Women in IT Awards USA: Finalists Revealed
Finalist Revealed
The finalists for the US edition of the world’s largest tech diversity event are today revealed. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in Gotham Hall, New York, on 22 March
‘As tech companies continue to disrupt industries and business models with new innovation, platforms that ensure the workforces behind this innovation are diverse and innovation are absolutely critical’
The world’s largest tech diversity awards event today reveals the finalists for its inaugural USA program, which will gather top leaders from America’s technology sector to further efforts to tackle the industry’s diversity challenges.
The Women in IT Awards is the technology world’s most prominent and influential diversity program. Held for the last four years in London, the most recent event on 31 January 2018 was attended by 1,200 business and tech leaders.
On 22 March 2018, the event will come to the US for the first time, taking place in one of the world’s most prominent business cities – New York – at the grand Gotham Hall in Manhattan. The Women in IT Awards USA marks the event’s first expansion out of Europe.
With just 25% of computing jobs in the US held by women – and much fewer at senior and executive levels – the event seeks to tackle the industry’s gender imbalance by showcasing the achievements of women in technology, identifying new role models and promoting constructive dialogue around diversity among key industry leaders.
Organised by business-technology magazine and website Information Age, the Women in IT Awards has gathered resounding support from trade associations, politicians and companies of all sizes and sectors since launching in 2015. Through a series of 16 awards, the event acts as a flagship and high-profile platform for the industry’s wide-reaching diversity efforts.
The awards, which attracted over 400 nominations, are sponsored by premium partner BMC Software, as well as AT&T, Bluewolf, Equinix, FireEye, Frank Recruitment Group, Neustar, Rolls-Royce and Zayo.
“We were blown away with the incredible volume and standard of nominations for an event landing in the US for the first time,” says Ben Rossi, editorial director at Information Age publisher Vitesse Media and founder of the Women in IT Awards. “It’s been a privilege to watch the Women in IT Awards grow over the last four years as people from across the technology world have embraced it as the platform for identifying female role models in the industry and shining a light on their innovation and achievements.
“As tech companies continue to disrupt industries and business models with new innovation, platforms like the Women in IT Awards that ensure the workforces behind this innovation are diverse and inclusive are absolutely critical. Congratulations to all of the finalists.”
Advocate of the Year
Kristy Wallace, Ellevate Network
Anita Khandekar, Enova
Bianca Jackson, JAX Digital
DeLisa Alexander, Red Hat
Selina Suarez, Salesforce
Hala Hanna, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Marta Zanchi, Stanford University
Elizabeth Hunter, T-Mobile
Carita Marrow, UNCF
Ronni Eloff, Women in Technology International
Business Leader of the Year
Kate O’Keeffe, Cisco
Lisa Stanton, InAuth
Brynne Kennedy, MOVE Guides
Candice Corby, Cobra Legal Solutions
Nancy Harris, Sage
Meredith Whalen, IDC
Trish Thomas, TEEM
Kristel Lataste, Amadeus North America
Paula Hunter, NFC Forum
Business Role Model of the Year
Rebecca Parsons, ThoughtWorks
Heather Wilde, WithMe
Margaret Dawson, Red Hat
Rebecca Wynn, Matrix Medical Network
Teena Piccione, Fidelity Investments
Donna Wells, Mindflash Technologies
Brenda Peick, Thomson Reuters
Liz Tinkham, University of Washington
Priyanka Vasudevan, Morgan Stanley
Nabila Aydin, FDM Group
CIO of the Year
Marykay Wells, Pearson
Kristy Simonette, Camden Property Trust
Sherry Aaholm, Cummins
Paula Tolliver, Intel Corporation
Kimberly Ingram, Lansing Board of Water & Light
Nancy D’Amico, LeasePlan
