CHARLESTON, S.C., April 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/
-- Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the world's leading cloud
software company powering social good, today announced that
Mary Beth Westmoreland, the
company's chief technology officer, has been named one of the 2019
Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology by the National
Diversity Council (NDC). This distinctive list of female
executives, influencers and achievers who impact the technology
industry recognizes women who are molding the future of technology
with their insight and leadership. Westmoreland, who was also named
to the list in 2017, accepted the award today at the National
Diversity and Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas.
"I'm humbled and honored to be recognized by the National
Diversity Council as part of this distinguished group of women
technology leaders," said Westmoreland. "But this is by no means an
individual award—I share this recognition once again with the
talented engineers, designers, product managers, architects and
everyone on our Blackbaud technology team. I am passionate about
investing in women to help accelerate their career paths and
encouraging girls and women to pursue fulfilling careers in STEM
fields."
The Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology are leaders in
their organizations and profession who directly contribute to
business growth or the strategic direction of their organizations,
serve as active mentors and effective role models who inspire other
women, operate with the highest integrity and ethical behavior and
demonstrate a commitment to corporate citizenship.
Westmoreland, who has more than 30 years of experience in
software engineering, has served as chief technology officer at
Blackbaud since 2015. In this role, she is responsible for leading
Blackbaud's worldwide product, technology and analytics strategy,
as well as user experience across the company's entire solution
portfolio, including the company's Blackbaud Labs incubation team.
Before joining Blackbaud in 2008, Westmoreland served as vice
president of Research and Development at Ipswitch, Inc., where she
led software engineering, design and operations across the
company's global product portfolio. Previously, she spent 15 years
at the Savannah River National Laboratory, where she started as a
programmer and eventually managed the company's Enterprise and
Technical Systems Engineering organizations.
Westmoreland is a trustee at her alma mater, Immaculata
University, where she graduated with a degree in Mathematics and
Physics. She is also a member of the advisory board of
Clemson University's College of
Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences, a board member of
Charleston Women in Tech and is
actively involved in a variety of STEM programs and women in
technology initiatives. She lives in Charleston, South Carolina, with her husband,
Wayne, and son, Ryan.
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About Blackbaud
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) is the
world's leading cloud software company powering social good.
Serving the entire social good community—nonprofits, foundations,
companies, education institutions, healthcare organizations and
individual change agents—Blackbaud connects and empowers
organizations to increase their impact through cloud software,
services, expertise, and data intelligence. The Blackbaud portfolio
is tailored to the unique needs of vertical markets, with solutions
for fundraising and CRM, marketing, advocacy, peer-to-peer
fundraising, corporate social responsibility, school management,
ticketing, grantmaking, financial management, payment processing,
and analytics. Serving the industry for more than three decades,
Blackbaud is headquartered in Charleston,
South Carolina, and has operations in the United States, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. For more information,
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could cause results to differ materially include the following:
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risks associated with acquisitions; risks associated with
successful implementation of multiple integrated software products;
the ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks associated
with management of growth; lengthy sales and implementation cycles,
particularly in larger organization; technological changes that
make our products and services less competitive; and the other risk
factors set forth from time to time in the SEC filings for
Blackbaud, copies of which are available free of charge at the
SEC's website at www.sec.gov or upon request from Blackbaud's
investor relations department. All Blackbaud product names
appearing herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Blackbaud, Inc.
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