Finalists of the 2020 WID Awards

The Women in Digital Awards were founded based on the idea ‘you can’t be what you can’t see.’ The awards are a celebration of incredible women and non-binary folk within the digital industries and the organisations that support them.

For the 2020 Women in Digital Awards, we received over 250 nominations and 150 submissions. It was not an easy job for our panel of industry expert judges but we are so very excited to announce the FINALISTS for the 2020 Women in Digital Awards.


Learn more about the WID Awards

Meet the 2020 WID Award Finalists


The 2020 Founder of the Year Finalists, powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS)


Acknowledging the high-performing female founders in a digital or technology-based enterprise, this is an award for Australia’s leading female founder of a digital product and/or organisation. Demonstrating a true entrepreneurial spirit with vision and excellent execution, this woman and her organisation will leave an impact on the world around her.


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Lauren Hall
Founder & CEO
iVvy



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Katie Richards
CEO & Founder
Law On Earth



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Silvia Pfeiffer
CEO & Co-Founder
Coviu



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Katy Barfield
Founder & CEO
Yume Food Australia



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Katherine McConnell
CEO & Founder
Brighte Capital



The 2020 Executive Leader of the Year Finalists, powered by Salesforce


Recognising Australia’s best Digital Executive Leader. Awarded to Australia’s most outstanding executive leader in the digital sector, this category recognises the importance of leadership in driving forward digital transformation in Australia across their organisation and industry.


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Katherine Carmody
Executive General Manager – Digital Distribution
Suncorp Group



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Dr. Mellissa Naidoo
Group Chief
Medical Officer
nib Group



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Marie Mortimer
Managing Director
loans.com.au
(Powered by Firstmac)



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Emma Pudney
Chief Technology
Officer (APJ)
Rackspace Technology



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Emma Fawcett
Managing Director Commercial Product & Platforms
News Corp



The 2020 Technical Leader of the Year Finalists, powered by COSOL


Our Technical Leader of the Year award recognises excellence in software development and the role technology plays in disrupting or improving our lives. The recipient of this award has shown that they are a leader in developing software.


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Navdip Kaur Kalsi
Head of Engineering – Platform
ME Bank



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Dr Alexandra Posoldova
Senior Data Scientist
Blackbook.ai



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Shefali Mistry
Chapter Lead (Engineering)
ANZ



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Sorcha Abel 
Developer
Genie Solutions



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Ruth Luscombe
Senior Data Scientist
Fireball.International



The 2020 Digital Marketer of the Year Finalists, powered by Canva


Recognising Australia’s best talent in digital and data driven marketing. This award is designed to celebrate a data driven Digital Marketer who has achieved exceptional results across any mediums including but not limited to search, paid, programmatic, eDM, content, social media, automation or omni-channel.


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Georgia Cawley
Digital Marketer
Expose Media



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Sarah Garcia
Digital Marketing Lead
Champion Home Sales



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Brooke Moody
Client Principal
Liquid Interactive



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Paff Evara
Digital Marketing Consultant
Reload Media



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Lauren Swidenbank
Director
Cali Social



The 2020 Diversity Employer of the Year Finalists, powered by Urban Utilities


This award recognises the importance of employee diversity in developing more innovative and inclusive companies to support the future of women in technology and beyond. By creating diverse technology teams, businesses are better equipped to create products and services that cater to diverse audiences.


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Griffith University



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loans.com.au



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Practera



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Blackbook.ai



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Six Pivot



The 2020 Rising Star of the Year Finalists, powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS)


This award recognises an ambitious young innovator, perhaps studying at university or early in their career, who has demonstrated an outstanding level of initiative and leadership as an early-in-career digital or technical specialist.


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Molly Tilbrook
Service Designer
Coles



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Clarissa Dharmaseta
Consultant 
GLASS



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Samira Tollo
CTO
Elbaite



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Lucy Wang
Co-President
UNSW Digital Society



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Jessica Nicol 
Business Analyst
TechnologyOne



The 2020 Innovator of the Year Finalists, powered by Clinic to Cloud


An award for Australia’s leading female innovator. Awarded to Australia’s most outstanding innovator, this category recognises the most forward-thinking, innovative and disruptive product, service or business enhancement of the year.


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Rachael Keech
Head of Operations Innovation
Domino’s Pizza Enterprises



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Carolyn Mee
Founder & CEO
Sound Scouts



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Emma Patterson
Founder & CEO
Indirectory



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Nikki Howson
National Manager
GIVIT



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Mariette Snyman
Marketing Director Asia-Pacific 
Tricentis



The 2020 Digital Experience Leader of the Year Finalists, powered by WP Engine


This category recognises the extraordinary power of design, customer centricity and the medium of digital to create exceptional online experiences. This is an individual entry designed to recognise and showcase exceptional work that meets customer needs in a seamless and meaningful way.


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Hayley Bushell
Director Customer Experience
& Service Design
Queensland Government



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Jennifer Jeavons
Founder
& Managing Director 
Pixel Palace



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Alisha Bailey
Head of Digital
Product & Experience
AGL Energy



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Depy Kyritsi
Manager, User
Experience Design
SBS



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Eleni Louca
Head of Customer Loyalty
(Digital Projects)
Domino’s Pizza Enterprises



Thank you to our amazing 2020 partners:

The Women in Digital Awards would not be possible without their support

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