ISG Women in Digital Awards 2024
ISG Women in Digital Awards
Meet the leaders, advocates, innovators and rising stars defining the future of digital.
Welcome to the 2024 ISG Women in Digital Awards program.
ISG launched this program in 2022 to recognize exceptional leadership and support the advancement of women in digital roles, but we could not have imagined how quickly the program would grow. In the short span of three years, this program has far exceeded our original vision. We have been inspired by the nominees and excited by the increasing levels of participation.
We are delighted to present the 458 remarkable women nominated this year for their work in the Americas, EMEA, Asia Pacific and India. It is an honor and a pleasure to highlight their work.
Kimberly Tobias
Business Development Executive and ISG Women in Digital Program Lead
A Word from Our Executive Sponsors
Meet the Americas Judges
Americas Rising Star Winners
Americas Women’s Advocate Winners
Americas Digital Innovator Winners
Americas Rock Star Leader Winners
Americas Digital Titan Winner
Americas Finalists
the EMEA Judges
EMEA Rising Star Winners
EMEA Women’s Advocate Winners
EMEA Digital Innovator Winners
EMEA Rock Star Leader Winners
EMEA Digital Titan Winner
EMEA Finalists
APAC & India Judges
APAC & India Rising Star Winners
APAC & India Women’s Advocate Winners
APAC & India Digital Innovator Winners
APAC & India Rock Star Leader Winners
APAC & India Digital Titan Winner
APAC & India Finalists
Businesses are actively recruiting women for their unique and valuable skills and are realizing significant business benefits from a diversity of leadership approaches, points of view and backgrounds.
The ISG Women in Digital Awards recognize the important contributions of women and the many paths their careers have taken. We are proud to provide this platform to recognize success and we appreciate the far-reaching participation and support the program has received.
On behalf of ISG, congratulations to each of the exceptional women nominated for the 2024 ISG Women in Digital Awards.
A Word From
Michael P. Connors Chairman and CEO ISG
Our Executive Sponsors
Lois Coatney Partner and President, ISG EMEA Sales and Consulting
We are delighted to welcome the nominees for the 2024 ISG Women in Digital Awards to our global community.
It is our hope that these awards not only acknowledge the women who are successfully breaking barriers, redefining career possibilities and making exceptional contributions, but also encourage future generations to fearlessly pursue careers in the digital world.
Congratulations to all the 2024 ISG Women in Digital Awards nominees and our sincere thanks to everyone who submitted nominations on their behalf. This program is stronger for your participation.
Meet the Americas Judges
Beth Thomas is a transformational change expert, an employee engagement expert and author of the book Powered by Happy: How to Get and Stay Happy at Work (Boost Performance, Increase Success, and Transform Your Workday). Among her hundreds of global engagements, Beth has worked directly with senior leaders leading large-scale digital transformations to effectively lead change. Prior to joining ISG, Beth was the CEO and founder of Change 4 Growth, a management consulting firm.
“Congratulations to the 458 nominees for the ISG Women in Digital Awards – and to the 187 nominees in the Americas. Mentoring, supporting and lifting each other up is a key responsibility for women in business today. We hope our nominees are rightfully proud of their accomplishments and we hope our audience is rightfully inspired by their work.”
Beth Thomas Partner, ISG Enterprise Change
Chris Putur Member of the Board of Directors of ISG and Realtruck
Kim Ewald Hurry Advisor Relations Leader, Kyndryl
Diane Schwarz Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Johnson Controls
Rising Star
Although early in her career, she demonstrates exceptional and continuous growth in contributions to her organization, company or client(s) with increased levels of leadership, responsibility and sphere of impact.
Ipsita Ghosh
Principal Director LTIMindtree
Developed a new, strategic digital technology partnership with a banking client for key transformation initiatives.
With consistently high customer satisfaction scores and doubledigit growth, earned a promotion to global client partner and core banking and financial services industry leadership team member.
