PRESENTING: The 100 Most Influential Tech Women On Twitter

Occupation: Developer at Nebula Labs

Handle: @christinacaci

Why: This former VC analyst realized coding was where it's at and decided to build cool things on her own. She's currently working on an online education project along with a bunch of other stuff including video messaging app Hoot, Join Startups—a job board for startups—and Laisin, a book database.

Tech PI: 64

PI: 65

Occupation: Author, Speaker, Founder of Cybergrrl

Handle: @alizasherman

Why: Sherman started the first woman-owned Internet company in the early 1990s and tweets not only tech news but also inspirational messages about life in general.

Tech PI: 64

PI: 69

Occupation: Co-Founder of Accelerate Stuttgar and StartUp Stuttgart

Handle: @kathl_fritzsche

Why: A self-proclaimed startup addict, Fritzsche knows whats up in Germany and the global tech world in general.

Tech PI: 65

PI: 49

Occupation: Developer, Founder of Women Who Code

Handle: @SashaLaundy

Why: Laundy knows her coding and reveals some cool new apps, projects and developing tricks.

Tech PI: 65

PI: 56

Occupation: COO of Tech Cocktail; Founder of thankfulfor.com

Handle: @noreaster

Why: Follow Consalvo to be in the know about cool tech events going on around the country.

Tech PI: 65

PI: 60

Occupation: Organic Technology Consultant

Handle: @adriarichards

Why: Richards will give you the right amount of inspiration you need when it comes to tech and really just life in general.

Tech PI: 65

PI: 65

Occupation: Founder of Startup Buenos Aires

Handle: @lisabesserman

Why: She's got the beat on South American startups and is always suggesting interesting tweeters to follow.

Tech PI: 66

PI: 45

Occupation: Policy officer for technology for the Greater London Authority

Handle: @MsSaraKelly

Why: Kelly's kind of a big deal in London. She's in charge of making sure tech policy is shipshape and sometimes surveys her followers when creating new policy.

Tech PI: 66

PI: 51

Occupation: General Director of Radio Anatonia

Handle: @anatonia

Why: Seems like this tweeter is all about international internet and software stuff. But only worth the follow if you understand Spanish.

Tech PI: 67

PI: 53

Occupation: Early stage tech investor at Index Ventures

Handle: @ninafaulhaber

Why: London-based Faulhaber is all about retweets, posting job openings, and running.

Tech PI: 67

PI: 55

Occupation: Tech writer for USA Today

Handle: @sarahbuhr

Why: This witty tweeter will direct you to some of the best tech articles of the day.

Tech PI: 67

PI: 61

Occupation: Senior editor at Fortune.com

Handle: @Megan

Why: McCarthy is always chatting with her fellow tech writers about what's going on in the scene.

Tech PI: 67

PI: 69

Occupation: Executive Director of Ushahidi Inc., Chair of World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Data Driven Development

Handle: @afromusing

Why: This rock star is breathing tech into Africa and pushing for more innovation and entrepreneurship on a global level.

Tech PI: 68

PI: 68

Occupation: Community Manager, IDEALondon

Handle: @ThatGirl_Chloe

Why: Nicholls is passionate about startups, social media, tech, and video, and she lets that shine on Twitter.

Tech PI: 69

PI: 54

Occupation: President and CEO of Hurwitz & Associates

Handle: @jhurwitz

Why: This technology strategist loves live tweeting conferences and offers up helpful words of wisdom on big data and cloud computing.

Tech PI: 69

PI: 61

Occupation: Multimedia journalist and project manager

Handle: @vanessaruiz

Why: Ruiz is one to follow if you're a Portugese speaker and interested in the state of journalism. For the rest of us you can always follow her English account at @vanessaruiz_.

Tech PI: 69

PI: 64

Occupation: Director with Intel Capital; Venture Advisor at 500 Startups; advisor to StartX

Handle: @christine

Why: Follow Herron for her random musings on all things tech and startups.

Tech PI: 69

PI: 68

Occupation: PR Director for Runa Capital

Handle: @LilianPertenava

Why: She clearly has good taste since she's always retweeting BI stories...

