CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2023 OUTSTANDING EXECUTIVES AND RISING STARS!

2023 Outstanding Executives Winners!

Daphane Aldridge

Director, IT Service Management, First American

“She brings her women colleagues along by connecting with them on shared experiences about gender inequality and creating a togetherness which provides support and growth for everyone. Daphane leads with a soft, boldness to create opportunities for discussion with male peers in a way that they can learn though her and her women colleagues’ collective experiences. Her approach is what sparks action into change…”

-from Daphane’s nominator

Jamie Wheeler

Senior Vice President – Global Clinical Affairs, Edwards Lifesciences

“Jaime continues to develop and mentor some of our very best talent with the Clinical Affairs employee segment (and across Edwards), many of whom are women. These women have gone on to roles of increasing leadership responsibility across the organization, in multiple business units and global regions.”

-from Jamie’s nominator

Lorellee Welch

IT Strategy & Planning Director, First American

“She is an advocate and mentor to many females who are trying to make a difference, especially with women switching their careers to technology. As a part time professor in one of the esteemed universities, Lorellee continues to work with her students even when the course session is over.”

-from Lorelle’s nominator

2023 Outstanding Executives Nominees

Alison Dimick
VP, Services, ePlus
Amy Nadimi
Founder, Revive Neurofeedback.
Angela Moran
CIO, Orange County’s Credit Union
Anna Golston
Executive Director, Providence Health
Bonnie Liu
VP of Global Operations, OrangePeople
Cintia Runha
Vice President, Consulting Services, CGI

Daphane Aldridge
Director, IT Service Management, First American
Dr. Jenny Mankin
Principal Engineer, Crowdstrike
Jaime Wheeler
Senior Vice President – Global Clinical Affairs, Edwards Lifesciences
Kayleen Scott
Global Marketing + Communications Lead, Software Engineering, Accenture
Lorelle Welch
IT Strategy & Planning Director, First American

Megan J. Palmer
Director of Public Impact, Gingko Bioworks
Neetu Sadhwani
President, Sunrise Group Inc
Nelly Gage
Vice President, Partner Marketing, Trace3
Stephanie Boo
Senior Vice President of International Sales, Menlo Security
Suneetha Menon
Vice President and Managing Partner, Solugenix

2023 Rising Stars Winners!

Adrienne Atkins

Senior Network Planning Engineer, AT&T

“Adrienne was promoted approx. a year and a half ago from Implementation Engineer to Senior-Network Planning Engineer which is a two step promotion. Adrienne’s background in implementing our first 5G network and leading the teams success in Las Vegas, was a primary reason that she was chosen for this job.”

-from Adrienne’s nominator

Melissa Maldonado

Vice President, People and Talent Strategy, Trace3

“Melissa has built a very successful internship program for Trace3 from the bottom up. The program is highly focused on setting recent college graduates down a thoughtful career path in technology and also infusing diverse candidates in the technology space.”

-from Melissa’s nominee

Neelam Koshiya

Principal Solutions Architect, AWS

“Using her technical skills, Neelam dived deep into Generative AI technology and has become a sought-after resources in AWS to discuss plan and architect solutions…”

-from Neelam’s nominee

Renuka Gulat

Senior Technical Program Manager, Experian

“Working on a key strategic Capone Product development, Renuka could have just stayed in her lane and managed the Engineering TPM execution. However, she decided to volunteer for the overall role of Program leader… Her tenacity, Tech fluency, drive and curiosity is remarkable and she has perfect example of a Rising Star.”


-from Renuka’s nominee

2023 Rising Stars Nominees

Adrienne Atkins
Senior Network Planning Engineer, AT&T
Alison Santiago
Senior Project Manager, Word & Brown
Angel Amos
Business Analyst Lead, Word & Brown
Ashley Vallett
CEO, Technacity Group
Denise Ngo
Product Manager, Word & Brown
Dhana Draksharapu
IT Manager, Experian
Fanija Vasquez
Manager, DevSecOps, Capital Group
Hayley Ferr
Software Engineer, Google
Huong Nguyen
Staff Software Engineer, Laserfiche
Kayla Andersen
Senior Solutions Architect, AWS

Kelly Alexander
Business Owner, KA Fashion TV
Kristy Hamer
Policy Director Cyber & Critical Infrastructure Defense, City of Los Angeles – Mayor’s Office
Laxmi Marella
Senior Software Solution Architect, First American
Madeline Wu
Senior Software Engineer, Forethought
Marvel Zhao
Senior Program Manager, Experian
Melissa Maldonado
Vice President, People and Talent Strategy, Trace3
Neelam Koshiya
Principal Solutions Architect, AWS
Rahimeh Bahrampourian
Senior Salesforce Administrator, Houlihan Lokey
Renuka Gulati
Senior Technical Program Manager, Experian

Ritu Gupta
Senior Product Manager, Menlo Security
Saki Kasparoff
Senior Analyst, Business System, Edwards Lifesciences
Sarah Hill
Manager of Enterprise Customer Success Team, Menlo Security
Selene Estribi
Senior Project Manager, Word & Brown
Sowmya Ramasamy
Senior Manager, First American
Swapna Vivek
Lead Data Engineer, Houlihan Lokey
Tamara Gagliardi
Senior Solutions Architect, AWS
Trupti Dhyani
Executive Consultant/ IT Consultant Principal, Kaiser Permanente
Yue Ning
Senior Solutions Architect, AWS