Balloting Opens For 2027 Women In Tech Awards

TVNewsCheck has opened the balloting season for its 2027 Women in Technology Awards.

Presented each year at NAB Show, the Women in Technology Awards celebrate leadership, innovation and excellence and are presented in three categories:

• The Women in Technology Leadership Award honors exceptional women who have advanced media and entertainment industry technology through strategic innovation or operational excellence.
• The Women in Technology Futurist Award celebrates visionary women who are redefining the boundaries of media and entertainment through pioneering innovation.
• The Technology Women to Watch Award honors rising stars who are already making a meaningful mark in media and entertainment technology

To nominate yourself or a colleague, please download ballots here. The deadline for submissions is Monday, Aug. 31.

Past Recipients: Women In Technology Leadership Award

• Darcy Antonellis, Board Director, Operating Advisor, CTO
• Andrea Berry, Veteran Technology and Operations Executive
• Wendy Aylsworth, Strategic Advisor, CEO, Walden Pond
• Cindy Hutter-Cavell, now Director, Spectrum Division, Capitol Airspace Group
• Renu Thomas, then SVP technology and operations, Disney ABC Network Group
• Michelle Munson, Co-Founder and CEO, Eluvio
• Glodina Connan-Lostanlen, now Chief Revenue Officer, Imagine Communications
• Marcy Lefkovitz, Media and Technology Adviser
• Lisa Pedrogo, then VP Engineering and Strategic Initiatives, Warner Bros. Discovery
• Judy Parnall, Head of Standards and Industry, BBC
• Sharri Berg, president, Fox Weather and COO, News & Operations, Fox Television Stations
• Barbara Lange, Founder, Kibo121
• Anne Schelle, Managing Director, Pearl TV
• Gabby Redfern, Group Content Services Director, Sky
• Ana Eliza Faria e Silva, Senior Executive, Broadcast Standards and Regulatory Strategy, Digital Television Innovation, Globo

Past Recipients:  Women In Technology Futurist Award

• Lindsay Stewart, Founder & CEO, Stringr and Genna

• Annie Chang, VP Creative Technologies, Universal Pictures

• Janet Gardner, President, Perspective Media Group

• Jade Kurian, Co-Founder and COO, latakoo

• Madeleine Noland, President, ATSC

• Abby Auerbach, Retired EVP and Chief Communications Officer, Television Bureau of Advertising

• Kelly Abcarian, then EVP Measurement and Impact, NBCU

• Anupama Anantharaman, VP Product Management, Interra Systems

• Chrystelle Le Gall, Lead Cloud Solutions Architect, Ateme

• Suzana Brady, Chair, RIST Forum and SVP Sales and Marketing, Cobalt Digital

• Jacqueline Voss, Executive Director, Strategy & Innovation, Managed Technology, Riedel Communications

• Swati Karkun Sen, Managing Partner, AS Consulting LLC

• Nina Walsh, Global Leader, Industry Business & Development, Media & Entertainment, Games and Sports, AWS

• Terri Davies, President, Trusted Partner Network

Past Recipients, Technology Women To Watch Award 

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• Rose Hulse, Founder and CEO, Screenhits TV
• Sally Hattori, Director, AI/ML Engineering, Walt Disney Studios’ StudioLAB
• Kate Ketcham, now VP, Customer Success and Subscription Management, Avid
• Deb Grivois, then Director of Engineering, WLWT Cincinnati
• Katy Noland, now Lead R&D Technologist, BBC
• Larissa Goerner, Managing Director, Lara Media
• Deborah Adeogba, now Senior Program Manager, Microsoft
• Jennifer Leung, now Head of Design, Threat Detection & Response, Cisco
• Anne Marie Rohaly, Director of Accessibility Policy and Standards, Microsoft
• Tania Paz, then VP of Digital Media Operations and Technology, Telemundo
• Yvonne Thomas, Strategic Technologist, Digital TV Group
• Sara Seidel, now Marketing Director, Riedel Americas
• Alison Neplokh, now VP Innovation and Strategy, NAB
• Kylee Peña, now Senior Product Marketing Manager, Pro Editorial, Adobe
• Diane Strutner, CEO and Founder, Datazoom
• Emily Stone, VP Digital Content and Live Now, Fox Television Stations
• Nadia Khan, CMO, LTN
• Hannah Barnhardt, Co-Founder and COO, TMT Insights
• Catherine Koutsaris, Product Marketing Manager, Matrox Video
• Valeria Sosa, Live Broadcast Engineer, L5
• Devanshi Kotak, Senior Product Manager, Cisco
• Mersedeh Najishabahang, Electrical Engineer, Dielectric

Women in Technology Awards Steering Committee Members

• Hannah Barnhardt, COO & Co-founder, TMT Insights
• Andrea Berry, Veteran Technology and Operations Executive
• Peggy Blaze, Account Director, Bubble Agency
• Terri Davies, President, Trusted Partner Network
• Madlyn Del Monte, Founder, Agile Gangster
• Janet Gardner, President, Perspective Media
• Kathy Haley, Founder of WIT Awards, Co-founder and publisher, NewsCheckMedia
• Swati Karkun Sen, Managing Partner, AS Consulting LLC
• Catherine Koutsaris, Product Marketing Manager, Matrox Video
• Barbara Lange, Founder & CEO, Kibo 121
• Marcy Lefkovitz, Media and Technology Advisor       
• Madeline Noland, President, ATSC (American Television Systems Committee)
• Anne Schelle, Managing Director, PearlTV
• Sara Seidel, Marketing Manager, the Americas, Riedel
• Valeria Sosa, Live Broadcast Engineer, L5
• Joe Zaller, Founder, Devoncroft Partner          

To nominate yourself or a colleague for a 2027 Women in Technology Award, please download ballots here.

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