tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799040081147044072024-02-20T12:20:52.031-06:00Today's Women and TechnologyWelcome to Today's Women and Technology where I discuss technology and what is going on in the world around us. Women tend to relate differently than guys to technology. Just because something looks cool - we tend to roll our eyes and say - yea right, and what does it do for me? We also are much less likely to create technology. So we will talk about the glass ceiling issues relative to the technology world. If you ask questions, I'll try to provide some answers. Get ready to have some fun!Kelley Caudlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10211355715449807217noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979904008114704407.post-54433717505017675692008-05-09T15:35:00.003-06:002008-05-09T16:32:07.888-06:00Voter TechnologyThe focus on all the voting and elections has led me to post a blog on the current "state-of-the-art" election systems being put into place throughout the U.S.<br />They all have pluses and minuses so I thought it would be interesting to compare the various technologies in terms for the average person. There are actually very few companies whose technology is used:<br /><br />Premier Election Solutions - previously known as Diebold Election Systems<br />Election Systems & Software - a subsidiary of McCarthy Group Inc.<br />Sequoia Voting Systems - now bought by a group of private investors 11/07<br />Liberty Election Systems<br /><br />ESS, Premier, and Sequoia all offer end-to-end tools to support the election process from voter registration to vote counting.<br /><br />Electronic Poll Systems - <br />ESS, Premier, Sequoia, and Liberty all offer free-standing electronic polling systems. All systems provide printed record as an option.<br /><br />Only Premier and Sequoia offer optical scan systems.<br /><br />The problem that occurs most often in complaints is the lack of a paper trail - however, this is not STANDARD on any of these systems! Counties have choices in many cases as to what options they want to implement - causing a problem in consistency within a given state. <br />The second problem that occurs is the lack of any backup - so if a machine goes down there is no backup system in-place to accept ballots - like paper ballots.<br /><br />One of the things that should be considered by the Federal Elections is an overarching set of requirements that must be put into place throughout the states:<br />- paper trail requirements<br />- security requirements<br />- backup procedures required<br />- ADA compliance<br />Ability to securely tabulate all ballots electronically - paper versions as well as electronic.<br /><br />This would reduce the problems and complaints throughout.Kelley Caudlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10211355715449807217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979904008114704407.post-16733056231929505992008-04-27T08:38:00.008-06:002008-05-09T15:32:10.762-06:00Who Should Obama Choose for VP?<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">This is NOT AN OFFICIAL POLL.<br />Not intended to hurt Clinton's feelings either.<br />Results of the vote may be shared but no other information will be shared.<br /><br />So hey everyone - </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I'm not perfect and I can't think of everyone that could be on this list - so leave me your choice for VP if Obama wins in November.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">This poll might even be useful if Hillary won. So explain your case and what they do now - We won't revise the list if we can't figure out who they are. ;-)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">Bios for people on this list are below the survey in case you don't know them - taken from Wikipedia so no one can complain about bias ;-)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">Thanks!</span><br /><br /><a href="http://mypollcreator.com/results.php?id=2488">Get the Results</a><br><br><br /><br /><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Bill Richardson (D)</b> is currently the Governor of New Mexico (2002).<span style=""> </span>He was a staff member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, worked on congressional relations for the Henry Kissinger State Department during the Nixon Administration.<span style=""> </span>In 1982, he began his 14+ years in U.S. Representative in Congress where he kept his interest in foreign relations. He visited Nicaragua, Guatemala, Cuba, Peru, India, North Korea, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Sudan to represent U.S. interests. He was Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in the 98th Congress (1983–1985) and Chairman of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Native American Affairs in the 103rd Congress (1993–1994).<span style=""> </span>In 1996, he and Peter Bourne engaged in lengthy one-on-one negotiations in Baghdad with Saddam Hussein to secure the release of two American aerospace workers who had been captured by the Iraqis after wandering over the Kuwaiti border. In 1997, he served as Ambassador to the United Nations, and from 1998 to 2001 as the U.S. Secretary of Energy under Clinton. Term limits ends his governorship in 2010.<o:p></o:p></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Hillary Clinton (D)</b> is currently a U.S. Senator from NY.<span style=""> </span>She was the first female partner at Rose Law Firm in 1979. She was the First Lady of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992 and was active in a number of organizations concerned with the welfare of children as well as sitting on the board of Wal-Mart and several other corporate boards.