Women in Technology & Data Awards 2023: All the winners and why they won

The highest profile category of this year’s awards—the trailblazer (lifetime achievement) award—went to Jo-Anne Moran from BNY Mellon, while a new category—the unsung heroine award—was posthumously awarded to CJC’s Sandra Villena. Category write-ups will be published from Monday March 13. 

Click on this link to view last year’s winners.  

• Above and beyond award (end-user) – Lisa Gagarina (Citadel)
• Above and beyond award (vendor) – Justine Iverson (S&P Global Market Intelligence)
• Consultant of the year – Amy Belfield (TS Imagine)
• Data science professional of the year – María Gómez (RavenPack)
• EDM professional of the year (end-user) – Sofie Larsen (LCH)
• EDM professional of the year (vendor) – Xiaodan Zhang (S&P Global Market Intelligence)
• Engineer/programmer of the year – Veena Padala (Morgan Stanley)
• Gender equality/diversity professional of the year (end-user) – Michelle Ansell (Macquarie Group)
• Gender equality/diversity professional of the year (vendor) – Cristina Talaba (Finastra)
• Legal/compliance professional of the year – Lauren Carroll (GLMX)
• Market data professional of the year – Nancy Allen (EquiLend) Click on this link for a video interview with Nancy and on this link for a Q&A with her.  
• Reference data professional of the year – Pallavi Dongre (SmartStream)
• Rising star (end-user) – Joanna Guo (Citadel)
• Rising star (vendor) – Lauren McKeen (Siepe)
• Rising star (vendor) – data, engineering & product development – Jess Ridderhoff (Exegy)
• Rising star (vendor) – sales, marketing & UX – Ryan Donahue (Moody’s Analytics)
• Risk professional of the year – Dharrini Bala Gadiyaram (Bloomberg)
• Startup Professional of the year – Cynthia Sachs (Versana)
• Support professional of the year (end-user) – Sheryl Leong (Standard Chartered Bank)
• Support professional of the year (vendor) – Celia Auge (Symphony Communication Services)
• Technology innovator of the year (end-user) – Gayathri Khanna (Standard Chartered Bank)
• Technology innovator of the year (vendor) – Michelle Wilson (Canoe)
• Technology leader of the year (end-user) – Tracy Kerrins (Wells Fargo)
• Technology leader of the year (vendor) – Brenda Hoffman (Nasdaq)
• Trailblazer (Lifetime achievement) award – Jo-Anne Moran (BNY Mellon)
• Vendor partnership or alliance professional of the year – Jane Gavronsky (FINOS)
• Vendor professional of the year (business development) – Marthe Nordby (MSCI)
• Vendor professional of the year (data and operations) – Mariia Domarieva (Quod Financial)
• Vendor professional of the year (trading and risk) – Keri Neo (Tradeweb)
• Wellness/work-life balance award (end-user) – Vijaya Shanthi Saripalli (Standard Chartered Bank)
• Wellness/work-life balance award (vendor) – Gwendolyn Schorling (Finsemble)
• Best company for diversity and inclusion (vendor) – Rimes
• Unsung heroine award – Sandra Villena (CJC)