Caroline Simard

Current

Director of Research at Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology

Past

Research Associate at Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology
Researcher at Stanford University, Center for Social Innovation
Associate Director of Programs, Executive Education at Stanford Graduate School of Business

Consultant at Yahoo!
Director of Communications at Universite de Montreal, Conference Office

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Education

Stanford University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick
Université de Montréal

College Jean de Brebeuf
Stanislas

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

Caroline Simard’s Summary

I direct Research and Executive Programs at the Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology: www.anitaborg.org. I study the barriers and facilitators to women's advancement in high-tech organizations. Based on research, we design executive programs increase high-tech executives' awareness and commitment to issues of diversity and human capital, and provide expertise to high tech organizations on effective organizational practices.

I did my doctorate at Stanford University on the role of social and knowledge networks in the development of companies in high-tech.

Selected works:

Klawe, M., Whitney, T. and Simard, C. 2009. Women in Computing, Take 2. Communications of the ACM, 52(2).

Simard, C. & Henderson, A.D., Gilmartin, S., Shiebinger, L. and Whitney, T. 2008. Climbing the technical ladder: obstacles and solutions for mid-level women in technology. Anita Borg Institute and Clayman Institute. Online at www.anitaborg.org

West, J. and Simard, C. 2007. Balancing Intrapreneurial innovation vs entrepreneurial spinoffs during periods of technological ferment. Sloan Industry Studies Working Paper.

Simard, C. and Rice, R.E. (2007). The Practice Gap: Barriers to the Diffusion of Best Practices. In Day, R. & McInerney, C. R. (Eds.). (2007). Re-thinking knowledge management: From knowledge management to knowledge processes. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. (In press).

Simard, C. and West, J. (2006). Networks and Open Innovation. In H. Chesbrough, W. Vanhaverbeke, and J. West (Eds.) Open Innovation: Researching a New paradigm. Oxford University Press.

Gammal, D.L., Simard, C., Hwang, H., and Powell, W. (2005). Managing Through Challenges: A profile of San Francisco Bay Area Nonprofits. Stanford University. Available online at www.gsb.stanford.edu/spen

Caroline Simard’s Specialties:

nonprofit and corporate management; human and social capital; knowledge management; regional economic development; high technology and innovation; organizational theory and behavior; social network analysis and visualization; research project design; conducting field interviews; survey design and survey data analysis; experimental design and experimental data analysis.

Caroline Simard’s Experience

Director of Research

Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)
Research Associate

Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2006 — July 2007 (1 year)
Researcher

Stanford University, Center for Social Innovation

(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

2002 — August 2006 (4 years)

www.gsb.stanford.edu/spen
Associate Director of Programs, Executive Education

Stanford Graduate School of Business

(Non-Profit; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)

September 2005 — April 2006 (8 months)
Consultant

Yahoo!

(Public Company; Internet industry)

February 2005 — April 2005 (3 months)

Social Network Analysis of Yahoo! products.
Director of Communications

Universite de Montreal, Conference Office

(Higher Education industry)

1993 — 1996 (3 years)

Caroline Simard’s Education

Stanford University

PhD , Communication (Social Science) , 1999 — 2004
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick

MCIS , Communication and Information Sciences , 1996 — 1998

Recipient of AT&T Research Fellowship on the Diffusion of Best Practices
Université de Montréal

B.A. , Communications , 1990 — 1993

Activities and Societies:

Dean's Honors List
College Jean de Brebeuf

DEC , 1988 — 1990

Activities and Societies:

Debate Team
Stanislas

Additional Information

Caroline Simard’s Websites:

Caroline Simard’s Interests:

Innovation, technology, leveraging diversity, Nonprofit management, entrepreneurship, social networks.

Caroline Simard’s Groups:

National Center for Women & IT
85 Broads
Affiliate, Sloan Industry Studies Program
Stanford Alumni Association
Stanford Professional Women
Grace Hopper Celebration
Peninsula School
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