Diversity in technical school is a far-flung problem , and Apple is really going to turn to it today . In aninterview with Mashable , Tim Cook admitted that Apple ask more diversity — and hint that today ’s keynote at WWDC will feature at least one woman . Which would make this the 7th fair sex ever to be on the Apple stage .
This story was originally published on June 8 , 2015 , was updated at the end of that day , and is presently being updated for theApple event on September 9 , 2015
In aninterview yesterday with Mashable ’s Christina Warren , Cook talked about the lack of charwoman onstage at Apple result :
He smiled . “ Look tomorrow , ” he said . “ depend tomorrow and allow me live what you think . ”
“ I totally agree with you . You ’ll see a modification tomorrow . ”
Apple ’s propensity to put white dudes onstage at WWDC is a perennial issue which keeps resurfacing in the press after every outcome . Last year , author Joe Kukurawatched 16 hours of WWDC keynotes(god help him ) and came up with this figure : 57 men onstage since 2007 . Two woman .
To compare , Google hadthree adult female onstagein a undivided I / O tonic last hebdomad .
But the job go beyond just WWDC . As far as I could discern , Apple has only had four additional women onstage total , at all of its events . Ever . That include not only all WWDC outcome , but also Apple keynote event that launched product like the iPhone and iPad . Here ’s who those women are .
Before Steve Jobs returned to Apple , Hancock was CTO of the company . She take the stage at a MacWeek event in January of 1997.Michelle Cortesefound this unbelievable photo of Hancock in apress clippingjust after the event . No video from 1997 that I could chance , but here ’s Hancock at a Ithiel Town Charles Martin Hall in 1996 , photo byTim Holmes .
At 2009 ’s WWDC event , game manufacturer Stephanie Morgancomes onstage to demonstration StarDefense , a young game for the iPhone . She demoes it while talking , actually meet the game while pointing out features .
At the official iPad unveiling event in January , Brookdemoed the New York Times appfor the iPad with Martin Nisenholtz , chief of digital operations for the NYTimes.com .
At the same iPad unveiling upshot , Pesin bring together Chad Evans , MLB ’s director of mobile product ontogenesis , to demo the MLB.com app At Bat . Pesindrove the demonstration live onstagefrom an iPad — as far as I could tell she is the only female developer who has ever done so at an Apple event .
At WWDC later that year , Hermandemoed FarmVille for iPhone and iPod .
FarmVille for iPhone and iPod on WWDC 2010bycleric334
At the Apple event earlier this twelvemonth tolaunch the Apple Watch , Turlington became only the 6th woman to take the Apple stagecoach . It ’s what also started mutter in social media : Surely Apple could have put one of its female developer onstage who worked on the vigil alternatively ?
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As far as who will be onstage today , there are plenty of guesses at who will join the expected lineup of mostly white virile speakers . Quartz augur retail tsar Angela Ahrendts . It might be Shaan Pruden , senior director of developer partnership at Apple , and long considered to beApple ’s most powerful woman . Mashable ’s Christina Warren was talking to Cook at a learnedness case for adolescent , so perhaps it will be a vernal woman who hopes to someday work at Apple .
But why stop there ? Hopefully the Apple level will show some racial and ethnic diversity as well . And it ’s also not just about this keynote : consort to the troupe ’s own diversity report , Apple ’s work force is 70 percent male . The companionship say it ’s taking footstep to be more inclusive both onstage and off , but still has a farsighted way to go .
update 6/8 : Here are # 7 and # 8 .
placard as a “ 10 - twelvemonth Apple veteran , ” Bailey contract the point to speak about advancements in Apple Pay .
Another longtime Apple employee , Prescott joined Apple as a VP in 2003 . She contribute an industrious presentation about the new News app .
Updating 9/9 : Here ’s # 9 and # 10 and # 11 !
Walsh , a UX intriguer at 3D4Medical , evidence an flesh app using the new Pencil for the iPad .
To bring in the fresh Apple TV user interface , Folse demonstrated how apps will drive the new experience .
The CEO of Gilt co - presented the shopping features on the Modern Gilt app for Apple TV
discipline : I incorrectly identified Ellen Hancock as the CEO of Apple , she was the CTO . The CEO at the time was Gil Amelio .
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