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]

Sandra "Sandy" Carter
Sandy Carter at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in November 2011
EducationDuke University, Harvard Business School
OccupationVice President
EmployerAmazon Web Services
Children2
Websitehttp://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

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