{"id":24375,"date":"2020-07-17T14:42:24","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T13:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/resources\/women-in-technology-anna-strupiedchowska-anns1spotlight-on-women-in-tech-anna-strupiedchowska-of-anns1\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T16:32:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T15:32:22","slug":"women-in-technology-anna-strupiedchowska-anns1spotlight-on-women-in-tech-anna-strupiedchowska-of-anns1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/resources\/women-in-technology-anna-strupiedchowska-anns1spotlight-on-women-in-tech-anna-strupiedchowska-of-anns1\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on Women in Tech: Anna Strupiechowska of ANNS1"},"content":{"rendered":"

At License Dashboard we are, and always have been passionate about creating and maintaining a diverse place of work. One of our employees has been working with the Women in Technology Community<\/a> by building a space where women can support each other, share advice and work to narrow the gender gap.<\/p>\n

We asked some esteemed women within the IT industry to tell us a bit about their experiences within the workplace. Here\u2019s what Anna Strupiechowska of ANNS1 said:<\/p>\n

When did you first start in the IT industry and what drew you to it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My IT journey started 12 years ago after moving from the FMCG sector. I was inspired by technology, how fast it changes and its huge impact on business, environment and the world.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
As a woman, have you faced any challenges within working environments?<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

I had a huge privilege to work for the true leaders who believed in me and gave me opportunity to grow, learn the IT world and show that FMCG interdisciplinary mind may be an advantage within projects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

It\u2019s now well known that a lot of industries have been highlighted due to pay gaps between men and women, do you think this is the same within the IT industry?<\/strong><\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

It may be true but I didn’t notice in my own experience. I was treated in the same way with the same KPI’s and gaps. Some IT industry leaders such as Microsoft or Dell are paying a lot of attention to the equal work & pay environment, no matter the gender so it may still be an issue which some companies are addressing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
In recent years there has been an influx of women in all workplaces, but it\u2019s not equal to men, men are 30% more likely to be promoted to a managerial position than women. Why do you think this is and what can organizations do to prevent discrimination and maintain equality when looking at hiring, salaries and promotions?<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

I can’t speak for the past but now every organization of today who wants to be perceived as a leader, see that diversity generates higher profits, makes work environment more competitive, and innovative and more attractive overall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

What resources and support are available for women in IT?<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

There are global and local programs dedicated to woman (but not only) as for exemple; Coursera – Grow Your Business with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women, Tech Summit for Women, dedicated conferences- there is plenty to choose from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
What\u2019s the biggest lesson you have learnt as a women in the IT industry?<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

Being an entrepreneur in IT shows that there is always an opportunity to take, and every situation may be an advantage when we look at it from the right perspective.<\/p>\n

there is always an opportunity to take, and every situation may be an advantage when we look at it from the right perspective<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
What is your favourite part of working in the IT industry?<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

I adore my meetings with customer and love listen to them; there is so much to learn from and to hear about sector specificity and the daily challenges they are facing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
What\u2019s the biggest professional challenge you have faced and how did you overcome it?<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

I still believe this part of my IT journey is ahead of me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
Do you have any advice or words of wisdom to women starting out in the IT industry?<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

The advice I heard from a women within the financial sector, at a CIO position; “women have to believe in themselves as they are the biggest obstacle in their own development”.<\/p>\n