Tech PI: 70

PI: 61

Occupation: Tech writer for Fortune Magazine

Handle: @jessiwrites

Why: Hempel helps you decide what tech features are worth the read.

Tech PI: 70

PI: 70

Occupation: Host and executive producer of What's Trending

Handle: @shiralazar

Why: This entertaining tweeter gets at everything under the sun. Oh and she was named one of Fast Company’s 2011 Most Influential Women in Technology.

Tech PI: 70

PI: 80

Occupation: Founder of Findery; Cofounder of Flickr and Hunch

Handle: @Caterina

Why: This techie is always tweeting interesting views or articles on the startup world.

Tech PI: 72

PI: 79

Occupation: Deputy Director of Venture Lab at IE Business School

Handle: @LDFleming

Why: She'll introduce you to some really cool tech in Spain.

Tech PI: 73

PI: 57

Occupation: Founder of Good Night Lamp; Interaction designer and product designer

Handle: @iotwatch

Why: This tweeter discusses up and coming hardware, patents, and toys as well as all things design.

Tech PI: 73

PI: 59

Occupation: Early-stage tech VC at Passion Capital

Handle: @eileentso

Why: As is the case with most VCs, Burbidge is in the know when it comes to tech and the startup scene.

Tech PI: 73

PI: 72

Occupation: User experience coach, writer and speaker

Handle: @whitneyhess

Why: Learn about user experience from an expert.

Tech PI: 73

PI: 74

Occupation: CEO of Lady Geek; Author of The Empathy Era & Little Miss Geek

Handle: @belindaparmar

Why: She tweets a lot about how tech brands reach their audiences and is an advocate for women to get more involved in STEM.

Tech PI: 74

PI: 68

Occupation: Game designer and program director at UC Santa Cruz Games & Playable Media MS

Handle: @br

Why: Romero is a must-follow for all gamers.

Tech PI: 74

PI: 73

Occupation: Senior talent acquisition expert at Halock Security Labs

Handle: @HackerHuntress

Why: Follow Adams if you're looking for a job in security and tech.

Tech PI: 76

PI: 65

Occupation: Wall Street Journal technology reporter

Handle: @ShiraOvide

Why: Ovide gets the intersection of tech and finance. Follow her for a better understanding of the market.

Tech PI: 76

PI: 68

Occupation: Founder/CEO of Girls Who Code

Handle: @reshmasaujani

Why: This super star is inspiring more women to code, one tweet at a time.

Tech PI: 76

PI: 72

Occupation: Journalist at CBC News

Handle: @laurenonizzle

Why: This quirky tweeter posts a lot of random stories with some occasional references to tech.

Tech PI: 76

PI: 73

Occupation: CFO at Kraken Comunicación

Handle: @OphCourse

Why: Another Spanish tweeter for ya. She's all about digital culture and technology adoption.

Tech PI: 76

PI: 76

Occupation: Software engineer at Medium

Handle: @_tessr

Why: Rinearson tweets witty comments on the tech world in general and blogging more specifically.

Tech PI: 77

PI: 57

Occupation: Tech reporter for The Washington Post

Handle: @kansasalps

Why: Follow Peterson for her WashPost links and some livetweeting at interesting conferences and talks.

Tech PI: 77

PI: 59

Occupation: CEO of Task Squad; Cofounder of Learning Pool

Handle: @MMaryMcKenna

Why: McKenna is all startup speak, and she's got the beat from the other side of the pond.

Tech PI: 77

PI: 61

Occupation: Senior Features Editor at The Verge

Handle: @laura_june

Why: This kooky tweeter discusses everything from Zelda to the internet to being a mom.

Tech PI: 77

PI: 69

Occupation: Founder/CEO of Pipeline Fellowship

Handle: @nakisnakis

Why: Noguera is all about women in tech.

Tech PI: 77

PI: 70

Occupation: Journalist at CNBC

Handle: @JBoorstin

Why: Boorstin is a great retweeter and adds some interesting commentary on the big issues in tech.

Tech PI: 77

PI: 71

Occupation: Founder of Newspepper.com and Techfluff.TV; Video correspondent for The Next Web

Handle: @hermioneway

Why: This tweeter covers everything about startups and tech, including her own creative projects.

