Disrupting Women in Engineering With Janell Nelson

By Devon Walls.
Updated Oct 18, 2022

TAMPA BAY, Fla. (PRWEB) October 18, 2022 - Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) occupations comprise 7% of all U.S. jobs and play a critical role in global competitiveness. However, even though women comprise nearly half of the active workforce, they only make up 27% of STEM workers.(1) That number drops closer to 15% when looking at engineering, depending on the type.(2) Meanwhile, women who forge careers in STEM are sometimes paid less for the same work, rarely see other women in leadership positions, and experience fewer opportunities for advancement than their male counterparts. (3) Enter disruptor Janell Nelson, Senior Engineering Manager at Canon Medical Informatics, explains to Karla Jo Helms, host of the Disruption Interruption podcast, that while engineering firms benefit from the varied perspectives that diversity brings, the applicant pool is primarily men.

Janell Nelson entered engineering with a passion for building solutions and found her natural understanding of the big picture made her an invaluable leader. She experienced workplaces that were diverse, as well as workplaces where she was one of the very few women. One day, when Janell was already an engineering manager with many successful projects under her belt, a new leader came on board. When she introduced herself, she handed her a credit card to order lunch for everyone. She said THATS IT IM DONE WITH THE STATUS QUO and became an advocate for women in STEM and in leadership roles. Seeing that the problem reached beyond hiring choices and into the applicant pool, Janell has become an active advocate for engineering and STEM programs at every level of education.

Janell explains:

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About Karla Jo Helms: Karla Jo Helms is the Chief Evangelist and Anti-PR(TM) Strategist for JOTO PR Disruptors(TM).

Karla Jo learned firsthand how unforgiving business can be when millions of dollars are on the line and how the control of public opinion often determines whether one company is happily chosen or another is brutally rejected. Being an alumni of crisis management, Karla Jo has worked with litigation attorneys, private investigators, and the media to help restore companies of goodwill back into the good graces of public opinion Karla Jo operates on the ethic of getting it right the first time, not relying on second chances and doing what it takes to excel. Helms speaks globally on public relations, how the PR industry itself has lost its way and how, in the right hands, corporations can harness the power of Anti-PR to drive markets and impact market perception.

About Janell Nelson: Janell Nelson is a Senior Engineering Manager at Canon Medical Informatics. She is an experienced app development manager with a demonstrated history of working in Health Care and Insurance industries. She is proven in Team Building, Leadership, Requirements Analysis, Enterprise Software Delivery, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Agile, and DevOps Methodologies. Janell and her husband also own Method Grips, an indoor rock climbing supply store. You can find out more about Janell here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janell-nelson-6376794/

References: 1) Martinez, Anthony; Christnacht, Cheridan. Women Are Nearly Half of U.S. Workforce but Only 27% of STEM Workers. January 26, 2021. Census.gov, census.gov/library/stories/2021/01/women-making-gains-in-stem-occupations-but-still-underrepresented.html 2) SWE. Employment of Women in Engineering. Society of Women Engineers, 2022, swe.org/research/2022/employment/ 3) AWIS. Transforming STEM Leadership Culture 2019 AWIS Membership Report. 2021 Association for Women in Science, 2019, awis.org/leadership-report/