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Kathleen Martin
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While women are certainly a minority among hardware designers, their leadership and design feats are driving innovation and expanding the talent pool of engineers.
It’s no secret that women tend to be underrepresented in the tech industry and even more so in hardware design. Yet, when it comes to the Newlab, a Brooklyn-based tech lab, you don’t have to look far to find women in leadership positions.
As part of All About Circuits' tour of the Newlab, we had the chance to interview Deren Güler, CEO of Teknikio. In this article, we’ll take a look at the technology of this company with an ambitious female founder at its helm.
Teknikio Makes STEM Available to Both Girls and Boys
Deren Güler is the CEO and founder of Teknikio—a STEM education company focused on engaging children and young girls in particular. The inspiration for Teknikio was born from the glaring inequities in marketing for STEM educational tools.
“You walk through a store and there's a pink aisle and a blue aisle," Güler says. “I thought it was strange that there wasn’t that much STEM in the pink aisle.”
The goal for Güler became clear: create a STEM company that offers children starter kits and resources that aren’t complicated, daunting, or gender-specific. This mission drove Teknikio’s flagship product: the Bluebird.
Continue reading: https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/women-in-tech-are-moving-the-needle-at-brooklyns-newlab-tech-lab/
It’s no secret that women tend to be underrepresented in the tech industry and even more so in hardware design. Yet, when it comes to the Newlab, a Brooklyn-based tech lab, you don’t have to look far to find women in leadership positions.
As part of All About Circuits' tour of the Newlab, we had the chance to interview Deren Güler, CEO of Teknikio. In this article, we’ll take a look at the technology of this company with an ambitious female founder at its helm.
Teknikio Makes STEM Available to Both Girls and Boys
Deren Güler is the CEO and founder of Teknikio—a STEM education company focused on engaging children and young girls in particular. The inspiration for Teknikio was born from the glaring inequities in marketing for STEM educational tools.
“You walk through a store and there's a pink aisle and a blue aisle," Güler says. “I thought it was strange that there wasn’t that much STEM in the pink aisle.”
The goal for Güler became clear: create a STEM company that offers children starter kits and resources that aren’t complicated, daunting, or gender-specific. This mission drove Teknikio’s flagship product: the Bluebird.
Continue reading: https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/women-in-tech-are-moving-the-needle-at-brooklyns-newlab-tech-lab/
