Diversity in Tech Awards 2021: These are the finalists
The Diversity in Tech Awards, aiming to celebrate the best in tech and recognize the broad efforts of promoting diversity in the workplace and narrowing the gender gap in the technology sector, have unveiled 2021’s finalists.
In recognizing the broad efforts of promoting diversity in the workplace, the awards have been split into two category areas; Diversity in Tech and Women in Tech.
The Diversity in Tech categories celebrate awards for role models in tech, LGBTQ+ inclusion, social mobility, disability inclusion, cultural inclusion, generational inclusion and health and wellness, while the Women in Tech categories focus on tech leadership, entrepreneurship, digital transformation, mentorship and data science.
These are the finalists for each category:
DIVERSITY IN TECH CATEGORIES & FINALISTS
Cultural Inclusion Award, sponsored by workhuman
Brandwatch Abadesi Osunsade
Akari Solutions
The Knot Worldwide
The Women’s Business School
TU Dublin
Optum Ireland United Women Leading in Technology
International Diversity Role Model Award, sponsored by wrike
Pearl Lemon Deepak Shukla
Intercom Jess Connor
ACI Worldwide Nabanita Roy
Amazon Nicaise Ishimwe
Standard Chartered Nila Johnson
NRN Infrastructure & Development Limited Usha Khatiwada
International Diverse Company of the Year, sponsored by Oracle
ActiveCampaign
Akari Solutions Ltd
Cognizant
Tata Consultancy Services
Verizon
Version 1
Disability Inclusion Award
Access Earth
Akari Solutions
Fiserv Brian Dalton
KPMG Ireland Jack Freebairn
Peer Educational Technologies
Rethink Ireland
LGBTQ+ Inclusion Award, sponsored by Etsy
Citibank Citi Pride Network
Cognizant Cognizant Embrace
Three Ireland
Johnson Controls Johnson Controls for Equality (JC4e) BRG
Kin+Carta
Fiserv Unity LGBTQ Leadership Council
Social Impact Award, sponsored by Verizon
Bitwise Industries Irma Olguin Jr. and Jake Sobera
Ergo
Creative Assembly
M4Jam
ADAPT Centre at NUIG
Canadian Digital Service
WOMEN IN TECH CATEGORIES & FINALISTS
Digital Transformation Award, sponsored by Cognizant
Oliver Wyman Alina Timofeeva
Standard Chartered Bank Ankita Gupta
Core Optimisation Caroline Dunlea
M4Jam Georgie Midgley
KBC Bank Ireland Lavinia Morris
The Adecco Group Reshma Ramachandran
Trailblazer Award, sponsored by Intercom
Our Tandem Aisling Teillard
Oliver Wyman Alina Timofeeva
AllianceBlock Amber Ghaddar
KPMG Maryanne Doyle
The Orchard Olivia Wherry
IBM Rhonda Childress
Mentorship Award, sponsored by Fiserv
Oracle EMEA Clodagh O’Neill
Tenable Giuliana Carullo
The Women’s Business School Peace Mitchell and Katy Garner
Acquia Jyo Shukla
ICX Media Jyotika Singh
SUSE Marlen von Roth
Tech Leader Award, sponsored by FTI Consulting
Ding Barbara McCarthy
TurnKey Lender Elena Ionenko
KBC Bank Ireland Lavinia Morris
Microsoft Rebecca Wambua
IBM Rhonda Childress
WomenTech Network Veena Ramaswamy
Young Female STEM Pioneer, sponsored by Phorest Salon Software
Erlangen National High Performance Computing Center Ayesha Afzal
ICX Media Jyotika Singh
SixFeetApart Neha Shukla
Microsoft Rebecca Wambua
KPMG Surabhi Agarwal
Version 1 Tanya Matthews
Rising Star Award, sponsored by Local Enterprise Office
Oliver Wyman Alina Timofeeva
Tilburg University Eva Vanmassenhove
Edutrainers Laura Walter-Goudsmit
PwC Róisín Horan and Laura McGettigan
Core Optimisation Sarah Fitzpatrick
Matter of Focus Sarah Morton
Data Scientist Award, sponsored by Tata Consultancy Services
Erlangen National High Performance Computing Center Ayesha Afzal
ICX Media Jyotika Singh
Fiserv Marisa O’Shea
LM Ericsson Raman Kohli
Juniper Networks Shruti Jadon
Quantum Brain Research Institute Susanna Uusmaa
Entrepreneur Award, sponsored by ADAPT
LinkUpConferenceShow Anna Degtereva
BestHealth4U Sónia Ferreira
Klickly Cooper Harris
The Women’s Business School Peace Mitchell and Katy Garner
Inclusio Sandra Healy
Breathe Happy Shiti Rastogi Manghani
The winners will be announced at the virtual Diversity in Tech Awards taking place virtually now on October 7, 2021.
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