Gold Winner
An empathetic, inclusive leader who fostered an employeefriendly environment while earning her master’s degree and becoming involved in the LTIMindtree EmpowHer program.
Silver Winner Bronze Winner
Manager Technology Engineering
Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG)
Assistant Vice President
Masroor Khan
Genpact
Chhaya Kewalramani
Women’s Advocate
A guiding hand for women in the digital world, she advocates for individuals or is a key leader who promotes, supports and exemplifies diversity and inclusion values and an equitable workplace for women.
Elaine Montilla
Chief Technology Officer
Pearson
A Latina, immigrant and member of the LGBTQ+ community, Elaine leads by example. Her influence is both internal, as a leader and advocate for diversity and inclusion, and external, as a prominent thought leader.
She personifies the evolution of the CIO from a traditional IT management role to a true value creator. She has implemented scalable, efficient technologies that streamline operations, reduce costs and improve client satisfaction.
Gold Winner
She founded 5xminority, Inc. to provide mentorship, resources and opportunities to women and underestimated communities and created the “AI at Work” social media series.
Girija Venugopal Silver
Digital Innovator
A digital innovator pushes her organization, client and/or the industry to leverage the latest digital thinking and solutions. She has made a significant impact to her organization, business or client through creative use of digital solutions.
Rachna Sethi
VP, Product Ford Credit
Rachna has driven substantial growth in Ford Credit product offerings and customer satisfaction by developing and scaling digital products that helped increase revenue streams, improve operational efficiency and enhance user experiences.
She launched the first Ford Credit mobile app, which maintains nearperfect user ratings more than a year after its launch, as well as a new prequalification and online credit application experiences.
Gold Winner
A technology industry thought leader who promotes teamwork and innovation, Rachna supports other women, leads by example and inspires and guides teams to achieve high-quality results.
Rock Star Leader
She has led her organization through a major transformation, demonstrated exceptional leadership skills and had a significant impact on her organization or company.
Johanna Cordovez
CEO and Co-founder
Tirando x Colombia SAS BIC
A hardcore social entrepreneur and inspirational leader committed to breaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty and inequity by leveraging technology to prevent teenage pregnancy.
She co-founded “Profe TxC,” which leverages a WhatsApp chatbot to empower adolescents to make responsible decisions and offers education, virtual counseling and access to health services.
Gold Winner
Profe TxC has reached more than 25,000 adolescents in more than 100 schools in 15 Colombian cities, won allies in government, NGOs, schools, health systems and communities, and helped reduce the teenage pregnancy rate by 52 percent in Medellín and 18 percent in Barranquilla, Colombia.
SVP & Managing Director of North America
People Officer
Ensono
Paola Doebel Chief
PROG Holdings, Inc.
Debra Fiori
Silver Winner Bronze Winner
Digital Titan
The most outstanding women in digital, she is a digital leader who is well respected within her organization and her industry. She leads her organization in their digital journey and advocates for women in the workplace.
Deepali Bhate
Senior Director for Consulting, US Co-Lead TransformationManagement
LTIMindtree
Developed cutting-edge digital simulations to predict failures in semiconductor chips while pursuing her PhD and at GE and Boeing, designed innovative components and methodologies to predict critical machinery lifespan and failures.
Helped transform online education by developing virtual live classes and helped drive year-over-year CAGR of over 80 percent at Elevate K-12, where she ensured 70+ percent of hires were women.
Gold Winner
A staunch advocate and mentor who has made significant contributions to citiesRISE, a non-profit focusing on addressing youth mental health issues, the Society of Women Engineers and Snehwan, supporting children from distressed backgrounds.
Sonya Dufner
Paridhi
Gayathri
Erica Zimmerer
Kim Whittaker
Gabriella Wheeler
Kim Webb
Rock Star Leader
ISG Women in Digital Awards
Meet the EMEA Judges
As Partner and President, ISG EMEA Sales and Consulting, Lois Coatney brings decades of experience to her work with clients to design and implement the operating models and organizational designs that will enable them to work most effectively across the European market. With expertise in contracting and supplier management and a deep understanding of clients’ needs, Lois works to strengthen client relationships.
