Winner

MatchMove Pay – Team led by Nelly Jimron

”Nelly Jimron has shown grit and perseverance in driving acquisition, adoption and regular usage of the Remittance Mobile App in a targeted segment. She has applied qualities such as empathy, tech know-how, data analysis, marketing and leadership. She has successfully turned over the business by increasing the user base and retention, and she has a month-on-month increase in transaction volume. Nelly has won a number of awards for her great work over the years. Her fintech project has ranked 1st in Singapore and 25th in Asia as one of the fastest-growing technology companies. Our judges agree that this project has indeed hit a home run as the problem statement is pretty clear – to generate revenue through providing a platform to transfer money back securely and legally to home countries. The project has maximized the investments made and the business has grown three-fold with a consistent growth rate of 10 – 20%. What a fantastic achievement – congratulations Nelly.”

Shortlist

J.P. Morgan – Team led by Jyoti Chatterjee

NETS – Team led by Joyce Shia

Visa – Team led by Tasneen Padiath

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Winner

Grab – Team led by Sri Thiba Santhira Seakaran

”Our judges were blown away and inspired by Sri Thiba’s openness and vulnerability in her submission. Her come-back story is very impressive, and the growth of Grab in Southeast Asia has been phenomenal. Our judges can see how her team (and her leadership) have all developed into the well-oiled machine that they are today. Well done Sri Thiba and to the whole IT Team for your achievements and output.

Achievements include: Leading the transition for IT (Uber Acquisition) in South East Asia – built the BPO rollout playbook and launched 4 Call Center BPOs – Transitioned and launched Ex Uber offices – Onboarded transition team to support with GrabFood launch – Onboarded diverse staff to be part of Grab.

Sri Thiba also led 14 office builds projects to completion, and she led RFP/RFI initiatives for Meraki Reseller Panel to optimize procurement lead time by 75% & delivery 25%. The list goes on!”

Shortlist

BP – Team led by Irina Mironova

British American Tobacco Indonesia – Team led by Rosa Maria

Buzz ARVR – Team led by Bell Beh

Gluu Life – Team led by Lin Shu Fen

HSBC – Team led by Jenny Yau

J.P. Morgan – Team led by Kathryn Dunn

Nucleo Consulting – Team led by Sandra Yeow

PCCW Solution Insys Pte Ltd – Team led by Sonali Chavan

Winner

Pavel Bulowski – Meiro / Shelovesdata

”Pavel Bulowski has created a phenomenal impact through shelovesdata.com, and is nurturing a sizeable community – reaching 12 cities and 11 countries, enabling over 10.000 women. He is also steering mentoring programs for future female leaders.

Not only is Pavel a diversity champion in his ‘daytime job’ he has dedicated a great deal of his time and energy to co-found this start-up. This not-for-profit organisation focuses on bringing more diversity into data analytics and IT by offering volunteer-driven, free-of-charge courses for women to increase interest in the data space.

The judges were very impressed by how Pavel and his team are engaging the community with this empowerment initiative to foster greater diversity, equity and inclusion. Great work, thank you Pavel.”

Shortlist

Abhishek Sharma – Citi

Aditya Patil – J.P. Morgan Services India Pvt Ltd

Hamon Yann-Alain – why innovation!

Jérôme Limozin – Bank of America

Richard Lord – HSBC

Seng Yue Yau – British American Tobacco GSD KL

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Winner

Numer8

”Nandhini Kartikeyan’s idea to use tech to develop sustainable fishing and her pursuit of this vision is inspirational. The funding and support she has received provides great evidence of her efforts and the importance of this technology. It is innovative and is now recognized internationally. 

She has shown that technology can positively assist the livelihood and wellness of fishermen. She has used her technology to enable fishermen to be increasingly productive and at the same time encourages an ethical and sustainable fishery industry. Nandhini’s technology harnesses available data, government information on regulations and also aids with predictions regarding where schools of fish may be located for more controlled and responsible fishing.

What is a wonderful surprise is the all-women c-suite driving this positive change for the world through the apps. They are protecting the livelihood of the fishermen, bringing them into the digital world and protecting our oceans. A wonderful idea and a standout submission, great work Nandhini.”

