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Comments WiC Leading Lights Finalists: Hedy Lamarr Award for Female Tech Pioneer of the Year Newest First \| Oldest First \| Threaded View ADD A COMMENT [close this box] Login 50% 50% Mitch Wagner, User Rank: Lightning 5/31/2016 \| 5:25:24 PM Re: Hedy Lamarr I expect she faced far more sexism than she would have faced today, compounded by the fact that she was both a movie actress and a sex symbol. On the other hand, a surprising number of people then were capable of overlooking prejudice and seeing what was plainly in front of them. Reply \| Post Message \| Messages List \| Start a Board Login 50% 50% kq4ym, User Rank: Light Sabre 5/29/2016 \| 10:56:10 AM Re: Hedy Lamarr I wonder haw the real Lamar was taken seriously by those working during the war years. As it was all hush hush secret stuff at the time, it's no wonder that outside the tech industry most folks don't realize our spread spectrum technology was all due to her. pioneering thinking and efforts. Reply \| Post Message \| Messages List \| Start a Board Login 50% 50% Kelsey Ziser, User Rank: Blogger 5/18/2016 \| 5:19:43 PM Re: Great group of finalists Wow, talk about movers and shakers! Great to see so many amazing women behind huge industry changes. Reply \| Post Message \| Messages List \| Start a Board Login 50% 50% Sarah Thomas, User Rank: Blogger 5/18/2016 \| 5:05:47 PM Re: Great group of finalists Agreed! She just took on her new role at Cisco, and I'm excited to see what she does next. Reply \| Post Message \| Messages List \| Start a Board Login 50% 50% Sarah Thomas, User Rank: Blogger 5/18/2016 \| 5:05:09 PM Re: Hedy Lamarr Ha, you're not the only one. Someone Tweeted me this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBmkyDTX08Y Reply \| Post Message \| Messages List \| Start a Board Login 50% 50% Kelly Anderson, User Rank: Light Beer 5/18/2016 \| 3:23:37 PM Great group of finalists I am thrilled to see Yvette's name on there. She has had such an impactful, industry changing career. She embodies the "Tech Pioneer" title fully. Reply \| Post Message \| Messages List \| Start a Board Login 100% 0% Mitch Wagner, User Rank: Lightning 5/18/2016 \| 12:49:57 PM Hedy Lamarr When I see references to Hedy Lamarr I think of Hedly Lamarr in Blazing Saddles. Thats deeply, deeply wrong of me. Reply \| Post Message \| Messages List \| Start a Board Login 50% 50% Sarah Thomas, User Rank: Blogger 5/18/2016 \| 11:24:16 AM Congrats! A big congrats to this impressive group of women, who are helping define the technologies that make up the next-gen comms market. Find out the big winner in less than one week in Austin! Reply \| Post Message \| Messages List \| Start a Board		About Women in Comms Click here for more information about Women in Comms. Women in Comms Members Founding Partner Click here for the full list of Women in Comms Members and Partners. 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