In this episode of Beyond the Blue Badge, host Rich Kaplan talks with JoAnne Kennedy. JoAnne was one of a handful of female engineers at Microsoft in the early days. When she left the company, she became a senior director of product development at MSNBC.com and then vice president of technology for the NBC News Division. Today, she’s vice president of technology at Nordstrom. Rich and JoAnne discuss the landscape for women in technology, the importance of diversity and inclusion and why women need to be advocates for each other.