<span style=""> </span>As First Lady of the United States from 1992 to 2000, she played a role in advocating for the establishment of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, the Adoption and Safe Families Act, and the Foster Care Independence Act. Her major initiative, the Clinton health care plan, failed to gain approval by the U.S. Congress in 1994.<o:p></o:p></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b style="">John Edwards (D)</b> is currently works at the One America Committee, a political action committee he established in 2001, and was appointed director of the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law.<span style=""> </span>He was also a consultant for Fortress Investment Group LLC.<span style=""> </span>Starting in 1984 Edwards worked in malpractice law primarily for plaintiffs.<span style=""> </span>In 1993, Edwards began his own firm in Raleigh (now named Kirby & Holt) with a friend, David Kirby. He became known as the top plaintiffs' attorney in North Carolina.<span style=""> </span>In 1998, he won his one term as democratic U.S. Senator from North Carolina where he co-sponsored over 203 bills.<span style=""> </span>He was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004 as well as a Presidential Candidate in 2008.<o:p></o:p></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Kathleen Gilligan Sebelius (D) </b>is currently serving as the Governor of Kansas (2002). She is the second female governor of Kansas, the 2008 respondent to the State of the Union address, and chair-emeritus of the Democratic Governors Association.<span style=""> </span>She was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1986. In 1994 she was elected as the state insurance commissioner.<span style=""> </span>Term limits ends her governorship in 2010.<o:p></o:p></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Mike Easley (D)</b> is currently serving as Governor of North Carolina (2000).<span style=""> </span>Easley was elected District Attorney, one of the youngest ever in the state, in 1982.<span style=""> </span>Easley was elected North Carolina Attorney General in 1992, serving during the administration of Governor Jim Hunt.<span style=""> </span>Term limits ends his governorship in 2008.<o:p></o:p></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Michael Bloomburg (R/D/I)</b> is currently serving as Mayor of New York City, NY.<span style=""> </span>As mayor of New York, Bloomberg declines to receive a city salary, accepting remuneration of $1.00 annually for his services. <span style=""> </span>Bloomberg became a general partner at Salomon Brothers, where he headed equity trading, sales and, systems development. He made his fortune with his own financial software service company, Bloomberg L.P., which he founded in 1981 to sell financial information terminals to Wall Street firms. His company also began a radio network.<span style=""> </span>Bloomburg does not reside in the mayor’s mansion, Gracie Mansion, but at his own home at 17 East 79th Street on the Upper East Side, between Madison and Fifth Avenues. He maintains his home address in the White Pages and rides the subway to his office at City Hall. Bloomberg also owns homes in Britain and in the British territory of Bermuda.<span style=""> </span>He is listed as one of the world’s richest persons.<o:p></o:p></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b>Tim Kaine (D)</b><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 255);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">is currently serving as Governor of Virginia (2006). Kaine practiced law in Richmond for 17 years, representing people denied housing because of race or disability. He was recognized by local, state and national organizations for his fair housing advocacy. He also taught legal ethics for six years at the University of Richmond Law School. In 1994, he was elected to the city council of Richmond. Later he was “elected”/appointed mayor of Richmond by the city council. In 2002, Kaine was elected Lt. Governor of VA. As Governor he is a member of the National Governors Association, the Southern Governors' Association, and the Democratic Governors Association. On January 31, 2006, he gave the Democratic response to President Bush's 2006 State of the Union address. In his response, he claimed the Republicans failed to support bipartisanship in Washington.</span></span><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></p><br />Other suggestions not on the list so far but I've added below in the comments - leave a comment to these post threads if you want one of these.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dennis John Kucinich (D)</span> is an Ohio member of the United States House of Representatives and was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in 2004 and 2008.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gen (4 star retired) Wesley Clark (D) </span>who is currently leads a political action committee, "WesPAC: Securing America," that supported numerous Democratic Party candidates in the mid-term elections.<br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Janet Napolitano (D) </span>is currently governor of the Arizona, elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2006. She is Arizona's third female governor, and the first female to win re-election. Term limits ends her governorship in 2010.</p>Kelley Caudlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10211355715449807217noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979904008114704407.post-28877966857954007482008-01-31T07:19:00.001-06:002008-04-27T09:29:59.283-06:00Presidential Election and TechnologySo one week ago I started working for the Barack Obama campaign. This 45+ year old had NEVER done anything like this before in my life. I looked at the issues and I looked at the candidates. I have been inspired by this man - he makes me weep with joy at the thought how WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. Join the movement - join history in the making!