2022 Women Tech Awards

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Women Tech awards! We are still in awe of all the incredible women in our technology community and all they’re doing to drive innovation and create positive impact

2022 Award Recipients

Education Excellence: Kristina Yamada, Utah State Board of Education

Impact Award: Scott Anderson, Zions Bancorporation

Innovation Trailblazer: Sarah Wiley, Hightop

Leadership Excellence: Kiva Allgood, Sarcos

Lifetime Achievement: Ruth Novak

Operational Excellence: Manu Sood, AvidXchange

Rising Star: AJ Brau, Wander

Student Pathway: Jessica Stratton, Weber State University

Tech Leadership: Pallavi Ranade Kharkar, Intermountain Healthcare

Innovation Leadership: Kirsten Timms, Myriad Genetics

Transformation Leadership: Travis Hallstrom, Passive Logic

2022 Award Finalist

AJ Brau
Wander
Co-Founder & CEO

Alexa Kalandiak
PassiveLogic
Staff Mechanical Engineer

Amy Frampton
Bamboo HR
Head of Marketing

Amy Jo Moore
Northrop Grumman
Design Engineering Director

Anesha McCormick
Pluralsight
Director of Product

Hau Moy Kwan
SLCC
Associate Professor of Computer Science

Heidi Anderson
Prestige Financial Services, Inc.
Chief Information & Technology Officer

Julia Silge
RStudio PBC
Data Scientist & Software Engineer

Katie Neilson
Assure
Co-Founder & President

Kiva Allgood
Sarcos
CEO & President

Krista Pappas
Entrata
SVP Information Technology

Kirsten Timms
Myriad Genetics
SVP Biomarker Discovery

Kristina Yamada
Utah State Board of Education
Computer Science / Information Technology CTE Education Specialist

Manu Sood
AvidXchange
SVP Platform Delivery & Operations

Melanie Robinson
WEBB
CEO

Natalie Birrell
Entrata
SVP Engineering

Pallavi Ranade-Kharkar
Intermountain Healthcare
Director of Research Informatics and Precision Health

Sarah Wiley
HighTop
Co-Founder VP Product Development

Steph Couzin
Lucid Software
Vice President, Go to Market Strategy & Operations

Sunnie Giles
Lane VC
General Partner

Travis Anna Hallstrom
PassiveLogic
Co-Founder & Director of Brand Communications

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