Nancy Wang is an American cloud technology executive and philanthropist. She has led product development at Google, Rubrik, and Amazon, while also founding and serving as the CEO of Advancing Women in Tech (AWIT).[1] She has received multiple awards and has multiple patents pending.[2][3]
Nancy Wang | |
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 Nancy Wang speaking at the 2023 University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Ceremony | |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
| Title | General Manager of Data Protection and Governance services at Amazon Web Services; founder and Board Chair, Advancing Women in Tech |
| Awards | Entrepreneur's Top 100 Women of Impact 2021 |
Early life
editWang grew up in Wisconsin. She attended the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a Trustee Scholar and a Benjamin Franklin Honor Scholar.[4] She graduated from the School of Engineering and Applied Science while also studying European History.[citation needed]
Career
editAfter graduation, Wang performed data system integration for the United States government, including the United States Intelligence Community.
From 2014 to 2016, Wang worked at Google Fiber, where she led network infrastructure product development. At that time, she was the first and only female product manager there, as well as the youngest product manager of any gender.[5]
From 2017 to 2019, Wang served as lead product manager at the Silicon Valley unicorn Rubrik.[6]
From 2019 to 2022, Wang served as the General Manager of Data Protection and Governance services at Amazon Web Services.[7]
Wang is currently a venture partner at Felicis Ventures.[8]
Impact
editWith nearly a decade of work experience in infrastructure product management and engineering under her belt, Wang has witnessed firsthand how few women there are in the technology industry. Her experiences in this heavily male-dominated field have fueled her passion for achieving gender equity in technology.[5]
In 2017, Wang founded Advancing Women in Product (AWIP), now Advancing Women in Tech (AWIT), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization to promote gender equality of opportunity in the technology sector through skills-based education, networking, and mentorship.[9][10]
Wang is also passionate about the democratization of high-quality engineering education of the type taught internally at Google and Amazon, and has developed a series of online courses on real-world product management and technical skills.[10]
Wang spearheaded the creation of the Executives In Residence program at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science and is developing a growing network for supporting students and alumni advance their careers in software engineering.[11]
References
edit- ^ Mikel, Betsy (2019-02-25). "Watch Out for 1 Red-Flag Personality Trait, Says a Manager Who's Hired for Amazon and Google". Inc.com. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
- ^ "Journey to Diversity - DFLA21". Retrieved 2021-12-19.
- ^ "Patents by Inventor Zhicong Wang". Justia Patents. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
- ^ "Nancy Wang - Founder of Advancing Women in Product". IdeaMensch. 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
- ^ a b Dishman, Lydia (2018-11-14). "The first female product manager at Google built a nonprofit to combat the sexism in tech". Fast Company. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
- ^ Pompilio, Natalie (2017-10-09). "Equity Investment" (PDF). Wharton Magazine. Wharton External Affairs.
- ^ Vertesi, Ambrosia (2020-04-19). "Operator Spotlight: Technical Leader Nancy Wang". Operative Collective. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
- ^ Bogoslaw, David (2024-05-11). "New Felicis venture partner Nancy Wang points start-ups toward AWS". Venture Capital Journal. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
- ^ "About Us". Advancing Women In Tech. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
- ^ a b "Advancing Women In Tech Online Courses". Coursera. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
- ^ "Executives In Residence". University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2021-12-19.