{"677474":{"#nid":"677474","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech CS Alumna Celebrated for Pioneering Technical Leadership","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnitaB.org has selected \u003Cstrong\u003EKathy\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EPham\u003C\/strong\u003E, a College of Computing alumna and advisory board member, to receive the 2024 Technical Leadership Abie Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPham (CS 07, M.S. 09) is among the 2024 Abie Award winners announced yesterday at this year\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ghc.anitab.org\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGrace Hopper Celebration (GHC)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E in Philadelphia, PA.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith more than 30,000 attendees and 425 sessions this year, the annual GHC is the largest conference for women and nonbinary people in or pursuing tech careers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPham\u0027s 2024 Technical Leadership Abie Award recognizes the substantial impact of her career, which she has dedicated to expanding access for underrepresented groups and creating ethical and responsible computing solutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAngela\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003ETucci\u003C\/strong\u003E, chairperson of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/anitab.org\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAnitaB.org\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E Board of Trustees, presented Pham with the award as part of GHC\u0027s opening day agenda.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I\u0027m pleased to present the 2024 Abie Award for Technical Leadership to Kathy Pham. She is a pioneer, visionary, and bridge builder,\u0022 said Tucci, CEO Success founder.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETucci added that Pham\u0027s premise that technologists must balance innovation with ethical safeguards is shaping the future of responsible computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Kathy has led cross-functional teams in tech, academia, nonprofits, government, and venture capital, working on ethical and responsible computing. She is also an inaugural board member of Blue Tulip Ventures, which is focused on funding responsible AI companies,\u0022 said Tucci.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/alumna-paying-it-forward-honor-her-mother\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E[RELATED: Alumna Paying it Forward to Honor Her Mother]\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPham attended the Grace Hopper Celebration for the first time in 2004 as a Georgia Tech computer science (CS) major and said the award is significant for her.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I\u0027m honored beyond\u0026nbsp;words. I take all the people before me who paved the way and dedicated to creating paths for future technologists,\u0022 said Pham, Workday vice president for artificial intelligence (AI) and Harvard University faculty.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We have much to celebrate and more work to do to build technology for a flourishing society for all.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It is meaningful to me to recognize that technical leadership is the leadership that honors\u0026nbsp;expertise across disciplines. It understands the power of technology to bring dignity to life and help build a flourishing society,\u0022 she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/alumna-says-we-must-get-past-talk-2022-move-needle-computing-equity\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E[RELATED: Alumna Says We Must \u0027Get Past the Talk\u0027 in 2022 to Move Needle on Computing Equity]\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile at GHC, Pham shared her experiences with Georgia Tech\u0027s student contingent attending the four-day event. The College provided ten scholarships for computing students to participate in GHC this year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Grace Hopper is a conference and community that has pushed me to advance my tech prowess, hone my engineering\u0026nbsp;and product skills, meet collaborators throughout\u0026nbsp;my career, and test new ideas,\u0022 said Pham, who is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hks.harvard.edu\/courses\/product-management-and-society-building-technology-public-interest\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eteaching a course at Harvard\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E this semester that she created.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecent Technical Leadership Abie Award winners include Stanford University Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EFei\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EFei\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003ELi\u003C\/strong\u003E, Coursera Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EDaphne\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EKoller\u003C\/strong\u003E, and AMD Chair and CEO \u003Cstrong\u003ELisa\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003ESu\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKathy\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EPham\u003C\/strong\u003E (CS 07, M.S. 09), Workday vice president for AI and Harvard University faculty member, is being recognized by AnitaB.org \u2013a leading advocacy group for women in technology\u2013 for the substantial impact of her career, which she has dedicated to expanding access for underrepresented groups and creating ethical and responsible computing solutions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"AnitaB.org, a leading advocacy group for women in technology, recently recognized College of Computing Alumna Kathy Pham with its most prestigious award."}],"uid":"32045","created_gmt":"2024-10-11 13:24:51","changed_gmt":"2024-10-11 13:35:39","author":"Ben Snedeker","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-10-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-10-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"675289":{"id":"675289","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech CS Alumna Kathy Pham photo courtesy of GT Alumni Association","body":null,"created":"1728653597","gmt_created":"2024-10-11 13:33:17","changed":"1728653597","gmt_changed":"2024-10-11 13:33:17","alt":"Georgia Tech CS Alumna Kathy Pham photo courtesy of GT Alumni Association","file":{"fid":"258896","name":"Kathy-pham-GTAlumniAssoc-pic_0.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/10\/11\/Kathy-pham-GTAlumniAssoc-pic_0.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/10\/11\/Kathy-pham-GTAlumniAssoc-pic_0.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":45489,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/10\/11\/Kathy-pham-GTAlumniAssoc-pic_0.jpeg?itok=zXgKYgxE"}}},"media_ids":["675289"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"10199","name":"Daily Digest"},{"id":"506","name":"alumni"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBen Snedeker, Communications Mgr.\u003Cbr\u003EGeorgia Tech College of Computing\u003Cbr\u003Ealbert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}