A packed Ivy Ballroom for the 2014 ARN Women in ICT Awards
The finalists for the fourth annual Women in ICT Awards (WIICTA) have been selected in seven hotly-contested categories: Achievement, Rising Star, Shining Star, Entrepreneur, Innovation, Technical, and Community.
This year, there was a 143 per cent increase in applicants from last year’s awards (199 nominations compared to 82 in 2014), which is a real testament to the value of a program such as this one.
The awards recognise the very best in the channel, celebrating the achievements of a talented crop of female front runners who have made it through to become influential figures in Australia’s ICT industry. The awards also recognise the ‘rising stars’ in the industry, women who are quickly growing in importance in the ICT industry.
WIICTA will be presented at a lavish luncheon in Sydney at the Ivy Ballroom on Thursday, November 19.
Congratulations to all of our worthy contenders. The finalists are as follows:
ACHIEVEMENT
Karen Drewitt - The Missing Link
Belinda Jurisic - Citrix
Maud Holvast - Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
Angela Maniscalco - Insight Enterprises
Debra Bordignon - Dimension Data Australia
Wendy Anderson - Cisco
Pamela Cass – Vmware
Bridget Murphy - Fujitsu
RISING STAR
Claudia Couzi - AC3
Simran Kaur - Webroot
Ainsley Wilkinson - APC by Schneider Electric
Sandhya Vaishnav - rhipe
Lida Lazzari - HP
Tamika Sercombe - Dicker Data
Carineh Grigorian - Distribution Central
SHINING STAR
Bernadette Jenkinson - Westcon Group
Kellie Hackney - Kaseya
Tanya Hain - NEXTDC
Emma Harris - Ingram Micro
Anna Torres - Intel ANZ
Carole Champion - Exclusive Networks
Astrid Groves - DPSA
ENTREPRENEUR
Sapna Bhatia - Adactin Group
Anne Moore - PlanDo Human Capital
Angie Keeler - Zellabox
Katrina Yon - HP
Nicki Bowers - Kloud Solutions
INNOVATION
Gandhi Sivakumar - IBM Australia
Esther Mosad - Microsoft
Karolina Mikita - Distribution Central
Gemma Lloyd & Valeria Ignatieva - Diverse City Careers
Nada Alterisio - HP
Sara Palmieri - Lenovo Australia and New Zealand
TECHNICAL
Emma Ferguson - The Missing Link
Simona Lewis - VMware
Taran Cunningham - Veeam Software
Sarah Barnabas - rhipe
Sophie Vigors - Distribution Central
Shanna Daly - FireEye
Seema Hyne - Cisco
Read more: Recognise your entrepreneurial spirit - WIICTA
COMMUNITY
Janet Docherty - Symantec
Therese Fletcher - SAP
Sue Armstrong - Fujitsu
Ashlee McCusker - AWS
Vikki Morris - Cisco
Jessica Aung - Dell
Jillian Hill - EMC
