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Diversity in Tech Awards

Introducing the Diversity in Tech Awards in association with Microsoft for Startups Previously known as the Women in Tech awards, the Diversity in Tech Awards in association with Microsoft for Startups, taking place virtually on November 10th 2020, will shine a spotlight on the achievements of organisations creating a more diverse workplace while striving to narrow the […]

Sponsor Spotlight: Oracle – proud sponsor of the Trailblazer Award

The Women in Tech Awards are delighted to have Oracle as a sponsor for the 2019 awards ceremony.Today, 430,000 customers in 175 countries use Oracle technologies to seize business opportunities and solve real, tangible challenges. Oracle’s mission is to help people see data in new ways, discover insights, unlock endless possibilities.Larry Ellison, CTO, Oracle Corporation […]

Sponsor Spotlight: TalentHub – proud sponsor of the Security Award

The Women in Tech Awards are delighted to have TalentHub as a sponsor for the 2019 awards ceremony. TalentHub is a highly specialised team of Headhunters and Recruiters that specialise in IT, Data Science, Security, Digital Marketing, E-commerce, UX/UI Design. Their unique team operating model, which employs much of the Agile methodology used by their […]

Permanent TSB join the Women in Tech Award as Headline Sponsor

WITA 2019 is proud to welcome Permanent TSB as headline sponsor for this year’s awards. Permanent TSB at its core is an organisation built on a diversity of many different cultures and subcultures, established through mergers and demergers over a 200 year period. During that time, diversity has meant many different things, but now more […]

Barbara McCarthy is to receive the Grace Hopper Award

Barbara is the CTO of Ding, the number one international mobile top-up platform in the world. She is currently the only female CTO of a high-growth, scale-up, technology company in Ireland. She has 20+ years’ experience of building best in class software development teams within rapid growth organisations. Prior to joining Ding, Barbara worked at HubSpot where she was Director of Engineering, where she led the expansion of their Engineering team in Dublin.

Sponsor Spotlight: Wrike – proud sponsor of the Disruptor Award

The Women in Tech Awards are excited to have Wrike as a sponsor for the 2019 awards ceremony. Wrike’s mission is to help organisations thrive in the digital age by transforming the way they plan, manage and complete work. Its SaaS-based, work management platform features engaging collaboration, workflow and project management tools built into an […]

CWIT is to receive the Women in Tech Initiative Award 

CWIT – It is recognised that women are under-represented in the science and technology based careers that will drive the industries of tomorrow and shape all our futures.  Statistics across the European Union suggest that while numbers are growing, we still have more to do to increase the percentage of technical positions being filled by women.

PwC sponsors the HR Diversity Award

For businesses in Ireland to be successful and serve our clients, stakeholders and our communities, we need to leverage the full extent of the diverse pool of talent available to us.

As we know, we are living in an era where technology-driven change is having a profound impact on all of our lives.  In a business context, no industry is exempt. Keeping pace with the rapid disruption caused by automation, artificial intelligence and emerging technology requires more than just technical ability.