Passing the decade mark, non-profit group Girls in Tech Inc.’s focus on the engagement, education, and empowerment of women in technology is just as relevant today as it was in 2007, according to Sandy Carter (pictured, right), vice president of enterprise workloads at Amazon Web Services Inc. and chairman of the board at Girls in Tech.

“It’s so powerful that [Girls in Tech] really focused on young women, millennial women, who are looking to become business owners, leaders, entrepreneurs and who want to apply technology to make themselves more competitive,” Carter said. “We can share experiences as experienced businesswomen with [them] so that they can learn and grow from that.”

Carter spoke with Jeff Frick (@JeffFrick), host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile livestreaming studio, during the Girls in Tech Catalyst Conference in San Francisco. They discussed the goals of Girls in Tech and how the company continues to gain support. (* Disclosure below.)

A two-prong mission

Corporate sponsorship has increased at the Girls in Tech Catalyst conference, and innovation and diversity in the workplace is the reason, according to Carter.

“Ninety-three percent of CEOs said that innovation is their number-one competitive advantage,” Carter said. “Innovation is really about having a diversity of thought, and so having women, having different colleges, having different sexual orientation, just diversity really helps you to innovate.”

With growing support, Girls in Tech continues to focus on and to express its two-prong mission. One prong is for entrepreneurs in technology. “You’re seeing us really emphasize classes and things like our Amplify event where we have women come and pitch ideas that really grow that side of business,” Carter said.

The second prong is focused on technology and coding. “So we’ve got classes. We’ve got things with AWS, like We Power Tech, so that women can learn technology and use it for their competitive advantage,” Carter stated. “So while it seems like we’re doing a lot of things, it’s really around that two-prong mission, entrepreneurship and a coding technology focus,” she concluded.

Watch the complete video interview below, and be sure to check out more of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE’s coverage of the Girls in Tech Catalyst Conference. (* Disclosure: TheCUBE is a paid media partner for the Girls in Tech Catalyst Conference. Neither Girls in Tech, the event sponsor, nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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