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Sandy Carter

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Sandra "Sandy" Carter
Carter at SXSW 2025
EducationDuke University, Harvard Business School
OccupationChief Operating Officer
EmployerUnstoppable Domains
Children2
Websitehttp://sandycarter.net/

Sandra “Sandy” Carter is an American businesswoman, speaker and author. She was a general manager at IBM from 2013 to 2016, vice president at Amazon Web Services from 2017 to 2021[1] and is currently the chief operating officer at Unstoppable Domains.[2]

Early life and education

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Carter holds a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Duke University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She has experience with eight programming languages.[3]

Career

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Carter at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference, 2011

Carter is the author of five books on technology and business leadership, including The New Language of Business: SOA & Web 2.0 and The New Language of Marketing 2.0: Social Media.

She was previously chairman of the board for the now-defunct non-profit organization Girls in Tech, and was an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley.[4]

Sandra was previously a member of the advisory board of the Internet of Things Community.[5]

360Fashion Network created a hot pink wireless charging wallet designed by Anina Net, and named "The Sandy" after Carter, which was displayed and sold at the Museum of Science and Industry Chicago's in 2019.[6]

In 2025, Carter attended a dinner hosted by President Donald Trump at the Trump National Golf Club for the top 220 holders of his $TRUMP meme coin.[7] The average attendee spent $1.8 million to attend the event, which Trump appeared at for 15 minutes.[7]

Recognition

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  • "Top 3 Innovation Influencer" from SXSW (2017)[8]
  • "Brand Leader of the Year" from the "World Brand Congress" (2009)[9]
  • Fast Company "Most Influential 'Women' in Technology" (2009)[10]
  • CNN Magazine "Ten most powerful women in tech"(2012)[11]
  • NAFE "Social Media Star" and "Woman of Excellence" (2012)[12]
  • Franz Edelman Laureate for Analytics Innovation[13]

Selected publications

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Carter has authored five books “The New Language of Business: SOA & Web 2.0”; “The New Language of Marketing 2.0: Social Media”, which won the Silver Marketing Sherpa award in 2009;[14] "Get Bold” in 2011; and "Extreme Innovation: 3 Superpowers for Purpose and Profit" released in 2017.

  • "The New Language of Business: SOA & Web 2.0.", IBM Press, 2007, ISBN 0-13-195654-X
  • "The New Language of Marketing 2.0: How to Use ANGELS to Energize Your Market", IBM Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-13-714249-1
  • "Get Bold: Using Social Media to Create a New Type of Social Business”, IBM Press, 2011 ISBN 0-13-261831-1
  • "Extreme Innovation: 3 Superpowers for Purpose and Profit", Param Media, 2017 ISBN 0995030278, ISBN 978-0995030275
  • "Geek Girls are Chic", e-book, 2015

References

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  1. ^ "The 39 most powerful female engineers of 2018". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
  2. ^ "About". Unstoppable Domains. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  3. ^ "IBM Archives: IBM Women in technology IBM Women in WITI Hall of Fame profile for Sandy Carter". www.ibm.com. 2003-01-23. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
  4. ^ Sandler, Julie Bort, Rachel. "The 39 most powerful female engineers of 2018". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-05-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "About Us". IoT Community® - Internet of Things Community®. Archived from the original on 8 September 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  6. ^ amandacosco (2019-03-21). "Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago Launches Wired to Wear Featuring Wearables from 360Fashion Network". Electric Runway. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  7. ^ a b Ingram, David; Egwuonwu, Nnamdi (2025-05-23). "At Trump's crypto dinner: Tuxedos, luxury cars and a former NBA star". NBC News. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  8. ^ "Sandy Carter". SXSW 2019 Schedule. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
  9. ^ "2009 Brand Leadership Award Winners". World Brand Congress. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
  10. ^ "Women in Tech: The Executives". fastcompany.com. Jan 14, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
  11. ^ "10 most powerful women in tech". CNN. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  12. ^ "2012 NAFE (National Association for Female Executives and Entrepreneurs) Women of Excellence".
  13. ^ "About". Sandy Carter. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  14. ^ "MarketingSherpa's 2009 Email Awards Gallery: Get Inspired by These Exceptional Campaigns" (PDF). MarketingSherpa. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
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