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25.01.2022 *72HRS LEFT* Have you nominated for the 2020 #WIDawards yet? With the nominations due date just around the corner, the time is NOW to submit any final applications! Nominations will officially close on Friday, September 25th - 5pm AEST (NO exceptions - late applications will not be accepted).... This means you have just 72 hours to nominate yourself or someone for one of our incredible award categories! So what are you waiting for? Dont miss your chance to recognise and empower talented women in digital and the organisations that support them! Visit our Awards Portal to find out how - https://buff.ly/30ZcBZM #WomeninDigital #WIDAwards
24.01.2022 Have you nominated for this years #WIDawards yet?! Do you need an extra incentive?! Meet our amazing, expert panel for the COSOL Technical Leader of the Year! These four, accomplished industry leaders will join forces to select this years Technical Leader and, as diversity allies and advocates, we are delighted to have them join the WID community!... Meet Scott McGowan (CEO - COSOL), Jenny Johnson (Chief Technology Officer - RedEye Apps), Sarah Smith (Code Boss - Smithsoft) and Stephen Pozzebon (Regional Head of Organisational Management - Allianz Partners). Do you know a female software developer disrupting the Australian market?! Nominate yourself or someone else today - https://buff.ly/3hzcv28
24.01.2022 The 2020 Salesforce Executive Leader of the Year will receive a place in the March 2021 cohort of 'Leadership Beyond the Theory' from Your CEO Mentor - valued at $2475! Leadership Beyond the Theory is a 7-week online leadership program designed to give you the practical tools and strategies you need to be a capable, high performing leader. Taught by CEO Martin Moore and his daughter, Emma Green, this program is the no regrets way to build your leadership confidence and skills..., fast. As they say, youve got to be in it to win it! So, whether you know one or you ARE one, visit our #WIDawards Portal to nominate an outstanding, female executive for the 2020 Salesforce Executive Leader of the Year - https://buff.ly/2EnHYWw
23.01.2022 The 2020 Innovator of the Year is proudly sponsored by award-winning medical practice management platform, Clinic to Cloud! Clinic to Cloud offers a secure and scalable platform designed to optimise practice operations, improve financial performance and deliver better patient experiences. Their core values are what inspire us the most - "Never happy with the status-quo, we are constantly pushing the boundaries of our technology and our thinking in order to deliver a truly inn...ovative and evolving platform that serves the ever-changing needs of healthcare" - and makes them the perfect sponsor for this year's award. Do you know a female innovator disrupting the market? Nominate yourself or someone else via our Awards Portal - https://buff.ly/2FeAy8i Only 2 weeks until nominations close for the #WIDawards - what are you waiting for?
23.01.2022 Do you know an organisation making an outstanding contribution to improving diversity?! Our enterprise award, the Urban Utilities Diversity Employer of the Year, celebrates diversity of all kinds and now is your chance to nominate your organisation (or one that you know) that is making a positive impact on the digital and tech industries. Without further ado, let us present the judging panel! Yvonne Lewandowksi (Urban Utilities), Stephanie Norris (Cisco) and Steph Sands (Cap...gemini) bring their expertise and, most importantly, their passion for diversity to the category. Nominate for the 2020 #WIDawards today - https://buff.ly/2YQ37jf
23.01.2022 Can you believe it is only 4 weeks until nominations close?! The time is NOW to nominate yourself or someone else for the 2020 #WIDawards! This week we are showcasing the COSOL Technical Leader of the Year! This award recognises excellence in software development and the role technology plays in disrupting or improving our lives. The 2020 winner will be a leader in developing software, using their technical skills to impact and achieve incredible things within the Australian... market. Are YOU a female, software developer disrupting the market? Do you know someone using their technical skills to impact the world as we know it? Visit our Awards Portal and nominate for the 2020 COSOL Technical Leader of the Year - https://buff.ly/3hzcv28
