CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap

Tribeca Talks

World Premiere

USA | 79 MINUTES | English |

CODE: DEBUGGING THE GENDER GAP

Female Director(s), Documentary
At a time in the United States when the tech sector outpaces the overall growth of the employment market, CODE asks the important question: Where are all the women?

Sunday 4/19 After the Movie: Join us for a conversation after the movie with director Robin Hauser Reynolds, Qualcomm Chief Learning Officer Tamar Elkeles, GoDaddy Chief People Officer Auguste Goldman, and Etsy Engineering Director Jason Wong. Adi Robertson, reporter for The Verge, will moderate the discussion.

Tamar Elkeles
As Chief Learning Officer for Qualcomm, Tamar Elkeles, Ph.D., is responsible for creating and implementing the overall learning and development strategy for the company. Her scope of leadership includes global learning, executive/leadership development, technical development, employee communications, organization development, learning technology and mobile learning for Qualcomm’s 31,000 employees worldwide. Within her community, Elkeles served as co-chair of the Advisory Board for Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla which is dedicated to exceptional patient care, facilitating health education and conducting progressive medical research. She holds both a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology.

Auguste Goldman
GoDaddy is the world’s largest technology provider dedicated to small businesses - as head of GoDaddy's People Operations group, Auguste Goldman leads the charge to hire and develop the greatest team of talented individuals on the planet. Having previously led technology teams as GoDaddy's CIO, Auguste brings a perspective and skillset to human resources that is unique in the industry. --- Prior to 2010, Auguste served as Managing Director of Integralis Security Services in Stockholm, Sweden and CTO of Linde AG, the world’s largest natural gas company based in Munich, Germany. Auguste attended Dartmouth College and speaks Swedish and basic Russian.

Robin Hauser Reynolds
Robin Hauser Reynolds is a director and producer of cause-based documentary films. As both a business woman (MBA) and a longtime professional photographer, Robin brings her creative eye and leadership skills to the CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap documentary film. Previously, Robin directed and produced the documentary feature, Running for Jim, which won 14 awards at 22 film festivals in the U.S. and abroad.



Jason Wong
Jason Wong has seventeen years of experience in web development and software engineering. He has worked in a range of industries from academia to online media and e-commerce. He helped establish web development and administrative computing at Columbia College, led development of premium video streaming services at Yahoo! Sports, and joined the Etsy engineering team almost five years ago. He is currently a Director of Engineering serving the teams responsible for meeting Etsy's web and data infrastructure needs.

Adi Robertson
Adi Robertson is a reporter with The Verge, a digital publication that obsesses over the future of art, culture, science, and technology. Her work focuses on virtual reality, game development, tech policy, feminism, and the history of technology.

CAST & CREDITS

Directed by Robin Hauser Reynolds

Director
Robin Hauser Reynolds
Producer
Robin Hauser Reynolds, Staci Hartman, Christie Herring
Editor
Christie Herring
Associate Producer
Connor McCubbin
Cinematographer
Jon Blomgren
Executive Producer
Regina Scully, Blake Irving, Bradley Feld, Amy Batchelor, Helen Bradley, Steve Kleiman, Hitz Family, Kristin Timken
Composer
Laura Karpman
Co-Producer
Cassandra Jabola
Graphic Artist/Animation
Molly Schwartz
Assistant Editor
Sarah Cannon
Story Consultant
Jack Youngelson
Cast
Megan Smith, Walter Isaacson, Tracy Chou, Jocelyn Goldfein, Kimberly Bryant, Reshma Saujani, Julie Ann Horvath, Aliya Rahman, Jane Margolis, Carol Dweck, Claude Steele, Maria Klawe, Colleen Lewis, Danielle Feinberg, Evelyn Cordner, Courtney Nash, Roz Ho, Nathan Ensmenger, Ari Schlesinger

CONTACTS

Print Source
Cassandra Jabola
Finish Line Features, LLC
Tiburon, 94920
Phone: 917 796 1326
cassandra.jabola@gmail.com
Sales Contact
Robin Hauser Reynolds
Finish Line Features, LLC
Tiburon, 94920
Phone: 415 216 6061
rhr226@gmail.com
Press Contact
Connie Zheng
North of Nine Communications
San Francisco, 94107
Phone: 415 400 6655
connie.zheng@nof9.com