women have to believe in themselves as they are the biggest obstacle in their own development<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Keep an eye out for the next blog in the Women in Technology series and if you would like to take part, please don\u2019t hesitate to get in contact<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At License Dashboard we are, and always have been passionate about creating and maintaining a diverse place of work.","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":23748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[203],"class_list":["post-24375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-women-in-tech-en-gb","tag-women-in-technology-en-gb"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSpotlight on Women in Tech: Anna Strupiedchowska<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We hear from Anna Strupiedchowska of ANNS1 in our Women in Tech series. Anna shares some incredible positivity in her experience of the IT industry.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/resources\/women-in-technology-anna-strupiedchowska-anns1spotlight-on-women-in-tech-anna-strupiedchowska-of-anns1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spotlight on Women in Tech: Anna Strupiedchowska\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We hear from Anna Strupiedchowska of ANNS1 in our Women in Tech series. Anna shares some incredible positivity in her experience of the IT industry.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/resources\/women-in-technology-anna-strupiedchowska-anns1spotlight-on-women-in-tech-anna-strupiedchowska-of-anns1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"License Dashboard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-07-17T13:42:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-07T15:32:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Women-in-Tech-Image-Anna-Strupiechowska.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"504\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sean Robinson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sean Robinson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Spotlight on Women in Tech: Anna Strupiedchowska","description":"We hear from Anna Strupiedchowska of ANNS1 in our Women in Tech series. Anna shares some incredible positivity in her experience of the IT industry.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/resources\/women-in-technology-anna-strupiedchowska-anns1spotlight-on-women-in-tech-anna-strupiedchowska-of-anns1\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Spotlight on Women in Tech: Anna Strupiedchowska","og_description":"We hear from Anna Strupiedchowska of ANNS1 in our Women in Tech series. Anna shares some incredible positivity in her experience of the IT industry.","og_url":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/resources\/women-in-technology-anna-strupiedchowska-anns1spotlight-on-women-in-tech-anna-strupiedchowska-of-anns1\/","og_site_name":"License Dashboard","article_published_time":"2020-07-17T13:42:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-07T15:32:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":504,"height":360,"url":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Women-in-Tech-Image-Anna-Strupiechowska.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sean Robinson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sean Robinson","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/resources\/women-in-technology-anna-strupiedchowska-anns1spotlight-on-women-in-tech-anna-strupiedchowska-of-anns1\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/resources\/women-in-technology-anna-strupiedchowska-anns1spotlight-on-women-in-tech-anna-strupiedchowska-of-anns1\/"},"author":{"name":"Sean Robinson","@id":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/#\/schema\/person\/0f7550473a749cf18efd3f4861d1e2f2"},"headline":"Spotlight on Women in Tech: Anna Strupiechowska of ANNS1","datePublished":"2020-07-17T13:42:24+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-07T15:32:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/resources\/women-in-technology-anna-strupiedchowska-anns1spotlight-on-women-in-tech-anna-strupiedchowska-of-anns1\/"},"wordCount":652,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/resources\/women-in-technology-anna-strupiedchowska-anns1spotlight-on-women-in-tech-anna-strupiedchowska-of-anns1\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Women-in-Tech-Image-Anna-Strupiechowska.jpg","keywords":["Women In Technology"],"articleSection":["Women in Tech"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/resources\/women-in-technology-anna-strupiedchowska-anns1spotlight-on-women-in-tech-anna-strupiedchowska-of-anns1\/","url":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/resources\/women-in-technology-anna-strupiedchowska-anns1spotlight-on-women-in-tech-anna-strupiedchowska-of-anns1\/","name":"Spotlight on Women in Tech: Anna Strupiedchowska","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/resources\/women-in-technology-anna-strupiedchowska-anns1spotlight-on-women-in-tech-anna-strupiedchowska-of-anns1\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/resources\/women-in-technology-anna-strupiedchowska-anns1spotlight-on-women-in-tech-anna-strupiedchowska-of-anns1\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Women-in-Tech-Image-Anna-Strupiechowska.jpg","datePublished":"2020-07-17T13:42:24+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-07T15:32:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/#\/schema\/person\/0f7550473a749cf18efd3f4861d1e2f2"},"description":"We hear from Anna Strupiedchowska of ANNS1 in our Women in Tech series. Anna shares some incredible positivity in her experience of the IT industry.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/resources\/women-in-technology-anna-strupiedchowska-anns1spotlight-on-women-in-tech-anna-strupiedchowska-of-anns1\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/resources\/women-in-technology-anna-strupiedchowska-anns1spotlight-on-women-in-tech-anna-strupiedchowska-of-anns1\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/resources\/women-in-technology-anna-strupiedchowska-anns1spotlight-on-women-in-tech-anna-strupiedchowska-of-anns1\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Women-in-Tech-Image-Anna-Strupiechowska.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Women-in-Tech-Image-Anna-Strupiechowska.jpg","width":504,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/resources\/women-in-technology-anna-strupiedchowska-anns1spotlight-on-women-in-tech-anna-strupiedchowska-of-anns1\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Spotlight on Women in Tech: Anna Strupiechowska of ANNS1","item":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/resources\/women-in-technology-anna-strupiedchowska-anns1spotlight-on-women-in-tech-anna-strupiedchowska-of-anns1\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Resource"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/#website","url":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/","name":"License Dashboard","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/#\/schema\/person\/0f7550473a749cf18efd3f4861d1e2f2","name":"Sean Robinson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7b25c897448691c3ab9fa2480719b553?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7b25c897448691c3ab9fa2480719b553?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sean Robinson"},"description":"Sean is a pioneer of SAM with over 20 years\u2019 experience in software licensing compliance. He developed our industry leading, software asset and license management tool, License Manager, delivering SAM services to some of the largest companies in the world."}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24375"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33602,"href":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24375\/revisions\/33602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}