Globant will reward women leaders in technology

The technology solutions company Globant has opened the nomination period for the Globant Awards: Women That Build, the first edition of an award that seeks to distinguish women leaders and promising women from the field of technology around the world.

The award aims to highlight those professionals who generate a positive impact on the industry and thereby “inspire more women and non-binary people to become interested in STEM“, defended Patricia Pomies, Globant Chief People & Delivery Officer, in a company statement.

“Only 3 out of 10 workers in activities related to pure science in the region are women,” said Wanda Weigert, Globant’s Chief Brand Officer. The company highlights the importance of achieving more diverse teams and showcasing the industry’s potential for female talent.

Globant Awards: Women that Build Edition will feature national editions and a global final from which three following categories will be awarded: women with STEM training who hold senior positions in the IT sector – presidents or vice-presidents –; ‘game changer’, for professionals without technological training who occupy leadership positions with an impact on the IT industry; and ‘rising star’, for a woman under 26 with high potential in the use of technology, a history of overcoming or having progressed quickly.

Support from international organizations

This event has the support of renowned organizations such as the IESE Business School, IAE Business School, UN Women, the Inter-American Development Bank, Women Corporate Directors, Women Who Code, Voces Vitales, ITBA, ORT, among other organizations and institutions that are still joining this initiative.

It is an open call in which candidates may be nominated until November 4, 2020. The finalists will be announced before December 10 this year.

The global jury will include members such as The Edge, musician of the band U2 and president of Endeavor Ireland; Shari Loessberg, Senior Lecturer in Technology Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management; Linda Rottenberg, Co-founder and CEO of Endeavor Global; and Beatriz Argimón, Vice President of Uruguay, among other relevant names.

In Spain this initiative is led and promoted by Sonia Pacheco, Director of Communication and Marketing for EMEA at Globant, and will have local juries such as Verónica Pascual, CEO of ASTI TechGroup; Gabriela V. Orille, Global Innovation Officer of Andbank and co-CEO of MyInvestor; Esther Paniagua, recognized and awarded journalist in the digital and technological field; and Sandra Sieber, professor at the IESE business school.

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With information from dpa