Build innovation through diversity
Let’s work together to create a culture where all technologists — regardless of gender — can achieve their potential and help their teams create the future.
About Telle
Telle Whitney is a true Silicon Valley icon, a vanguard of the women-in-tech movement, and co-founder of Grace Hopper Celebration — the largest gathering of women technologists.
”Telle had the courage to be a pioneer in the advancement of women technologists long before it was an everyday topic.”
— Angela Tucci, CEO, Apto Inc.
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Expertise
Telle is a computer scientist with executive experience in the semiconductor industry. She served as CEO of the Anita Borg Institute from 2002 to 2017, transforming the organization into the world’s leading voice for women and technology. In 1994, Telle co-founded the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing with tech visionary Anita Borg.
AWARD Highlights
elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University, honorary doctorate
Claremont Graduate University, commencement speaker and honorary doctorate
San Jose Business Journal “Top 100 Women of Influence”
Fast Company “Most Influential Women in Technology”
Computer Electronics Show “Women Who Spark”
ACM Distinguished Service Award
IEEE Honorary Membership Award
Current BOARD MEMBERSHIPS
National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) — co-founder
National Medal of Technology Evaluation Committee
Center for Minorities and People with Disability in IT (CMD-IT)
AI4All
Power and Systems
Caltech Information, Science & Technology (IST) Advisory Board
