Everywoman announces 2023 Women in Tech Awards winners

Everywoman has introduced the winners of this 12 months’s Everywoman in Technology Awards, chosen by greater than 30 skilled judges from greater than 80 finalists.

First launched in 2011, annually the Everywoman in Technology Awards intention to have fun ladies in tech from throughout many sectors and organisations for his or her achievements.

Highlighting the significance of showcasing function fashions in the expertise sector, Maxine Benson, co-founder of Everywoman, stated: “Over the previous 14 years, the accomplishments and tales of those gifted ladies have and can proceed to encourage future generations to pursue a profession in an trade the place ladies are under-represented.

“Each winner is a role model whose remarkable achievements showcase the vital advancements technology has in saving, transforming and improving lives, while also positively impacting the planet and ensuring the future of tech grows ever more diverse and inclusive.”

The theme for this 12 months’s awards and the community’s associated Tech Forum was “people, planet, progress”, specializing in how expertise can be utilized to unravel a few of the world’s greatest points, in addition to the massive half expertise performs in folks’s day-to-day lives.

The winners of this 12 months’s FDM Everywoman in Technology Awards have been as follows:

Apprentice Award – sponsored by SSE

• Amy Groves, software program engineer, Lloyds Banking Group

CTO/CIO of the Year Award – sponsored by Accenture

• Nadine Thomson, CTO, GroupM – MediaCom

Cyber Security Award – sponsored by BAE Systems

• Eleanor Sim, director cyber safety technique and structure, Bupa

Digital Star Award – sponsored by Lloyds Banking Group

• Vibhusha Raval, scrum grasp, Haleon

Digital Transformation Leader Award – sponsored by Bupa

• Li Qun Taylor, head of digital channels expertise, retail digitech, NatWest Bank

Entrepreneur Award – sponsored by Howden Group Holdings

• Vinita Rathi, CEO, Systango

Innovator Award – sponsored by American Express

• Francesca Rosella, co-founder and chief inventive officer, Cute Circuit

Leader Award – sponsored by Twilio

• Lindsey Bateman, chief data safety officer, M&G plc

Male Agent of Change Award – sponsored by Centrica PLC

• Declan O’Gorman, head of engineering, NatWest Group

One to Watch Award – sponsored by Computacenter

• Catherine James, scholar at Lady Eleanor Holles School

Rising Star Award – sponsored by SUSE

• Bethany Clarke, former superior guide engineer, Capgemini Engineering

Software Engineer Award – sponsored by Discover

• Duygu Cakmak, R&D director, Creative Assembly

Team Leader Award – sponsored by Fujitsu

• Becky Ferraro, inclusive design lead, Deloitte Digital

Tech For Good Award – sponsored by RS Group

• Christiane Demgenski, chief product officer, Awina

Academic Award

• Jackie Carter, professor in statistical literacy, University of Manchester

The Woman of the Year award was given to Pamela Maynard, CEO of Avanade, for her work in making a “people-first” tradition at Avanade.

Maynard defined there have been instances in the beginning of her profession when there was “no one who looked like [her] in the room”, which regularly left her feeling like she didn’t belong.

She stated: “What it did was inspire me, motivated me to work incredibly hard. It drove my passion and motivation. Because what I want to be able to do is leave the technology industry in a much more inclusive and diverse place than the place at which I found it when I entered the technology industry many years ago.”