw her trying
to stretch an image in a book to make it
bigger. She’s grown up with tech all
around her, today’s children have so
much access to easy to use devices.
The fact that there’s no gender bias
there – no one is telling little girls today
that iPhones are for boys - is
something that makes me really
excited about the future.”
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