Building on Microsoft's four-year US$1 million commitment to the National Center for Women and Information Technology

And the numbers might even be less for Health Care IT....BD

REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 6, 2007 -- Katie Messerly relishes her role as a program manager in Microsoft’s Live Labs initiative, a cross-company effort bringing together leading-edge researchers and product teams toward developing next-generation internet products and services.

Women hold just 27 percent of computing-related professional positions. At senior levels they’re scarcer still, representing approximately 5 percent and 15 percent of chief technical officers and chief information officers, respectively, in the leading 100 Fortune 500 firms.  Companies also need to pay attention to creating a more female-friendly workplace.

Priming the Pipeline for Women in Computing: Building on Microsoft's four-year US$1 million commitment to the National Center for Women and Information Technology, the company co-hosts the bi-annual conference