It’s our favourite time of the year, the shortlist for the third ever Women Leading Tech awards is here!
At B&T, we’re thrilled to share our shortlist of incredible entrants leading the tech industry to a more diverse and inclusive future.
The event will be an absolute cracker and we’re incredibly excited to celebrate all of our amazing nominees.
Now if you don’t have a ticket yet (how dare you!), you can still get them here – this year’s awards are happening on the 28th of April at the Sydney Town Hall.
A huge congratulations to all the amazing finalists – and if you didn’t make it this year, now is the perfect time to get cracking for your 2023 application!
Alright, that’s enough waffling on, here is B&T’s official 2022 Women Leading Tech shortlist:
Adobe
Joyous
Orro Group
Slalom Australia Pty Ltd
Stone & Chalk
VMware
DATA SCIENCE (SPONSORED BY IBM)
Aurelia Harjono, Sparro
Diana Sepluveda, IBM Australia Ltd
Dominique Eden, Seer
Dr Rahil Garnavi, IBM Australia Ltd
Harmeet Kaur Sokhi, Thoughtworks
Kathryn Collier, Eliiza
Melanie Wuong Sze Shien, Quantium
Pip Karoly, Seer
Rosyll Xavier, Linktree
Sandhya Iyer, Latitude Financial Services
Somya Malviya, GroupM
Zehra Rizvi, WhyHive
DELIVERY (SPONSORED BY FOXTEL GROUP)
Amanda Oakenfull, IBM Australia Ltd
Carla Keay, Adobe
Demelza Green, Patient Zero
Divya Panwar, Telstra
Hayley Smith, Yahoo
Hoda Mirzaeipoueinak, Finder
Jade Watson, GroupM
Kristen Pak, Hype & Dexter
Laura Mulligan, humm group
Louise O’Donnell, ReachOut
Sally Creber, VMware
Saranyah Shanmugam, Slalom Australia Pty Ltd
DESIGN (SPONSORED BY RESOLUTION DIGITAL)
Brigitte Barta, Icon Agency
Candice Ong, AKQA
Cassandra Cox, Art Processors
Deanna Grindrod, Switch
Helen Whitehead, IBM Australia Ltd
Kathy Veloso, IBM Australia Ltd
Kim Bartkowski, IBM Australia Ltd
Michelle Schuberg, Curiious
Nancy Lee, T-shirt Ventures
Sally Hughes, IBM Australia Ltd
Sandy Jenkins, Millipede
Yihan Lin, Thoughtworks
EDUCATION RESEARCH (SPONSOREED BY MONASH UNIVERSITY)
Faezeh Marzbanrad, Monash University
Hannah Beder, Creatable
Michelle Colgrave, Edith Cowan University
ENGINEERING (SPONSORED BY VMWARE)
Alexis Tyler, CitrusAd
Amanda Spencer, VMware
Dulini Mendis, Seer
Effy Elden, Thoughtworks
Elena Zagari, Wipro
Evelyn Chu, Matrak
Jue (Grace) Xie, Monash University
Nidharshi (Nish) Warusavitharana, Brighte
Niloofar Aliakbarzadeh, Advanced Mobility Analytics Group Pty Ltd
Rachael Jayne, Art Processors
Valerie Sandford, ARQ Group
Vicki Romanovski, Telstra
ENTREPRENEAUR/ FOUNDER (SPONSORED BY AUDA)
Angela Harbinson, The Separation Guide
Bronwyn Le Grice, ANDHealth
Danielle Owen Whitford, Pioneera
Jess Wilson, Good Things Foundation Australia
Kim Teo, Mr Yum
Maud Lindley, Serendis Leadership
Rachel Gately, Trellis Data
Sam Ramlu, M Theory
Sarah Neill, Mys Tyler
Simone Barker, Zebrar
Siobhan Savage, Reejig
Taylah Allen, triSearch
EXECUTIVE LEADER (SPONSORED BY PUBMATIC)
Amie Scruton, Art Processors
Ange Ferguson, Thoughtworks
Carol Chris, GB Group PLC
Cath Whitaker, SelfWealth
Julie Canepa, Cisco
Kelly Weideman, Evolt
Laura Henshaw , Keep it Cleaner
Melissa Fahey, hipages Group
Sarah La Roche, TRAVLR
Shamane Tan, Sekuro
Siobhan Savage, Reejig
Tracey Plowman, Bamboo Pty Ltd
MARKETING (SPONSORED BY LINKEDIN MARKETING SOLUTIONS)
Adrien Jarvis, Sharesies
Ana Norte, VMware
Azadeh Williams, AZK Media
Georgia Swanson, ARQ Group
Georgie Obst, HESTA
Kat Warboys, HubSpot
Katy Harrison, TikTok
Rachael Townsley, Quantcast
Stephanie Brown, Intuit
Stephanie Gillies, Trustpilot
Sue Lau, CHEP Network
Vanessa Wolff, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
MENTOR (SPONSORED BY ATLASSIAN)
Davinia Simon, Stax
Helen Xenofontos, Adobe
Jane Beck, Slalom Australia Pty Ltd
Jyo Shukla, ActiveXchange