Tech PI: 77

PI: 72

Occupation: Owner of SEO Aware; Associate on the community team at Moz

Handle: @SEOAware

Why: Follow Fach to learn about SEO and advertising.

Tech PI: 77

PI: 74

Occupation: Founder/Partner at Nazca Ventures

Handle: @Vanesak

Why: Kolodziej is another Spanish tweeter who occasionally writes in English especially when commenting on American tech companies.

Tech PI: 78

PI: 63

Occupation: CEO of Pencil You In

Handle: @tiffani

Why: Bell has some great retweets along with a fresh voice on minorities in tech.

Tech PI: 78

PI: 63

Occupation: UX Developer at IdentityMine

Handle: @IrisClasson

Why: This energetic tweeter is all about coding. Look out for her tips of the day!

Tech PI: 78

PI: 64

Occupation: Special Advisor and Co-Founder at StarVest Partners

Handle: @gianna212

Why: With 28 years in the technology sector under her belt, Sullivan is one to listen to.

Tech PI: 78

PI: 67

Occupation: Working on the CS curriculum for Kahn Academy

Handle: @pamelafox

Why: Along with entertaining and random musings, Fox shares lots of good insight on coding.

Tech PI: 78

PI: 72

Occupation: Deputy reviews editor and senior reviewer at Re/code

Handle: @kabster728

Why: Boehret directs you to some great stories, not only from Re/Code but from around the rest of the internet too.

Tech PI: 78

PI: 75

Occupation: Professor at McGill University; Author of Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking

Handle: @BiellaColeman

Why: This prof tweets about hacking and the dark side of coding.

Tech PI: 78

PI: 78

Occupation: Product marketing manager at Dell AppAssure

Handle: @gminks

Why: Minks tweets a lot of Dell and complex coding stuff, but she also mixes in some lighter marketing tidbits.

Tech PI: 79

PI: 64

Occupation: Head of technology at the Guardian

Handle: @jemimakiss

Why: She mainly uses Twitter to crowdsource for the Guardian, but follow her and you'll be ahead of the news.

Tech PI: 79

PI: 73

Occupation: Runs The ShoppinQueen

Handle: @geekbabe

Why: Parks has her eye on new devices and apps that will improve the lives of parents and children.

Tech PI: 79

PI: 75

Occupation: Writes for Re/Code

Handle: @lizgannes

Why: Follow Gannes for the latest Re/Code links and some of her random musings.

Tech PI: 79

PI: 77

Occupation: Chair of Go On UK; Cofounder of lastminute.com

Handle: @Marthalanefox

Why: Fox has got some great retweets and awesome pictures of her travels.

Tech PI: 79

PI: 77

Occupation: Chief digital officer and deputy secretary for tech for Governor Cuomo

Handle: @rachelhaot

Why: Follow Haot to be in the know about the tech scene in New York.

Tech PI: 79

PI: 79

Occupation: Director of Community Organizing at Code for America

Handle: @cbracy

Why: Bracy is always conversing with other big techies and she has a refreshing and funny take on a lot of the issues.

Tech PI: 80

PI: 64

Occupation: Staff technologist at Center for Democracy & Technology

Handle: @runasand

Why: This tweeter asks some great questions about the tech world, often poking into issues like security and legality.

Tech PI: 80

PI: 65

Occupation: Director of customer experience management strategy at Confirmit

Handle: @runasand

Why: Franz will teach you a lot about employee empowerment and customer experience.

Tech PI: 80

PI: 65

Occupation: Author of Programming Entity Framework book series; Runs Vermont.NET User Group

Handle: @julielerman

Why: This coding veteran knows a lot about Microsoft and programming.

Tech PI: 80

PI: 71

Occupation: CTO of Flatiron School

Handle: @SaraJChipps

Why: The witty Chipps tweets about the random stuff of life, with some coding, UI, and girl power thrown in there.

Tech PI: 80

PI: 76

Occupation: VP of communications for true[x] media

Handle: @caro

Why: McCarthy is a frequent tweeter who sometimes hits on tech subjects, especially when live tweeting from conferences.

