Nancy Wang

Nancy Wang is an American technology business leader and philanthropist. She has led product development at Google, Rubrik, and Amazon, while also founding and serving as the CEO of Advancing Women in Tech (AWIT).[1][2][3] She has received multiple awards and has multiple patents pending.[4][5]

Nancy Wang
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania
TitleGeneral Manager of Data Protection and Governance services at Amazon Web Services; founder and CEO, Advancing Women in Tech

Early life

Wang grew up in Wisconsin. She was admitted to the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a Trustee Scholar and a Benjamin Franklin Honor Scholar.[6] She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, while also studying European History.[7]

Career

After graduation, Wang performed data system integration for the United States government, including the United States Intelligence Community.

From 2014 to 2016, Wang worked at Google Fiber, where she led network infrastructure product development. At that time, she was the first and only female product manager there, as well as the youngest product manager of any gender.[8]

From 2017 to 2019, Wang served as lead product manager at the Silicon Valley unicorn Rubrik.[9]

At time of publication, Wang serves as the General Manager of Data Protection and Governance services at Amazon Web Services.[10]

Impact

Women in Technology

With nearly a decade of work experience in infrastructure product management and engineering under her belt, Wang has witnessed firsthand how few women there are in the technology industry. Her experiences in this heavily male-dominated field have fueled her passion for achieving gender equity in technology.[8]

In 2017, Wang founded Advancing Women in Product (AWIP), now Advancing Women in Tech (AWIT), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization to promote gender equality of opportunity in the technology sector through skills-based education, networking, and mentorship.[11][12]

Thought Leadership

Through her various roles and contributions to discourse on topics ranging from data governance to gender equality in tech to product management, Wang has established herself as a prominent thought leader. She is an expert contributor for Forbes and Built In and has been featured in a number of podcasts and interviews.[2][13][14][15][16][17]

Wang is also passionate about the democratization of high-quality engineering education of the type taught internally at Google and Amazon, and has developed a series of online courses on real-world product management and technical skills.[12]

Wang spearheaded the creation of the Executives In Residence program at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science and is developing a growing network for supporting students and alumni advance their careers in software engineering.[18]

References
  1. Mikel, Betsy (2019-02-25). "Watch Out for 1 Red-Flag Personality Trait, Says a Manager Who's Hired for Amazon and Google". Inc.com. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  2. Wang, Nancy. "Nancy Wang's Forbes Site". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  3. "Advancing Women in Product Rebrands to Shape New Generation of Product Leaders". www.businesswire.com. 2018-07-12. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  4. "Journey to Diversity - DFLA21". Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  5. "Patents by Inventor Zhicong Wang". Justia Patents. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  6. "Nancy Wang - Founder of Advancing Women in Product". IdeaMensch. 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  7. Yu, Peggy (2018-10-10). "Why Women Of Color And Immigrants Need To Get Into Product Roles Now". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  8. Dishman, Lydia (2018-11-14). "The first female product manager at Google built a nonprofit to combat the sexism in tech". Fast Company. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  9. Pompilio, Natalie (2017-10-09). "Equity Investment" (PDF). Wharton Magazine. Wharton External Affairs.
  10. Vertesi, Ambrosia (2020-04-19). "Operator Spotlight: Technical Leader Nancy Wang". Operative Collective. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  11. "About Us". Advancing Women In Tech. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  12. "Advancing Women In Tech Online Courses". Coursera. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  13. Wang, Nancy (2021-07-19). "Evolve Your IT Strategy to Defend Against Ransomware Attacks". Built In. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  14. Ardinger, Brian (2019-11-19). "Amazon's Nancy Wang, Founder of Advancing Women in Product". Inside Outside Innovation Podcast. Episode 174. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  15. Boduch, Eric (2020-06-03). "Nancy Wang, Head of Product and Engineering at AWS Backup". Product Love Podcast. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  16. Hazzard, Tracy (2019-10-16). ""How to Become the Center of Influence By Advancing Women In Product" with Nancy Wang of the Master Of Product Podcast". Medium. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  17. ""Name Dropping: Nancy Wang, Head of Product and Engineering, AWS Backup (Amazon Web Services)". Medium. 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  18. "Executives In Residence". University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
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