“The 128 women in Europe, the Middle East and Africa who were nominated for the ISG Women in Digital Awards in 2024 are welcome new members of a community of women who support and celebrate each other. Thank you to all the nominators for taking the time to recognize their colleagues, to our nominees for sharing their stories, and to our judges for their diligent, thoughtful consideration. We admire each nominee’s talent and achievements, and we are thrilled to recognize your success.”
Lois Coatney Partner and President, ISG EMEA Sales and Consulting
Pooja Arora
Strategic Account Manager,
Retail, Tech Mahindra
Corporate Vice President Capgemini (retired)
& Founder, Kinseed
Isabelle Roux-Chenu
Pal Bhusate CEO
Rising Star
Although early in her career, she demonstrates exceptional and continuous growth in contributions to her organization, company or client(s) with increased levels of leadership, responsibility and sphere of impact.
Caitlin Kearney Gold Winner
Senior User Experience Consultant
LTIMindtree
An interdisciplinary technologist who uses data-driven insights to help clients solve their “real world” issues, understand their customers, identify where tools are falling short and deliver a connected experience.
Caitlin’s human-centered approach to software for call-center agents so impressed a potential client, she not only won the account, it has since grown to more than $14 million in digital transformation work.
Her ability to design meaningful technology solutions makes her memorable to her clients, but her ability to use empirical research to advocate for people and treat technology users with respect makes her exceptional.
Elisa de Leeuw
Women’s Advocate
A guiding hand for women in the digital world, she advocates for individuals or is a key leader who promotes, supports and exemplifies diversity and inclusion values and an equitable workplace for women.
Benedita Miranda
General Manager, Multilingual Region
Foundever
Benedita champions equal opportunities, advocates for inclusive policies and creates an equitable workplace. More than half her direct reports are women and 80 percent of the employees in her region say diversity is valued.
Responsible for Foundever’s work in 10 countries, she has consistently grown the business by double digits while fostering an environment where everyone’s ideas are valued and respected.
Gold Winner
She is actively involved in programs including Inspiring Girls, the C-Level Mentorship Academy, the U.S. Embassy’s Connect to Success program and the Freelance Mom initiative, offering language and career upskilling to women in Egypt.
Carolin Schaefer
Silver Winner Bronze Winner
Digital Innovator
A digital innovator pushes her organization, client and/or the industry to leverage the latest digital thinking and solutions. She has made a significant impact to her organization, business or client through creative use of digital solutions.
Eryn Peters
Principal Startup Consortium
Eryn has made a career out of building new ways of work, founding Startup Consortium, editing the Weekly Workforce newsletter and serving as global director of the Association of the Future of Work.
Her education and work opportunities have impacted more than four and a half million workers in 190 countries by connecting remote digital workers with leading digital companies.
She actively engages in gender equality, education and refugee rights initiatives and has helped countless remote and disadvantaged people find meaningful work and take control of their futures.
Rock Star Leader
She has led her organization through a major transformation, demonstrated exceptional leadership skills and had a significant impact on her organization or company.
Andrea Seidel
Director IT Infrastructure
Daimler Truck AG
Gold Winner
Andrea built the Daimler Truck IT infrastructure organization from scratch after the split from Mercedes-Benz and helped create an internal Daimler startup in Lisbon that is developing sustainable transportation solutions.
Her work to re-organize the Daimler Connectivity Services Group and to expand the IT leadership role beyond maintenance and core systems to value and revenue creation are bringing her “IT rocks!” slogan to life.
Andrea supports the Daimler Truck Women in IT Network, the Women’s Automotive network and the Women in Tech initiative, which aims to increase the percentage of women in technical and senior leadership roles.