Tech PI: 80

PI: 77

Occupation: Founder/editor-in-chief of The Information

Handle: @Jessicalessin

Why: Lessin will direct you to lots of great material from The Information along with some live tweeting of big talks and events.

Tech PI: 80

PI: 78

Occupation: New York Times technology reporter

Handle: @jennydeluxe

Why: This tweeter talks tech, social media, and the stuff of life while directing you to interesting Times links.

Tech PI: 80

PI: 87

Occupation: Chief technology and strategy officer for Cisco

Handle: @Padmasree

Why: Warrior is a great retweeter and advocate for women in tech.

Tech PI: 80

PI: 89

Occupation: Coeditor of Valleywag

Handle: @nitashatiku

Why: This tweeter will give you a fresh and witty take on the tech world while conversing with all her tech journalist buddies.

Tech PI: 81

PI: 67

Occupation: Writer for GigaOM

Handle: @gigastacey

Why: Follow Higginbotham for some good GigaOM links and some articles from other publications as well.

Tech PI: 81

PI: 70

Occupation: Founder of audience.io and tech writer

Handle: @CBM

Why: This tweeter talks apps, startups, and being an entrepreneur.

Tech PI: 81

PI: 70

Occupation: Founder/CEO Savvify; Senior associate at Lucy Cavendish College

Handle: @Dr_Black

Why: Black left school at 16 and after marriage, three kids and a divorce went back to school to learn computer science when she was 20. Now she leads the #techmums movement.

Tech PI: 81

PI: 73

Occupation: Principal researcher at Microsoft Research; Research assistant professor at New York University

Handle: @zephoria

Why: Boyd can teach you a lot about big data and the digital world.

Tech PI: 81

PI: 81

Occupation: Founder of MakeLoveNotPorn and IfWeRanTheWorld; Consultant and coach

Handle: @cindygallop

Why: This quirky tweeter has a unique take on lots of stuff in tech and life in general.

Tech PI: 81

PI: 81

Occupation: Journalist at ReadWrite

Handle: @selenalarson

Why: Larson is always giving her two cents on the hottest thing in tech whether it's Snapchat or the Beats acquisition.

Tech PI: 82

PI: 64

Occupation: Freelance technology journalist and editor

Handle: @marypcbuk

Why: This tweeter knows a lot about tech and hardware, and she's not afraid to share her opinion.

Tech PI: 82

PI: 66

Occupation: Creator of Freckle; Runs 30×500 bootcamp

Handle: @amyhoy

Why: Hoy brings a sarcastic take to the tech world along with her random, quirky musings.

Tech PI: 82

PI: 74

Occupation: Software developer; DataStax MVP for Apache Cassandra; Windows Azure MVP

Handle: @kellabyte

Why: Sommers is super smart and mixes in complicated comments on coding with some lighter inspirational tweets.

Tech PI: 82

PI: 75

Occupation: Director of investments at Omidyar Network; Cofounder of Ushahidi and Mzalendo

Handle: @kenyanpundit

Why: Okolloh tweets about what's going on in Africa when it comes to politics, tech, and news in general.

Tech PI: 82

PI: 80

Occupation: Cofounder of ThinkUp; Founder of Lifehacker

Handle: @ginatrapani

Why: Trapani tweets some useful life hacks along with motivational quotes and phrases.

Tech PI: 82

PI: 85

Occupation: Author of Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media; Consultant

Handle: @kanter

Why: Named by Fast Company Magazine as one of the most influential women in technology and one of Business Week’s “Voices of Innovation for Social Media," Kanter is a valuable follow.

Tech PI: 82

PI: 88

Occupation: Data Scientist at Analytical Solution

Handle: @data_nerd

Why: Follow Gentry for insights on data and digital marketing.

Tech PI: 83

PI: 67

Occupation: CMO of Cuurio

Handle: @jkhoey

Why: This tweeter is all about mobile, entrepreneurship, and women in tech.

Tech PI: 83

PI: 70

Occupation: CEO of Mattermark

Handle: @DanielleMorrill

Why: Morrill likes to talk about tech IPOs, startups, and investments, and she has a lot of smart stuff to say.

Tech PI: 83

PI: 71

Occupation: Programmer; Consultant

Handle: @ashedryden

Why: This tweeter calls out the sexism in tech and works towards greater diversity.

