💫 We're happy to announce the finalists for the Digital Transformation Leader of the Year for 2025!
Digital Transformation Leader of the Year Award, spotlighted across five transformation focus areas that reflect the full spectrum of modern organizational change, from enterprise AI strategy and regulated-industry modernization to product reinvention, founder-led innovation, and data-driven transformation foundations.
⚡️ Recognized contributions: Successful implementation of digital technologies, positive impacts on business performance and customer experience, promotion of a digital culture within the organization.
1. Global Enterprise & C-Suite Transformation
These senior executives are driving digital and AI transformation at a global scale, aligning technology, culture, and strategy to deliver measurable enterprise-wide impact across complex, multinational organizations.
⭐ Angelica Gutierrez – Privacy & Data Protection Manager, PepsiCo & SodaStream
⭐ Hanne Jesca Bax – EY Global Vice Chair – Clients & Industries, EY
⭐ Rebecca Verette – General Manager, Corporate Data & Insights, Intel
⭐ Rma Goyal – CEO, GoToFastlane Inc.
⭐ Vivienne Wei – Chief Operating Officer, Unified Agentforce Platform, Salesforce
2. Financial Services & Regulated Industries Transformation
These leaders modernize technology, data, and customer experience in some of the world’s most regulated sectors like banking, capital markets, government, and public services, while upholding the highest standards of security, compliance, and trust.
⭐ Anne Becker – Advisory Solution Consultant | Government, ServiceNow
⭐ Preeti Ramdour – Chief Architect, ING
⭐ Sakshi Jain – Software Engineer / Digital Transformation Tech Lead, UBS AG
⭐ Sarita Gahlot – Manager, Advisory, KPMG LLP (US)
⭐ Sumeesha M Chandran – Business Analyst, Santander
3. Product, Platform & Customer Experience Transformation
Reimagining how users discover, engage, and buy. These product and platform leaders transform customer journeys across media, sports, auctions, and CRM by leveraging AI, data, and next-generation architectures.
⭐ Anastasiia Moskovchenko – Principal Product Manager, Phillips
⭐ Georgianna W Oliver – Co-founder and CEO, Tour24
⭐ Jennifer Clarke – Director, Marketing Technology Lead, National Basketball Association (NBA)
⭐ Lisa Parks – General Manager, Product and Programs, DISH Media
⭐ Surekha Chikoti – Senior Manager, IT Applications – CRM, Novanta Inc.
4. Founders & Emerging Venture Digital Disruptors
Highlighting visionary founders and startup leaders building digital-first companies, platforms, and services — reshaping industries while advancing more inclusive, accessible, and future-ready innovation.
⭐ Allyson Klein – Principal, TechArena
⭐ Deirdre Sommerkamp – Chief Solutions Officer, Skillibrium
⭐ Georgiana Dragomir – CEO, Grapefruit
⭐ María José Jurado Catagua – Co-founder, Qustomi 79 SL
⭐ Shanthi Reddy – Founder & CEO, Akshobya Technologies
5. Data, Quality, Governance & People-Centered Transformation
These finalists build the foundations that make transformation possible, delivering excellence in data platforms, governance, quality, and people programs to ensure digital change is responsible, resilient, and sustainable.
⭐ Paige Neiros – Director, IT Governance & Project Management, Valor
⭐ Radwa Yousef – Technology Director, PwC
⭐ Shazia Mallick – COE Head – Quality & Knowledge & IT Product Manager, everydaydigitalfru
⭐ Swetalin Padhy – Manager – Strategic Partnerships & Growth, Dynatech Systems
⭐ Youmna Abdelaal – Software Configuration Manager | Product Owner, Safran Passenger Innovations
These leaders are redefining what digital transformation looks like, bold, human-centered, data-driven, and built for the future.
🥁 The winners will be announced on December 4 during the Women in Tech Global Awards 2025 ceremony.
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