The finalists for B&T’s Women Leading Tech Awards, presented by Atlassian, are here!
And what an exceptional cast of industry leaders it is. To find out who wins, you’ll need to buy your tickets now.
The big reveal will take place in Sydney on 20 March at the ICC!
This year, a $15 donation to the Tsi Tsi Foundation is included with every ticket purchased. The Tsitsi Foundation is a charity that provides clean water to women-led communities in rural Zimbabwe. The money raised from the evening will go towards funding a well that will ensure girls can attend school rather than having to collect water for their families.
Don’t forget that voting for the People’s Choice Award is still open until Friday, too! Don’t delay in exercising your democratic right, as it’s still anyone’s race.
But here, in all their glory, and in alphabetical order only, are this year’s Women Leading Tech Awards finalists!
Buy your tickets for the awards night now!
As ever, occasionally typos creep through. If you spot one in a finalist or company’s name, please email [email protected] to let us know by Friday 6 March.
Adtech
- Adele Wieser, Index Exchange
- Annie Marendaz, The Media Store
- Chi Smith, Foxtel Media
- Chloe Sanderson, Afterpay
- Clarissa Findy, GumGum
- Felicity Wainwright, LoopMe
- Georgia Brammer, Innovid
- Kim Loasby, SCA
- Kym Treasure, Audacia Audio
- Sorcha Doran, iProspect
AI Pioneer – Sponsored by Quantium
- Charlotte Wilson, Quantium
- Effie Athanassiou, Plus Also Studios
- Harshini Jayakumar, SAS
- Ira Kudriashova, Atlassian
- Louise Cummins, Australian Centre for AI in Marketing
- Lucy Datyner, Canva
- Sun Kim, Resolution Digital
- Utkarsha Ghule, Quantium
Business Support
- Carolyn Mather, Canva
- Catherine Brighton, SAS
- Christine Lai, Australian Taxation Office
- Jasone Zaballa, Atlassian
- Lynelle Moroney, Telstra
- Natasha Markham, Year13
- Sarah Atkinson, Atlassian
- Suzie Robertson, Increment
Champion of Change
- Anne Louise Brown, Akin Agency
- Claire O’ Mahony, Enrichd
- Franca Moretto, Canva
- Jane Webster, oOh!media
- Luisa Ramirez, SEEK
- Melanie Burlett, Resolution Digital
- Rucha Sawant, Avanade Australia
- Kaylene O’Brien, NRI Australia & New Zealand
Customer Success
- April Riley, BuildPass
- Bec Gallen, Australian Taxation Office
- Courtney Youngblutt, Iress
- Fairlie Foo, IND Technology
- Grace Adams, Resolution Digital
- Helena Barroso Zarco, impact.com
- Keely Harding, Audience360
- Laura Collett, Broadsign
- Michela Guimaraes, SAS
- Nathalie Lesage, Atlassian
- Rebecca Richardson, SEEK
- Shraddha Venkatramani, Samsung Ads
- Terri Owens, Fabulate
Cyber Security
- Becca Hurd, Canva
- Jess Modini, Corro
- Katherine Boxall, Increment
- Leanne Howell, Telstra
- Lena Abanes, Probe Group
- Molly Day, SEEK
- Scarlett McDermott, Longitude Advisory
- Shelby Orr, SEEK
- Soe Khin-Hinder, Australian Taxation Office
Data Science
- Amy Humburg, Quantium
- Chanduni Wijesinghe, Quantium
- Chiara Ledesma, Canva
- Fan Jiang, Atlassian
- Isabelle Sijan, AFL
- Kristen Rigby, Objective Corporation
- Nerida Jenkins, WPP Media
- Sara Gadallah, Atlassian
- Sheela Ram Narain, Arinco
- Ta Thi Thuong Tra, Prophet
- Tzuwei Tsai, SAS
Delivery
- Amy Glenn, WPP Media
- Danting Guo, Quantium
- Iman Yusuf, Atlassian
- Katya Matavilava, Woolworths Group
- Lakshmi Easuwaran, Telstra
- Negar Hosseini, Canva
- Rebecca Conboy, AFL
- Sara Williams, Canva
- Shani Linton, Orchard
- Simone Houghton, Atlassian
- Suk Brar, IND Technology
Design – Sponsored by Canva
- Alex Skougarevskaya, Canva
- Beck Bidstrup, Australian Taxation Office
- Betty Bondoc, Arinco
- Chloe Schumacher, Plus Also Studios
- Emily Henlein, Atlassian
- Grace Kraus, Atlassian
- Maggie Cashman, carsales.com.au
- Mikela Burnham, News Corp
- Swati Vats, NCS
- Tiffany Leung, Atlassian
Developer
- Arsha Abayasingam, Canva
- Ashley Pergoliti, Australian Taxation Office
- Kirtee Unchadiya, Wink
- Sarah Federman, Canva
Education/Research
- Amanda Hogan, Girls’ Programming Network
