WTC honors 2024 Women Tech Awards recipients at annual gala
The Utah-based Women Tech Council (WTC) has announced its 2024 Women Tech Awards recipients. Award winners were honored at a recent event held at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City.
WTC annually honors innovation and female leadership in Utah’s technology industries with the awards. WTC is a national organization that focuses on women’s economic impact in the technology sector through developing programs that propel the economic pipeline from grade school through to the C-suite.
Awards nominees are recognized for their contributions in the fields of education, science, engineering, fintech and other industries. Men and women who have supported the initiative of empowering and recognizing women were honored.
Notable awards and their recipients included the following:
- Tech Accelerator Award: Atim Enyenihi, strategic industry advisor for technology and innovations, Salt Lake City Department of Economic Development.
- Pathway Champion Award: Bonnie Anderson, associate dean for faculty and research and distinguished professor of information systems, Brigham Young University.
- Operational Excellence Award: Diane Acevedo, senior vice president of operations and CX, Gabb Wireless.
- Cybersecurity Leadership Award: Jami Hughes, senior vice president and deputy chief information security officer, Zions Bancorporation.
- Visionary Trailblazer Award: Jessica Elwell, chief operations officer, OxEon Energy.
- Data Innovator Award: Marissa Saunders senior director of data science, Recursion.
- Education Transformation Award: Xinru Page, associate professor, graduate committee chair and director of the Social Technology and Privacy Lab, Brigham Young University.
Recognized with Rising Star Awards by the WTC were Alankrita Priya, product manager, Entrata; Alexandra Crandall-Evans, vice president, Goldman Sachs; Gabi Tellez, managing director for Utah Innovation Fund; Jaimi Pinnock, staff QA engineer, Vivint; Madalyn Schulte, associate, Goldman Sachs; Miriah Peterson, co-organizer, Go West Conference; and Sarah Schuster. Johnson Quantum lead, PassiveLogic.
Also honored were recipients of the Student Pathway Awards and the Decade of Impact Awards.
“As the Women Tech Awards continue to grow, they serve as a beacon of inspiration, encouraging more women to pursue and excel in technology,” WTC president Cydni Tetro told the crowd of over 1,000 at the awards ceremony.