In the latest installment of ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã Movers and Shakers, women continue to climb the ranks of IT. Credit: Thinkstock ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã Women made up 26 percent of the professional computing workforce and held 6 percent of corporate ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã positions at the end of 2014, according to the . And the numbers continue to trend upward year over year! In this edition of Movers and Shakers, I’m please to report a higher-than-usual number of women who earned new ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã positions. Michelle McKenna-Doyle, senior vice president and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã for the NFL, was recently appointed to the board of directors for both Ring Central and Insperity. Boston Private Financial Holdings announced that Kim Stevenson, ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã of Intel, had been appointed to their board of directors. NASA announced that was appointed ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Prior to joining NASA in July as the deputy ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã, Wynn served 25 years with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. was promoted to executive vice president of administration and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã of Norfolk Southern Corp. was promoted to vice president and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã of Federal Mogul Corp. She was previously the company’s vice president of IT services. joined Gulfstream Aerospace as vice president and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Previously, Bunton was ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã at AGCO Corp. was recently promoted from vice president of infrastructure and technology operations, to senior vice president and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã of Acxiom. And on to the new male ÍæÅ¼½ã½ãs … has been promoted to ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã of GE. Previously, Jim was ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã for GE Capital. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles U.S. appointed as ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã for its NAFTA region. He was previously director of IT at the company. Johnson Controls promoted Jeff Augustin from VP vice president of IT, to vice president and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Veritiv Corp. announced that is now its ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Hudson was previously the chief business strategy officer and senior vice president of technology strategy for Amtrak. is now ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã with iHeartMedia. He was previously the ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã od Motorola Mobility. Chipotle Mexican Grill hired as its first ever ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã, and he starts Nov. 23. Garner is presently ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã for Starbucks. Aurora Health Care hired as ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Simons was previously vice president of IT and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã at Abbott Laboratories. ServiceMaster promoted Jamie Smith from vice president of IT for its American Home Shield Division to ServiceMaster ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Echo Global Logistics named Tim Kutz as its ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Kutz was previously with Veritiv. Silicon Valley Bank hired as ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Previously, Leone held senior IT leadership roles at Pfizer and Bank of America. Vertafore appointed as ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Magrady previously served as vice president of IT at American Express and head of network services at Zurich Insurance. was appointed ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã at The RDI Group. He was formerly the company’s vice president of IT and business processes. Lee Washington was named ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã with ABC Financial. Washington was previously the vice president of IT for Acxiom. If you have ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã job news job news to share (male or female), please get in touch. ‘Til next time … — Martha SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe