On November 28, 2019, the Women's IT Network, together with Vogel IT-Medien, honored the power women in IT in a total of nine categories. The initiative aims to showcase role models in the industry, also to inspire, motivate and promote young female talent in IT.
In a large reader poll, 85 female candidates were voted for. They were voted "Women of the Year 2019" in the nine categories:
Young Leader: Stefanie Bell, Computacenter
Startup: Dessislava Richter, BlattReich
Digital Transformation: Prof. Dr. Marion Weissenberger-Eibl, Fraunhofer Institute for Innovation Research
Business Innovation: Sophie Richter-Mendau, IBM
Technical Innovation: Susanne Seibold, NetApp Germany
Leadership - Teamleader: Carolin de Lorenzi, Computacenter
Leadership - Executive Manager / CxO: Jutta Gräfensteiner, Cisco Systems
Outstanding Diversity Commitment: Andrea Fimian, IBM Switzerland
Social Engagement: Dr. Julia Freudenberg, Hacker School (i3 e.V.)
Under the motto "Females in IT - Future of IT", the event has become a fixed date in the IT women's calendar. The focus of the congress is on networking and discussing professional and personal opportunities and challenges.
Daniela Schilling, Director of the organizer Vogel IT-Akademie, referred to the varied agenda of the day in her welcome address. With keynotes from Andrea Martin (IBM), Klaus Bürg (Amazon Web Services), Prof. Dr. Marco Gercke (Cybercrime Research Institute) and Claudia Plattner (DB Systel), there was a technological outlook on which innovations will change the future. Ilka Friese and Anja Oberhofer (NTT DATA), Matilda von Gierke (Zalvus), Susanne Tischmann (ÖAMTC) and Silke Lisner (Deutsche Börse) discussed what "Future Leadership, Employer Branding & Women Empowerment" looks like in the IT world on the podium.
Formats such as think tanks, roundtables and one-on-one meetings offered plenty of scope for discussion and sharing experiences. The highlight of the event was once again the festive evening gala with the Reader's Choice WIN Awards.
Further information on the Women's IT Network, the FIT Congress and the WIN Awards can be found at www.womens-it-network.com.
These are the winners of the nine categories at a glance:
Category: Young Leader
(awarded to a female manager who is max. 35 years old)
PLATINUM: Stefanie Bell, Computacenter
GOLD: Fabienne Haffner, Sophos Technology
SILVER: Nadine Nüsse, iNNOVO Cloud
Category: Start-up
(the award goes to an applicant who has founded a successful start-up company in the last three years)
PLATINUM: Dessislava Richter, BlattReich
GOLD: Diana Heinrichs, Lindera
SILVER: Sabrina Spielberger, digidip
Category: Digital Transformation
(Awarded to an applicant who has initiated or driven forward the digital transformation in her company and thus demonstrably made a valuable contribution to the company's competitiveness)
PLATINUM: Prof. Dr. Marion Weissenberger-Eibl, Fraunhofer ISI
GOLD: Maike Young, Sopra Steria & Sabine Smentek, Senate Berlin
SILVER: Felicitas Birkner, Fujitsu
Category: Business Innovation
(awarded to an applicant who has influenced and promoted the development of a new business unit within her company with an innovative idea or her influence)
PLATINUM: Sophie Richter-Mendau, IBM
GOLD: Dr. Bettina Horster, VIVAI Software
SILVER: Cristina Bär, Bosch Software Innovations
Category: Technical Innovation
(awarded to an applicant who has developed a new technology and/or solution)
PLATINUM: Susanne Seibold, NetApp Germany
GOLD: Dr. Kerstin Höfle, Körber Logistics Systems
SILVER: Marina Burdack, Oskar Frech
Category: Leadership - Team Leader
(Awarded to an applicant who has positively shaped the company with innovative working methods and/or her leadership style, has driven the business forward and has thus assumed a role model function)
PLATINUM: Carolin de Lorenzi, Computacenter
GOLD: Astrid Dissmann, Concat
SILVER: Juliane Kunath, Ingram Micro Distribution
Category: Leadership - Executive Manager / CxO
(Awarded to an applicant who has positively shaped the company with innovative working methods and/or her management style, has driven the business forward and has thus assumed a role model function)
PLATINUM: Jutta Gräfensteiner, Cisco Systems
GOLD: Sabine Single, Bechtle & Ursula Flade-Ruf, mip Management Informationspartner
SILVER: Barbara Koch, Tech Data
Category: Outstanding Diversity Commitment
(the award is given to an applicant who is committed to helping other people in her company, e.g. has founded an initiative)
PLATINUM: Andrea Fimian, IBM Switzerland
GOLD: Inga Opel, Computacenter
SILVER: Svenja Habenschaden, VMware
Category: Social Commitment
(the award goes to an applicant who has gone above and beyond her company to help other people / people in need, e.g. by founding an initiative)
PLATINUM: Dr. Julia Freudenberg, Hacker School (i3 e.V.)
GOLD: Vanessa Koller, Amazon Web Services
SILVER: Daniela Berger, Bringmeister
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