15th Annual 2022 Women in Business and the Professions World Awards

Grand Winners (alphabetically)

ASCIRA Global
Brandless
California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls
Coalfire
IBM
Nearsure
PeopleReady
Sidus Space

2022 Women in Business and the Professions World Awards winners

Achievement in Corporate Philanthropy
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Brandless | Lindon, Utah, United States, Utah, United States of America | Brandless donates $.25M worth of product by end of Q2. |

Achievement in Developing and Promoting Women
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Migros | Istanbul, Turkey | Migros launches “Migros Women’s Academy” in 2021 |

Achievement in Mentorship and Sponsorship of Women
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
HALKBANK | Istanbul, Turkey | Halkbank launched the Producing Women Competition encouraging women entrepreneurs | –

Achievement in Women Empowerment
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
reacHIRE | Concord, Massachusetts, United States | Lifting women up by providing second chances and financial independence. | Addie Swartz – CEO
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
ASCIRA Global | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Started a trailblazing talkshow for women from all genres | Belynda Lee – COO of ASCIRA

Achievement in Women-related Corporate Social Responsibility
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Migros | Istanbul, Turkey | Migros launches “Migros Women’s Academy” in 2021 |

Achievement in Finance
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
HALKBANK | Istanbul, Turkey | Halkbank Supports Women Entrepreneurship |

Achievement in Innovation
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Plum | Waterloo, Ontario, Canada | Caitlin is recognized as a leader who improves recruiting operations. | Caitlin MacGregor – CEO & Co-founder
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
HRCI | Alexandria, Virginia, United States | HRCI launched HR Standards Institute to focus on D&I. | Amy Dufrane, Ed.D., SPHR, CAE – CEO
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNER
Mommy Go Bag | Lago Vista, Texas, United States | Creating the MommyGoBag brand to help Moms on the go. | Jillian Coburn – CEO + Founder Mommy Go Bag

Achievement in Overall Growth
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Brandless | Lindon, Utah, United States | Tetro breaks Silicon Slopes fundraising records with successful $118M raise | Cydni Tetro – CEO

Achievement in Sales Growth
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Nearsure | Wilmington, Delaware, United States | Increasing billings from sales by 445% |

Company | Women-Run Workplace of the Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Sidus Space | Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States | First female owned space-based company to go public (NASDAQ: SIDU) | Carol Craig – Founder and CEO
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
Newfold Digital | Jacksonville, Florida, United States | Major merger successfully created third largest web presence provider globally. | Sharon Rowlands – Newfold Digital CEO

Company of the Year | Information Technology Products or Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Nearsure | Wilmington, Delaware, United States | A 445% increase in billings in the last three years |

Women-Owned or -Led Micro Business of the Year (1 – 10 Employees)
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
This Girl Walks Into a Bar, LLC | Los Angeles, California, United States | Sustained business in the service industry during a global pandemic. |
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
SupportU | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | Mentored minority women who have move into management roles | Hui Wu-Curtis – COO/Co-Founder
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNER
WORQDRIVE | Columbus, Ohio, United States | Empowering employees to own and manage their career. | Tracey Parsons – CEO & Co-founder

Women Owned StartUp of the Year | Business Products
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Eureka Security | Tel Aviv, Israel | Liat co-founded and leads Eureka Security as its CEO | Liat Hayun – CEO

Women Owned StartUp of the Year | Business Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Lunas Consulting | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Founded a startup that now has 1 Million in ARR | Robyn Orsini – Founder & CEO
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNERS
1903 Public Relations | Fresno, California, United States | Elevating Black and Brown Founders Who Would Otherwise Be Ignored |
Ascentim LLC | Towson, Maryland, United States | Launching Ascentim, serving clients, and giving back to the community | Lisa L. Baker – Founder
Destination Digital Marketing | Bakewell, Derbyshire, United Kingdom | Launched In A Pandemic, Still Standing & Now Thriving |
SupportU | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | Commitment to be an employee focused company helping underserved | –
Women in Blockchain Talks | London, United Kingdom | Building a community of 4,000 to tackle diversity in blockchain | Lavinia D. Osbourne – Founder and Host
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNERS
Beyoutifully Empower | Fairfax, Virginia, United States | 2022 Female Enterpreneur to Watch For | Veena Ramaswamy – Founder & Managing Director
Business Intelligence Agency | Morocco, Rabat, Hay riad | Founded the startup successfully from scratch in less than year | Chaimae Alahian – Founder & CEO
Empire Weekly | Kolkata, West Bengal, India | Media partner of CLOUDFEST 2022 | Prity Roy – CEO
JC Legal | Hong Kong | A firm that helps startup and entrepreneurs to succeed |

