While the historically homogenous technology and telecom sectors have become more open to the business-lead benefits of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) to address the talent gap, much of the work extends beyond the need for a talent pipeline. Companies – big and small – have also moved to promote DE&I internally and foster more equitable access to opportunity.

Here are SDxCentral's top interview articles featuring industry leaders moving inclusion forward.

If product designers don't understand customer perspective, “you're going to end up with all of the problems that we've been seeing in the tech world,” PMDojo Founder Bosky Mukherjee said. Read more.

From Cisco‘s approach to the talent gap to supporting historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), the enterprise continues to expand its work in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) in the tech and telecom sectors. Read more.

When it comes to Extreme’s DE&I effort in diversity, equity, and inclusion, “the foundation is built around career, culture, community, and commerce," Demetrius Cunningham said. Read more.

Vijay Pendakur brings two decades of multi-sector diversity, equity, and inclusion experience to VMware as they tackle their 2030 agenda. Read more.

For an enterprise, DE&I is a balance "of reminding ourselves that the numbers are people and that the work that we do is deeper than hiring targets," Crystal Moore said. Read more.

Aisha Washington reflects on points of pride and much-needed diversity, equity, and inclusion progress in tech. Read more.

Deque works with telecom operators like Verizon aiming to design "so thoughtfully that you can lose any one of your major senses and the design still holds true," Deque's Glenda Sims said. Read more.

“I'm very focused on getting women from the midpoint of their career to the top. It's not enough to get them in, burn them out, and let them go," said Accenture's Valerie Abend. Read more.

Cisco has pledged $50 million to the Student Freedom Initiative and $100 million directly to historically Black colleges and universities for tech upgrades. Read more.

Trellix's Michael Alicea discusses diversity-focused enterprise partnerships to improve career development within the cybersecurity industry. Read more.