Either a tech firm that has demonstrated a great desire to attract and retain more women, or a company from any other industry that has demonstrated a great desire to attract and retain more women in its IT and/or digital department.

Sponsored by Intel.

WINNER: ALOM

FINALISTS

ALOM
Globant
Lenovo
Tesla
ThoughtWorks

Open to any female who is influential as a technology business owner or main shareholder in ensuring the company meets its goals, irrespective of size. The individual needs to demonstrate commercial success, plans for growth, how strategies were set and achieved and how innovation is encouraged.

WINNER: Maria Artunduaga – Respira Labs

FINALISTS

Maria Artunduaga – Respira Labs
Pamela Bowen – Eminence MSO
Sharde Brown – Tribe Builder Media
Gloria Chance – The Mousai Group
Dao Jenson – Kaizen Technology Partners LLC
Hillary Sinclair – Wheesearch Beauty
Rebecca Vogels – All of the Above
Jennifer Winward Ph.D. – Winward Academy
Monica Zent – Foxwordy/ ZentLaw Group

A woman who has shown outstanding IT excellence and innovation in the last 18 months and demonstrates signs that she will one day become a successful CIO.

Sponsored by Redhat.

WINNER: Rosh Dawes – Equinix

FINALISTS

Brittney Atilano – Zendesk
Rosh Dawes – Equinix
Priya Karambelkar – Rightpoint Consulting LLC
Awalin Sopan – FireEye
Cassie Shum – ThoughtWorks
Kate Terrell – Salesforce

A technology company that has demonstrated outstanding innovation, customer wins and deployments in the last 18 months, in which a woman was integral to that success.

Sponsored by Google. 

WINNER: Julie Fergerson – Ethoca

FINALISTS

Chen Admati – Intel Corporation
Julie Fergerson – Ethoca
Pooja Kohli – Blackberry
Vivian Lee – Petcube
Sophia Lopez – Kaleido
Jeanette Lee – Ruckus Networks
Mei Ling – Good2Go Inc
Melissa Massa – Lenovo
Tessa Westbrook – Big Data Federation, Inc

An IT team, led by a woman, that has delivered real value – with tangible business results – to a company. Judges will look at projects and achievements, along with examples of best practice, leadership, ROI generated and alignment to business goals.

WINNER: Nicole Oppenheim – FireEye

FINALISTS

Uma Abhyankar – FireEye
Beatriz Jones (Sanz-Ortiz Jones) – Rare Genomics
Xochitl Monteon – Intel Corporation
Mona Nyachhyon – LogPoint Nepal
Nicole Oppenheim – FireEye
Rachael Rekart – Autodesk

A woman who began a career in technology in the last five years and has shown great promise that she will go on to achieve great things in the industry. Judges will examine the last 18 months in each candidate’s career, looking at standout achievements, contributions to successful projects, examples of innovation, and a demonstrable understanding of how technology can create business value.

Sponsored by FireEye.

JOINT WINNERS: Kristal Murphy – Intel Corporation & Stephanie Yaung – Roche

FINALISTS

Josefina Aguayo – Dev Color 
Mary Hadley – MakerGirl
Lasya Marla – Lucidworks 
Kristal Murphy – Intel Corporation 
Jessica Marie – WhiteHat Security  
Aidan Madigan-Curtis – Samsara Inc. 
Malika Mission – Workday 
Laura Norén – Obsidian Security, Inc 
Stephanie Yaung – Roche 
Wendy Zamora – Malwarebytes

A female IT security professional whose has demonstrated outstanding work in progressing the industry and/or protecting the company from cyber threats.

Sponsored by Forescout.

WINNER: Sherry Ryan – Juniper Networks

FINALISTS

Núria Barceló i Peiró – NXP Semiconductors
Marcela Denniston – ShieldX
Suzanne Frey – Google Cloud
Christine Gadsby – BlackBerry
Albertina Hurst Briney (Tina Dorffler) – Global Security Lead
Teuta Hyseni – Microsoft
Sarah Katz – ServiceNow
Tammy Moskites – Accenture
Saryu Nayyar – Gurucul
Daria Poehlman – Riscure 
Sherry Ryan – Juniper Networks 
Leela Rao – Taos 
Candace Worley – McAfee

An organisation that has undergone a major, and successful, IT or digital transformation in the last 18 months, in which a woman has played an integral part.

WINNER: Mona Ved Tongia – Zenefits

FINALISTS

Erin Bergamo – Lenovo
Michelle Bockman – HP Inc
LeAnna Fries – HIMSS NorCal Chapter
Anusha Tirumal Kumar – Micro Focus International Plc 
Michelle Killebrew – CA Technologies
Teesee Murray – Infor 
April Mills – Intel Corporation 
Mona Ved Tongia – Zenefits 
Jennifer Steinmann – Deloitte

A woman who has demonstrated the highest degree of IT excellence, innovation and leadership in the last year, and shone a light on the great things women in IT can achieve. Candidates should have not only have demonstrated outstanding business- and/or technology-focused achievements, but also acted as a positive role model and actively sought to bring more diversity to the technology industry. Chosen by the judges.

Sponsored by Equinix.

JOINT WINNERS: Barbara Hewitt – Texas State University & Christina Petersen – Salesforce

FINALISTS

Beena Ammanath – Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Suja Chandrasekaran – Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Libby Fiumara – Digital Shadows
Rashmi Gopinath – Microsoft Ventures
Barbara Hewitt – Texas State University
Vasu Jakkal – FireEye
Roojuta Lalani – Salesforce
Mei Lin Fung – People Centered Internet
Mandy Mock – Intel Corporation 
Reena Merchant – Google
Christina Petersen – Salesforce
Paria Rajai – ModelExpand
Jeannie Warner – WhiteHat Security