KatysBlog

An ongoing challenge of running the
SEED worldwide Sun Engineering mentoring program is keeping all of
its web pages current. The web pages present information, resources, and reports
to SEED mentees, mentors, and managers, help to reduce email traffic, and
also support participants so they are less dependent on program staff.
However, even with all of the web information, SEED generates over 1,000 email
exchanges in an average month. The SEED program staff (Tanya Jankot, Sheri Kaneshiro,
and me) maintain many dozens of internal SunWeb pages, plus a few which are external.
SEED’s web presence has been growing since the program started in 2001.

Today, I have been updating SEED’s primary external web page:
http://research.sun.com/SEED/,
checking links and adding resources. I added some new program reviews and
took out older reports which have disappeared since the last update.
Here is what we have now:

List of Publications About SEED:

Overview

• 
  “5 Years of Mentoring by the Numbers” by Katy Dickinson, presented
  at the October 2006 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women and Computing
  (30 pages, PDF format)
• 
  Sun Engineering Enrichment and Development (SEED) Program (Case Study 1): Mentoring Technical Women at Work
  National Center for Women & Information Technology
  (NCWIT)
  Social Scientists picked SEED among Promising Practices
  as the Case Study in this report, 2006 (2 pages, PDF format)

2009

• Maria Klawe (President, Harvey Mudd College), Telle Whitney (President and CEO of the Anita Borg Institute or ABI), and Caroline Simard (Director for Research at ABI):
  “Women in Computing – Take 2” February 2009 issue,
  Communications of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery):
  “Some of the successful approaches that companies may use for recruiting, retaining, and advancing more women in computing, as well as in other technical professions, include:…
  Implement a mentoring program. Indeed, make mentoring which positively impacts career advancement and satisfaction, a basic part of the organizational culture. Sun Microsystems’ SEED program, for example, is regarded as a major step in this
  direction.”
• Computing Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institutions (CAHSI) “Mentoring
  Lessons Shared” panel member, 16 January 2009, Mountain View, CA. See
  “News – CAHSI: Developing Leaders Through Mentoring” By BJ Wishinsky,
  Communities Program Manager, Anita Borg Institute for Women and
  Technology, January 2009

2007

• Ida Abbott Consulting
  Management Solutions Issue 17, Winter 2007
  
  “Best Practices – Proving the Value of Mentoring”
  profiles SEED

2006

• 
  Sun Engineering Enrichment and Development (SEED) Program (Case Study 1): Mentoring Technical Women at Work
  National Center for Women & Information Technology
  (NCWIT)
  Social Scientists picked SEED among Promising Practices
  as the Case Study in this report, 2006 (2 pages, PDF format)
• 
  “Mentors can help women shatter glass ceiling – Senior colleagues can toot
  your horn, bringing you money and power”
  by Eve Tahmincioglu, MSNBC contributor, Nov 19, 2006
  (mentoring quote on the 2nd page)
• 
  “20 ways to get promoted in the tech industry – If you agree that there’s no such thing as an IT project, you may already be on your way up the ladder”
  by Dan Tynan, October 16, 2006, InfoWorld
  (SEED is part of “10. Find Your Yoda”)
• 
  “Five Years of Mentoring by the Numbers”
  4-7 October 2006 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women and
  Computing, San Diego
  
  Program Schedule for GHC Session 1 – Thursday, October 5, 2006
  “5 Years of Executive Mentoring”, TechLeaders – Building and
  Sustaining Change in Technology Cultures: Showcasing What Works
  (October 4, 2006, San Diego, CA)
• Information Week in Israel, 28 Feb 2006 (in Hebrew,
  with a photo)

2005

• “Outsourcing is essential for survival of companies” (SEED is
  mentioned), interview with Crawford W Beveridge, Executive
  Vice President (People & Places) and Chief Human Resource Officer interview,
  Deccan Herald > Economy & Business > Detailed Story,
  April 11, 2005

2004 and earlier

• “Bit by
  Bit: Mentoring & Practical Approaches to Advancing Women in High Tech”
  Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
  (“GHC 2004”) Moderator: Katy Dickinson, 7 October 2004
• 
  Rhonda Holt (VP of Grid Engineering Program Office) interview,
  DiversitySearch – Up Close & Virtual Interviews,
  2004 (mentions SEED)
• 
  “SEED: Sun engineering enrichment & development”
  Research Disclosure Database Number 482013, defensive publication
  in Research Disclosure, Published in June 2004, Electronic
  Publication Date : 17 May 2004
  (5 pages, PDF format)
• 
  “Nurturing a Culture of Innovation” Express Computer
  May 2004 article on SEED program and participants in Sun’s India
  Engineering Center (IEC) in Bangalore
• “Sun Engineering Enrichment and Development Program Fosters
  Growth New Hires, Experienced Staff Work with Senior
  Staff Mentors” Paragon Pinnacles > Volume 73 > Issue 3 >
  Sun Features > (March 15, 2004, Article #12480, Volume 73, Issue 3)
• “Sun Engineering Enrichment and Development Program Fosters
  Growth – New Hires, Experienced Staff Work with Senior Staff
  Mentors” Sun System News, March 15, 2004, Article #12480,
  Volume 73, Issue 3
• 
  “Tapping into the Knowledge Network” http://www.sun.com article on
  SEED, 18 Feb 2004 [was featured on both the http://www.sun.com and
  research.sun.com home pages]
• “Sun (SEED) program pairs college recruits with senior
  engineering mentors, 23 Feb 2004 link to
  
  “Tapping into the Knowledge Network” http://www.sun.com article
  from LSTN
  (Learning & Teaching Support Network for Engineering section on
  “UK & World Media News”- now
  called The Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre)
• 
  “Mentoring and Being Mentored on the Technology Track”
  by Carla King, published on “developers.sun.com –
  The Source for Developers”, 2003 [Now called Sun Developer Network
  or SDN]
• 
  Bit by Bit: Catalyst’s Guide to Advancing Women in High
  Tech Companies, SEED is the featured case study in
  the “Use Mentoring and Networks to Win” section (page 106), book
  published by Catalyst
  (Catalyst document #16146), 2003, ISBN 0-89584-243-2

On 6 May, 58 PreSEED Sun Engineering mentoring program participants
were selected for the 15 June – 15 December 2009 term out of an
applicant pool of 76. The GSS SEED
term applicants are being considered now by the executive selection committee,
who will give their ratings at our meeting next week. Here is more
information on the new PreSEED participants:

About the 58 New PreSEED Participants:
Location of Participants
9 China, 16%
2 Czech Republic, 3%
1 Germany, 2%
5 India, 9%
1 Ireland, 2%
5 Italy, 9%
1 Japan, 2%
1 Russia, 2%
2 Spain, 3%
1 United Arab Emirates (Dubai), 2%
2 United Kingdom, 3%
28 USA, 48%
5 Eastern USA
3 Central USA
21 Western USA
Sun Division of Participants
16 Global Sales & Service (GSS), 28%
7 Microelectronics, 12%
7 Software Group, 12%
3 Storage Group, 5%
20 Systems, 34%
5 Worldwide Operations, 9%
Gender of Participants
9 Female, 16%
49 Male, 84%
20 Prior applicants to a SEED or PreSEED mentoring term, 34%