Silver Winner Bronze Winner
Zooplus SE
Lakshmi Varada
Digital Titan
The most outstanding women in digital, she is a digital leader who is well respected within her organization and her industry. She leads her organization in their digital journey and advocates for women in the workplace.
Wendy Redshaw
Chief Digital Information Officer (CDIO)
NatWest
Wendy has brought continuous transformation and growth to NatWest, incorporating innovation into the organization’s DNA and growing the next generation of digital engineering talent.
She’s led NatWest to deploy GenAI, use behavioral biometrics, win Royal National Institute of Blind People accreditation, launch Braille credit cards, test quantum computing, offer carbon tracking and create personalized mortgage videos.
Gold
Winner
Passionate about DEI, she mentors, coaches and serves as a Tech She Can and Tech We Can brand ambassador. She has shown that digital technology and purposeful leadership can positively impact customers.
Daisy Zhang
IDT Advisor/Product Manager
Shell
Rising Star
ISG Women in Digital Awards
2024 APAC and India
Meet the APAC and India Judges
As Chief Business Leader of ISG Provider Lens™, Namratha Dharshan has more than two decades of extensive research experience. Namratha contributes to key ISG thought leadership, including the ISG Index™, the authoritative source for marketplace intelligence on demand, pricing, talent and provider landscapes across the global IT and business services sector. She is a member of the ISG Research Senior Leadership Council and represents a team of more than 120 research professionals.
“Congratulations to the 143 impressive nominees for the ISG Women in Digital Awards in Asia Pacific and India. With your excellence, you are setting the benchmark for your industry and organization and serving as a role model for the next generation. We are pleased to recognize your accomplishments.”
Namratha Dharshan Chief Business Leader, ISG Provider Lens™
Richa Vijayraj
PhD, Director of ESG and Sustainability Transformation, Ramco Systems, and Director, Impact HQ Australia
Grace Zielinski Director, Technology Operations, VicRoads
Sharbani Dhar CEO, DotInifinity
Sweta Mehra General Manager, Everyday Banking, ANZ
Rising Star
Although early in her career, she demonstrates exceptional and continuous growth in contributions to her organization, company or client(s) with increased levels of leadership, responsibility and sphere of impact.
Akshaya P Babu Gold Winner
Tech Lead L&T Technology Services
Akshaya filed 10 patents and grew from a trainee engineer to a tech and project leader in only six years. Three of the patents have been converted to drive revenue and client solutions.
Akshaya supports young engineers as an LTTS Innovation Brand Ambassador and mentor. She has won company awards for the most patents filed, for contributing to innovation programs, and for creating a culture of learning.
She earns five-star client satisfaction ratings for her creativity, determination and stellar interpersonal skills, and says the key to creativity is to “think simple,” crediting her patented ideas to plain, oldfashioned straight thinking.
Chief of Staff
Tech Mahindra
Account Manager
Medha Singhal
Wipro
Joanne Chee
Silver Winner Bronze Winner
Women’s Advocate
A guiding hand for women in the digital world, she advocates for individuals or is a key leader who promotes, supports and exemplifies diversity and inclusion values and an equitable workplace for women.
Jennifer Mattos
SVP & Head - Global Operations & Resourcing Human Capital Management Quinnox
A champion of inclusivity and diversity, Jennifer has significantly elevated her company’s reputation as a gender equality leader, with programs for fair compensation, women’s leadership and recognition, corporate social responsibility and sexual harassment awareness.
Her teams are majority female, and she has mentored more than 25 women. Hiring in colleges and smaller cities has increased access to talent and retention, with women accounting for most Quinnox campus hires in FY 2023.
Gold Winner
She led the company to earn Gender Fair Certification and inclusion as a Top 25 Safest Workplaces in India by KelpHR. In March 2024, Quinnox was awarded the Cecure Us Safe Workplace Award.