Kate Toon, Stay Tooned
Laura Mulligan, humm group
Lauren Hammacher, Quantium
Lisa Lie, Half Dome
Mahsa McCauley, She Sharp Charitable Trust and AUT
Mari Kauppinen, The Marketing Practice
Minsun Collier, MediaCom
Stephanie Famolaro, The Trade Desk
PRODUCT (SPONSORED BY ROKT)
Aeirin Fabella, News Corp Australia
Ang Crilley, Telstra
Asha Potla, Soprano Design
Cathy Arnold, SEEK
Emily Chen, Iress
Jo-Ann Chung, WLTH
Kara Smyth, Nurch PTY LTD
Marianne Hawkins, Initiative
Dr. Mercedes Paulini, ReadyTech
Pauline Thomas, Macquarie Cloud Services
Ruby Kolesky, Joyous
Samantha Konieczka, Orro Group
REGIONAL TECHNOLOGIST (SPONSORED BY SAMBA TV)
Belinda Sheehan, IBM Australia Ltd
Jaqi Haworth, Orro Group
Kate MacAlpine, Domain
Nikki Kovacevic, Aussie Broadband
Pearl Myers, IBM Australia Ltd
SALES (SPONSORED BY HUBSPOT)
Aimee Gossage, Quantcast
Batoul Peters, Twitch
Elisa Kelsall, TikTok Australia
Jessica Miles, Integral Ad Science
Kali Guillas, The Trade Desk
Lamia Lee, Lucid
Maddison McMahon, Quantcast
Michelle Gibson, VMware
Orsi Toth-Pal, Yahoo
Preeta Jadhav, VMware
Savannah Ross, Rakuten Advertising
Yasmin Sanders, Samba TV
And of course a massive thank you to our incredible judges:
JUDGES
Abigail Charlesworth, AKQA
Adele Bernard, Talkwalker
Aldeida Aleti, Monash Uni
Anais Read, Assisterhood
Angela Goodsir , Thinkly
Ani Moller, Myer
Ann Nicholson, Monash
Anna O’dea, Agency Iceberg
Anny Havercroft, TikTok
Ayaan Mohamud, Impact.Com
Bernie Johnson, Adrenalin Media
Brady Dennett, Woolworths At Work
Brittany Kury, BPAY Group
Charis Kumpula, AKQA
Christina Gerakiteys, Singularity Australia
Clare Dlugosz, Mediacom
Denise Mccormack, Hatched Media
Elise Krucler, Cash Rewards
Elise Stitt, Finder
Gareth Tomlin, Paramount
Gayle While , Dentsu
Georgia Woodburne, Inskin Media
Georgina Wall (Georgie), Resolution Digital
Gillian Guerin, Ipsos
Heidi Savva, VMware
Inbal Costis, Outbrain
Jane King, Cartology
Jo Jones, Commbank
Julie Cooper , Azk Media
Juliet Mackenzie, Zip
Kate Mcbean, New Corp
Kath Blackham, VERSA
Kath Usabal , Vision6
Kim Chandler Mcdonald, Flat World Integration Pty ltd.
Kshira Saagar, DoorDash
Lauren Bigland, Media Math
Le Tran , Dropbox
Leanne Cartwright-bradford, Audible
Mary Proulx, One Green Bean
Megan Mulia, Data Action
Melinda Petrunoff, Pinterest
Michelle Hutchison, Finder
Natalie Ranki-Goldman, ROKT
Nicole Stirling, ACQUIA
Olia Mcdonald, Resolution Digital
Paul Bailey, Tourism Australia
Prof. Sarah Pink , Monash Uni
Rachael Townsley, Quantcast
Rachel Page, Yahoo
Rachida Murray, Sparkfoundry
Rashell Habib, Paramount
Rebecca Den Braber, Hatched Media
Richard O’sullivan, Inmobi
Ryan Menezes, Groupm
Sally A Illingworth, Lamps Media
Sally Marsden, Cash Rewards
Sarah Keith, Involved Media
Sarah Liu, The Dream Collective
Sarah Sullivan , Linkedin
Sharon Gray, The Spec Sheet
Simon Hickox , Seismic
Simone Archbold , Kasada
Smitha Virik, TEAM LEWIS
Sue Collier, Igodirect Group
Suzanne Croxford, AKQA
Tweety Li , Dynata
Yolande Strengers, Monash Uni
Yun Yip , Foxcatcher
Zoe Johnson, Wooliesx
Wow! That was a lot of names. If there are any spelling errors or changes to make, please contact [email protected] by close of business April 14th – there’s nothing worse than having a misspelled trophy displayed on your mantlepiece/bookshelf/windowsill above the toilet.
Find out more about the Women Leading Tech Awards HERE.
Tickets to the awards are now on sale HERE.
Early bird tickets end: Wednesday 30 March 2022
As an initiative created to support gender parity and representation across the tech industry, Women Leading Tech is an event inclusive of non-binary and gender diverse members of the tech industry, as well as any individual identifying as a woman.
Thank you to our Women Leading Tech sponsors:
