Texas Instruments’ 2011 Gender Symposium, held in Dallas, focused on the professional challenges facing women and explored the value of mentoring and sponsorship.

Despite being part of a male-dominated industry, this semiconductor and educational technology company stands out for its efforts to attract and promote women, who represent 12% of its executives with profit-and-loss responsibility. Top women get to know one another in the Insights Group, where they are mentored by the company’s leadership team (including Chairman, President and CEO Rich Templeton). Formal discussions facilitated by the company’s women’s network also give talented employees a venue in which to explore personal and professional topics, from what it takes to serve with nonprofits or company boards to the best ways to plan out their finances or care for dependent relatives.

Chairman, President & CEO: Rich Templeton

Senior VP, HR: Darla Whitaker

% of senior managers who are women: 11%

% of corporate executives who are women: 19%

% of the top 10% of the company’s earners who are women: 9%

% of corporate executives with profit-and-loss responsibility who are women: 12%

% of the executives running divisions with revenues of more than a billion dollars who are women: 0%

% of executives who report directly to the CEO who are women: 21%

% of the members of the board of directors who are women: 40%