<br /><br />If you click on the link from this header, you can look at his position on technology and the investments he wants to make.<br /><br />You can go to www.barackobama.com to look at all the information regarding this candidate.<br /><br />KelleyKelley Caudlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10211355715449807217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979904008114704407.post-84090603954058982722008-01-31T07:09:00.000-06:002008-01-31T07:17:48.896-06:00You Want To Sell To The Government<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I wrote a book "Why Don't You Just Shoot the Moose?" that is available on Amazon that talks about many of my experiences in selling to the government.<br />I'm in the process of writing a new one about exactly how to manuver through as a small business to sell to the government.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong><em>Anyway, if you have something you might want to sell to the government and it might be useful, let me know.</em></strong> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I have led a lot of technology investment decisions in my life - so I've seen a lot of technology. You never know - you might just be the next Raytheon, Hughes, Boeing, or Lockheed Martin. The hoops you have to jump through make it difficult at best to sell. For people from the commercial sector - you might want to slit your wrists! Women are significantly under represented in sales to the government. So we can discuss what it takes to get there. Where YOU CAN GET HELP to take the idea to the next level.<br /><br />Currently I am helping a small business sell their technology to the government. I took a look at this and new it would revolutionize the way our radar and communications systems work! It was absolutely cool. Imagine a world where my cellphone did not interfere with my network ever. Imagine a world where radars used less power and had better resolution than they ever realized. This technology takes us into a new world - <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">www.s2corporation.com</span><br /><br />This optical signal processor has 20GHz in its first version that just completed a spectacular operational test on TWO completely different radars within two weeks! One radar operated at C band which is at the lower end of the spectrum and the other operated at Ku band which is above X. So very cool. They also have a 250GHz Spectrum Analyzer in the lab they are working on ... What amazing technology! Check them out.<br /><br />Kelley<br /></span>Kelley Caudlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10211355715449807217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979904008114704407.post-60245510539755048962007-06-27T07:14:00.001-06:002007-06-27T07:19:08.884-06:00Broadcast Multi-media OutletsSo that you realize my technology includes the ability to translate multi-media into lots of different languagues. This will be the up and coming wave of the future - especially now that we have web-based TV outlets starting up.<br />Anyway - I've been off trying to get my agreements signed with three companies that will be providing live streaming mechanisms to also provide simultaneous translation - how cool is that?<br />The live broadcast systems are in trouble and technologies such as this will surely force the major broadcasting systems to either change or get help from the federal government - they lose their revenue stream constantly. Even major events such as the SuperBowl are starting to lose revenue for the network broadcast as people get into the internet technologies.<br />What do you think - can they survive in the face of the technology breakthroughs?Kelley Caudlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10211355715449807217noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979904008114704407.post-54353237260833644352007-06-27T07:12:00.000-06:002007-06-27T07:13:45.037-06:00Off-line for a couple of weeksOk - rough start since I went off on a project for a couple of weeks. I've got to make these blogs shorter!Kelley Caudlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10211355715449807217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979904008114704407.post-46903287678416375972007-06-12T17:00:00.000-06:002007-06-12T17:13:03.740-06:00Local Small Business ResourcesToday on one my listgroups, there was a question about how to get on a schedule for the government. Personally I don't think a schedule is always that useful at least for a company that is starting out but it is another way for a customer to get to you if you want to sell within the public sector. Today I'll show you some local resources that any small business can reach-out to get yes "FREE" help. This is not completely true across the board as some charge minor fees. But the costs are fairly low.<br /><br />If you want to work in the defense sector, you can contact a Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC).<br /><a href="http://www.dla.mil/db/procurem.htm">http://www.dla.mil/db/procurem.htm</a><br /><br />For any small business, you can contact a Small Business Development Center.<br /><a href="http://www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/sbdc/index.html">http://www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/sbdc/index.html</a><br /><br />For woman-owned businesses, you may contact a women's business center.<br />(The SBA website is broken) so I would google WBC or look them up in your local phonebook. They are not in every location.