As International Women’s Day has demonstrated, female leaders have steered many successes and achievements. This is true for the technology industry as it is with many other sectors.
Barr Moses, CEO and co-founder of Monte Carlo, epitomizes the spirit of today’s female executive. Moses love of learning has helped to continue to propel her company forward.
Moses is the daughter of an Israeli physics professor. Often she could be found in her own laboratory during her elementary years, diving deep into math and science to address new questions that stemmed from initial queries.
With a passion for numbers and an affinity for academia, Moses has proved herself in the classroom, engaging with her counterparts to challenge and push forward one another, competitively.
Notably, Moses has found purpose in data, both in the classroom at Stanford, and as an entrepreneur. Moses created the data observability category with her co-founder, Lior Gavish, and became one the first female CEOs of a data unicorn.
While Moses is thrilled with her success as a female startup leader, she remains grounded that the most critical component to her success is “her customers.” Moses has explained to Digital Journal what it means to be a leading female businesswoman.
Moses says that “International Women’s Day was a time to celebrate the women driving innovation and advancement. To move ahead, we must first look back. I so admire my own personal (s)hero Ruth Bader Ginsburg, absolute legend and advocate for positive change. She accomplished so much despite the odds continuously being against her, proving the adage that actions always speak louder than words, and setting an example for so many women that came after her.”
In terms of advice for aspiring women leaders, Moses states: “As a CEO and founder, I have firsthand knowledge around the challenges of building a successful startup – after all, around 90 percent of all startups fail. That said, a very real priority of mine was creating an environment that fosters professional growth for every employee.”
This is part of her overall mission, as she explains: “I’d be lying if I didn’t say part of the reason I decided to launch Monte Carlo in the first place was to help further level the playing field for underrepresented groups – immigrants, women, people of color – in tech.”
In terms of more general advice, Moses says: “I would highly encourage women of all ages to pursue data and explore the field. The data space is so nascent and is still in early days! As educational institutions expand their curriculum offerings in statistics, data science, computer science, and data analytics, these courses allow opportunities for students to gain a better understanding of the concepts and determine the necessity of data in nearly every aspect of our lives.”
With the field of technology in particular, Moses proposes: “Data analytics and engineering are professions that are here to stay, and the industry welcomes women of all ages and backgrounds. If the future is to be female, we must all lean in to advance the statistics of women in the workforce, recognizing the contributions previously made and elevating the possibilities that are still to come.”
