The finalists for this year’s Diversity in Tech Awards have been announced and the winners will be revealed this week on 21 September.
The Diversity in Tech Awards shine a light on organisations striving to create a more diverse and inclusive workplace. The event, which started out as the Women in Tech Awards, has grown into a programme celebrating all facets of diversity within the tech industry over the last three years. It now includes 17 awards celebrating the industry’s achievements in this field.
This year’s finalists by category include:
Diverse Company of the Year, sponsored by Oracle
- ActiveCampaign
- Cognizant
- Equinix
- Fidelity Investments
- Tata Consultancy Services
- Verizon
Disability Inclusion Award, sponsored by Onclusive
- Access Earth
- BT Ireland
- Connect4Work
- Fiserv
- Hable
- Inclusion and Accessibility Labs
Diversity Role Model Award, sponsored by Verizon
- Alina Timofeeva, Oliver Wyman
- Carmel Owens, Sidero
- Jennifer Cox, Tenable
- Kyran O’Mahoney, National Council for the Blind of Ireland
- Matt McCann, Access Earth
- Melissa Di Donato, SUSE
Cultural Inclusion Award, sponsored by UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School
- Brandwatch
- eBay
- Kinseed Ltd
- Oracle
- PTSB
- Version 1
LGBTQ+ Inclusion Award, sponsored by Legato
- Accenture
- Diligent
- EY
- Fiserv Chris Good, Unity LGBTQ+ Leadership Council
- Oracle EMEA Ltd.
- Tata Consultancy Services Pauric Havlin
Health & Wellness Award, sponsored by Unicef
- Axonista
- BT Ireland
- Experian
- Healthy Place to Work Ireland
- Spark
- Version 1
Tech Leaders Award, sponsored by FTI Consulting
- Anne Cullen, Fiserv
- Dr. Mary Coghlan, EY
- Dr. Yi Chu, Workhuman
- Helen Nicholson, Expleo
- Neelam Daulat, Fusion Consulting
- Wendy Harris, Gong
Digital Transformation Award, sponsored by Search Talent
- Berni Moore, Expleo
- Erin Michelson, Summery
- Jessica Murphy, Mainstream Renewable Power
- Lynne Henderson, Irish Times
- Marcelle Cussen, BT Ireland
- Nitheen Kaperi Sanyal, Merck
Entrepreneur Award, sponsored by Fiserv
- Anastasia Negru, Margins Ai
- Ciara Garvan, Workjuggle
- Ellen Gunning, Mettacomms
- Jemma Simpson, Diverse Talent Careers
- Rebecca Kacaba, DealMaker
- Yvonne Comer, Perfici Intelligence
Mentorship Award, sponsored by Connecting Women in Technology
- Alison Treacy, Tangent, Trinity’s Ideas Workspace
- Dorothy Creaven, Rent the Runway
- Katrin Sturm, Scale & Shine
- Neha Rajesh, Google
- Tanya Flood, Jaguar Land Rover Ireland (Services) Ltd
Trailblazer Award sponsored by Permanent TSB
- Alessandra Sala, Women in AI
- Jacqui Meskell, Huggnote
- Joanna Haslam, Snap Finger Click
- Nitheen Kaperi Sanyal, Merck
- Rena Maycock, Cilter Technologies Ltd
- Sumaiya Noor, Letus
Young Female STEM Pioneer, sponsored by Dublin Tech Summit
- Krisha Patel, Egg Harbor Township High School
- Maeve Doyle, University College Dublin
- Reeva Khokhar, Aspiring Computer Science Major
- Riddhi Bhagwat, GenSpire
- Tamara Kasikovic, High School – Stock Track
- Uditi Sharma, Elevate Tech
Rising Star Award, sponsored by Local Enterprise Office
- Adela Buliman, Inclusion and Accessibility Labs
- Alma Tarfa, Workhuman
- Azrael A. von Prochazka, KPMG
- Neha Dayyala, Expleo
- Rena Maycock, Cilter Technologies Ltd
- Sewagodimo Matlapeng, Meta
Data Scientist Award, sponsored by JP Morgan
- Aarthi Kumar, EY
- Ayesha Afzal, NHR@FAU (Erlangen National High Performance Computing Center)
- Caoimhe De Frein, Ding
- Melinda Han Williams, Dstillery
- Morgane Mahaud, Spark
- Yen Phan, CodLad
The Diversity in Tech Award Winners will be announced this week on 21 September 2022, at the RDS Concert Hall in Dublin. Click here for more information.
Check out last year’s winners here.
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