Janice Withers, TD Bank
Nicole Raimundo, Town of Cary
Michaele James, CSAA Insurance Group
Sandi Mays, Zayo Group
Data Leader of the Year
Sangeeta Krishnan, Asembia
Olisa Stephensbailey, Booz Allen Hamilton
Valerie Logan, Gartner
Kjersten Moody, State Farm
Jennifer Nelson, Rocket Software
Aimee Webster, S&P Global
Sara Garrido, Sizmek
Jessica Kirkpatrick, Slack
Tendü Yoğurtçu, Syncsort
Jacquelin Speck, U.S. Navy
Digital Leader of the Year
Jessica Wong, Amorepacific
Aurora Losada, Houston Public Media
Kristina Villarini, Lambda Legal
Jo Ann Saitta, Omnicom Health Group
Monica Caldas, GE
Melissa Stevens, Fifth Third Bank
Jaime Chambron, NTT Data Services
Daryl Drabinsky, Aetna
Teesee Murray, Infor
Karen O’Brien, Western Union
e-Skills Initiative of the Year
Tracey Welson-Rossman, Chariot Solutions / TechGirlz
Renee La Londe, iTalent Digital
Marlin Williams, Sisters Code
Olga Mack, ClearSlide
Ruthe Farmer, CSforALL.org
Judith Spitz, Women in Technology and Entrepreneurship in New York (WiTNY)
Viola Maxwell-Thompson, Information Technology Senior Management Forum
Women on their Way, NetScout
Elizabeth Lindsey, Byte Back
Diane Flynn, ReBoot Accel
Editor’s Choice
Rina Brahmbhatt, Atos Global Consulting
Mylea Charvat, Savonix
Lauren Cooney, Spark Labs
Rita Torkzadeh, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Christina Zuniga, InTouch Health
Winnie Cheng, Io-Tahoe
Jane Harper, Henry Ford Health System
Shelley Westman, EY
Liz Rowe, State of New Jersey
Marlene Williamson, Watermark
Entrepreneur of the Year
Zhuo Li, AutoX
Neha Sampat, Built.io Contentstack
Autumn Manning, YouEarnedIt
Jennifer Kyriakakis, MATRIXX Software
Angela Hood, ThisWay Global
Lora Ivanova, myLab Box
Srii Srinivasan, Chargeback Gurus
Mary Dee, Digital Altitude
Meg Columbia, Walsh Wylei
Rachel Bogan, Work & Co
Future CIO of the Year
Julia Lomax, Tengelmann Group
Priya Aswani, Microsoft
Jamila Parham, City of Chicago
Eryka Johnson, ExxonMobil
Amber Williamson, Robert Half Technology
Anne Mette Hoyer, SAP
Andrea Adams, Spanning Cloud Apps
Tracy Vo, Bank of the West
Leslie Hielema, GuideWell
Praniti Lakhwara, Apttus
Innovator of the Year
Jin Zhang, CA Technologies
Angela Nicoara, Intel Corporation
Vicki Reyzelman, Akamai
Rachelle Oribio, Techstars
Jo-Anne Dressendofer, Slice Wireless Solutions
Kristin Lovejoy, BluVector
Natalie Gil, rational7
Veena Gundavelli, Emagia Corporation
Bhavini Soneji, Heal
Sophie Vandebroek, IBM
Rising Star of the Year
Velvet Johnson, Accenture
Etosha Ottey, Chicago Black Women In Tech
Jamie Migdal, FetchFind
Robyn Gray, Otherworld Interactive
Jennifer Perusini, Neurovation Labs
Yana Zaidiner, Token Payments
Margaret Gratian, US Department of Defense
Lana Jovanovic, UBM
Annie Eaton, Futurus
Sarah Mogin, Work & Co
Security Champion of the Year
Rhonda Shantz, Centrify
Christy Wyatt, Dtex Systems
Linda Conrad, Exelon
Deneen DeFiore, GE
Lila Kee, GlobalSign
Monica Jain, LogicHub
Julie Cullivan, ForeScout Technologies
Sydney Klein, Capital One Financial
Deb Briggs, NetScout
Terri Cetera, Quest Diagnostics
Transformation Leader of the Year
Alejandra Roslyakova, Amadeus North America
Lisa Litherland, CDW
Ozlem Coskun, Chubb Insurance
Sandy Hogan, HERE Technologies
Kelly Switt, Citi
Barbara Morgan, FIS
Carol Houle, Cognizant
Chiara Bersano, LSI Consulting
Erica Volini, Deloitte
Kerry Small, Vodafone Group Enterprise
Woman of the Year
Kesha Williams, Chick-fil-A
Ishita Majumdar, eBay
Li Lo, SPANX
Dianne Dain, United Nations
Mayumi Hiramatsu, Infor
Laila Beane, Intellect SEEC
Anita Sands, Symantec
Karen MacKay, Rolls-Royce
Sheela Ramamurthy, VirtualHealth
Jeanette Maister, WCN
Young Leader of the Year
Hannah Osborne, DXC Technology
Miranda LeBlanc, Liberty Mutual Insurance
Karen Parisi, Oodi
Caitlin Burniske, Premier Logic
Jessica Angelotta, Target Data
Arlyn Burgess, University of Virginia
Ali Greenwood, JLL
Camille Stewart, Deloitte
Ayesha Liaqat, UW Health
Lisa Godwin, The New York Times
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