Women Owned StartUp of the Year | Consumer Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
TweetNest | London, United Kingdom | Built an entire startup whilst 9 months pregnant | Sarah Ensor – Founder
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
Rebarkable | Westminster, Maryland, United States | Thousands of dogs helped across the world | Ali Smith – Positive Puppy Expert & Founder

Female Employee of the Year in Government or Non-Profit
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls | Sacramento, California, United States | Author and Thought Partner for Reports, Programs, & Recovery Response | Darcy Totten – Director of Communications

Female Executive of the Year in Government or Non-Profit
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls | Sacramento, California, United States | Leadership Growing a Small Commission to a Multimillion Dollar Effort | Holly Martinez – Executive Director
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNER
Business Intelligence Agency | Morocco, Rabat, Hay Riad | Founded the startup successfully from scratch in less than year | Chaimae Alahian – Founder & CEO

Female Innovator of the Year in Government or Non-Profit
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
RAMPD (Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities) | New York, New York, United States | Worked with 64th GRAMMYs to implement visible ramp and ASL | Lachi – Founder and President

Organization of the Year in Government or Non-Profit
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNERS
ASPIRE CORONATION TRUST FOUNDATION | LAGOS | ACT Foundation’s direct impact on over 1,200,000.00 beneficiaries in Africa. | Osayi Alile – CEO
California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls | Sacramento, California, United States | Established a 5-million dollar grant program benefitting women’s pandemic recovery |

Female Achiever | Advocate of the Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Coalfire | Westminster, Colorado, USA | Driving change, building community, and celebrating diversity and inclusion. | Michi Everett – Resource Deployment Manager

Female Achiever | Business Role Model of the Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
OPET | Istanbul, Turkey | Nurten Öztürk, social change-Maker and role model for Turkish Women | Nurten Öztürk – Founding Member of the Board of Directors
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
Epicor | Austin, Texas, United States | Lisa Pope was recently appointed President of Epicor | Lisa Pope – President of Epicor
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNER
IBM | Dalian, Liao Ning, China | She is a mentor and role model for all women | Ai Wei – First Line Manager, Quote to Cash Operations Japan Team

Female Achiever | Champion of the Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNERS
Coalfire | Westminster, Colorado, USA | Adriana has been a leading force in our DEI program. | Adriana Rodriguez – Operations Manager
IBM | Armonk, New York, United States | Achieved 100% accuracy while reducing payment processing time by 20-25%. | Karen Valdivia Jimenez – Business Analytics & Reporting Lead – Royalty & Payment Management – PMP

Female Achiever | Committed Professional of the Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
IBM | Dalian, Liao Ning, China | Pioneered an end-to-end Q2C support structure to improve efficiency |

Female Achiever | Influencer of the Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
IBM | Bangalore, Karnataka, India | Enabled her team to dispose 47,000 assets within nine months | Bharathi YV – Global Asset Management Professional

Female Achiever | Leader of the Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Epicor | Austin, Texas, United States | Lisa Pope was recently appointed President of Epicor | Lisa Pope – President of Epicor
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
a1qa | Lakewood, Colorado, United States | Nadya contributes to 25% a1qa growth in North America | Nadya Knysh – Managing Director at a1qa, North America
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNER
Resolute Forest Products | Canada & USA | Pioneering First General Manager of Major Canadian Paper Mill | Marie-Noëlle Watts – General Manager of Resolute’s Dolbeau paper mill

Female Achiever | Maverick of the Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
PeopleReady and PeopleScout | Chicago, Illinois, United States | Leading the company’s successful acquisitions of three other companies. | Taryn Owen – President and COO

Female Achiever | Mentor of the Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNERS
ASCIRA Global | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Has mentored hundreds of clients during her 30 year career | Belynda Lee – COO of ASCIRA
Coalfire | Westminster, Colorado, USA | Lenee’s mentorship empowers others to grow, lead, and thrive. | Lenee Fisher – Account Director

Female Achiever | Result-Oriented of the Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Coalfire | Westminster, Colorado, USA | Created, built, and trained a new team in one year. | Megan Howard – Director, Presales

Female Achiever | Transformation Leader Of The Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNERS
Nearsure | Wilmington, Delaware, United States | Increased the company’s client base by 333% | María Belén Niño – Head of Growth & Strategy
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
IBM | Armonk, New York, USA | Transformed CRM experience for 35k IBM Sellers in record time | Renee Hook – Vice President of Global Quote to Cash (Q2C) Transformation, IBM