<br /><br />Also a final resource is SCORE,<br /><a href="http://www.score.org/">http://www.score.org/</a><br /><br />Hopefully this is helpful advice to my average readers.Kelley Caudlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10211355715449807217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979904008114704407.post-13329241766596989862007-06-11T18:02:00.000-06:002007-06-11T19:24:27.549-06:00Small Business Technology<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Today, a business associate showed some interesting technology relative to security. While it was interesting, it appeared to be not quite ready for prime-time as I put it. It was not evident from the technical papers that there was actually a developed product or that it was a paper product. There is unfortunately a big difference for most investors. I couldn't tell where it really was in the development cycle (we refer to it as the maturity level) and had to have them get more information back to me. I had seen what appeared on the surface relatively similar technology that was already commercialized. I also found out they had no patents or copyrights - and told them to get some research concerning their rights. So I sent back a set of questions to address, we'll see what their answers are.<br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>But interestingly enough some of my "FREE" advice had to do with getting government funding</strong> <strong>- pay attention here all you inventors because I'm giving you the same free advice</strong>.</span> Their particular technology was applicable to homeland security applications. I discussed with their representative that we might want to team with them to identify some research funding if this was only at the paper level after we got more information. These programs would help an investor reduce their risk slightly of starting with a paper product to explore the commercialization of it. Added benefit, you get to keep your technology also! So if you want to know more about the small business research programs you can go to the provided header link or go to <a href="http://www.sba.gov/SBIR">http://www.sba.gov/SBIR</a>. The two programs are:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><ul><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH (SBIR) and only small businesses can apply.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (STTR) which is still small business but now they need a university partner to win the award.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Another critical factor for award is that the company really NEEDS to have an investor / company who wants to take the product commercial and can see the use of the technology both in the government and commercial sector. The larger investor / company doesn't get to play until later phases of the programs - they just need to provide you a letter stating they want it and they can provide the additional commercial funding side of the program at the later phase. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />I'll talk a little about a good technology investment company role. They should have a wide range of product portfolios across risky to non-risky investments. It can't all be non-risky because if it was, the investment won't make as much money. The key is to invest in break-through and disruptive technology to maximize the return on investment (ROI) early in the game. To recognize that it is, or maybe to even recognize that it might be applied in the wrong sector is almost an art form. Technology that might not quite be on the cusp is less risky but you end up needing more investment money potentially to get it commercially completed or marketed. Because inventors tend to spend all their money creating their "baby", they don't tend to have the marketing resources to get the $$ rolling in. That is the role of any good technology investment team. Creation of a "win-win" situation for everyone and not just the investor. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Pretty darned cool but realize at the same time this can be a pain in the backside if you haven't dealt with government agencies - but hey you get to keep this money without losing any of your company - can't complain too much!</span>Kelley Caudlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10211355715449807217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979904008114704407.post-28106584457582873732007-06-10T05:21:00.000-06:002007-06-10T05:23:05.588-06:00Women In TechnologyI've been working in technology and in a heavily male dominated field - I was the ONLY woman in many cases. In fact, in my first job I was the only female technical employee of 500. That was an interesting statistic. So if you are a woman working in the technology field - let me know about your job and what you like / don't like about it. I believe many of the problems of small numbers stem from the earliest age of childhood, through lack of exposure and education. Parents should encourage technology exploration in their kids - this results in increased curiosity and later more education in technical fields of study. An interesting statistic recently from Sigma Pi Sigma (Physics society) is that 4% of the U.S. Physicists are women but women are 42% of the physicist in Europe! What is it about society that creates numbers like these? The U.S. has a huge problem today that is growing of ANYONE going into technical fields of study regardless of gender. These discussions will make for some interesting posts and some interesting technology discussions. I really believe women look at technology differently and they have fewer opportunities to excel.<br /><br /><strong><em>FACT: Women have less access to capital to grow and develop technology companies. So if you have some interesting technology you helped develop, let me know.