WP Engine CEO Heather Brunner Named DivInc Executive of the Year
WP Engine CEO Heather Brunner Named DivInc Executive of the Year
WP Engine CEO Heather Brunner Named DivInc Executive of the Year
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WP Engine CEO Heather Brunner has been named Executive of the Year by DivInc , the first tech pre-accelerator in Texas focused on championing diversity within the startup ecosystem. Their mission is to empower people of color and women entrepreneurs and help them overcome barriers to building successful high growth businesses by providing them with access to education, mentorship, and networks.
At its inaugural Champions of Change Awards , which was held at Austin City Hall last Friday night, DivInc recognized finalists in five categories, including Executive of the Year, Diversity and Inclusion Leader of the Year, Program of the Year, Investor of the Year, and Champion of the Year,...
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The award itself was inspired by recent research conducted by Great Place to Work, which surveyed about 500,000 U.S. employees at nearly 800 public and privately-owned companies—mostly based in the U.S. Employees were asked how often they were included in larger, strategic decisions, whether they
We are proud to announce that our Chief Marketing Officer Mary Ellen Dugan was recognized for her leadership in marketing and across the organization. Since starting at WP Engine in 2016, Mary Ellen has spearheaded many successful marketing initiatives. Some noteworthy achievements include
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A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
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A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
Finally, Hathaway sees this as a unique opportunity for the United States to work with countries around the world, and with organizations on an extremely local level. “We cannot succeed if our government works in isolation,” she added. It requires “leading from the top” from
A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
Melissa Hathaway came across our radar recently when President Obama tasked the former Bush administration aide with leading a 60-day review of Bush’s Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative; a largely classified, purported $30 billion, multi phase plan to address cybersecurity issues
WP Engine CEO Heather Brunner Named DivInc Executive of the Year | Ensure High Contrast for Text Over Images
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Scrolling and Attention (Jakob Nielsen's Original Research Study)
This reluctance to scroll made sense at the time, because people were used to having computers show all their choices. Dialog boxes, CD-ROM multimedia shows, and HyperCard stacks all worked that way, and didn't require scrolling. (Although users sometimes encountered scrolling text fields, they
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The popularity of responsive web design has led to a proliferation of single-column, long-page designs both on mobile and desktop. A consequence of these designs has been the Back to Top button, which is a shortcut that allows users to quickly navigate to the top of the page. When users get at the