23.01.2022 We are so delighted to have four incredible, industry executives join the judging panel for the Salesforce Executive Leader of the Year! Di Terry (Vice President, Australia - Solution Engineering - Salesforce), Michelle Ridsdale (Chief People Officer - Envato), Marty Moore (CEO - Your CEO Mentor) and Claire Jorgensen (VP Executive Partner - Gartner) will bring their firsthand knowledge and experience to select our 2020 winner! Who will be Australias most outstanding executiv...e leader in the digital sector?! Nominate yourself or someone else today! What are you waiting for? Head to our Awards Portal to learn more, nominate and explore the other Award Categories - https://buff.ly/2EnHYWw
22.01.2022 Awarded to an enterprise, the 2020 Urban Utilities Diversity Employer of the Year celebrates diversity of all kinds! Does your team have practices in place to improve diversity of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, education, national origin, socio-economic background and lived experience?! Last years winner, GenieSolutions, believe that diversity within our workforce and, equally important, inclusion, isnt just something that we say but som...ething that we strategically focus on. They were awarded based on their diverse workforce stats: 46% females (of which 85% are full time) 50% females on executive team 39% females on leadership team 27% aged 21-30 49% aged 31-40 17% aged 41-50 7% aged 50+ Genie Solutions offers medical practice management software for Australian specialists. Nominate an organisation making an outstanding contribution to improving diversity via the #WIDawards Portal - https://buff.ly/2YQ37jf
22.01.2022 The 2020 Digital Experience Leader of the Year is proudly sponsored by the award-winning WordPress digital experience platform, WP Engine. WP Engines commitment to diversity and inclusion speaks for itself! With women making up 66% of their leadership team, WP Engine is always looking for ways to ensure they are creating a diverse workplace where people can authentically be themselves. As Australias largest WordPress digital experience platform provider filled with talented... and passionate female leaders, we are thrilled to have them as an award sponsor for the 2020 #WIDawards! Do you know an incredible, female Digital Experience leader that deserves to be recognised as Australias best?! You can even nominate yourself. Visit our Awards Portal today - https://buff.ly/3bgGV77
22.01.2022 Introducing the 2019 Innovator of the Year winner. Katie Richards! Katies win was attributed to her impressive law firm, Virtual Legal - a fixed-fee online law firm using state of the art technology to provide legal solutions and manage the legal transactions of clients! The 2019 judges said...... Katies personal impact is astounding from an innovative technology perspective applied to social issues around access to legal advice, as well as opportunities it presents to lawyers who need flexible work hours without significant financial sacrifice. Amazing innovation and purpose-driven impact on the world. Feel inspired? Whether you ARE one or you KNOW one, we are calling all female innovators who are impacting the world as we know it! Nominate yourself or someone else today via our Awards Portal - https://buff.ly/2FeAy8i
20.01.2022 Heres a throwback to last years winner of the Executive Leader of the Year. None other than GHD Groups Global Director of the GHD Digital D-Lab, Jacyl Shaw. Jacyl won the award for her role as one of three Global Practice Directors of GHD Digital, responsible for the Digital Lab (D- Lab) practice and her work on building a value-based culture in her team and her extensive work in the community (working directly with young adults, regional communities and peers). Heres wh...at the judges had to say Congratulations on your stellar career! Your dedication to breathing life into rural Australia is particularly wonderful. Fingers crossed, the digital economy will enable creative and entrepreneurial opportunities to flourish in communities throughout Australia. The intersection between digital, flexibility of work and sustainability is so important. Thank you for being an outstanding leader in the industry as well as being committed to enabling others. Jacyl has provided some great examples of contributing to the industry and is clearly very passionate about it and sets a good narrative. Whether you ARE one or you KNOW one, we are calling all female executives in the digital and/or tech industries! Nominate yourself or someone else today via our Awards Portal - https://members.womenindigital.org//salesforce-ex/nominate This 2020 Executive Leader of the Year award is proudly sponsored by Salesforce.
