
Speaker OF THE YEAR Award 2020

Selection: Decided by WomenTech Network’s long established audience based on enagement, views, clicks and comments as well as our jury.
Requirements: Speaker at a previous WomenTech Global Conference or Awards event.
The WomenTech Global Conference Speaker Award recognizes annually up to five honorees decided by public voting and the WomenTech community. Nomination for the award requires one to have spoken at a previous WomenTech Global Conference.
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 community members to strive to achieve this prestigious award.
Recognition of this award will be given in a special assembly during the WomenTech Global Awards.
This award recognizes the speakers in our network who are not only successful women in tech, but successful leaders. These are women who have not only changed their own lives, professional journeys, teams, companies, but also they have managed to change the lives of the women that attend our events. The speakers recognized with this award embody the true spirit of the WomenTech Network as they have empowered women through the power of storytelling, mentoring, and sharing their own vulnerability and professional know-how. This award aims to celebrate them and motivate all our network members to follow in these women’s footsteps.
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MEET SOME OF OUR
NOMINATIONS

Annie Jean-Baptiste
Head of Product Inclusion at Google
Annie Jean-Baptiste
Head of Product Inclusion at Google
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
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
Lauren Smith
Operations Manager - New Moon Operating Unit at Northrop Grumman Corporation
Lauren Smith
Operations Manager - New Moon Operating Unit at Northrop Grumman Corporation
Megan Byrd-Sanicki
Manager, Research & Operations, Open Source Program Office at Google
Megan Byrd-Sanicki
Manager, Research & Operations, Open Source Program Office at Google
Tanya Vlahovic
Head of Developer Ecosystem at eBay
Tanya Vlahovic
Head of Developer Ecosystem at eBay
Rachel Potvin
VP of Engineering at GitHub
Rachel Potvin
VP of Engineering at GitHub
Michelle Del Rosario
Principal Software Engineer (Technical Director) at Zynga
Michelle Del Rosario
Principal Software Engineer (Technical Director) at Zynga
Chinwe Esimai
Managing Director, Chief Anti-Bribery Officer at Citigroup, Inc.
Chinwe Esimai
Managing Director, Chief Anti-Bribery Officer at Citigroup, Inc.
Liesl Yearsley
CEO at a·kin
Liesl Yearsley
CEO at a·kin
Yun Freund
Senior Vice President at Equinix
Yun Freund
Senior Vice President at Equinix
Parneet Pal
Chief Science Officer at Wisdom Labs
Parneet Pal
Chief Science Officer at Wisdom Labs
Tonima Khan
Senior Account Executive, Large Enterprise at Slack
Tonima Khan
Senior Account Executive, Large Enterprise at Slack
Alana Karen
Director, Search Platforms at Google
Alana Karen
Director, Search Platforms at Google
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
Alexandria Butler
Senior Program Manager, Speaker and Freedom Fighter at Twitter
Alexandria Butler
Senior Program Manager, Speaker and Freedom Fighter at Twitter
Jossie Haines
Platform Engineering Director at Tile
Jossie Haines
Platform Engineering Director at Tile
Irina Truong
Backend engineer at Parse.ly
Irina Truong
Backend engineer at Parse.ly
Adrienne Tacke
Senior Developer Advocate at MongoDB
Adrienne Tacke
Senior Developer Advocate at MongoDB
Muazma Zahid
Senior Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft
Muazma Zahid
Senior Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft
J. Michelle Maraj
Financial Systems Analyst at Lyft
J. Michelle Maraj
Financial Systems Analyst at Lyft
Wendy Gonzalez
President + Interim CEO at Samasource
Wendy Gonzalez
President + Interim CEO at Samasource
Dilruba Malik
SQA Manager at Palo alto Networks
Dilruba Malik
SQA Manager at Palo alto Networks
Beatris Mendez-Gandica
Founder Nuevo Foundation, Program Manager at Microsoft
Beatris Mendez-Gandica
Founder Nuevo Foundation, Program Manager at Microsoft
Jasmine Orange
UX Designer at Ernst & Young
Jasmine Orange
UX Designer at Ernst & Young
Sunita Shenoy
Industrial IoT Technology Director at Intel Corporation
