2019 Finalists
10th October 2019 – RDS Concert Hall
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IT Business Leader
Amber Domer
Director of Managed / Client Services, Pioneer 360
Lorna McAdoo
Head of Operations, Northern Ireland, Version 1
Vicky Godolphin
Head of Digital, Accenture Ireland
Trailblazer
Gillian Forde
Head of Digital Integration, Permanent TSB
Patricia Scanlon
CEO and Founder, SoapBox Labs
Jennifer Cox
Security Engineer, Tenable
Dr Michelle Cullen
Managing Director and sponsor for Inclusion & Diversity, Accenture Ireland
Michelle McDaid
Director of Engineering, Workhuman
Niamh Coll
Head of Service Delivery, BT Ireland
Security Leader
Emer O’Neill
Global Security Response Senior Manager, VMware
Ines Rubio
Head of Information Management and Incident Response, BSI
Jacky Fox
Managing Director Security Ireland, Accenture Ireland
Kori Younger
Founder, Total Packets
Natasja Bolton
Managing Information Security Consultant, Sysnet Global Solutions
Digital Transformation
Arlene Ennis
Global Head of Consumer Payments Technology, Citi
Jean Brannigan
Operations Manager – MAC Industry Services, Siemens
Lisa Foley
Director Intl Data Centers, Fiserv
Mary Fitzsimons
EHealth Lead, FutureNeuro Research Centre, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland
Yemi Oluseun
Project Manager, Barclays
Fintech Leader
Angela Bergin
Vice President, Head of Programmes & Change, Global Payments
Anne Cullen
Vice President Project Delivery, Fiserv
Kenlyn Klamper
Director of Operations, Fiserv (Nenagh)
Marie Myers
Chief Financial Officer, UiPath
Marta Ghiglioni
Managing Director, ItaliaFintech
Blockchain Leader
Claire Fitzpatrick
Strategic Operations Director, ConsenSys
Lone Fonss Schroder
CEO, Concordium Foundation
Mai Santamaria
Head of Financial Advisory Team, Department of Finance Ireland
Teana Baker-Taylor
Executive Director, Global Digital Finance
Ulyana Shtybel
Chief Capital Officer and Vice President of the Board, HighCastle
Entrepreneur
Aimée Madden
Founder & CEO, CliniShift
Caroline Dunlea
CEO, Core Optimisation
Joanna Carroll
Chief Operating Officer, Think Research
Tugce Bulut
Founder and CEO, Streetbees
Yvonne Brady
CEO & Founder, EVB Sport
Disruptor
Candyce Costa
Founder, CEO, Digital Business Women
Caroline O’Reilly
Vice President Software Engineering, Workday
Maebh Costello
Global Lead of UX Design Labs, McKesson
Margaret Burgraff
Partner, Continuous Ventures
Niamh Sterling
CEO, Recipe Guru
Tina Tarquinio
Director, IBM Z, IBM
Rising Star
Angelica Cullinan
Advanced Analytics Analyst, Bank of Ireland
Dr. Fiona Edwards Murphy
CEO and Co-founder, ApisProtect
Nina Kanti
Blockchain Developer, Deloitte
Rosemary Clancy
Digital Sales Programs Leader, Oracle
Tori Hume
Tori Hume ETL Developer / IT Consultant, Sogeti Ireland
Data Scientist
Amelia Kelly
Director of Speech Technology, SoapBox Labs
Linda Devenney
Director of Data Architecture, Fidelity Investments
Maya Ackerman
CEO/Co-Founder, Wave-AI
Michaela Blott
Distinguished Engineer, Xilinx
Shona D’Arcy
Founder/CEO, Kids Speech Labs
Mentorship
Elizabeth Lenihan
EMEA Lead, Talent Services, Indeed
Fabiana Goodall
CIO EMEA – Director of Governance and Controls, Fiserv
Jacinta Walker
Head of Digital, Qualtrics
Patricia DuChene
Vice President of Sales & General Manager of EMEA & APAC, Wrike
Sinéad Hunter
Project Manager – FX Technology, Citi
Diverse Company of the Year
Accenture Ireland
Citi
Ericsson
Facebook
Version 1
HR Diversity Initiative
Ericsson Ireland
People Team
Facebook
HR Department
Kate McCarthy
VP Accessibility, Skillsoft Ireland Ltd
McKesson
HR Department
Mufeeda CK
COO and Chief Operating Officer, Pehia Foundation
Diversity Role Model
Didem Un Ates
Senior Director, AI Customer & Partner Engagement, Microsoft
Lenore Kerrigan
Country Sales Director, UiPath
Mary Browne
Vice President, Consumer Payments, TTS Technology, Citi
Rosa Atahualpa Rudas de Whyte
Product Designer, Travelport Digital
Tetlanyo Lekalake
Country Marketing Lead, Facebook