Weili Dai, co-founder of Marvell Technology Group, in a CNN op-ed piece, states that providing young girls access to tech devices, games, and toys will promote their choice of STEM careers. Women, although still highly under-represented in technology majors and fields (less than 20% in the US STEM majors and similar numbers in the "decision-making" management level in Silicon Valley tech companies), are well-suited to "untangling complex problems, multitasking, seeing the possibilities in new solutions and winning team support for collaborative action" required in STEM fields. Dai participated in the September 2011 San Francisco APEC Women in the Economy Summit with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Ambassador-at-Large for Women's Issues Melanne Verveer, and a panel of women leaders in education and research, government and public policy, social entrepreneurs, and business and technology. http://www.edition.cnn.com/2012/03/07/business/weili-dai-women-geeks/index.html
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