Sunita Shenoy
Industrial IoT Technology Director at Intel Corporation
Nelli Safina
Service engineer at Research and engineering company
Nelli Safina
Service engineer at Research and engineering company
Pooja Malpani
Head of Media Engineering at Bloomberg
Pooja Malpani
Head of Media Engineering at Bloomberg
Rachana Kumar
VP of Engineering at Etsy
Rachana Kumar
VP of Engineering at Etsy
Diane Kenyon
Managing Director/Staffing Leader at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Diane Kenyon
Managing Director/Staffing Leader at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
KC Lathrop
Chief of Staff to the CIO at IBM
KC Lathrop
Chief of Staff to the CIO at IBM
Rana el Kaliouby
Author of "Girl Decoded" | Co-Founder & CEO at Affectiva | YGL at WEF | Fortune 40 under 40
Rana el Kaliouby
Author of "Girl Decoded" | Co-Founder & CEO at Affectiva | YGL at WEF | Fortune 40 under 40
Annette White-Klososky
Founding Partner at Future Point of View
Annette White-Klososky
Founding Partner at Future Point of View
Tavonia Evans
Data Scientist & Founder at Guap Coin
Tavonia Evans
Data Scientist & Founder at Guap Coin
Edwige A. Robinson
Vice President, Mobile Engineering Services at Comcast NBC Universal
Edwige A. Robinson
Vice President, Mobile Engineering Services at Comcast NBC Universal
D'Lovely Gibson
Delivery & Operations Director
D'Lovely Gibson
Delivery & Operations Director
Arti Venkatesh
Director Delivery Management at Avanade
Arti Venkatesh
Director Delivery Management at Avanade
Kanika Tolver
Senior Project Manager at Department of Treasury
Kanika Tolver
Senior Project Manager at Department of Treasury
Dominique West
Senior Cloud Security Consultant at Ernst and Young (EY)
Dominique West
Senior Cloud Security Consultant at Ernst and Young (EY)
Parveen Khan
Senior Test Engineer at Square Marble Technology
Parveen Khan
Senior Test Engineer at Square Marble Technology
Melonie deGuzman
Co-Founder of Rogers Women in Tech, Agile Project Manager, Mentor, Public Speaker
Melonie deGuzman
Co-Founder of Rogers Women in Tech, Agile Project Manager, Mentor, Public Speaker
Stephanie LeBlanc-Godfrey
Global Head, Inclusion Programs for Women of Color at Google
Stephanie LeBlanc-Godfrey
Global Head, Inclusion Programs for Women of Color at Google
Elena Melashchenko
Tech Team Leader at Moonfare
Elena Melashchenko
Tech Team Leader at MoonfareSailaja Vadlamudi
Director -Security, Data Privacy & Application Security Lead for India at SAPSailaja Vadlamudi
Director -Security, Data Privacy & Application Security Lead for India at SAP
Emerald de-Leeuw
Privacy & Data Ethics Specialist at Logitech
Emerald de-Leeuw
Privacy & Data Ethics Specialist at Logitech
Diana Stefanova
Vice President of Global Site Strategy at VMware
Diana Stefanova
Vice President of Global Site Strategy at VMware
Tríona Byrne
Senior Director, Strategic Relations at Salesforce
Tríona Byrne
Senior Director, Strategic Relations at Salesforce
Elodie Lepaludier
Senior Concept Designer/ Technology Lead at The LEGO group
Elodie Lepaludier
Senior Concept Designer/ Technology Lead at The LEGO group
Ameni Channoufi
PKI and IT security Consultant at Thales
Ameni Channoufi
PKI and IT security Consultant at Thales
Olga Sholderer
Senior Consultant, Risk Analytics at Deloitte
Olga Sholderer
Senior Consultant, Risk Analytics at Deloitte
Bianca Cefalo
Rocket Scientist | Space Systems Product Manager | STEM Consultant | at Airbus Defense and Space UK
Bianca Cefalo
Rocket Scientist | Space Systems Product Manager | STEM Consultant | at Airbus Defense and Space UK
Joanne Thurlow
Global Head of IT at Siemens Energy
Joanne Thurlow
Global Head of IT at Siemens Energy
Agnieszka Swiatowa
VP Technology and Innovation at Discovery Inc. at Discovery Inc
Agnieszka Swiatowa
VP Technology and Innovation at Discovery Inc. at Discovery Inc
Beata Wandachowicz-Krason
Director Supplier Risk Management at Philips
Beata Wandachowicz-Krason
Director Supplier Risk Management at Philips
Bianca Cefalo
Rocket Scientist | Space Systems Product Manager | STEM Consultant | at Airbus Defense and Space UK
Bianca Cefalo
Rocket Scientist | Space Systems Product Manager | STEM Consultant | at Airbus Defense and Space UK
Gourav Sharma
Solution Architect at Red Hat