Welcome to Tech in the Right Direction! Every week, Directions Training President and CEO, Jennifer Didier discusses how women can take tech in the right direction to drive social change and close the employment, pay, and culture gap for women in technology. Whether you’re already an IT Pro, or simply interested in learning more about the profound and intricate world of technology and how women fit in, be sure to tune in.
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Welcome to Tech in the Right Direction! Every week, Directions Training President and CEO, Jennifer Didier discusses how women can take tech in the right direction to drive social change and close the employment, pay, and culture gap for women in technology. Whether you’re already an IT Pro, or simply interested in learning more about the profound and intricate world of technology and how women fit in, be sure to tune in.
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Jennifer Didier gets to know Weili Dai. Hear their conversation about Understanding how to make next-genConversational AI in the metaverse a reality.
Weili Bai Bio:
Weili Dai is one of the most successful women entrepreneurs in the world. Widely considered atechnology visionary, she is the only woman Co-Founder of a global semiconductor company,Marvell Technology Group. For her contributions to technology and society, Newsweek named Ms.Dai one of the “150 Women Who Shake the World” and was profiled by CNN International for theLeading Women Series: Leading the Female Tech Charge, Leading Women Principles Fair and Care,Educating for Future Success, and Leading Women Inspire Others.Forbes Magazine listed Ms. Dai as one of the “World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” and 2021’s“America’s Richest Self-Made Women”. The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) recognized Ms. Daialong with her husband Dr. Sehat Sutardja, Co-Founder and former CEO of Marvell, with theprestigious 2013 Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award, selected due to their exceptionalsuccess in creating Marvell, their individual contributions to today’s modern semiconductor age, aswell as the talents and expertise they’ve continuously leveraged to address and overcome pressingglobal issues like education and smart energy. Ms. Dai was also named to the prestigiousCommittee of 100, an organization representing the most-influential Chinese Americans.Weili Dai holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of California atBerkeley. In recognition of their generosity, her alma mater named Sutardja Dai Hall for Ms. Dai alongwith her husband Sehat Sutardja. Sutardja Dai Hall is home to the Center for Information TechnologyResearch in the Interest of Society (CITRIS). Celebrated as the glue behind her companies, familyand community, Ms. Dai is the proud mother of two sons, Christopher and Nicholas who bothreceived their Ph.D degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley. Ms. Daiwas selected as the first woman commencement speaker for the University of California, Berkeley,College of Engineering graduation ceremony on May 12, 2012.Ms. Dai is the Chairwoman of Lark Health through which she has become a powerful advocate forthe better use of technology to improve the human condition. Ms. Dai continues to have a relentlesspassion to innovate through her various active roles in semiconductor technology and softwarecompanies, including FLC Technology as the Co-Founder and President and Meetkai, as theCo-Founder and Executive Chairwoman where she is leading the charge to make next-genConversational AI in the metaverse a reality.
Tech in the Right Direction
Welcome to Tech in the Right Direction! Every week, Directions Training President and CEO, Jennifer Didier discusses how women can take tech in the right direction to drive social change and close the employment, pay, and culture gap for women in technology. Whether you’re already an IT Pro, or simply interested in learning more about the profound and intricate world of technology and how women fit in, be sure to tune in.