The Women’s TechConnect Initiative is designed in partnership with Women in Technology honorees, The WICT Network and SCTE to provide a mentoring relationship between senior and rising cable technology professionals to help educate and retain women in the technology fields of the cable industry.
This important initiative was created to develop a formal mentoring relationship between top-ranking and high-potential women in cable technology. The goal of the program is to provide a crucial support system to better equip mentees to overcome workplace challenges, while helping them rise through the cable ranks until they themselves become the leaders and innovators. The WICT Network and SCTE will support the mentors/mentees by offering online resources and tools, underwriting event registrations and memberships, as well as providing a sense of community, as the designated mentees embark on their mentoring journey.
Applications for 2023-2024 will open soon – please check back or email membership@wict.org with questions.
2023-2024 Program
Women’s TechConnect mentors and mentees will meet one another for the first time during The WICT Network’s 2023 Leadership Conference in New York City. This event, to be held in September 2023, will represent the start of the 2024 program.
Interested individuals should be rising professionals who will maximize the unique opportunity to learn from trailblazers in the tech field.
Potential participants must meet the following criteria:
- Work in the technology field in the media and entertainment industry;
- Possess three or more years of managerial experience;
- Exhibit a level of knowledge, skill and professionalism regarding technology;
- Have demonstrated a track record of success;
- Can help create clear goals for mentorship, consistent with workplace excellence;
- Have the ability to dedicate the time required to be a mentee, including
- Monthly meetings with their mentor via telephone, virtually or in-person;
- Quarterly learning webinars;
- Attend The WICT Network Leadership Conference
- Attend the kick-off meeting at The WICT Network Leadership Conference
- Attend the graduation at the SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo
*(Registration for both The WICT Network Leadership Conference and the SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo are complimentary for mentees.)

Mentoring Prepares Women for Leadership Roles in Cable Industry
SHRM Online interviewed to Patricia Martin, senior vice president at Atlanta-based Cox Communications, and Jennifer Watterud, director of mobile development at Altice USA (formerly Cablevision), based in Queens, N.Y., about their experience in the year-long Women’s TechConnect program. Check out the Q&A, published March 1, 2021, to learn more about how this impactful program helps groom high-potential female engineers for leadership roles throughout the cable industry.
Testimonials from Women’s TechConnect Mentees
Questions?
If you have any questions about this program or would like additional information, please contact:
TechConnect Facilitator
Shannon Cassidy
610-431-2888
shannon@bridgebetween.com
The WICT Network
Megan Marksberry
202-827-4789
mmarksberry@wict.org
The WICT Network gratefully acknowledges the Women in STEM sponsors: