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Women of Impact Honorees
2023

This inaugural list honors the standout women who are going above and beyond, making strides to promote DEI and gender equity in the tech space and leading the charge for the next generation of women to thrive.

Women Impact Tech sought out the most noteworthy women who have significantly influenced an individual or the technical space as a whole, paving the way for other women in the field.

They are the women to watch over the next year as leading examples of how women thrive in an industry traditionally dominated by men.

Our Top 50 Women of Impact were chosen by a distinguished panel of judges—selected for their experience and integrity—from various organizations who’ve worked independently to evaluate each nominee.

Our expert judging panel represented a whole host of specialties across multiple industries. Each judge reviewed the professional and leadership achievements of the nominees. Judges were invited to score the entries following our robust criteria, via an online judging system. 

Meet the 2023 Women of Impact

This year, we saw a competitive field of nominees making a difference in the tech industry– women who have made a significant impact on an individual in tech or the tech profession as a whole. Our distinguished panel of judges sought out the most noteworthy women making strides in promoting DEI and gender equity in a traditionally male-dominated field. The Top 50 Women of Impact are leading the charge for the next generation of women in tech to thrive.

Women Impact Tech 2023 Impact Honoree Sunny Ackerman

President, Americas
SThree
Texas

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Sandra Ajimotokin

Sr. Security Program Manager
Twitter
Georgia

Women Of Impact Helen Altshuler

CEO
EngFlow
New York

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Natalia Baryshnikova

Head of Product, Enteprise Agility
Atlassian
California

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Morgan Bell

Product Manager
Google
Washington

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Monika Chauhan

Hardware Development Manager
Amazon
Washington

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Opal Comfort

Creator/Executive Producer
New Culture City, Inc.
Florida

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Terri Crymes

Principal Instr., Digital Adoption Institute
WalkMe | North Carolina

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Kamini Dandapani

VP of Engineering
Airbnb
California

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Deb DeCamp

VP, Strategy US Tech Markets
Akkodis
Illinois

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Ashley Eberhart

Cofounder/Head of Product
Unlock NYC
New York

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Dwana Franklin-Davis

Chief Executive Officer
Reboot Representation
New York

Women Impact Tech 2023 honorees Sally Frykman

Chief Marketing Officer
  
California

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Jigyasa Grover

Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Twitter
California

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Tavishi Gupta

Founder and CEO
Tern
New York

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Jossie Haines

Executive Coach
Jossie Haines Consulting
California

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Menka Hariani

Director of Product Management
Allstate Identity Protection
Massachusetts

Women Impact Tech 2023 honorees Shan He

Senior Director of Engineering
Foursquare
California

Women Impact Tech 2023 honorees Shruti Jadon

Senior Machine Learning Researcher
Juniper Networks Inc.
California

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Anita Jindal

Sr. Director, Engineering
VMware Palo
California

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Dieuwertje Kast

Dr. STEM Education Programs
USC Joint Educational Project
California

Women Impact Tech 2023 honorees Alana Karen

Director, Search Platforms
Google
California

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Elim Kuk

Head of Customer Onboarding
Gorgias
California

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Amy Lascola

SRVP, Enterprise Delivery/Head DEI
Quess US
Florida

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Ishita Majumdar

VP, Data Analytics Platforms
eBay
California

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Hareem Mannan

VP of Product & Design
Pave

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Melody Meckfessel

CEO / Co-Founder
Observable
California

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Candace Mitchell-Harris

CEO
Myavana
California/Georgia

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Pratima Nambiar

Principal Architect
Salesforce
Ohio

Women Impact Tech 2023 honorees Nithya Natesan

Group Product Manager
Google
California

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Ifeoma Ozoma

Founder
Earthseed
New Mexico

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Jamila Parham

Founder, Owner
The Tech Unicorn
Illinois

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Elizabeth Pate

Sr. Cust. Experience Specialist
Twitch Interactive
Alabama

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Linda Pelej

Principal
Lakeshore Solutions
Wisconsin

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Tracy Peterson

Vice President Global Learning
Hitachi Vantara
Utah

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Deena Pierott

CEO and Founder
iUrban Teen
Washington

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Sweta Rai

Founder & CEO
Diverse Cinema, Inc
California

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Ali Rossi

Data Scientist III
Foursquare
New York

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Shadi Rostami

Senior VP of Engineering
Amplitude
California

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Katica Roy

CEO
Pipeline Equity
Colorado

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 D Sangeeta

Founder and CEO
Gotara
Washington

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Jyotika Singh

Director of Data Science
Placemakr
California

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Lori Sokol

Executive Director
Women’s eNews
New York

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Precious Taylor

CEO
Cyber Smart Mom, LLC
Maryland

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Rupal Thanawala

CEO
Trident Systems Fishers
Indiana

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Martha Tobolski

VP User Experience
Clarity Voice
Michigan

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Manon Vergerio

Head of Data & Advocacy
Unlock NYC
New York

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Tess Vismale

Founder and CEO
iSocialX
Georgia

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Dawn Wellott

Founder & CEO
SmartMomGig.com
Colorado

Women Impact Tech 2023 Top 50 Himani Yerneni

Lead, Quality Assurance
Exegy, Inc.
Chicago

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