20.01.2022 Can you believe nominations close NEXT WEEK? Over the past few weeks we have shared 7 amazing categories and today we are so excited to talk about our final category DIGITAL MARKETER OF THE YEAR ... Proudly sponsored by Canva, this award recognises Australias best talent in digital and data-driven marketing, designed to celebrate a Digital Marketer who has achieved exceptional results across mediums including but not limited to search, paid, programmatic, eDM, content, social media, automation or omni-channel. Do you know a talented female digital marketer who has strategised, designed and implemented an outstanding campaign in the Australian market? TAG them below! Visit our Awards Portal and nominate for the 2020 Canva Digital Marketer of the Year! https://buff.ly/2DJ32GK
20.01.2022 Can you believe nominations close next week?! The time is NOW to nominate yourself or someone else for the 2020 #WIDawards! This week we are showcasing the @clinictocloud Innovator of the Year! This award recognises the most forward-thinking, innovative and disruptive product, service or business enhancement of the year. The 2020 winner will be a female leader who has implemented or led the implementation of an innovative digital initiative, product or service that makes you... say WOW! Are YOU a female innovator disrupting the market or know someone who is? Tag them below! Visit our Awards Portal and nominate for the 2020 Clinic to Cloud Innovator of the Year! https://buff.ly/2FeAy8i
19.01.2022 Nominations are rolling in, #WIDAwards love is being shared and weve dusted off the red carpet for the return of our enterprise Award Category - The Diversity Employer of the Year! Proudly sponsored by Urban Utilities, this award recognises the importance of employee diversity in developing more innovative and inclusive companies to support the future of women in technology and beyond. Do you know an organisation making an outstanding contribution to improving diversity and... inclusion in their digital organisation or teams? Do you belong to one? Tag them below! You know the drill - head to our Awards Portal to explore the criteria and nominate your own organisation or another today! https://buff.ly/2YQ37jf
19.01.2022 The 2020 Digital Marketer of the Year is proudly sponsored by global online design platform, Canva! One of the core values at Canva is being a force for good - actively working towards a vision of a diverse, gender-balanced and inclusive technology ecosystem - which we at #WID are all about! As diversity advocates and a great example of an empowering innovation in the world of design, we are so excited to have them sponsor this award! ... Do you know a talented female digital marketer who has implemented an outstanding campaign in the Australian market? Nominate yourself or someone you know via our Awards Portal - https://buff.ly/2DJ32GK Nominations close this Friday - what are you waiting for?
17.01.2022 We are so delighted to have four incredible, industry leaders join the judging panel for this years WP Engine Digital Experience Leader of the Year! Mary Ellen Dugan (CMO - WP Engine), Emma Haller (National Digital Lead - Integral Tech), Rowena Samaraweera (Customer Experience Design Lead - Auto And General Insurance) and Amanda Chalmers (Executive Director of Design & Capability - QLD Government Customer & Digital Group) will bring their vast experience and expertise to sel...ect our deserving winner! Who will be Australias most outstanding digital experience leader this year?! Nominate yourself or someone today for the 2020 #WIDawards! Visit our Awards Portal today - https://members.womenindigital.org//wp-engine-dig/nominate #WomeninDigital #WIDAwards #WPEngine #DigitalExperience
16.01.2022 The 2020 Diversity Employer of the Year is proudly sponsored by one of the largest water distributor-retailers in Australia, Urban Utilities! Not only are they committed to enhancing the environment, supporting jobs and the economy, they also have a big focus on supporting the communities. Through their brilliant sponsorship program they work with a range of community organisations each year, highlighting their own central purpose - enriching quality of life. We are so proud... to have Urban Utilities join us for another #WIDawards and sponsor this incredibly important, enterprise award. Explore our Awards Portal for more information, award criteria and to nominate an organisation championing diversity! Click here - https://buff.ly/2YQ37jf
16.01.2022 NEW CATEGORY ALERT! Welcome to our brand new 2020 Award Category - WP Engine Digital Experience Leader of the Year! With 3 weeks until nominations close, this category is making a statement debut and we are absolutely ecstatic to showcase the extraordinary power of design, customer centricity and the medium of digital to create exceptional online experiences! We cannot wait to see the amazing nominations come in.... STAY TUNED! We'll be sharing more information in the coming weeks. Remember nominations close on 25th September. Don't miss out on nominating an incredible woman or organisation making waves in the digital and tech industries. Visit our #WIDawards Portal now - https://buff.ly/3bgGV77
