Nominees 2020
Women in Tech advocate of the year
Recognising an inspirational organisation or person for their accomplishments as leaders in business and visionaries of technology who have made a difference in their community and have gone out of their way to support the cause of attracting more women in the tech industry over the last 24 months.
Caritta Seppa
Co-founder & COO, Tespack | Finland
Milka Holmberg
AI supervisor, Boost.ai | Norway
Malin Frithiofsson
Community manager of Chalmers Ventures, co-founder of Alterity, director of Women In Tech – Gothenburg | Sweden
Riikka Uimonen
Management Consulting Manager and Value Architect, Accenture | Finland
Sine Zambach
PostDoc, Copenhagen Business School | Denmark
Rising star of the year
Recognises an up-and-coming tech professional in the last five years that has demonstrated exceptional creativity or ability within the industry; who is recognised by others as having the potential to become a future leader in their industry and presents significant evidence of a promising future.
Anneli Bartholdy
Founder, Owner, Managing Director / Simply Broken | Denmark
Mie Haraldsted
Founder and CEO, Aim Robotics | Denmark
Maiken Paaske
Founder and CEO of BeautyVision | Denmark
Andjela Kusmuk
Deal Engine Lead / EQT Group | Sweden
Helga Margrét Ólafsdóttir, Edit Ómarsdóttir, Hafdís Sæland (from left to right)
Co-Founders at StatumVR | Iceland
Mentor of the Year
Awarded to honor a person who has provided significant support and guidance by empowering a less experienced person to develop his/her skills in an IT or Technological field. As a result, the mentee/pupil has achieved vital knowledge growth and results in their field.
Kelvina Wairimu
Founder, Mentor United | Denmark
Michaela Zetterström
UX Designer, AMF | Sweden
Nilma Abbas and Vibeke Sandau
Teacher, Zealand Academy | Denmark
Prayson Wilfred Daniel
Data Scientist, itelligence Denmark | Denmark
Vaida Pakulyte
UX Designer, Electrolux | Sweden
Investor of the Year
An individual or organisation who has invested in female-led tech startups.
Ann-Sofie Hörlin
Investment Manager, Almi Invest AB | Sweden
Louise Ertman Baunsgaard
Founder, Ertman.dk | Denmark
Jenny Ruth Hrafnsdóttir
Founding Partner, Crowberry Capital | Iceland
Danish Business Angels
Innovator of the Year
This category focuses on an individual or technology company who has created or implemented exceptional innovation/inventions, client successes, and deployment in the last 24 months.
Hanne Østergaard Jarmer
Founder and CEO, Go Dogo | Denmark
Mathilde Jakobsen
Founder and CEO / Fresh.Land | Denmark
Helga Margrét Ólafsdóttir, Edit Ómarsdóttir, Hafdís Sæland (from left to right)
Co-Founders at StatumVR | Iceland
Palak Sehgal
CSO/CTO (Chief Scientific Officer/Chief Technical Officer) / Nordetect | Denmark
Hanne Brinch
Founder and CEO/ Found Aid | Denmark
Initiative of the Year
Awarded to honor an individual or organisations that has raised the bar and serves as an example to the industry and has also demonstrated exceptional initiative to show that women are a significant part of a tech project’s success. This could involve education, training, and various other types of campaigns.
Female Founders in Tech Program Trade Council in New York and Female Founders of The Future Denmark | Denmark
Beata Dobsa
Founder and CEO / Travelli – The Female Travel App | Denmark
Olesja Hännikäinen
Service Designer, Accenture Liquid Studio / Accenture | Finland
Linn Alfredsson
Associate at Hannes Snellman and Founder of Tech Academy Nordic | Sweden
Johannah Maher
CEO and CoFounder / IMPACTR | Denmark
Entrepreneur of the year
Is awarded to an individual, who is an owner or main shareholder of a tech start-up with significant growth over the last 36 months and who is ready to demonstrate a successful commercial plan in achieving their goals.
Katarina Hedbeck
CEO of TADA Medical AB | Sweden
Taija Engman
Founder and CEO of Good Sign Ltd | Finland
Margrét Bjarnadóttir
Founder and Chairwoman of Pay Analytics | Iceland
Denise Johansson
Co-founder of Enfuce | Finland
Stine Mølgaard Sørensen
COO and Co-founder of Radiobotics | Denmark
Diversity leader of the year
This category focuses on a specific diversity initiative or project that has been established to promote diversity in IT in a specific company or for the wider community. Judges will assess the impact of this project and how successful it has been based on its tangible results in closing the gender gap and promoting diversity in tech.
Anja Monrad
Sr. VP & General Manager at Dell | Denmark
Jenifer Clausell-Tormos
Founder and CEO at Develop Diverse | Denmark
María Guðmundsdóttir
Founder and CEO of Parity Creative house | Iceland
Milja Köpsi
Program Coordinator at Mimmit Koodaa | Finland
Sara Jonasson Ginters
Founder / VIA Consulting | Sweden
Digital leader of the year
A person in a digital position within Tech industry, who has demonstrated successful results in the area of digital innovation in the last 24 months.
Anna-Lena Wretman
CEO of Swish (Getswish AB) | Sweden
Anne-Sofie Nielsen
Chief Technology Officer of Peakon | Denmark
Janina Luoto
CEO & Owner of ISLET group | Finland
Josefine Olsson
Innovation & Future Tech Lead – Technology Strategy Manager at Accenture | Sweden
Monika Martinsson
CPO and Co-founder of Deedster | Sweden
Developer of the year
Is awarded to an individual who has made a meaningful and lasting contribution to the technological area of software development and has achieved or was a part of outstanding projects, and who has developed creative solutions to problems that were solved with code.
Angela Timofte
Technical Lead at Trustpilot | Denmark
Dayana Filkova
Frontend Developer at Dwarf A/S | Denmark
Matilde Aaskjær Juul
Co-Founder and Graphic Designer at Lulu Lab | Denmark
Katja Karhu
Software developer at Accountor Finago Oy | Finland
Sheeba Qazi
Lead Software Engineer at BEC | Denmark