Was 2015 the year of women in tech? Over the past year, theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, sat down with dozens of women at various events and discovered that women are beginning to rock the technology sector in a big way. Women are invading what were predominantly male roles, such as programmers, developers, leaders of companies and industry leaders.

Here are some of the notable most interviews conducted on theCUBE in 2015:

Brianna Wu

When you think of game developers, you often think of young guys working out programming scenarios of car races or mortal combat. Brianna Wu, head of development for game developer Giant Spacekat, joined theCUBE during The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference to prove that in 2015 there is girl power involved with gaming.

Read the article or watch the video below to hear about the future of gaming, the integration of virtual reality and augmented reality, improving interfaces, and bringing more interpersonal relations to gaming.

Isis Anchalee 

To quote John Furrier, cohost of theCUBE, “Women are kicking ass in technology.” The proof is available in watching many of the interviews conducted by theCUBE in 2015. Isis Anchalee, platform developer at OneLogin, Inc. spoke to theCUBE during the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing event about the need to attract women to the industry through acceptance.

Read the article and watch the interview below to learn why the originator of #ilooklikeanengineer Twitter campaign is putting a thousand faces in the industry online to inspire all people regardless of gender or culture.

Gunjan Aggarwal 

Many industry leaders and interviews on theCUBE in 2015, spoke about diversity producing better outcomes for companies and the technology industry as a whole. During the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2015 conference, Gunjan Aggarwal, VP of HR and head of talent acquisition, diversity recruiting, and mergers and acquisitions at Ericsson, spoke to theCUBE about drawing women into jobs within the technology sector.

Read the article and watch the interview below as Aggarwal clarified the importance of helping women within organizations grow and develop professionally.

Nancy Pearson

When Nancy Pearson, chief marketing officer of IBM Cloud, caught up with theCUBE at IBM InterConnect , she said that her company’s focus was on cloud business applications. Pearson noted that disruption in the industry is not only tech-based, but as she sees it the route to innovation is to be a “business model disruptor.”

Read the article and watch the interview below where Pearson explained the importance of leveraging cloud to increase revenue streams around core competencies.

Jayshree Ullal

At VMworld 2015, theCUBE, spoke with Jayshree Ullal, president and CEO of Arista Networks, Inc. to discuss modern networking. Ullal, who is a leader in the networking space, stated that Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is no longer marketing hype but a reality that gives the company’s clients openness and the ability to program.

Read the article and watch the interview below where Ullal also discussed the best way to entice young people into the industry.

Amber Armstrong  

The use of social media is helping the enterprise to engage customers in new and valuable ways. At IBM InterConnect, theCUBE interviewed Amber Armstrong, IBM’s social business program director, who defined how the team she leads is developing new methods of engagement and crowd-activated innovation for the enterprise.

Read the article and watch the interview below and see how Armstrong is “starting the conversations early, often and (making them) really engaging.”

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