15.01.2022 Have you nominated for this years #WIDawards yet?! What are you waiting for! Need an incentive? Meet our amazing, expert panel for Clinic to Cloud Innovator of the Year! These four, accomplished industry leaders will join forces to select this years Innovator and, as diversity allies and advocates, we are delighted to have them join the WID community!... Meet Patryk Kania (COO - Clinic to Cloud), Dr Jane Thomason (Industry Associate - Centre for Blockchain Technology at UCL), Gerd Schenkel (Director & Digital Practice Leader - Partners in Performance) and Dr Mellissa Naidoo (Group Chief Medical Officer - nib Group). Do you know a female innovator disrupting the Australian market?! Nominate yourself or someone else today - https://buff.ly/2FeAy8i
14.01.2022 Meet 2019 AWS Rising Star of the Year, Sharine Durran. Founder and CEO of Adzurra App , an app dedicated to bring local fashion to the global shopper, Sharine was applauded by our judges as the entrepreneur to watch! Hopefully her words inspire you to make a difference in a young innovators career and nominate them as the 2020 AWS Rising Star! We asked Sharine why the #WIDawards are important to her;... As the 2019 AWS Rising Star Awardee, I can say that events like the Women in Digital Awards are such a rewarding and humbling experience. The nominees each year have accomplished such marvellous feats in their career and the Awards are extremely important in recognising the amazing female talent we have across Australia from different areas including marketing, technology and more. An award from Women in Digital was definitely a highlight of my career so don't hesitate to nominate someone you believe deserves such a highly distinguished award! At the time Adzurra had already garnered the attention of shoppers and retailers with 52 retailers and 3,000 products available to purchase directly in the app. A year on and Sharine continues to develop her company and inspire the future of our industry! Nominate today and be a part of inspiring the budding professionals in your network! Explore the award criteria and nominate via our Awards Portal - https://buff.ly/3lGnRnv
13.01.2022 This is for all the parents in our community! We wanted to interrupt our #WIDAwards scheduled program for an equally important discussion... the Girl Shaped Flames School Holiday Programs for our next generation of #WomeninDigital Building confidence in girls and young women is KEY to improving diversity in digital. You know the stats - women are less likely to put their hand up for promotions or new roles than their male counterparts. We are keen to change this narrati...ve! Girl Shaped Flames is dedicated to building the next generation of confident women by connecting teen girls with strong, positive, female role models through intimate and interactive experiences. So with school holidays coming up, we are excited to share what Girl Shaped Flames are up to Virtual All Day Event with Amazon.com - Tuesday 22nd September This exciting event is designed to give young women a comprehensive understanding of the company, the wide array of opportunities within the tech sector, and an inspiration to pursue a digital pathway! In-Person All Day Company Excursion to Skedulo - Thursday 1st October This is a wonderful opportunity to see the inner-working of one of QLDs fastest growing software companies and talk to the amazing women that populate across almost ALL of the internal departments. Were talking designers, devs, marketing - the lot! Girls in Grades 7-12 can book their free place at https://girlshapedflames.com/book-excursions
12.01.2022 We are so pleased to announce @GartnerInc as prize provider for the 2020 COSOL Technical Leader of the Year! As winner, you will receive mentoring with Gartner expert analysts in an area of your choice and whats essential to you, your project or your business goals. Official winner of the 2020 #WIDawards AND the opportunity to harness the industry expertise and intelligence of Gartners incredible analysts?! What are you waiting for!... Whether you want to spread the love and nominate someone else OR youre feeling empowered and want to nominate yourself - the time is absolutely now. Nominate an incredible female software developer who is making waves in the Australian market! Visit our Awards Portal - https://buff.ly/3hzcv28
