Sandy Carter
Sandra “Sandy” Carter is an American business woman, speaker and author. She was a general manager at IBM from 2013 to 2016, and in April 2017 she became a vice president at Amazon Web Services.[1]
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Education | Duke University, Harvard Business School |
Occupation | Vice President |
Employer | Amazon Web Services |
Children | 2 |
Website | http://sandycarter.net/ |
Biography
Carter holds a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Duke University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She is fluent in eight programming languages.[2] She is the author of five books, including “The New Language of Business: SOA & Web 2.0”, which won the Platinum MarCom Award in 2008, and “The New Language of Marketing 2.0: Social Media”, which won the Silver MarketingSherpa award in 2009.[3]
She is chairman of the board for the non-profit organisation Girls in Tech as well as for the non-governmental organisation WITI (Women in Technology International) and an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley. Carter is also a founder and CEO at Silicon-Blitz and has helped many start-ups and companies with technology, cognitive diversity and innovation.[4][5]
Sandra is currently a member of the advisory board of the Internet of Things Community.[6]
360Fashion Network created a hot pink wireless charging wallet designed by Anina Net, and named "The Sandy" after Carter, one of the world's leading women in technology[7], which is on display in the Museum of Science and Industry Chicago's "Wired to Wear" exhibition and for sale in the MSI Museum Shop.
Recognition
- "Top 3 Innovation Influencer" from SXSW (2017)[8]
- "Brand Leader of the Year" from the "World Brand Congress" (2009)[9]
- Fast Company "Most Influential 'Women' in Technology" (2009)[10]
- CNN Magazine "Ten most powerful women in tech"(2012)[11]
- NAFE "Social Media Star" and "Woman of Excellence" (2012)[12]
- Franz Edelman Laureate for Analytics Innovation[13]
Selected publications
Carter has authored four books “The New Language of Business: SOA & Web 2.0”, which won the Platinum MarCom Award in 2008, and “The New Language of Marketing 2.0: Social Media”, which won the Silver Marketing Sherpa award in 2009,[14] "Get Bold” in 2011, and "Extreme Innovation: 3 Superpowers for Purpose and Profit" released in 2017.
- "The New Language of Business: SOA & Web 2.0.", IBM Press, 2007, ISBN 0-13-195654-X
- "The New Language of Marketing 2.0: How to Use ANGELS to Energize Your Market", IBM Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-13-714249-1
- "Get Bold: Using Social Media to Create a New Type of Social Business”, IBM Press, 2011 ISBN 0-13-261831-1
- "Extreme Innovation: 3 Superpowers for Purpose and Profit", Param Media, 2017 ISBN 0995030278, ISBN 978-0995030275
- "Geek Girls are Chic", e-book, 2015
References
- "The 39 most powerful female engineers of 2018". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- "IBM Archives: IBM Women in technology IBM Women in WITI Hall of Fame profile for Sandy Carter". www.ibm.com. 2003-01-23. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/extreme-innovator-sandy-carter-to-keynote-women-in-the-channels-wicconnect-networking-event-at-channel-partners-evolution-in-austin-2017-08-28
- "Keynote Speaker Sandy Carter - Technology, AI, IoT, Women in Business". Sandy Carter. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
- "Silicon Blitz | Coming Soon". silicon-blitz.com. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
- "About Us". IoT Community® - Internet of Things Community®. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
- amandacosco (2019-03-21). "Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago Launches Wired to Wear Featuring Wearables from 360Fashion Network". Electric Runway. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
- "Sandy Carter". SXSW 2019 Schedule. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- "2009 Brand Leadership Award Winners". World Brand Congress.
- "Women in Tech: The Executives". fastcompany.com. Jan 14, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
- "10 most powerful women in tech". CNN. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- "2012 NAFE (National Association for Female Executives and Entrepreneurs) Women of Excellence".
- "About". Sandy Carter. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
- "MarketingSherpa's 2009 Email Awards Gallery: Get Inspired by These Exceptional Campaigns" (PDF). MarketingSherpa. Retrieved 2009-08-21.