- Sandy Ma, Girls’ Programming Network
- Silvia Griselda, Atlassian
Employer
- Blue Connections IT
- CommBank
- ThoughtWare
- Zip Co
Engineer
- Adrianna Naofal, CNS
- Cece Zhu, Atlassian
- Claire Kent, Canva
- Hanieh Madad, Patient Zero
- Helen Giapitzakis, SEEK
- Rachelle Rathbone, Atlassian
- Rebecca Guy, Arinco
- Sarah Tabassum, oOh!media
- Tara Tjandra, Atlassian
- Wei (Wendy) Dong, NCS
- Xin Liang, Canva
Entrepreneur/Founder
- Brittany Fox, Nevam
- Elle Russell, NightCafe
- Isobell Roberts, BrandComms.AI
- Jenny Ghobrial, Bill Fairies
- Kathryn Giudes, ORCA Opti
- Lara Pascoe, TechTent
- Louise Cummins, Australian Centre for AI in Marketing
- Melinda McKenzie, Increment
- Sara Goldsworthy, Corro
- Sorrel Kesby, EvenBetter
Executive Leader
- Alli McKee, Canva
- Amrita Sidhu, Medianet
- Amy Bradshaw, TikTok
- Carolyn Breeze, Scalare Partners
- Carolyn Stebbing, Little Village Creative & The Announceables
- Demelza Green, Patient Zero & 10,000 Spoons
- Georgia Brammer, Innovid
- Holly Hunt, Women In Digital
- Maddie Basso, Yahoo DSP
- Miranda Ratajski, Westpac
- Poorani Adewole, EssenceMediacom
- Rachida Murray, Spark Foundry
- Tzipi Avioz, Mirakl
Finance & Accounting
- Emma Clark, Attain Healthtech
- Lara Wright, Arinco
- Lisa Escudero, Atlassian
Glass Ceiling – Sponsored by Girls’ Programming Network
- Carolyn Stebbing, LVC & The Announceables
- Jade Loyzaga, Canva
- Marianne Hawkins, Initiative
- Nathalie Delpierre, News Australia
Innovator
- Brittany Fox, Nevam
- Chaz Domingo, Probe Group
- Hayley Bron, Probe Group
- Libby Varcoe, Atlassian
- Olga Zharuk, TeqBlaze
- Sophie Avard, Atlassian
Marketer – Sponsored by Adobe
- Amanda Watson, Objective Corporation
- Ami Joy, BuildPass
- Anna Wood, Canva
- Jovana Dunisijevic, Atlassian
- Jun Lee Sia, carsales.com.au
- Kelly Fisk, Iress
- Lucy Ronald, Fabulate
- Melissa Dempsey, Konica Minolta
- Mercedes Carrin, Medianet
- Sara Herbert, Audience360
- Vanessa Low, SAS
- Zoe Potter, Arinco
Martech
- Effie Athanassiou, Plus Also Studios
- Emma Lo Russo, Digivizer
- Felicity Grey, RISER Collective
- Hannah Makris, Canva
- Marianne Hawkins, Initiative
- Melanie Pritchard, Mindshare
- Sam Shokri, Zenith
- Sun Kim, Resolution Digital
- Vianna Kim, EssenceMediacom
Mentor – Sponsored by Atlassian
- Chantal Tymvios, NCS
- Cheryl Watts, Canva
- Jade Meara, F5
- Jenny Parkes, Audience360
- Renee Noble, Girls’ Programming Network
- Roma Singh, Department of Transport and Planning
- Taylor Svarc, OMD
People & Culture
- Amy Duncan, Orchard
- Carina Nevill, Phronesis Security
- Casey Eggleton, Atlassian
- Jane Adams, CommBank
- Jessica Amanoel, Quantium
- Julie Dolan, Canva
- Louise Hainsworth, Australian Taxation Office
- Olga Rankin, Arinco
Product
- Carolyn Ong, Karmo
- Charlotte Burt, oOh!media
- Christine Moodie, Australian Taxation Office
- Elena Kelareva, Canva
- Holli Hickman, AFL
- Kina Desyanandini, BuildPass
- Makisa Appleton, Atlassian
- Natalie Chung, Atlassian
- Solange Cunin, Amazon
- Sumi Ejiri, Mamamia
- Terisa Roberts, SAS
- Zita White, Iress
Public Relations
- Azadeh Williams, AZK Media
- Celia Harding, LEOPRD
- Hannah Moreno, Third Hemisphere
- Kristen Lucas, Akin Agency
- Olivia Johnson, Canva
Rising Star
- Alex Penna, Atlassian
- Ashley Lamont, Atlassian
- Caitlin Ryan, Increment
- Carisa Mehra, AC3
- Caylie McDonald, BuildPass
- Ella O’Brien, Novigi
- Gwyneth De Guia, Girls’ Programming Network
- Helen Han, Easygo
- Jessica Gruen, Quantium
- Kyra Elyse Alday, Quantium
- Maddie King, MagicBrief
- Milica Gallardo Petkovich, SAS
- Stacey Birrell, Quantium
Sales
- Carla West, Atlassian
- Eliza Lewis, Fabulate
- Kate Sloane, Canva
- Megan Wilson, Cloudflare
- Emma Gronow, OpenX
- Ravneet Lehal, Cloud Context
- Kimberley Marshall, Konica Minolta
The Women Leading Tech Award for Society
- Alison Wong, Girls’ Programming Network
- Larene Le Gassick, Canva
- Lucy Kough, Tap the Gap
- Nikki Meller, Women in AI Australia
- Sarah Drysdale, CommBox
- Sophia Symeou, Bill Fairies