10.01.2022 Shoutout to our fabulous AV partner for the 2020 #WIDawards... Scene Change! In the #WID community, we hear a lot about female developers, coders and marketers but not often women in AV! That is why we love companies such as Scene Change that champion women in tech and digital by supporting industry groups that encourage young women to follow nontraditional career paths and create a more diverse workforce. Scene Change is a national event tech company specialising in big-scre...en video, sound, lighting and staging and we are so thankful for their support for the 2nd year in a row but particularly as we navigate this years award on a virtual stage! This is definitely a near way of presenting the Awards for us and having experts in our corner like Gareth and the Scene Change team makes a world of difference. Nominations close on the 25th September so dont miss out on your chance to recognise a superstar in your team, organisation or network! Visit our Awards Portal to nominate - https://buff.ly/30ZcBZM
10.01.2022 When people know your name, the great work you do and what you stand for, you automatically attract the right people (and jobs) into your network. Join us as we hear from Brisbanes go-getting self-professed-Yes-Woman Linh Diep on building an outstanding personal brand and becoming the go-to woman (or man) in your field. This webinar will focus on:... What a personal brand is - and why it is a game changer for your career Personal branding hacks - it isnt easy to build a name for yourself but Linh breaks it down into simple steps Practical tips for you to walk away and action! Plus Linhs industry experience and stories.. Which trust us, you will want to hear. Linh is the Founder and Chief Executive Organiser of Assisterhood and the Junior Account Director at GrowthOps In her 'spare time' *what spare time?!*, she is also the National Chair (Australia) for QLD Youngbloods and is a member of Mentally Healthy Australia - a movement to empower the creative, media and marketing industry to smash the stigma around mental health. DETAILS: THIS Friday - September 4 at 10:30am AEST https://bit.ly/2QyKyf6 For WID Members, you have received an email from us with your free access. If you aren't a WID Member, why not?! There are so many #WIDPerks. Head to https://buff.ly/3gymRxT to learn more
09.01.2022 Only 10 days until nominations officially close for the 2020 #WIDawards! So dont forget to nominate a superstar in your team before its too late... This weeks spotlight is on the WP Engine Digital Experience Leader of the year! Awarded to Australias best digital experience leader, this category recognises the power of design, customer centricity and the medium of digital to create exceptional online experiences.... Do you know an incredible, female Digital Experience leader that deserves to be recognised as Australias best?! Is it you?! Nominate yourself or someone else via our Awards Portal - https://buff.ly/3bgGV77
09.01.2022 The Amazon Web Services Rising Star of the Year celebrates the future of our industry by recognising a budding industry leader, who is under 25 and has founded or designed a product/service with potential for MAJOR impact in the digital sector! So, who will be selecting the 2020 AWS Rising Star? Introducing two female powerhouses, Anna Green (Head of ISV, Asia Pacific and Japan at Amazon Web Services) and Sammy Herbert (People & Community at SixPivot)! They are joined by dive...rsity advocate and long-time WID ally, Gavin Douglas (Enterprise Account Manager at Amazon Web Services). We couldnt think of a better panel to use their expertise and passion in selecting the 2020 AWS Rising Star! So, lets give them some amazing nominees to choose from! Nominate an ambitious young innovator today! Nominations close 25th September so what are you waiting for? Dont miss your chance to recognise a superstar in your team, organisation or network! Visit our Awards Portal to nominate - https://buff.ly/3lGnRnv
07.01.2022 JUST 24 HOURS TO GO Has your perspective changed at all this year? Do you wish you could be living and working more purposefully? ... Whether you want to embed more meaning into your current role, are scrambling to regain employment, or contemplating a big (or minor) change for the better... this is the webinar for YOU! Join us TOMORROW as Danielle Duell, founder of People With Purpose, leads a workshop webinar. It is going to be a terrific opportunity to reflect and contemplate what you've learned about yourself, your work and the world during COVID-19. Using these insights, you will be prompted to refine/redesign aspects of your life to create a more purposeful future at home and at work. The WID team will also be behind our screens doing the reflection and redesign alongside everyone - we are all in this together! DETAILS: TOMORROW - August 28 at 10:30am AEST https://buff.ly/2EDlXCR For WID Members, you have received an email from us with your free access. If you aren't a WID Member, why not?! There are so many #WIDPerks. Click the link in our bio to learn more.