Female Entrepreneur of the Year | Business Products or Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
BH Compliance | Miami, Florida, United States | Named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. | Susana Sierra – CEO
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
SupportU | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | Ability to impact marginalized people in our community | Hui Wu-Curtis – COO/Co-Founder

Female Entrepreneur of the Year | Food and Beverage
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Bingz Chinese Crispy Burger | Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada | The official launch of Bingz Chinese Crispy Burger in Toronto | Xi Zhang – CEO

Female Executive of the Year | Business Products or Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
ibex | Washington, D.C., United States | Julie’s leadership generated nineteen new client wins this fiscal year-to-date. | Julie Casteel – Chief Strategic Accounts/Marketing Officer
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
PeopleReady | Tacoma, Washington, United States | Delivers over $1 billion in revenue and increased sales 14% | Kristy Willis – Chief Sales Officer, PeopleReady Chief Field Operations Officer, General Staffing

Female Executive of the Year | Cloud Computing, SaaS, or Internet
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Microsoft North America | Redmond, Washington, United States | Leads a $58 billion business with over 10,000 employees | Deb Cupp – President of Microsoft North America

Female Executive of the Year | Education or Training
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
IBM Center for Cloud Training (ICCT) | Armonk, New York, United States | Leading a division that is helping revolutionize IBM training | Jani Byrne Saliga, Ph.D. – Executive Learning Officer

Female Executive of the Year | FinTech
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Earnin | Palo Alto, California, United States | Earnin helps 2.5M active members work towards financial freedom | Brittanie Williams – Chief Marketing Officer

Female Executive of the Year | Industry (all)
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Rockwell Automation | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States | Rachael Conrad Leads Rockwell Automation through Services-Centered Sales Evolution | Rachael Conrad – Global VP and GM Services Business

Female Executive of the Year | Information Technology Products or Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Nearsure | Wilmington, Delaware, United States | A 445% increase in billings in the last three years | Giuliana Corbo – CEO

Female Executive of the Year | Technology (all)
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Sidus Space | Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States | First female owned space-based company to go public (NASDAQ: SIDU) | Carol Craig – Founder and CEO
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
Cyara | Redwood City, California, United States | Secured a growth investment of $350M from K1 Investment Management. | Linda Chen – Chief Marketing Officer

Female Executive of the Year in Europe, the Middle East or Africa
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
IDE Technologies | Kadima, Central District, Israel | Winning the bid for largest desalination plant globally: Sorek II. | Mazy Pinchusowicz – Chief Financial Officer and Deputy CEO

Mentor or Coach of the Year | Information Technology Products or Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
IBM | Dalian, Liao Ning, China | Contributing to business success by coaching women managers and employees | Liu Jun Li – Squad Leader, Quote to Cash Operations

Most Innovative Woman of the Year | Automation or Robotics
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
IBM | Armonk, New York, United States | Inspired team to drive 170 new ideas, with $175K saving | ShuDon LaDora Brown – IBM Software Product Introduction and Customer Support (SW PICS) Continuous Improvement and Robotic Process Automation Leader

Women of the Year | Business Products or Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
PeopleReady | Tacoma, Washington, United States | Quinn recently repositioned the PeopleReady Skilled Trades team | Jill Quinn – Executive Leader of Centerline Drivers and PeopleReady Skilled Trades

Women of the Year | Consumer Products or Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Gap, Inc. | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | Cut costs and enhanced UX by leveraging data better | Heather Mickman – CIO

Women of the Year | Cyber Security Products or Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Forescout | San Jose, California, United States | Elisa Costante leads one of the largest OT vulnerability disclosures | Elisa Costante – Vice President of Research at Forescout

Women of the Year | Others (all)
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
TrueBlue | Tacoma, Washington, United States | implemented learning, growth development solutions to successfully integrate new hires | Andrew Brogger – Chief People Officer

Women of the Year in Europe, the Middle East or Africa
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
OPET | Istanbul, Turkey | Nurten Öztürk, social change-Maker and role model for Turkish Women | Nurten Öztürk – Founding Member of the Board of Directors

Woman Excellence of the Year in Accounting or Finance
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Assure | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | Unlocking funding for underrepresented entrepreneurs, including women, minorities and LGBTQ+ | Katie Neilson – Cofounder and President
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNERS
Lattice Semiconductor | Hillsboro, Oregon, United States | Sherri successfully leads Finance, IT, and Facilities simultaneously. | Sherri Luther – Chief Financial Officer
Wolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting | New York, New York, United States | Driving innovation, advanced technology and value in Tax and Accounting | Karen Abramson – Chief Executive Officer