Silver Winner Bronze Winner
Senior Director
Employee Experience, Lead, Logicalis Australia
Birlasoft
Sarika Saini
Logicalis Australia
Tanur Parira
Digital Innovator
A digital innovator pushes her organization, client and/or the industry to leverage the latest digital thinking and solutions. She has made a significant impact to her organization, business or client through creative use of digital solutions.
Muthumari S
Global Head of AI Studio Brillo
Gold Winner
Her tenure as head of the Brillio Data & AI studio and AI Labs and Research Council has made the organization an AI leader while achieving 40 percent compound annual revenue growth over the past seven years.
She has hosted more than 300 AI workshops and podcasts across the U.S., U.K. and India, demystifying generative AI and exploring its ethical and human aspects with industry professionals and thought leaders.
Clients cite her thought leadership and fluency, and she has earned many industry recognitions. She is active in the Brillio Women in Data & AI initiative, “Bringing Smiles,” fostering STEM education for underserved children, and the “Winspire” women’s leadership program.
Silver Winner Bronze Winner
Former Head of IT
Asia
and Head of Branch, CEO, Singapore
Technology
Enterprise Architect
Kaar Technologies
Vaidehi Srinivasan
Allianz
Carmen Casagranda
Rock Star Leader
She has led her organization through a major transformation, demonstrated exceptional leadership skills and had a significant impact on her organization or company.
Priti Ambani
Country Head, TCS New Zealand
TCS
One of the youngest country leaders at TCS, Priti was named to the position less than three years after joining. She’s led the business to form strategic client relationships and driven 300 percent growth in three years.
A sought-after speaker, Priti has delivered strategy sessions and talks on digital transformation and sustainability, networked business models, innovation and the future of work to more than one hundred organizations across New Zealand and Australia.
Gold Winner
Priti is a “servant leaders” who keeps her team’s growth and wellbeing at the heart of her decision making. She serves as an ambassador for women across the region, working seamlessly across cultures, age groups and backgrounds.
Silver Winner Bronze Winner
Jyoti Batra
Senior Director-Program and Project Management
LTIMindtree
Senior DirectorDigital Engineering eInfochips
Sweta Parekh
Digital Titan
The most outstanding women in digital, she is a digital leader who is well respected within her organization and her industry. She leads her organization in their digital journey and advocates for women in the workplace.
Rishu Sharma
Practice Director Birlasoft
Rishu works with clients, partners and the ecosystem to demonstrate the business value of IT. She was recently honored with the Samarthya Samman award by a former Chief Justice of India for her leadership in technology. Her thought leadership includes hundreds of articles and keynote presentations, quotes on the cloud and AI markets in CNBC, Forbes India and The Economic Times, and collaborations with the World Economic Forum and NASSCOM.
Gold Winner
Rishu serves as the Birlasoft DEI Ambassador, advocating for diversity and inclusion in the IT sector, and works to support the education of underprivileged children in small towns in Western Uttar Pradesh, India.
Nikita Baijal
Rising Star
ISG Women in Digital Awards Committee
Sandie Breese Director
Taylor Card Senior Manager, Marketing
Emily Gonzalez Principal Consultant
Laura Hupprich Assistant Director
Titli Chaterjee Senior Lead Analyst Lisa Cooper Consulting Manager
Lucy Mair Consulting Manager
Tarini Mehta Director, Research
Kym Norman Director
Partho Saha Assistant Director, Marketing
Thomas Victor Manager
Hannah Ward Executive Advisor
Hannah Stapleton Marketing Director
Susy Wright Senior Business Operations Manager
Stay Connected with ISG Women in Digital
The ISG Women in Digital Awards are part of the ISG Women in Digital community, established in 2018 to provide a platform to exchange practical advice and innovative ideas. The community hosts a LinkedIn page, an ISG Digital Dish podcast series, and regular events for ISG employees and the greater IT and business services industry. For more information about the ISG Women in Digital Awards, visit the program website or contact ISG.
