The CEO of Slovakia’s Aj Ty v IT explains how her company motivates and supports women in tech
Winner of the Tech Inclusion Award at the 2020 European Tech Women Awards, Petra Kotuliakova has dedicated the last nine years of her life to educating and empowering women to join the IT/tech industry. Petra is CEO and Founder of Aj Ty v IT (“You, too, in IT”), a Slovak nonprofit organization started in 2012 with a mission to promote more inclusivity for women in the tech field. In addition to educating women and girls, Petra is networked with Slovakia’s top tech companies so she can graduate her students immediately into successful careers.
Aj Ty v IT enjoys cooperation from the IT faculties of Slovak University. It offers workshops, courses, and academies to 14,000 female students in nearly 30 Slovak cities. It’s no wonder the organization was nominated for the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Girls' and Women's Education in 2020.
We asked Petra about her mission, her challenges, and how we could work together to promote diversity in the tech field. Her answers show how far we’ve come and how far we have yet to go.
Avast: How did Aj Ty v IT get started?
PK: When I worked for the Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies (FIIT) at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava in the areas of communication and PR, I noticed that only 3-5% of the total number of students were girls. I ..
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