Finalists 2020
10th November 2020
2020 Finalists
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CATEGORIES
CELEBRATING DIVERSITY IN TECH
International Diverse Company Of The Year 
Anthemis Group
Liferay International
Version 1
Cubic Telecom
Bethnal Green Ventures
Mastercard
International Diversity Role Model Award 
Dr Joanne Kenney
Research Fellow/Lecturer, Trinity College Dublin
Daisy Onubogu
Backend VC
Wayne Robert Murphy
Senior Vice President – Global Head of KYC New Client Onboarding, Citibank Europe PLC – Dublin
Evelyn Nomayo
Founder, Phase Innovate
Jennifer Cox
Tenable
LGBTQ+ Inclusion Award 
Embrace (LGBTQ+) Affinity Group
Cognizant
Bank of Ireland With Pride Network
Bank of Ireland
Citi Pride Network
Citi
Ericsson Ireland LGBTQ+ Committee
Ericsson
GLEAM – Global LGBTQI+ Employees and Allies
Microsoft Ireland
Disability Inclusion Award 
Akari Solutions Ltd
Cubbie Sensory Hub
Peer Educational Technologie
BBC CAPE
Cultural Inclusion Award 
SingleStore
Workhuman Product Design Team
Sensata Technologies
Fiserv in Nenagh
Isotropic Systems Ltd
Health & Wellness Award 
TCG Employee Happiness Department
TCG, Inc.
Liferay International Limited
People and Facilities Team
Riot Games
Mental Health Awareness LMI
LM Ericsson
Wrike
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
CATEGORIES
CELEBRATING WOMEN IN TECH
Tech Leader Award 
Daisy Wu Kedi
Head of IT and Digital Transformation, Greater China, Chevron
Helena O’Dwyer
Head of wavespace, EY Ireland
Lisa Dillon
Microsoft Ireland
Loretta O’Donnell
Citi Technology Infrastructure, Cluster Head Europe & RUK, Citi
Elaine Wilson
Vice President, Technology Planning & Delivery Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Giuliana Carullo
Research Engineering Manager, Tenable
Lara Byrne
Director, Global Digital Commerce, Fiserv
Entrepreneur Award 
Andrea Conrado
Founder/Director, Access Brazil
Georgina Midgley
CEO, M4Jam
Asrar Damdam
Founder & CEO, Uvera
Danielle OwenbWhitford
Founder & CEO, Pioneera
Sindhu Joseph
CEO and Founder, CogniCor Technologies, Inc.
Kate Parkinson
Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Head Set
Trailblazer Award 
Reshma Ramachandran
Vice President, Hitachi-ABB Power Grids
Anna Radulovski
CEO & Founder, WomenTech Network
Susan McKeever
Senior lecturer in Computer Science, Technological University Dublin City Campus
Fionnghuala O’Reilly
NASA Datanaut, Science Correspondent on CBS’s Mission Unstoppable, and Founder and Director of Space Apps DC
Claire McHugh
CEO & Co-Founder, Axonista
Andrea Fagan
VP Software Engineer III – Global Banking and Markets Tech Bank of America Europe DAC
Rising Star Award 
Julie Keenan
Global Security Operations Analyst, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Amanda Obidike
Executive Director/Founder, STEMi Makers Africa/Calal Global
Molly Clarke
Our Tandem
Ayaka Shinozaki
Back End Developer, techspert.io
Agape Deng
Computational Linguist SoapBox Labs
Olivia Wherry
Product Manager, Podcasting The Orchard
Julia Baumanns
Technical Delivery Manager, Microsoft Consulting Services
Digital Transformation Award 
Dana von der Heide
Founder & CCO, Parcel Perform
Sarah MackIntosh
Lead Business Information Analyst/ Project Manager, TCG
Miriam Nolan
Oracle Digital Senior Sales Manager, Oracle Digital
Marie-Claire Cross
IT Architect, Workforce Productivity Enablement, Xilinx
Anita Kishore
Chief Strategy Officer Think and Learn Pvt Ltd (Byju’s)
Mentorship Award 
Amanda Obidike
Executive Director/Founder, STEMi Makers Africa/Calal Global
Veronica Rodriguez Cabezas
Director, Global Operations & Site Director, Liferay
Leslie Shoemaker
Coordinator of the ESTeEM mentoring project, Technological University of Dublin
Irish Girl Guides
Karen Kiernan
Director of Digital Transformation, Tax, PwC
Young Female STEM Pioneer 
Alishba Imran
Machine Learning Developer, Hanson Robotics
Sree Divya Vadlapudi
Chairperson, Girls in Tech Foundation
Asrar Damdam
Chief Executive Officer, Uvera
Arlene John
Doctoral Researcher, University College Dublin
Samantha McNamara
Compliance Education Project Manager, Johnson Controls
Data Scientist Award 
Amelia Kelly
Director of Speech Technology, SoapBox Labs
Helene Dingreville
Head of Decision Sciences and Operational Research, EY Ireland
Ayaka Shinozaki
Back End Developer, techspert.io
Nabanita Roy
Data Scientist, Fiserv
Michaela Blott
Distinguished Engineer, Xilinx
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