06.01.2022 The 2020 Technical Leader of the Year is proudly sponsored by global, professional service provider, COSOL. Specialising in providing strategic advice and practical delivery, COSOL is one of Australias high growth businesses. They are an unsung hero in the B2B market and their values really speak to us at WID - they believe in diversity, inclusion, innovation and humility. As award sponsor and advocate for our mission, we are so excited to have them sponsor this award.... Do you know a female software developer using their tech skills to disrupt the Australian market? Nominate yourself or someone else via our Awards Portal - https://buff.ly/3hzcv28 Only 4 weeks until nominations close for the #WIDawards - what are you waiting for?
05.01.2022 Can you believe its the first weekend of September?! That means the #WIDawards are only 2 months away Next on our Award Category tour, we welcome back the... AWS RISING STAR OF THE YEAR... Proudly supported by Amazon Web Services, this award recognises an ambitious young innovator who has demonstrated an outstanding level of initiative and leadership as an early-in-career digital or technical specialist. We LOVE this category and the extraordinary nominations that come through. As you know, we are all about celebrating amazing female professionals and seeing all the young, budding industry leaders nominated gives us hope for the future of digital and tech! Do you know a female innovator who is under 25 and who has founded or designed a product/service with potential for MAJOR impact in the digital sector? They might be studying at university or even working within an organisation. We want to see nominations for resilient individuals who can demonstrate their significant achievements. Start their #WIDawards journey today and TAG them below! Or visit our Awards Portal and nominate TODAY! Now is your chance to show your support for a diverse future of our industry - https://buff.ly/3lGnRnv
05.01.2022 Have you nominated for this years #WIDawards yet?! Need an incentive? Meet our amazing, expert panel for the 2020 Canva Digital Marketer of the Year! These four, accomplished industry leaders will join forces to select this years Digital Marketers and we are delighted to have them join the WID community!... Meet Karen Lewis (Vice Chair Board of Directors - AIMIA), Lara Paholski (CMO - GlobalX), Emma Caldicott (Digital Marketing Manager - Showpo) and Michelle Battersby (CMO - Keep It Cleaner). Do you know a talented female digital marketer who has implemented an outstanding campaign in the Australian market? Nominate yourself or someone else today - https://buff.ly/2DJ32GK
04.01.2022 *48HRS REMAINING* This is your final chance to nominate for the 2020 #WIDawards! In past years we've been known to extend the deadline; however, for 2020, this will NOT be the case! Nominations will close on Friday, September 25th - 5pm AEST (no exceptions - late applications will not be accepted).... If you know an incredible woman in your team, organisation or network, NOW is the time to nominate them for one of our incredible award categories! Visit our Awards Portal to find out how - https://buff.ly/30ZcBZM #WomeninDigital #WIDAwards
03.01.2022 Just TWO days until we sit down with the one, the only, the go-getting Linh Diep to discuss all things #PersonalBranding Linh is the Founder and Chief Executive Organiser of Assisterhood and the Junior Account Director at GrowthOps She's also the National Chair (Australia) for QLD Youngbloods and is a member of Mentally Healthy Australia Chances are, if you are in the Brisbane digital or advertising space, you'd recognise the name or face. And there's a reason for that.... ...Linh has built a very impressive personal brand for herself. Combining her experience as a marketer and her personal experiences, Linh is the perfect personal branding expert to show us how it is done! This webinar is terrific for people at any stage in their career as it's all about creating an outstanding personal brand (which should be at the top of everyone's career to do list). DETAILS: THIS Friday - September 4 at 10:30am AEST For WID Members, you have received an email from us with your free access. If you aren't a WID Member, why not?! There are so many #WIDPerks. Head to https://buff.ly/2QvXvpT to learn more.
