[Women in Tech] Opportunities come to those who ask for them, says Katya Ivanova of Acronis Katya Ivanova, VP – Worldwide Inside Sales, Acronis, says there are fewer women in tech due to wrongful perception. It is perceived that tech is for men and not for women, and this perception starts building up early on. 0 claps Katya Ivanova, VP – Worldwide Inside Sales, Acronis, was born in Ukraine. From a young age, she was good at both languages and mathematics, which made her university degree choice hard, and she had quite a wide variety of specialities to choose from. She decided to pursue a master’s degree in French and English languages from Kiev, which she says gave her an academic background and taught her to look at things more broadly.