Tech PI: 83

PI: 76

Occupation: Graphic designer

Handle: @terrinakamura

Why: Nakamura will point you to great articles about blogging, social media, and attracting an audience

Tech PI: 83

PI: 83

Occupation: Founder/CEO of Zuckerberg Media

Handle: @randizuckerberg

Why: When Mark's big sis isn't tweeting about Broadway musicals, she'll offer up some interesting insight on tech and life in general.

Tech PI: 83

PI: 83

Occupation: Forbes writer

Handle: @kashhill

Why: Follow Hill to see what life is like when you can only pay with Bitcoin.

Tech PI: 84

PI: 72

Occupation: Data Scientist in Residence at Accel; Scientist Emeritus at bitly; Co-founder of HackNY

Handle: @hmason

Why: Hilary is a big tech tweeter who loves to talk about coding, hacking, and software.

Tech PI: 84

PI: 77

Occupation: Assistant professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill with her own tech site at www.technosociology.org

Handle: @zeynep

Why: Catch Zeynep's musings on everything ranging from international Web policies to social justice.

Tech PI: 84

PI: 77

Occupation: NASA Astronaut

Handle: @AstroKarenN

Why: Nyberg has been to outer space and will tell you all about it.

Tech PI: 84

PI: 78

Occupation: Journalist; speaker

Handle: @AmyVernon

Why: Vernon is a great retweeter and is on top of the social media and journalism beats.

Tech PI: 84

PI: 80

Occupation: Senior editor at Re/code

Handle: @inafried

Why: Follow Fried to keep up with what's going on in mobile.

Tech PI: 84

PI: 80

Occupation: Tech reporter for Wall Street Journal

Handle: @EvelynRusli

Why: Rusli has a fun, casual look at the industry and gives you the scoop on acquisitions.

Tech PI: 85

PI: 76

Occupation: Founding partner and co-editor of Boing Boing; Founding board member of Freedom of the Press Foundation

Handle: @xeni

Why: This tweeter sends out beautiful photos and inspirational quotes with some news mixed in.

Tech PI: 85

PI: 85

Occupation: Web developer, author and blogger

Handle: @seriouspony

Why: She gets user experience. Nuff said.

Tech PI: 86

PI: 68

Occupation: Host of Bloomberg West

Handle: @emilychangtv

Why: Stay up to date with Bloomberg's coverage of the big guys in tech.

Tech PI: 86

PI: 78

Occupation: Vice president of the European Commission leading the Digital Agenda

Handle: @NeelieKroesEU

Why: She's in charge of digital stuff for the EU!

Tech PI: 86

PI: 82

Occupation: Founder and editor-in-chief of PandoDaily

Handle: @sarahcuda

Why: She's got the scoop on Silicon Valley startups.

Tech PI: 87

PI: 83

Occupation: Co-Editor at TechCrunch

Handle: @alexia

Why: Her clever comments pair nicely with interesting retweets on all things tech related.

Tech PI: 87

PI: 83

Occupation: Founder of Brew Media Relations

Handle: @brooke

Why: Hammerling covers a melting pot of random topics, but she seems to know everyone in tech.

Tech PI: 88

PI: 75

Occupation: Wall Street Journal Personal Technology Columnist

Handle: @joannastern

Why: Joanna's got consumer electronics explained—everything from Cortana to HTC One to tablets.

Tech PI: 88

PI: 78

Occupation: President/CEO of Yahoo

Handle: @marissamayer

Why: Marissa will definitely not flood your Twitter feed, but she will reveal some important Yahoo news when she does decide to tweet.

Tech PI: 88

PI: 89

Occupation: Tech reporter for ZDNet

Handle: @maryjofoley

Why: Learn about all things Microsoft related.

Tech PI: 89

PI: 81

Occupation: Chair, president, and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group

Handle: @ariannahuff

Why: For general words of wisdom on issues of health, gender equality, and some occasional tech.

Tech PI: 90

PI: 92

Occupation: Re/code Co-Executive Editor

Handle: @karaswisher

Why: For lots and lots of tech thoughts and links. She is always breaking news.

Tech PI: 91

PI: 92