03.01.2022 Introducing our amazing Marketing Partner for the 2020 #WIDawards Orange Digital! Putting together the Women in Digital Awards takes a big team and we are so happy to have the support of the team at Orange Digital. You know all the fancy ads you have been seeing to promote the 2020 Women in Digital Awards and spread the word? That's all them! ... Orange Digital is a boutique digital marketing agency specialising in branding, marketing strategy, digital design and user experience. But what we love most about Orange Digital is their commitment to innovation (did you know Askable was spun out of an Innovation Day at Orange?), team diversity and emphasis on culture - Not to mention their team of 40+ highly-skilled (and super friendly) team of digital experts! That is why we are so excited to partner with our friends at Orange Digital this year! Nominations close on the 25th September so dont miss out on your chance to recognise a superstar in your team, organisation or network! Visit our Awards Portal to nominate - https://buff.ly/3lGnRnv
02.01.2022 Throwback to last years winner of the Digital Marketer of the Year Navjot Sharma! Navjot is the Marketing Projects Manager at everyones favourite doughnut shop, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts! Her entry was based on the work she did for the Krispy Kreme AUNZ Throwback Party campaign in April-May 2019. Heres what the judges had to say... Its clear that the applicant really understands the problem, has done customer research and validation and used a clever marketing approach. I really enjoyed reading this application and it was well thought out and considered. Great results, too! Congrats. Whether you ARE one or you KNOW one, we are calling all female digital marketers! Nominate yourself or someone else today via our Awards Portal - https://buff.ly/2DJ32GK
02.01.2022 We love our WID community and are so excited to have 2018 winner, Sarah Smith, join the judging panel for the 2020 COSOL Technical Leader of the Year! Sarahs win was attributed to her impressive global career in technology working with Nokia, Google, Expedia and at the time as CTO of Sortal - a ground-breaking AI powered image management software company that she co-founded. As a past winner, Sarah knows firsthand the impact of the #WIDawards and having her back as a judge ...is absolutely what its all about! We asked her why she believes its so important to celebrate the female wave-makers and advocates in the industry: Visibility is vital, and this awards programme provides that. For the general folks out there who are still likely to think of a computing or digital professional as being a man; but also for folks to learn to admire a woman for striving to excel in their career, and to help others & work for positivity while they're doing it. Feeling inspired? Whether you ARE one or you KNOW one, we are calling all female software developers who are impacting the world as we know it! Nominate yourself or someone else today via our Awards Portal - https://buff.ly/3hzcv28
01.01.2022 Amazon Web Services (AWS) are one of our biggest supporters here at Women in Digital and we are absolutely chuffed that they are sponsoring not one but TWO Award Categories this year! AWS is an organisation that champions women in digital and technology globally, both inside and outside of their company. Amazon's mission is to be the earth's most customer-centric company and this mission is central to their work in diversity and inclusion. They are a global company that belie...ves the future of tech is every colour, gender, belief, origin, and community. Do you know an ambitious young innovator who has founded or designed a product/service with potential for major impact in the digital sector? Are YOU a female, budding industry leader who is under 25? Tag a RISING STAR below! Or share the love and nominate them now via the our #WIDAwards Portal - https://buff.ly/3lGnRnv
