Having opened for nominations back in May, our independent panel of judges has completed the extensive assessment process for this year's awards, dedicated to celebrating women in our industry.
Audrey Mandela, head judge of this year's awards and chair of Women in Telecoms and Technology, commented: "I was extremely pleased with the number and quality of submissions we received for this year’s Global Women in Telco & Tech Awards."
"Our judges had a very difficult time choosing this year’s winners; there were so many truly impressive entries. The awards are a great opportunity to highlight some of the great work being done across our industry in the D&I space, and this ceremony is a chance to celebrate that work.”
Please find the list of 43 companies and individuals listed below:
| DISRUPTOR | ||
|---|---|---|
| Woman of the Year: | Rising Star: | Outstanding Achievement: |
Keri Gilder - Colt Technology Services Funke Opeke - MainOne Danielle Royston - Formerly at Optiva | Alexandra Rasch - Caban Systems Indre Deksnyte - CUJO AI Manjari Govada - Digital Colony Stephanie Schultz - Trusted Computing Group | Amy Marks - Autodesk Yali Z. Liu - Chayora Michelle Senecal de Fonseca - Citrix Systems UK Gnanapriya Chidambaranathan - Infosys Ayesha Al-Shoily - Ooredoo Oman |
| SPOTLIGHT | |
|---|---|
| Agent of Change - The Brynn Fowler Award: | Company or Organisation of the Year: |
Reshma Ramachandran - Hitachi ABB Powergrids Dr. Terri Simpkin - Portman Partners Eric D. Cevis - Verizon Partner Solutions | Atos SE Chindata Group Verizon |
| PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES | |
|---|---|
| Project of the Year: | Marketing or Social Media Campaign of the Year: |
| Atos IT Services Atos SE Chindata Group | Digital Realty Maven Wave Partners Verizon Partner Solutions |
| SPECIAL RECOGNITION | ||
|---|---|---|
| Best Woman in Network Orchestration: | Best Woman in Subsea: Sponsored by 
| Best Woman in Tower: |
Sulagna Paul - Aryaka Networks Victoria Lamberth - ZenFi Networks | Naaz Bax - Seaborn Lynsey Thomas - SubSea Networks Maja Summers - Vodafone Carrier Services | Suruchi Ahuja - Tillman Infrastructure Ruby Castellanos Castillo - Ufinet Blair Crawford - Vertical Bridge |
| Best Woman in Data Centre: | Best Woman in Wholesale Telecoms: Sponsored by 
| Best Data Centre Company: |
Nancy Novak - Compass Datacenters Diane Morefield - CyrusOne Tamara Budec - Digital Realty Karen Stein - Iron Mountain Data Centers | Celine Gregoire - iBASIS Ruby Castellanos Castillo - Ufinet Sonal A. Patel - Verizon Partner Solutions Tonya Eichenberger - Windstream Wholesale | Chindata Group Rack Centre |
Winners will be announced at the Global Women in Telco & Tech virtual ceremony on Tuesday 29 September, please click here to register for free.
If you're a shortlisted company, and you would like to find out more about attending or look at branding opportunities, please contact the team here.
