By John Glenday

The British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) has inducted IT pioneer Dame Stephanie Shirley and Decoded co-founder Kathryn Parsons into its hall of fame, expanding its roll call of technologies good and the great.

Shirley rose to prominence after founding technology firm Freelance Programmers, subsequently rebranded as Xansa, in 1962, before being appointed director of AEA Technology in 1992. Shirley was also the first female president of the British Computer Society and served on the board of the John Lewis Partnership between 1999 and 2001.

Parsons meanwhile founded technology education firm Decoded in 2011 since which it Read full story ›

Source: The Drum