No.7 Amanda Congdon
Amanda Congdon is one of the hottest women in tech because she possesses the sort of unattainable looks one associates with a supermodel, yet she's certainly proven herself to be a far more complex figure than your regular clotheshorse. Amanda's desire to be an actress was initially trumped by her need to make a living, and she consequently worked at an advertising agency following her graduation from Northwestern University. She slowly but surely branched out into the entertainment world by taking any and all jobs within the industry she could get her hands on, but her big break came after she landed a gig on "Rocketboom," a daily videoblog. Her bubbly personality and her ability to poke fun at herself transformed her into an instant hit, and Amanda soon found herself broadcasting before a daily audience of over 300,000 people. Amanda stuck with "Rocketboom" for almost two years before she left to start an online endeavor of her own "AmandaAcrossAmerica" in which she documents her travels across the country in a hybrid vehicle. Amanda is currently in the process of expanding her reach beyond the internet, as she's developing a comedic TV show with HBO.
No.6 Veronica Belmont
As the daughter of two toy executives, Veronica Belmont adopted her off-kilter, tech-savvy persona at an exceedingly young age. After graduating from Emerson College (where she majored in audio production and new media studies), Veronica landed an internship at CNET as an audio producer within their business technology division. She parlayed that experience into a gig as a producer for their online videos, and also acted as a producer/sound engineer for CNET's "Buzz Out Loud" podcast. In September 2006, Veronica was upgraded to cohost of ¡°Buzz Out Loud¡± and she also began popping up in that capacity on a pair of CNET podcasts (¡°MP3 Insider¡± and ¡°CRAVE Gadget Blog"). Less than a year later, Veronica left CNET for a high-profile gig at a new search engine entitled Mahalo, where she currently produces a daily tech-centric video show.
No.5 Cali Lewis
Cali Lewis possesses the kind of success story that would make anybody envious, as she now ranks among some of the best and brightest within the podcasting world as well as one of the hottest women in tech. Cali, along with husband Neal, started up a website devoted to short tech-based podcasts entitled GeekBrief.TV, despite the fact that the two had absolutely no experience with video production. Yet, Cali's plucky demeanor and drop-dead gorgeous looks ensured the show's success, and having gone from a viewership of a couple thousand to millions of downloads a month the couple was able to quit their full-time jobs and focus their time exclusively on the site. Cali has been keeping busy in other avenues as well: In addition to taking over for Amber MacArthur on the final episodes of TechTV's Call for Help, she has also launched a tech-advice blog entitled "Dear Cali," appeared on Ustream.tv, and started a podcast show devoted entirely to Apple's iPhone.
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