After a review of U.S. Census Bureau data, the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia, a think tank that focuses on local economic prosperity, issued an unsurprising diagnostic last week: Philly tech’s workforce is heavily skewed toward men.

In its analysis, the nonprofit found that men occupy 71 percent of tech jobs, and identified lack of diversity across the board as one of the key hurdles for the growth of the city’s innovation economy.

During our quarterly stakeholder meeting ahead of NET/WORK last week, we asked human resource, communications and people operation reps from a handful of tech companies what specific actions their companies have found to be effective in leveling the playing field when it comes to bringing more women into their ranks. From internal training programs to opening up hiring panels, here’s what they said.

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