Finalists 2024
Women in Tech Ally
Recognizing an inspirational organization 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.
Reetta Siltasalmi-Kautto
Agile Project Lead & Business Developer | Finland
Aaron Kroon
Founder & CEO at Black Batman |
Sweden
Associate professor at Kristiania University College, Synets, University of Oslo | Norway
Helena Sveinborg Jonsdottir
| Iceland
Ada – Women and Non-binary in Tech at the University of Iceland | Iceland
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.
Noelia Almanza Ahari
Head of Engineering & QA at King | Sweden
Annika Lundström
CEO of ReMinded Oy | Finland
COO and Co-Founder Defend Iceland | Iceland
Integration Consultant at Avella AS | Norway
Social Impact Award
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.
Anna C W De Matos
CEO at Circular Library Network
| Iceland
Siv Therese Hegerland Havik
CEO & Manager at Lenoo AS | Norway
Silvia Tolu
Associate Professor at Technical University of Denmark | Denmark
Suzan Hourieh Lindberg
Co-founder & CEO at Perspetivo AB | Sweden
Head of Community and Talent at Herizon | Finland
Investor of the Year
An individual or organisation who has invested in female-led tech startups.
WIN Ventures | Norway
Unconventional Ventures | Denmark
Ásthildur Otharsdóttir
Partner at Frumtak Ventures | Iceland
Helen Agering
Partner at Spintop Ventures | Sweden
Ekaterina Gianelli
Venture Partner at Calm/Storm | Finland
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.
Fauna Smart Technologie | Denmark
Carbfix | Iceland
Nélida Leiva Eriksson, Ph.D
CEO & Founder at Ironic AB | Sweden
Ida Susanna Fattah
CEO & Founder at Medlytic | Norway
Ulla Maaria Koivula
Founder & CEO at ThingLink | Finland
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.
Nermeen Louizi Ghoniem
Founder & CEO at Hello Ada | Denmark
Elfa Ólafsdóttir
Marketing Director at Helix Health | Iceland
Lunch & Learn | Norway
Girls in Tech Nordics | Sweden
Women4Cyber Finland | Finland
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.
Clionadh Martin
Founder & CTO at CM-Robotics | Denmark
Karoliina Kauhanen
Founder at Commu | Finland
Tiffany Boswell
Co-founder & CEO at Meela | Sweden
Ida Marie Thin Pedersen
Founder and CPO of Li-Tech | Norway
Sigrun Jenny Bardadottir
CEO at Memm.Care | Iceland
DEIB Champion of the year
This category focuses on a specific diversity initiative or project that has been established by organization or individual 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.
Stine Saatvedt
Customer Success at Microsoft | Norway
Sigrún Ósk Jakobsdóttir
CHRO at Advania | Iceland
Degmo Daar
CEO & Partnerships at Emmstech | Sweden
Alexandra Ciobotaru
Founder at Femme Lead Podcast | Denmark
Priyanka Banerjee
Partner at deidei | Finland
Digital transformation 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.
Roosa Säntti
Business Area Director, Data, Analytics & AI at Vincit | Finland
Neelima Misra
& CEO | Sweden
Louise Lind Skov
Head of Content Digitalisation Department Novo Nordisk | Denmark
Sigyn Jonsdottir
CTO & Co-Founder at Alda | Iceland
Camilla Dybendal
Director Capgemini Invent | Norway
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.
Maria Heikkola
Cloud Developer at BHG Finland | Finland
Kristina Devochko
Platform Engineer at Tietoevry | Norway
Cecilia Battinelli
Senior Software Engineer at SimCorp | Denmark
Pia Nilsson
Senior Director of Engineering at Spotify | Sweden
Anna Guðbjörg Cowden
Producer at CCP Games | Iceland