VM Blog: "International Women's Day 2026: Industry Leaders Share Insights on Women in Technology and Innovation"

CTO Wendy Frazier shares leadership insights in VM Blog's International Women's Day feature, highlighting how women are driving tech innovation and productivity.

"CTO Wendy Frazier shares leadership insights in VM Blog's International Women's Day feature, highlighting how women are driving tech innovation and productivity. Read the article. 

Enterprise technology today is largely driven by a core mandate: unlock productivity. This is increasingly reshaping leadership across the industry, and more women are stepping into the roles driving it forward. We’re seeing greater representation of women not only in technical roles like front- and back-end engineering, but also in software design, solution-driven architecture, and platform strategy. In decision-making that shapes how organizations operate, how data flows, and how innovation reaches customers, women have a more prominent seat at the table.

Modern software environments demand leaders who are adept at iterating rapidly, learning quickly and recalibrating when plans don’t go as expected. Women have long embodied these traits across industries, but within high-performing technology teams, they’re at an inflection point. As organizations double down on AI, automation, and data-driven decision-making, the next decade of competitive advantage will be shaped by leaders who understand both technical infrastructure and the underlying human impact. The influence of women here will accelerate, strengthening not just the technology itself, but the organizations and markets it serves. -Wendy Frazier, Chief Technology Officer, Brightly Software, a Siemens company"