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The Soul in the Computer: The Story of A Corporate Revolutionary
Barbara Waugh
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BIOGRAPHY Determined from the beginning to put teeth into the idea of "doing well by doing good," Barbara developed HP’s breakthrough programs for women and minority recruiting, mentored outstanding people throughout HP, and received Management Legacy awards from both the HP Technical Women's Conference and the HP Deaf and Hard of Hearing Forum. She co-founded HP’s Sustainability Network, as well as e-Inclusion, a business initiative and program to provide the four billion people at the bottom of the global economic pyramid access to the social and economic opportunities of technology. Barbara is currently a researcher at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, and an hp internal consultant and coach. HP Lab's function is to deliver breakthrough new and advanced technologies and strategies that provide a competitive advantage for HP, and contribute to the world. Among her early accomplishments, Barbara wrote the first feminist newspaper column in the United States. She directed the Center for Women and Religion of the Graduate Theological Union; directed a campus of Cogswell Technical College; taught English, German, Psychology, Sociology and Philosophy in various universities and colleges; and worked as a machinist, an Equal Rights investigator, an actress and a therapist. Barbara has a PhD in Psychology and Organizational Behavior from the Wright Institute in Berkeley (with honors), an MA in Theology and Comparative Literature from the University of Chicago (as a Danforth/Kent Fellow), and an MA in German Literature from Florida State University (Phi Beta Kappa). She has served on the Board of Directors for the State of the World Forum, the Board of Directors for the Pacific Cultural Conservancy International, and the Board of Advisers for the Global Fund for Women. She lives in Northern California with her partner and their two children. ARTICLES/BOOKS WHAT GETS YOU UP IN THE MORNING? |
BARBARA WAUGH