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At Cognizant Softvision, we believe in the importance of a diverse workforce, and the positive impact women have when it comes to tech leadership and innovation. We celebrate the achievements and progress women make in the field of technology, and we work hard every day to close the digital skills gender gap by encouraging and inspiring women to choose a career in engineering.

Of our top management is represented by women.

Of our female Softvisioners are in tech-related roles.

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Throughout the month of March at Cognizant Softvision, we #ChooseToChallenge inequality, call out bias, question stereotypes, and address all forms of gender inequity.
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Aligned with the International Women’s Day (<a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.internationalwomensday.com/About" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IWD</a>) campaign, on March 8th, our core values came alive through the silhouette of women. To celebrate the nearly 1,000 women in nine countries working at Cognizant Softvision, all Softvisioners -regardless of their gender- were invited to share a photo and an inspirational quote to take part in our posters and social media feed. 
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Softvioners were also encouraged to change their zoom background and social media profile picture as an excuse to start the conversation about women and gender equality with their clients and colleagues.

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<a href="http://inwed.org.uk/about.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">International Women in Engineering Day (INWED)</a> began eight years ago with a simple mission: raise awareness of women in engineering, and help bring much needed attention to all of the exciting career opportunities available to women and girls.
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In years past, we’ve held internal celebrations and external events, all of which were supported with social media campaigns. Last year, we showcased the essence of our women engineers “new normal” due to COVID-19, sharing one specific image and picture that best depicts their lives nearly 120 days into a completely distributed team (and shelter in place) environment brought on by the pandemic.
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Curated by our talented Buenos Aires-based visual designer, Paula Fernandez, the photos were  captured via Zoom, demonstrating a beautiful and arresting mosaic that showcases how Cognizant Softvision women engineers work, play, teach, cope, and how they take care of themselves and their families during these difficult times. The <a href="https://cognizantsoftvisionevents.com/womeninengineeringday" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“New Normal” photo exhibit </a>featured 47 women and won 3rd place at the <a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.cognizantsoftvision.com/news-posts/our-celebration-of-international-women-in-engineering-day-among-the-winners-of-webstock-awards/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Webstock Awards Gala for the ‘Best use of photography’ category</a>.
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In 2021, for the second consecutive year, we celebrate virtually, and we’re excited to showcase the essence of our #EngineeringHeroes as they share their two worlds &#8211; working and enjoying their passions outside of work. We invited women from all over the globe to share their pictures, and the result was an amazing “double exposure” image representing the heroes that they are. Check out the gallery here: 
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The COVID-19 lockdown didn’t stop Avigail, Nastassia, Naomi, Tasfia and Sukhnandan from experiencing what working in a big tech company is like. As the second time Cognizant Softvision collaborated with <a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://witny.tech.cornell.edu/">Break Through Tech</a>, the partnership brought together five young women for hands-on training during one of the most unprecedented years in American history.
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In 2020 the three week internship program debuted with a traditional in person<a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.cognizantsoftvision.com/news-posts/witny-winterns-program-debuts-at-hudson-yards-studio/"> experience</a> at <a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.cognizantsoftvision.com/studios/new-york/">Hudson Yards studio</a> in New York. However, the normality defied the 2021 winterns and the Cognizant Softvision team, requiring participants to transition to an online version. 
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From January 4-22, the five students at NYC-based universities went through different training sessions and workshops, coupling them with mentors to help empower them as a digital engineering <a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.cognizantsoftvision.com/pods/">Agile pod</a>.
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Women took the stage in <a href="https://cognizantsoftvisionevents.com/programmersweek" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Programmers’ Week 2020</a>, a weeklong celebration dedicated to the programmers of the world and their amazing contributions to the industry. As the sixth edition of Cognizant Softvision’s largest technical event ramped up last September, 45 women out of 140 Softvisioners shared their knowledge and expertise delivering internal and external tech talks.
Programmers’ Week 2020 edition also included our first <a href="https://www.cognizantsoftvision.com/blog/women-put-diversity-on-the-table-for-discussion-during-programmers-week-2020/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">women in engineering panel</a>. With nearby 300 global attendees, Softvisioners <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/in%C3%A9s-casares-0b6194a/?originalSubdomain=ar" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ines Casares</a>, Head of Studios America, and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariahostiuc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maria Hostiuc</a>, Head of Studio Experience, talked with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/minervatantoco/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Minerva Tantoco</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/agustinafainguersch/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Agustina Fainguersch</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/annemarie-ferraro-6491894/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Annemarie Ferraro</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/silviastegaru/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Silvia Cristina Stegaru</a> about role models in STEM and career shifts from hard core engineering into other roles and other challenges women may face in the industry
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45 women took the stake in Programmers’ Week 2020

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Andres Angelani is the Chief Executive Officer of Cognizant Softvision (a division of Cognizant Digital Business). He is a proven leader at blending design and engineering disciplines that not only boost business performance, but also help organizations build modern business that can seize the potential of the digital revolution. 

Andres became CEO of Softvision in March of 2017. He continued in this role through the company’s acquisition by Cognizant in late 2018. Prior to Softvision, Andres was one of Globant's pioneers and served as the Chief Solutions Officer. He successfully created multi-million-dollar practices and fostered a culture of continuous discovery where design, technology, process and talent blended to drive digital innovation at scale for the company’s marquee global clients. He held other positions at Synthesis Information Technology, Electronic Data Systems and Sistemas Estratégicos.
 
His second book, Transforming While Performing: How To Create A Culture of Innovation With Partners, was published in October of 2019, and aggregates many years of experience in building innovation cultures with his clients. The book received endorsements from analysts, editors and tech influencers. The book was a winner of the 2020 International Book Awards in the General Business category, and was a finalist for the 2019 Best Book Awards. Andres also found time to write an extra chapter to the book, specifically covering how to transform your organization in the midst of COVID-19. Within 48 hours of shelter-in-place orders due to the coronavirus, Andres was able to move the entire Cognizant Softvision operation to a completely remote environment, and helped counsel clients on best practices to move their business and staff to a work-from-home and distributed team model.

Andres' first book, The Never-Ending Digital Journey: Creating New Consumer Experiences Through Technology, was published in 2016, and describes his method to build high performance teams and top notch software products. In 2019, Andres was recognized by the Hispanic IT Executive Council (HITEC) as one of the top 100 technology executive leaders that happen to be Hispanic. Andres is a frequent speaker and thought leader on how to scale digital innovation in organizations, and was recently featured at The Programmer’s Week Conference in Romania, CDX / Techonomy event in New York, and Tech Up for Women. He is also a member of the Alliance of Chief Executives and the Forbes Technology Council.
 
Andres currently lives in New York and has American, Italian and Argentinean citizenships. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from University of Belgrano in Buenos Aires. He enjoys cross-fit training, running, skiing with his wife, Laura, and their four kids. He is also passionate about classical music, and has played the piano from a very young age.

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