Shortlist

Avanade Asia

Bank of America (Code for Change Program)

Bank of America (Cyber Security Escape Room Programs)

CHEKTEC

Citi

DBS Bank

NUS ISS

Oracle Singapore

Tookitaki

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Winner

Lorraine Choo Yin Ong – Government Technology Agency

”Lorraine Choo Yin Ong is this year’s Transformation Leader because of her transformation initiative that not only has organisational impact, but also on the wider citizenry. Her work has demonstrated real thought and consideration for its users as judges describe it as “making an impact with ease of use and transforming user behaviour”. 

Lorraine has 20 years of IT industry experience and has worked on various Singapore National programs and projects. She has successfully led teams in various transformational programs spanning across multiple agencies and the government.  For the past 18 months she had been leading a team of project managers to drive Virtual Assistant (artificial intelligence) technology. She implemented the 1st chatbot (i.e. Ask Jamie) for the Singapore government back in 2015. Since then, she and the team have been adding new functionalities to meet the citizens’ needs such as live chat, general knowledge database, and driving adoption by agencies through engagement and awareness sessions. Today, Ask Jamie is a whole-of-government chatbot and is implemented in over 80 government agencies’ websites. Ask Jamie is also the 1st chatbot in the world to have inter-agency integration and ability to answer cross agencies queries. This long standing and continuous evolution of work make her the standout candidate!”

Shortlist

Anneliese Schulz – Software AG

Aurore Duhamel – CargoAI

Felicia Cheung – Microsoft

Jazz Moser – Verizon Business Group

Linda Newman – S&P Global – Ratings Division

Rama Sridhar – Mastercard

Wilma Gerber – JLL

Yolande Le Mercier – Activeo Singapore PT LTD

Yu Jie Kaneoka Yukiko – Lenovo

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Winner

Aliza Knox – Cloudflare

”Aliza Knox is our 2020 Woman of the Year!

She is known in the tech space for the contributions she has made to drive awareness of female representation within cloud computing. Her work over the years has been consistent in its messaging – “we need to have better and stronger female role models”. Aliza has demonstrated simple, yet powerful acts to achieve this and these are the hallmarks of a great leader.

Aliza has worked for equality in the workplace by promoting a safe environment for everyone to voice their opinions and grants equal opportunities to succeed across all roles. Aliza has significantly contributed to the increased percentage of women in senior roles and has helped grow the business on an international level.

Aliza is known for demanding high standards while leading with empathy. This is clear in the sample provided in her email signature: “Please note, we work flexibly at Cloudflare. I am sending you this message now because it works for me, but I do not expect you to read or respond outside regular business hours.”

Our judges were also moved by her efforts for inclusivity. In addition to the day-to-day recognition and acknowledgement of special occasions, once a month the office holds monthly birthday celebrations. At this time, Aliza makes a point for all employees that have birthdays which fall within that month, to have their birthday greetings and songs in their native language sung/played. This is a fun yet inclusive social activity that the entire Singapore office looks forward to. Aliza is aware of the many cultural nuances in the APAC region, and with this is deliberate in respecting everyone’s individual cultural preferences, starting from ensuring she pronounces everyone’s name correctly—right when she meets them.

These actions speak louder than words! Well done and congratulations Aliza.”

Shortlist

Amra Naidoo – Accelerating Asia

Elena Ionenko – TurnKey Lender

June Lai – Catalyst

Liyana Sulaiman – Pollen

Lynn Tan – Blonk Group

Rachel Barger – SAP

Yuk Wah Kwong – National Trades Union Congress

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Winner

Valerie Lim – Gojek

”For the judges, Valerie ‘ticked all the boxes’ – leadership, innovation, drive for diversity, eco-friendly, and she demonstrated savings and impact on her company’s revenue projections. Valerie is the ultimate woman leader and still so early on in her career.

Her involvement and role in Gojek has helped the company grow and expanded greatly in the past years. She also leads in Woman in Data – a commendable initiative dedicated to giving back to the community.  Valerie has demonstrated tremendous innovation and proactive thinking in identifying problems and delivering solutions. Alongside these achievements, she is also striving to enhance diversity and inclusion through her mentorship program. You are doing a fantastic job Valerie, keep going! We all see a very bright future for you.”

Shortlist

Akansha Goyal – Barclays Global Service Centre

Christina Gao – Shell

Chu Yuan (Joanne) Ng – R3

Deepika Dinesh – CavinKare

Farah Saleh – Digix

Hanny Kusumawardhani – MasterCard

Johannine Christian Perello – Ascender HCM Asia Pte Ltd

Susan Claire Alvarez – Sodexo Services Asia Pte Ltd

Wajiha Hassan – Teradata