This is part of the company's overall diversity strategy, which has, since August 2014, been moving the needle. All three global regions of VMware have met their gender representation targets for the last 12 months, and 69% of executive staff met their gender representation goal for the last 12 months. Chang also notes that they've received positive feedback from Women Who Code's city directors who lead these events and initiatives on the ground while developing their own careers. While she's not working directly with VMware, Sheree Atcheson, a board-appointed global ambassador with Women Who Code, has also made a positive impact in her role through outreach and launching a branch in Belfast. "In 2012, I graduated from university with a computer science degree, and I wasn't happy that there were few people like me in my organization," she says. "I wanted to make a change."