Witad Awards 2018 Write-Ups: Technology Leader of the Year (Vendor)—Bethany Baer, IHS Markit

That experience certainly came in handy at IHS Markit, which she joined in 2016. In the past year, spokespeople for the firm say that she has “completely restructured the way we work.” Part of this included a shift from Waterfall to the Agile methodology, which has dramatically reshaped internal structures at the company. “This was my third major, org-wide Agile transformation so I was able to apply a wealth of lessons learned from the previous initiatives,” she says. “The largest challenges