Name: AWS Champions of Change | Diversity
Uploaded: 2025-01-21T18:00:00.000Z
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Brooke Cunningham

CMO

LogicMonitor

Yesenia Meneses Juárez

Country Manager México

Escala 24x7 Inc.

Female tech leaders highlight diversity as key to innovative decision-making

The technology industry, particularly cloud computing, has traditionally been male-dominated, but the landscape is evolving as more women take on key roles and drive innovation.Diversity in technology is more than just a matter of representation — it is a catalyst for creativity, problem-solving and progress. When different perspectives come together, companies are better equipped to develop solutions that address a wider range of challenges. In fact, when women and other marginalized groups are not a part of the decision-making process, you can lose a valuable perspective, according to Brooke Cunningham (pictured), chief marketing officer of LogicMonitor Inc

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AWS Champions of Change | Diversity

Brooke Cunningham

CMO LogicMonitor

Yesenia Meneses Juárez

Country Manager México Escala 24x7 Inc.

>> Diversity is so important in technology and for the sake of innovation. In my experience, it's so critical to have a diverse set of individuals with different backgrounds, points of view and experiences so that you can get creative ideas, innovative thinking, and really avoid group think. As a chief marketing officer, this creativity and innovation piece is so essential to ensuring that you have messages that land in different markets around the globe, and that you avoid any unintended misunderstandings or nuances of language that can have a negative impact and that you land a message that really resonates around the globe.

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>> Championing diversity in my sphere, in my career, is something that I put a lot of time and effort into since it really helped me accelerate my career. As a chief marketing officer I started my career many, many years ago as an intern, and through the years I had many individuals that mentored, coached, and advised me as I came up in my career. And that's where I spend a lot of my time to help bring up the next generation of leaders in our organizations, and specifically spending time talking about the things that are happening in the boardroom and in the meetings with executives. So that the next generation of leaders can really learn what's necessary to be successful in those rooms where they may not have had a lot of exposure.

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>> It's really essential that companies like AWS and companies like LogicMonitor continue to work together. It is unfortunate that we do see some companies dialing back on their investments in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and it's so super important that we continue these efforts to ensure that we're leading from the front, that we're bringing all of the great next generation of folks into technology and provide access to opportunities so that we continue to innovate. We have so much exciting things happening in the technology space, and we need to be developing it for all.

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>> One thing I'm so proud of at LogicMonitor is our leadership position in diversity, equity, and inclusion. I am so proud to say that I am one of six women out of nine in our executive team, and this is something that is really unusual to see such a strong leadership from women in the executive team. And so we are really focused on continuing to develop those next generation of leaders with our employee advocacy groups and going back to the mentorship and coaching, really providing opportunities for employees to understand what's next in their career and support them in that journey.

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