
Diversity in Tech Employer of the Year Award 2020

Here are the companies that recognize the power of diversity and won the WomenTech Network
Diversity in Tech Employer of the Year Award 2020:
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Sage & Susana Duran
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ThoughtWorks Germany
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BeyondTrust
Congratulations!
We are looking forward to hearing their stories at the WomenTech Global Conference 2021 June 7-11
The Diversity in Tech Employer of the Year Award recognizes annually up to three honorees in recognition of their outstanding achievements as an employer. The Award honors companies, organizations, people, events, programs, projects and/or teams. Nomination for the award requires a complete application profile. All nominated applications will be publicly visible. A digital award certificate is issued and a photograph of award winner will be on display on the WomenTech Network website to acknowledge that individuals’ success and to encourage other leaders to strive to achieve this prestigious award.
Recognition of this award will be given in a special assembly during the WomenTech Global Awards.
Selection: Jury
Requirements: Complete application
Recognized contributions: Demonstrating a strong commitment & initiative fostering diversity, inclusion and belonging.
This award recognizes companies and leaders who have devoted time and resources to diversity & inclusion at the workplace, and empowering and sponsoring members of minority groups at their company in an authentic, committed manner. Those who receive this award are the role models we hope others will look up to as they grow as an employer devoted to diversity.
Award Finalists

Congratulations to our finalists:
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Cognizant Softvision
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The Coca-Cola Company IT RDC Sofia
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KeepTruckin
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Quickspin
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Avanade
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Chief Science Officer at Wisdom Labs
Parneet Pal
Chief Science Officer at Wisdom Labs
Tanya Vlahovic
Head of Developer Ecosystem at eBay
Tanya Vlahovic
Head of Developer Ecosystem at eBay
Vijaya Kaza
Chief Security Officer & Head of Engineering and Data Science for Trust & Safety at AirBnB
Vijaya Kaza
Chief Security Officer & Head of Engineering and Data Science for Trust & Safety at AirBnB
Lauren Smith
Operations Manager - New Moon Operating Unit at Northrop Grumman Corporation
Lauren Smith
Operations Manager - New Moon Operating Unit at Northrop Grumman Corporation
Lori Nishiura Mackenzie
Co-founder, Stanford VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab; Lead Strategist, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Stanford Graduate School of Business
Lori Nishiura Mackenzie
Co-founder, Stanford VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab; Lead Strategist, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Stanford Graduate School of Business
Rachel Sheppard
Co-creator Female Founder Initiative & Director Global Marketing at Founder Institute
Rachel Sheppard
Co-creator Female Founder Initiative & Director Global Marketing at Founder Institute
Annie Jean-Baptiste
Head of Product Inclusion at Google
Annie Jean-Baptiste
Head of Product Inclusion at Google
Michelle Del Rosario
Principal Software Engineer (Technical Director) at Zynga
Michelle Del Rosario
Principal Software Engineer (Technical Director) at Zynga
Yun Freund
Senior Vice President at Equinix
Yun Freund
Senior Vice President at Equinix
Liesl Yearsley
CEO at a·kin
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CEO at a·kin
Alexandria Butler
Senior Program Manager, Speaker and Freedom Fighter at Twitter
Alexandria Butler
Senior Program Manager, Speaker and Freedom Fighter at Twitter
Rachel Potvin
VP of Engineering at GitHub
Rachel Potvin
VP of Engineering at GitHub
Tonima Khan
Senior Account Executive, Large Enterprise at Slack
Tonima Khan
Senior Account Executive, Large Enterprise at Slack
Megan Byrd-Sanicki
Manager, Research & Operations, Open Source Program Office at Google
Megan Byrd-Sanicki
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Chinwe Esimai
Managing Director, Chief Anti-Bribery Officer at Citigroup, Inc.
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Managing Director, Chief Anti-Bribery Officer at Citigroup, Inc.
Alana Karen
Director, Search Platforms at Google
Alana Karen
Director, Search Platforms at Google
Muazma Zahid
Senior Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft
Muazma Zahid
Senior Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft
Sunita Shenoy
Industrial IoT Technology Director at Intel Corporation
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Industrial IoT Technology Director at Intel Corporation
Jossie Haines
Platform Engineering Director at Tile
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Platform Engineering Director at Tile
Beatris Mendez-Gandica
Founder Nuevo Foundation, Program Manager at Microsoft
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UX Designer at Ernst & Young
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Irina Truong
Backend engineer at Parse.ly
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Wendy Gonzalez
President + Interim CEO at Samasource
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Adrienne Tacke
Senior Developer Advocate at MongoDB
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Tavonia Evans
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KC Lathrop
Chief of Staff to the CIO at IBM
KC Lathrop
Chief of Staff to the CIO at IBM
Pooja Malpani
Head of Media Engineering at Bloomberg
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Head of Media Engineering at Bloomberg
Rachana Kumar
VP of Engineering at Etsy
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VP of Engineering at Etsy
Diane Kenyon
Managing Director/Staffing Leader at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
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Annette White-Klososky
Founding Partner at Future Point of View
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Edwige A. Robinson
Vice President, Mobile Engineering Services at Comcast NBC Universal
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Delivery & Operations Director
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Senior Test Engineer at Square Marble Technology
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Melonie deGuzman
Co-Founder of Rogers Women in Tech, Agile Project Manager, Mentor, Public Speaker
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Dominique West
Senior Cloud Security Consultant at Ernst and Young (EY)
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Arti Venkatesh
Director Delivery Management at Avanade
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Director Delivery Management at Avanade
Stephanie LeBlanc-Godfrey
Global Head, Inclusion Programs for Women of Color at Google
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Global Head, Inclusion Programs for Women of Color at Google
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Senior Concept Designer/ Technology Lead at The LEGO group
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Diana Stefanova
Vice President of Global Site Strategy at VMware
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Vice President of Global Site Strategy at VMware
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Senior Director, Strategic Relations at Salesforce
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Tech Team Leader at Moonfare
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Emerald de-Leeuw
Privacy & Data Ethics Specialist at Logitech
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Privacy & Data Ethics Specialist at Logitech
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Rocket Scientist | Space Systems Product Manager | STEM Consultant | at Airbus Defense and Space UK
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PKI and IT security Consultant at Thales
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Gourav Sharma
Solution Architect at Red Hat
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Beata Wandachowicz-Krason
Director Supplier Risk Management at Philips
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Global Head of IT at Siemens Energy