Woman Excellence of the Year in Corporate Communications
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
CommonSpirit Health | San Francisco, California, United States | National platform unifying 27+ CommonSpirit’s entities and 60,000+ employees | Jessica Dixon – System Director of Marketing and Communications for CommonSpirit Population Health

Woman Excellence of the Year in Education, Training, or Orientation
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
IBM | Bangalore, Karnataka, India | Ideated campaigns for employees learning new things and staying positive | Mona Bharadwaj – Global University Programs Leader, IBM India

Woman Excellence of the Year in Information Technology
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
IBM | Singapore | Created an agile team, fostering collaboration, innovation, accountability, and inclusion | Nancy Quek – Director, ASEANZK Market Leader for Quote-to-Cash (Q2C) Operations, IBM

Woman Excellence of the Year in Marketing
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
OneTrust | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | LisaCampbell pioneers a new category of software, trust intelligence | Lisa Campbell – Chief Marketing Officer
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
TrueBlue | Tacoma, Washington, United States | Launching a successful IndyCar Force for Good Challenge | Caroline Sabetti – chief marketing officer for PeopleReady and PeopleScout and senior vice president of TrueBlue communications

Woman Excellence of the Year in Mergers and Acquisitions
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Brandless | Lindon, Utah, United States | Brandless is acquiring rapidly, speaking with over 1,000 companies per/month | Cydni Tetro – CEO

Woman Excellence of the Year in Operations
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
ACS Solutions | Duluth, Georgia, United States | Instrumental in company’s growth from $250M-$2.8B within 8.5 years | Shivani Sardana Vohra – Group Vice President, Business Finance
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNERS
Bank of New York Mellon | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | Unification of Control Management teams between Technology and Operations | Joanne Cash – Global Head of Operations Control Management
IBM | Armonk, New York, United States | Enabled better experience and collaboration between IBM and Partner sellers. | Ayse Cenan – Global Vice President and Chief Operations Officer for the IBM Partner Ecosystem

Woman Excellence of the Year in Outsourcing
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Nearsure | Wilmington, Delaware, United States | Increasing billings for outsourcing partnerships by 445% | Giuliana Corbo – CEO

Female Visionary Leader of The Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Brandless | Lindon, Utah, United States | Tetro’s work activated 15,000 high school girls into STEM fields | Cydni Tetro – CEO
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
ASCIRA Global | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Built a multi million dollar global company during the pandemic | Belynda Lee – COO of ASCIRA

Female Led Team of the Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
FreshBooks | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Supporting, empowering, and elevating accountants who help small businesses succeed. | Twyla Verhelst – Head of the Accountant Channel

Female Led Department of the Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Cisco Systems, Inc. | San Jose, California, United States | Innovated a next-gen intranet, modernizing employee engagement for 74,000 employees |
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
JLL | Chicago, Illinois, United States | Centralized and standardized the team of Training Managers and Directors. | Christine Engel – Sr. Director Learning & Development

Book of the Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Karen Mangia | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | Success from Anywhere – Karen Mangia – Author/Thought Leader/VP of Customer & Market Insights at Salesforce

Female Star of the Year in Business Products or Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
1903 Public Relations | Fresno, California, United States | Driving Visibility and Business Results for Minority Founders Through PR | Katherine Verducci – CEO & Co-Founder
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
Chargebacks911 | Tampa Bay, Florida, United States | 800+ Tampa schoolchildren helped; $1+ million awarded to public schools | Monica Eaton-Cardone – COO
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNERS
GenerationS | Moscow, Russia | GenerationS’s transformation from accelerator to innovation platform with multiple service | Ekaterina Petrova – Managing Director
JC Legal | Hong Kong | The mastermind behind award-winning and widely popular innovative programmes | Janice Chew – Principal
PR Wire Sri Lanka | Kiribathgoda, Sri Lanka | Succeeded in obtaining two major international projects | Krishanthi Dhayalan – Director – Business, Strategy, Impact Relations

Female Star of the Year in Information Technology Products or Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
IBM | Dalian, Liao Ning, China | Delivered innovative and exemplary support during Covid-19 while protecting employee | Yu DL (Vivian) Li – Operation Manager of IBM Greater China Group & Dalian Quote to Cash Center
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
Chargebacks911 | Tampa Bay, Florida, United States | 800+ schoolchildren helped; $1+ million awarded to Tampa public schools | Monica Eaton-Cardone – COO