Shortlist 2019
A list of all the shortlists for each award category this year
Advocate Of The Year
Ilona Budapesti – 1 Million Women To Tech
Pascale Ameye – The Centre for Balanced Leadership
Monica Eaton-Cardone – Chargebacks911
Sangeeta Walsh – RingCentral
Tracey Welson-Rossman – TechGirlz
Jenn LeBlanc – HAL (Changing Tides)
Shefali Kapoor Patel – Vijay Computer Academy
Melody Serra – Year Up
Business Leader Of The Year
Nicole Eagan – Darktrace
Natalie Catliota – NetCentrics
Erica Schultz – New Relic
Sagit Manor – Nyotron
Jennifer Tejada – PagerDuty
Stefanie Chiras, Ph.D – Red Hat
Kira Makagon – RingCentral
Claudia Franco – Rocket Software
Business Role Model Of The Year
Silvana Gaia – Belatrix Software
Janine Yancey – Emtrain
Tina Tarquinio – IBM
Rashmi Gopinath – M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund
Elveera Rebello – Pacific Gas & Electric
Tracy Rankin – Red Hat
Darcy Bell – Sephora
Bernadette Rotolo – Warner Music Group
Alaina Percival – Women Who Code
CIO Of The Year
Chandra Dhandapani – CBRE
Carol Vorster – Corix
Archana (Archie) Deskus – Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Miao Song – MARS
Wendy M. Pfeiffer – Nutanix
Carrie Rasmussen – The Save Mart Companies
CTO Of The Year
Meghann Chilcott – Benzer Pharmacy
Julie Iskow – Medidata Solutions
Heather Rivers – Mode
Geeta Chauhan – Silicon Valley Software Group
Data Leader Of The Year
Sharon Tang – Applied Materials
Swathi Arulguppe Nagendra – Galvanize
Julia Zhang – Humana
Archana Neelipalayam Masilamani – Lastline, Inc
Amita Gajewar – Microsoft
Mona Rakibe – Reltio
Anjali Arora – Formerly at Rocket Software
Anuradha Gali – Uber Technologies
Digital Leader Of The Year
Carol Meksavan –Applied Materials
Shell Adams – Citi
Lisette Titre-Montgomery – Double Fine
Nupur Srivastava – Grand Rounds
Marie Wiese – Marketing CoPilot
Melissa Wiley – Formerly at National Geographic
Neeti Deshmukh – PayPal
Michelle Killebrew – PwC New Ventures
Julie M. Smith, MBA – Verizon
Diversity Initiative Of The Year
Employer of the Year
Entrepreneur Of The Year
Sherry Wei – Aviatrix
Kirsten Bay – Cysurance
Lisa Brunet – DLZP Group
Veena Gundavelli – Emagia
Chloe Alpert – Medinas.
Nicole Hu – One Concern
Jeanine Johnson – SunToWater Technologies
Susie Opare-Abetia – Wovenmedia
Monica Zent – Zent Law & LawDesk360
Future CIO of the Year
Rashmi Kumar –Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Cynthia Czabala – IHG Hotels & Resorts
LeAnna Fries – Palo Alto Networks
Wanda Ma – Sephora
Pamela Martinez – Snowball Wealth
Hajar Mokhtafa – The Adecco Group
Innovator Of The Year
Qilong Yuan – Adobe Inc.
Yinka Ogunbiyi – Desora
Clare Bond – EPAM
Fatima Said – eWave
Mercedes Soria – Knightscope
Ashley Ward – Mission Support Alliance
Ashie Bhandiwad – StemChef
Kavya Pearlman – XR Safety Initiative
IT Team Of The Year
Rising Star Of The Year
Rikki George – Accenture
Moriah Womble – AppSmart
Kelauni J. Cook – Black Tech Nation
Sidney Madison Prescott – ETRADE
Carissa Toyama – Forward
Lauren Maffeo – GetApp (a Gartner company)
Spandana Govindgari – Hype AR
Szu Hong – LinkedIn
Hayley Leibson – Lunchclub
Security Champion Of The Year
Lauren Zink – AmTrust Financial
Laura Louthan – Angel Cybersecurity
Irina Loktionova – Delta Dental of California
Chitra Elango – FannieMae
Saryu Nayyar – Gurucul
Monique Head – PayPal
Michelle Wilner – VIRTIS
Stina Ehrensvard – Yubico
Transformation Leader Of The Year
Emily Dunn – Anaplan
Windy Garrett – Atos
Manju Abraham – Delphix
Alley Lyles – Direct Energy-Centrica
Aashima Gupta – Google
Patricia Grant – ServiceNow
Nataliya Anon – Svitla Systems
Woman of the Year
Rashim Mogha – Automation Anywhere
Karin Lachmi – Bioz
Irma L. Olguin – Bitwise Industries
Dr. Natasha Bansgopaul – DarcMatter
Rhonda Vetere