</em></strong><br /><br />We'll examine the technology in terms of how it is used now and how it might be used in the future and the issues related to capital and society.Kelley Caudlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10211355715449807217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979904008114704407.post-9512546943615554122007-06-10T05:12:00.000-06:002007-06-10T05:38:59.133-06:00Invest In Military and Space Technology?Just after leaving my laboratory job, I worked for a company where I was asked to create a way to run a missile simulation for the U.S. government. At that point in time, computer technology was extremely limited - in fact the computers did not have "virtual" memory. We had about 8 to 16 kilobits of addressable memory per application (talk about efficiency!) So I called up DEC and asked if they had anything that would allow me to use or address multiple memory segments. They said no, but if I figured it out to call them back. So I researched the technology and created a master controller program that allowed memory to be controlled by one segment that swapped and shared memory across multiple segments while code waited until information was ready, executed and wrote back to memory. After I created this, I wrote up the design and published it internal to the government. I called DEC back and told them that I was able to do it but couldn't release the information. DEC did a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, and got the detailed technical description and the rest is history. The VAX computer was born and today programs use virtual memory like it was never an issue. (Look at how much memory the Microsoft operating systems use!) Would this technology have been created without this investment by the government? Probably yes but maybe not quite as quickly. We certainly wouldn't be where we are today. I have a lot of past examples of technology from the sector.<br /><em></em><br /><em><strong>Question: Should we invest in military and space technology? Or should we dump it all and focus on commercial applications? Let me know what you think.</strong> </em><br /><em><br /></em>If you have technology that started off in the military / space technology sector but you think it needs to move into the commercial sector - I'd like to know about it. If you have commercial technology you think should go into the government - also let me know.Kelley Caudlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10211355715449807217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979904008114704407.post-40158996394086001792007-06-09T09:58:00.000-06:002007-06-10T14:09:59.199-06:00You Want to Sell Your Idea to the Government?<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I wrote a book "Why Don't You Just Shoot the Moose?" that is available on Amazon. But when I write another one - I've decided the next title will question your sanity. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong><em></em></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong><em>Anyway, if you have something you might want to sell to the government and it might be useful, let me know.</em></strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I have led a lot of technology investment decisions in my life - so I've seen a lot of technology. You never know - you might just be the next Raytheon, Hughes, Boeing, or Lockheed Martin. The hoops you have to jump through make it difficult at best to sell. For people from the commercial sector - you might want to slit your wrists! Women are significantly under represented in sales to the government. So we can discuss what it takes to get there. Where YOU CAN GET HELP to take the idea to the next level.</span>Kelley Caudlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10211355715449807217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-979904008114704407.post-71977360887998131742007-06-09T06:38:00.000-06:002007-06-10T05:49:45.442-06:00My Initial Post and Renewable Energy<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Technology is cool but at the same times it creates challenges. Does it really help increase our quality of life? Sometimes the answer is no! Personally, I believe that technology should never be created for technology's sake. There must be a vision and a goal in mind! Throughout my career, I created a lot of really neat technology. In fact, a lot of it is now sitting at the Smithsonian, and no my picture is very current! I was just in the right place at the right time when I was just out of school. As part of my blog, I want to open discussion on what technology investments should be made and examine global strides to achieve these overall visions and goals.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#000066;"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Renewable Energy Technology Investment</span></strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">When I was just out of college, I worked in a renewable energy laboratory. It was so cool and so much money was being invested at the time because of the cost of oil. IF we had kept investing in that technology instead of stopping investments around 1985 - we would be much better off today! However, many of the advanced countries didn't - so today we're in the midst of playing catchup to 20 years of wasted time in moving this technology forward. That is sad, but it's water under the bridge. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong><em>So how do we go forward? What technologies should we be focusing on with the goal of lowering power costs, reducing waste and environmental impact, and reducing our dependency on non-renewable resources?</em></strong> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Tell me what you think and I'll discuss some of the issues surrounding current renewable energy investments and what we need to be looking around for!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em><strong>Hope you enjoyed my initial post and I'll be continuing discussions and adding new subjects as we go. Kelley</strong></em></span>Kelley Caudlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10211355715449807217noreply@blogger.com0