3. Who has been the most influential person in your life? Why?
My parents were the most influential people in my life because from the time I was a baby they taught me to have faith and believe in myself.

4. What lessons have you learned that would be valuable to women beginning their careers in technology?
Accept challenges. Don't be afraid to think outside of the box.

5. What new technology do you believe will have the most positive impact on the world in the next 20 years? The most negative impact?
Advances in medicine through the technology of genetic engineering will have its impact on everyone from newborn babies and top-level executives to athletes and grandparents bound to wheelchairs. These genetic advances will truly affect the length and�style of our life over the next 20 years. Genetic engineering, arguably, will have tremendous positive and negative impacts on life in this world and how we do business in it.

Laura Tidwell answers these questions:
1. What was your first job in technology?
2. What has been your greatest challenge and what strategies did you use to overcome obstacles?
3. Who has been the most influential person in your life? Why?
4. What lessons have you learned that would be valuable to women beginning their careers in technology?
5. What new technology do you believe will have the most positive impact on the world in the next 20 years? The most negative impact?

On the lighter side:
1. If you could have dinner with any 2 people (living or not), who would they be?
2. What was the last book you read? What books do you love to recommend?
3. If you couldn't do what you are doing now, what profession would you choose?
4. What is your definition of success?