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You Can Do Amazing Things with Software

By June 1, 2015

Why does software matter?

As new technological advances propel us forward, it’s easy to take for granted the growing role software is playing for all of us.

Today’s software functions so consistently and seamlessly, we sometimes don’t even realize the many ways it’s improving our daily lives. Yet it is at the very heart of innovation all around us.

Fundamentally, software is revolutionizing the way we live our lives.

We want to spotlight the countless ways people use software to do amazing things and to help change our world for the better.

With software:

  • Teachers are connecting classrooms with real-time “student pen-pals” around the globe.
  • Doctors are saving more premature babies than ever before.
  • Engineers are making buildings and bridges safer and stronger — and more beautiful.
  • Astronauts are pushing the limits of what we know about our galaxy.
  • World-class athletes and novice runners are maximizing their workouts and nutrition.
  • Parents can talk to their children face-to-face in any part of the world.

And the great news?  Something even more exciting than the progress above is the enormous potential for us all to do even greater things with software in the days to come.  What makes software so extraordinary is how you, the user, are putting it to use.  We can all be innovators.

You can do amazing things with software.  You already are.  It’s today’s reality, and our daily lives are all the better for it.

Software: Bridging Imagination
We are excited to spread this message, so central to so many lives today.  But the dialogue shouldn’t stop there.  Use #WithSoftware to tell us about the many ways big and small that you’re using software to make your life better.

We hope you’ll learn more about the truly amazing things you can do with software at withsoftware.org.  We see such infinite promise in the future, and hope you do, too.

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Victoria Espinel is a global leader advancing the future of technology innovation.  

As CEO of BSA | The Software Alliance, Victoria has grown the organization’s worldwide presence in over 30 countries, distinguishing BSA as the leader for enterprise software companies on issues including artificial intelligence, privacy, cybersecurity, and digital trade. She launched the Digital Transformation Network and the Global Data Alliance, flagship BSA initiatives to further BSA’s collaboration with 15+ industry sectors globally. Victoria founded Software.org, the enterprise software industry’s nonprofit partner that educates policymakers and the public about the impact of software and careers within the industry. 

Victoria serves on President Biden’s National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (Chair of the International Working Group), served as a member of the President’s USTR Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations (ACTPN), and chaired the Future of Software and Society Group at the World Economic Forum. She is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations. 

 Victoria has testified on multiple occasions before the US Congress, European Parliament, and Japanese Diet. Victoria speaks frequently to groups about AI, cybersecurity, and STEM education, including Latinas in Tech, Girls Rule the Law, the Congressional Staff Hispanic Association, Women’s Congressional Staff Associations, Girls Who Code, EqualAI, CSIS, and numerous academic institutions. She has been featured in a wide range of media outlets, including New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times, Forbes, C-SPAN, BBC, Bloomberg Business, The New Yorker, and NPR. 

Prior to BSA, Victoria was confirmed by the US Senate to serve as the first White House “IP Czar,” establishing a new office in the White House and advising President Obama on intellectual property. She also served in the Bush Administration as the first chief US trade negotiator for intellectual property and innovation, a role in which she created the office of Intellectual Property and Innovation at USTR and led negotiations with over 70 countries. 

Victoria launched Girls Who Code’s Washington, DC summer program and serves on the Board of Directors for ChIPs, a nonprofit organization advancing women in technology law and policy. 

She holds an LLM from the London School of Economics, a JD from Georgetown University Law School, and a BS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. She is a native of Washington, DC, and the proud proprietor of Jewel of the South, a restaurant in New Orleans. 

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